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Re: Looong Race, was Re: cooling system

To: henry@henryfrye.com, FOT@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Looong Race, was Re: cooling system
From: N197TR4@cs.com
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:17:26 EDT
I allowed myself to get stuck behind said Split Window and lost 5 places in 
heavy traffic through the twisties. I made up two positions when one of my 
tires blew. (Side by side with my next victim at turn one)

There were 45 cars on a 2 mile course with a 27 second disparity in laps 
times. Not ideal, but quite exciting at times. 


> >Do you know how satisfying it is to pass a split window Corvette in a 
> >lowly Triumph TR4?
> 
> Mark Wheatley and I were up to our eyeballs in ground-pounders at M-O and 
> for the most part were passing them left and right. Was really fun when you 
> found your spot and got around them. Really frustrating to get stuck behind 
> a car that eats you up in the straights but slows you down everywhere else!
> 
> I did hear the comment in the paddock more than a couple times how slow a 
> bunch of the big V8 powered cars were. Maybe the somewhat cold track temp 
> kept their tires from heating up?   ;-)

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