Where to begin. I got back today a little after 1PM. Missed one of my physics classes, so I hope I won't be in too much trouble for getting a little real world related learning in the process. It was a very long weekend. Lonnie spun in the last lap of warmup and tagged the wall with the passenger side rear. The crew got the car fixed when many people at the track thought it was not possible. Reminds me of Portland when the motor let go in the #45 car only 2 hours before the race. All of pit lane (read: all other teams) cheered as the car was rolled to the end to start from the back of the pack and proceeded to place 2nd. Long story short, it turned out to be roughly a 16 hour day the track with a few 12 hour ones before it. The race didn't go as well as everyone had liked it to, as the other car had a few "problems" on the track that took us off the lead lap for GT2. Ended up 5th. Not to good when Johannes van Overbeek and the #45 car are leading the GT2 championship fight.
Anyway, I got some really good pictures. Some of the cages and aero that a few wanted. The other come from one of the best burnouts of any ALMS car I've ever seen. It happened during the pit stop competition. I swear Hand pulled off a 100 yard 5MPH rolling tire fryer. All the seasoned mechanics didn't like it, but all the guys my age were pumped. I don't know about any of you, but seeing a $500,000 car burning off a $1000+ of rear tires was quite awesome. Then, during the beginning of the race, both Astons drifted the cars coming out of their respective pit boxes. Again, I don't see the drivers having fun like that, that often. Its cool to know they still enjoy driving.
So, here are the pictures:
Aston Martin DB9RS from Speed World Challenge GT
Burnout before pit stop competition
Left over tire
BMW during pitstop competition
Another of the Peterson/White Lightning car
White Lightning Porsche that won the competition
Diesel Audi getting ready for the pit stop comp
Corvette lined up
I will have the cage and aero pics up soon.