[Fot] Racing Anomaly

[R. John Lye]

When I was racing a Formula Ford, the car that was two cars in front
of me hit a snake sunning itself on the track and threw it into the air.
It landed in the lap of the driver of the car behind him (which was
right in front of me).  Obviously, there was a very sudden application
of brakes, and I was able to get around him!

We had a good laugh in the paddock about that pass, though.

John
 





On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 22:00:46 -0400, finishing Touch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> 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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