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> Subject: Team Tiger Runoffs Update
>
> Here is the short version of our week at the SCCA Runoffs. Tom practiced
> Friday and got down to the mid 1:32's, about .600 off last years best
> practice time. I practiced Sat. and just barely got into the 1:36's, over
> 2 seconds off my best time last year. In Mondays practice I didn't improve
> and Tom was second at 1:33.6 on a green track. Reid was at a 1:32.0. It
> rained for Tuesdays qualifying. I did not have front rains yet, so I did
> not go out. Tom went out and was in the top five. It rained again
> Wednesday, Tom did not go out, I did and was 13th of 23. After two laps it
> started raining hard. On Thursday it was finally dry. Tom ran a 1:33.5 for
> fourth position and I ran a 1:36.6 for ninth. Davis ran a 1:32.4 for the
> pole. It rained again Friday but the forecast was for a clear day
> Saturday. We woke up Saturday to very heavy fog. By the 10:15 start time
> there was still mist in the air, but starting to clear. The start was fast
> and I was able to move up a spot by the first turn. The Toyotas spread and
> Tom went right up the middle into first place. At the end of the first lap
> Tom was in first and I was in eight. I took my normal line into turn one
> and as soon as I hit the concrete (it was still damp) the front end headed
> for the outside of the turn. I went off course and slide for what seemed
> to be a quarter mile all the way to the chicane. Like last year the pack
> passed me by and I started all over again from the very back in 21st
> position. By lap 16 I had worked my way up to 8th. Coming out of Thunder
> Valley I missed a down shift, spun, and ended up bouncing off the guard
> rail. Damage to the fenders, radiator. etc. I ended up 17th. Tom lead for
> 10 laps before he was passed by Davis. On lap three or four Reid tried to
> pass Tom coming out of the Carrousel. Tom held his line as Reid tried to
> slam the door. They hit and Reid went off course. After the race Reid
> protested Tom for unsportsman like conduct and rough driving. The protest
> and appeal were denied when the tape showed Tom even tried to avoid the
> contact and Reid hitting Tom in the rear just prior to the incident. On
> lap 16 Tom lost an axle going into the key hole. The plate holding it in
> came lose. That ended his race with him finishing 16th. Not our best
> showing. The restrictor plate
> made a 10 mph difference for me on the back straight. Tom was driving his
> tail off to get back into the 1:32's. We now wait and see what the Comp.
> Boards impression of the week was. Hope to see some of you at the United
> in St. Louis.
>
> Barry Schonberger
> TEAM TIGER
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