Well done!!
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On Jul 31, 2011, at 6:21 PM, LimeyV8@aol.com wrote:
> The last few hours of the race were really "interesting" - on-line timing
> and scoring (which most of us were able to follow on our stupid smart
> phones throughout most of the race) went dark in the last hour of the race,
>but
> we THINK we finished 19th
> remarkable, considering that Sunday morning we
> - tore the center out of the left front wheel (Jamie driving)
> - completely wore out the front brake pads and blew a piston out of a
> caliper - replaced both brake calipers in our lengthiest pit stop of the race
>
> (me driving)
> - had a right rear tire go suddenly flat when somebody got close enough on
> track to shear off the valve stem (Wayne Andrews driving)
>
> - oh yeah - we lost the starter before the sun came up on Sunday, but this
> was a barely a minor inconvenience since the car can be push started in
> about 3 feet in first gear and I don't believe anybody went off track bad
> enough to stall the car throughout the whole 24 hours...okay, 27 hours, if
>you
> count the track reconfiguration breaks and the lightening delay
>
> So - at the end of the event we drove a mostly unscathed, still good
> running car back on the trailer and all went home smiling with a top 20
>finish.
>
> Cheers,
> Jack Mc
>
>
> In a message dated 7/31/2011 11:55:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> tedtsimx@bright.net writes:
>
> What is current status? It,s been 3 hours since we heard anything. Great
> job so. Keep it going. Ted
>
> Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless
>
>
> -----Original message-----
>
> From: Jack Mc <LimeyV8@aol.com>
> To: Jack Mc <LimeyV8@aol.com>
> Cc: "fot@autox.team.net" <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 31, 2011 09:21:00 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [Fot] RiffRAF Racing 24 hrs of VIR update
>
>
> 17th @ 5:20 am
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 30, 2011, at 7:14 PM, Jack Mc <limeyv8@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Lightening delay - no power at corner stations - will eventually restart
> in
> 19th place on a very wet course
>>
>> Jack Mc
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jul 30, 2011, at 5:08 PM, LimeyV8@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> 21st place (84 cars started) 7 hours in
>>>
>>> we shall keep calm and carry on
>>>
>>> Jack Mc
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