[Fot] Racing Anomaly

[Kenneth Knight]

If only Russell had picked that up at Spa in the F1 race the car would 
have made weight and he would have kept his win!  Ken

On 7/29/2024 7:00 PM, finishing Touch via Fot wrote:
> The lighter side of racing:
>
> Sunday during the Pittsburgh Historic medium bore sprint race, I was 
> racing down the back stretch in my TR6 when I saw a car in front of me 
> kick up a piece of rubber (marble) and it was coming my way. My 
> natural reaction was to blink and I heard it hit my car.  I thought 
> nothing more of it until I went to look at my dash mounted rear view 
> mirror which was now turned sideways.  On the next lap at the end of 
> the front straight away, I navigated the hard left hand turn and 
> pushed the throttle which  wouldn't fully open.  Glancing down, I saw 
> this piece of rubber on the floor wedged under the throttle pedal. 
> Fortunately after breaking and taking the next a hard left, it became 
> dislodged and I was able to finish the race with normal controls. What 
> are the odds of that?
>
> It's the biggest 'marble' I ever captured and is now just another 
> keepsake for my racing display case.
>
> Mike Kurtz
> Yellow TR6 #51
>
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