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  • Rad_Capz

    Oct. 6, 2009 6:18 p.m. Rad_Capz New Reader

    I ran the Firebird at a NASA HPDE event at Sebring this past weekend. One of the very rare times I'm up before the sun. The only way you can get a regular pit area is to get up (hotel on site) way before sunrise and get your butt over to the track area and unload the car and claim a pit. Failure to do so means you're out in the Florida sun all day and it's still hot down here.

    Since I had the car unloaded before dawn I took this pic at dawn then headed right over to claim a pit. They were almost all full already! And there's a lot of pits!

  • kabel

    Oct. 6, 2009 6:23 p.m. kabel Dork

    awesome photo

  • f86sabjf

    Oct. 6, 2009 6:49 p.m. f86sabjf New Reader

    love the pick. I think shots like that are why i've always been an early riser

  • Spinout007

    Oct. 6, 2009 6:57 p.m. Spinout007 Reader

    Magazine internet hot rod of the month vote! GRM sticker is plainly visible.

  • Rad_Capz

    Oct. 6, 2009 7:59 p.m. Rad_Capz New Reader

    Spinout007 wrote:

    Magazine internet hot rod of the month vote! GRM sticker is plainly visible.

    Thanks guys! David Wallens took a bunch of pics of the car at a NASA event at Palm Beach International a few weeks ago. Hoping he got one nice enough to make the mag. I've had the GRM stickers on it for a while. Going to switch the sticker layouts for the Land Speed Race near Miami this weekend since I have to use different numbers anyway. I got some more GRM stickers David brought to PBI so I'll still have some on the car somewhere.

  • dyintorace

    Oct. 6, 2009 8:13 p.m. dyintorace Dork

    Awesome shot!

  • Oct. 6, 2009 8:28 p.m. lewbud New Reader

    That is a very cool shot.

  • Gearheadotaku

    Oct. 7, 2009 8:21 a.m. Gearheadotaku Reader

    Wow......thats all i can say.

  • ReverendDexter

    Oct. 7, 2009 9:06 a.m. ReverendDexter HalfDork

    That's not a Sebring, that's a Firebird.

    Man, I expect that elsewhere, but on GRM?

  • Rad_Capz

    Oct. 7, 2009 7:09 p.m. Rad_Capz New Reader

    In reply to ReverendDexter:

    Good one!

  • ansonivan

    Oct. 7, 2009 7:13 p.m. ansonivan Reader

    I have a wee twinge of the green monster, we do still have decent sunsets in ohio this time of year but it's getting chilly. Looks like a rewarding early morning.

  • jcanracer

    Oct. 7, 2009 7:58 p.m. jcanracer Reader

    awesome photo

  • DirtyBird222

    Oct. 7, 2009 10:55 p.m. DirtyBird222 Dork

    nice pic! next time take the flash off and set exposure to like 10 seconds lol. If it's a point and shoot just turn it to night time mode (little guy with moon) and let it take the picture.

    still a sweet pic

  • Rad_Capz

    Oct. 7, 2009 11:20 p.m. Rad_Capz New Reader

    DirtyBird222 wrote:

    nice pic! next time take the flash off and set exposure to like 10 seconds lol. If it's a point and shoot just turn it to night time mode (little guy with moon) and let it take the picture.

    still a sweet pic

    It's a Nikon coolpix 5700 but I don't really know how to use it properly. I tried no flash but just got the outline of the car LOL

  • alfadriver

    Oct. 8, 2009 7:08 a.m. alfadriver HalfDork

    Great pictures. Hopefully (if I can get with David next week post Challenge), you'll all see sunrise pictures of one of my favorite places. Especially with the significance of HAVING to be there at dawn.

    Eric

  • fornetti14

    Oct. 8, 2009 7:42 a.m. fornetti14 Reader

    Give us some more details & specs. on your car!

  • dyintorace

    Oct. 8, 2009 7:47 a.m. dyintorace Dork

    fornetti14 wrote:

    Give us some more details & specs. on your car!

    I would argue that this car would make a very nice feature article in a future issue of GRM!

 

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