Rolex 24 better than i ever imagined...
#1
Burning Brakes
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Rolex 24 better than i ever imagined...
fun meeting all you guys.....gave out over a hundred buisness cards, only one guy all weekend long refused one. everyone was stunned by my project the docs at halifax medical in the infeild went nuts!!! met grand am officials, all the teams, some safteyworkers and most of the vendors, assoc publisher of grassroots magazine some guys from the speed chanel and got the email adress of a uberfamous NASCAR guy...
I only expect a few to get ahold of me but if those few are the right ones it could be huge!!!!!!
I only expect a few to get ahold of me but if those few are the right ones it could be huge!!!!!!
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Race Director
Hi George
Great to meet you Friday night at our get-together!!
Glad you made some good contacts - best o'luck with your Hadley Harness (sort of a HANS device for children's car seats, for those that are wondering what George is excited about!).
Bob
Great to meet you Friday night at our get-together!!
Glad you made some good contacts - best o'luck with your Hadley Harness (sort of a HANS device for children's car seats, for those that are wondering what George is excited about!).
Bob
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Race Director
And, oh yeah, the race was FANTASTIC!!!
It was too bad the #10 DP Corvette dropped out so early, and the #46 C6 dropped out along the way, but the 4 other Corvette DP cars made it the whole 24 hours - and that's an accomplishment in itself!!
The weather was fantastic and there were no big accidents, but there was a lot of really good racing action.
If anybody hasn't ever been, it's a race that is well worth trying to come to see some day.
If you do come, get a garage pass - its really cool wandering around the garage areas before the race and watching all the last minute preparations going on Saturday morning.
I usually only go for the 24 hour race and get Saturday/Sunday tickets. But this year we went on Friday while some last minute practicing and qualifying went on, and then the 200 mile GT race ran Friday afternoon, and I won't be missing that in the future - it was really good racing!!!
And....we had a great get-together Friday evening with about 25 of us. Unfortunately Todd Z and the GT Tire guys got called back to the track after getting to the restaurant - I hope you guys got some good deals on some scrubs!!!
Overall - an outstanding race weekend!!!
Bob
It was too bad the #10 DP Corvette dropped out so early, and the #46 C6 dropped out along the way, but the 4 other Corvette DP cars made it the whole 24 hours - and that's an accomplishment in itself!!
The weather was fantastic and there were no big accidents, but there was a lot of really good racing action.
If anybody hasn't ever been, it's a race that is well worth trying to come to see some day.
If you do come, get a garage pass - its really cool wandering around the garage areas before the race and watching all the last minute preparations going on Saturday morning.
I usually only go for the 24 hour race and get Saturday/Sunday tickets. But this year we went on Friday while some last minute practicing and qualifying went on, and then the 200 mile GT race ran Friday afternoon, and I won't be missing that in the future - it was really good racing!!!
And....we had a great get-together Friday evening with about 25 of us. Unfortunately Todd Z and the GT Tire guys got called back to the track after getting to the restaurant - I hope you guys got some good deals on some scrubs!!!
Overall - an outstanding race weekend!!!
Bob
#5
Burning Brakes
And, oh yeah, the race was FANTASTIC!!!
The weather was fantastic and there were no big accidents, but there was a lot of really good racing action.
If you do come, get a garage pass - its really cool wandering around the garage areas before the race and watching all the last minute preparations going on Saturday morning.
And....we had a great get-together Friday evening with about 25 of us. Unfortunately Todd Z and the GT Tire guys got called back to the track after getting to the restaurant - I hope you guys got some good deals on some scrubs!!!
Overall - an outstanding race weekend!!!
Bob
The weather was fantastic and there were no big accidents, but there was a lot of really good racing action.
If you do come, get a garage pass - its really cool wandering around the garage areas before the race and watching all the last minute preparations going on Saturday morning.
And....we had a great get-together Friday evening with about 25 of us. Unfortunately Todd Z and the GT Tire guys got called back to the track after getting to the restaurant - I hope you guys got some good deals on some scrubs!!!
Overall - an outstanding race weekend!!!
Bob
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Had planned on coming Friday, but I ended up buying a 2008 Vette
that came up for auction on Friday, I was watching the thing and sure enough it comes up the day I'm leaving.....
But I walked so much my darn legs swelled up and by Sunday noonish
I couldnt walk anymore.... I think it was because I switched shoes...
Today I'm fine and I'm wearing my other shoes....
I saw alot of Corvette shirts but never asked if any were from the Corvette forum..
that came up for auction on Friday, I was watching the thing and sure enough it comes up the day I'm leaving.....
But I walked so much my darn legs swelled up and by Sunday noonish
I couldnt walk anymore.... I think it was because I switched shoes...
Today I'm fine and I'm wearing my other shoes....
I saw alot of Corvette shirts but never asked if any were from the Corvette forum..
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Burning Brakes
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a truly unforgetable experience....tok a vid of just a few cars at the start and the goosebumps on my arm the noise was incredable!!! those cars really scream...amasing the speed compared to watching de's..those cars really got up off the corners!!!!!
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Was fantastic, too bad I was not able to make the Friday get together, arrived at the Orlando airport at about 6:30 Friday evening and just went straight to my hotel in Titusville. The racing was fantastic and walked over 50,000 steps over the 2 days!!
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Burning Brakes
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Racing is a dangerous sport by nature, even for the fans.