Was this an SCCA event or a "Vintage" Event?
Greg
Solow
From: "jaboruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
To: "Friends of Triumph" <FOT@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 12:26 PM
Subject: Lime Rock
> I raced at Lime Rock this past weekend. Things were going great. The
> Weekend stayed dry despite the forcast for rain. I qualified with a
> 1:03.043 which put me on the pole. On the drag race to the first turn
> I lost out to a 240Z and an MGB. The B went on to pass the Z on the
> 1st lap, but the Z got him back on the 3rd. The 3 of us broke away
> from the pack and were going thru lappped traffic early on. On the
> 10th Lap I got by the B on the main straight. After the apex for turn
> 1 I got hit from behind by the B and spun 180 deg, hitting him again.
> That turned me sideways to the oncomming cars and I got T-boned by a
> BMW 2002, putting me and him out of the race (the B who started it all
> was out too). The LF fender, door and door post are pretty well caved
> in and the other fenders sustained some damage. The frame fortunatly
> is straight and the cage was not hit. I am working on getting it back
> together for a race at New Hampshire August 26/27. So far I have all
> the parts needed as long as the caved fender can be straightened. The
> BMW had an in car camera that caught the incident. The B came in too
> fast and locked up his brakes sending him in an uncontrolled slide
> into me. Joe (B) :(
>
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