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Alan Cesar
Alan Cesar Associate Editor
5/27/12 7:15 a.m.

Pacing out. What a sight.

Tim Suddard
Tim Suddard Publisher
5/27/12 8:14 a.m.

We are on our way to the big race. Supposed to be 95 degrees today.

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand SonDork
5/27/12 9:17 a.m.

About to go up to the suites. :D

Alan Cesar
Alan Cesar Associate Editor
5/27/12 10:05 a.m.

Our new ignition coil gave out, but our fuel problem is resolved. We Borrowed a coil from our friends on the Flying Deuce team and are out turning reliable laps. Finally.

iceracer
iceracer UltraDork
5/27/12 10:38 a.m.

You guys missed the rallycross at Charlotte. Very entertaining.

stroker
stroker Dork
5/27/12 10:50 a.m.
TRoglodyte wrote: Any concierge worth their salt would have had your wardrobe steamed by the staff.

Now we know why Bernie Ecclestone and F1 left...

Alan Cesar
Alan Cesar Associate Editor
5/27/12 12:21 p.m.

We have rain and a red flag.

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand SonDork
5/27/12 1:48 p.m.

Our race is almost over, we haven't had cell signal until very recently for some reason.

You wusses don't run in the rain?

Per Schroeder
Per Schroeder Technical Editor/Advertising Director
5/27/12 2:05 p.m.

Nope, there's racing---Red flag to remove some junky junkers that got extra-junked.

Derick Freese
Derick Freese SuperDork
5/27/12 2:12 p.m.

In reply to Per Schroeder:

No incidents with track dryers, hopefully :p

moparman76_69
moparman76_69 Reader
5/27/12 3:18 p.m.
Tom Suddard wrote: Our race is almost over, we haven't had cell signal until very recently for some reason.

Jamming the signal so no one streams video?

stroker
stroker Dork
5/27/12 4:55 p.m.
moparman76_69 wrote:
Tom Suddard wrote: Our race is almost over, we haven't had cell signal until very recently for some reason.
Jamming the signal so no one streams video?

I doubt it. The FCC would be interested if that happened.

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand SonDork
5/27/12 6:09 p.m.

We're at the Mazda Road to the Indy 500 party now, thanks to Dean Case.

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy SuperDork
5/27/12 6:16 p.m.

Careful with the photos, boy. Always remember- What happens in Indy, stays in Indy.

Alan Cesar
Alan Cesar Associate Editor
5/27/12 6:55 p.m.

The rain let up (again). Scott's pounding out laps and the car has been reliable after our initial snafu. Finishing up with just one more stint to maximize our time on track.

Per Schroeder
Per Schroeder Technical Editor/Advertising Director
5/27/12 6:59 p.m.

The boys are sitting in 60th. That's the top half of the entries!

jrw1621
jrw1621 PowerDork
5/27/12 7:03 p.m.

I am disappointed in Miss Indiana. There are some stunningly attractive woman that come out of Indiana. Remember, most of the attractive people in CA and FL are not from there but rather they immigrate in from Indiana and the MidWest.

Marjorie Suddard
Marjorie Suddard General Manager
5/27/12 7:19 p.m.

Who cares about her? I'm looking at the hottie next to the beauty queen.

And WTG Team Lincoln!!

Margie

poopshovel
poopshovel PowerDork
5/27/12 7:36 p.m.

According to Kevin, Hong Norrth suffered a somewhat serious wreck, though not as bad as the Civic that caught on fire (driver sustained some burns apparently,) and a Miata that required a rescue saw. Be careful out there folks! An ounce of early braking is worth a pound of "HOLY E36 M3 I'M ON FIRE!!! GET ME OUTTA HERE!!!!!"

Tim Suddard
Tim Suddard Publisher
5/27/12 7:49 p.m.

Yeah, we took the picture with Miss Indiana, because she was one of the less attractive women at the party. At some point she had to notice.

We are done with the Mazda party, totally exhausted and heading home in the a.m.

Overall, very interesting experience and good column fodder, but not sure I would do it again.

Alan Cesar
Alan Cesar Associate Editor
5/27/12 7:57 p.m.

The car has become very difficult to drive in the rain, but we're just gonna keep plugging at it carefully.

Sunset at Daytona.

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon MegaDork
5/27/12 8:03 p.m.
poopshovel wrote: According to Kevin, Hong Norrth suffered a somewhat serious wreck, though not as bad as the Civic that caught on fire (driver sustained some burns apparently,) and a Miata that required a rescue saw. Be careful out there folks! An ounce of early braking is worth a pound of "HOLY E36 M3 I'M ON FIRE!!! GET ME OUTTA HERE!!!!!"

Man. hate to hear Norrth had a crash. Are they still running?

And yessir, remember that it's better to be boring and still running than be Mr Excitement in the middle of a crash.

Wally
Wally GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
5/27/12 8:11 p.m.
Tim Suddard wrote: Yeah, we took the picture with Miss Indiana, because she was one of the less attractive women at the party. At some point she had to notice.

I thought maybe there was another Indiana near Russia, like the extra Georgia they keep there.

Tim Suddard wrote: Overall, very interesting experience and good column fodder, but not sure I would do it again.

If you need a stand in for some of these trips I could suffer through one or two.

poopshovel
poopshovel PowerDork
5/27/12 8:37 p.m.
Curmudgeon wrote:
poopshovel wrote: According to Kevin, Hong Norrth suffered a somewhat serious wreck, though not as bad as the Civic that caught on fire (driver sustained some burns apparently,) and a Miata that required a rescue saw. Be careful out there folks! An ounce of early braking is worth a pound of "HOLY E36 M3 I'M ON FIRE!!! GET ME OUTTA HERE!!!!!"
Man. hate to hear Norrth had a crash. Are they still running? And yessir, remember that it's better to be boring and still running than be Mr Excitement in the middle of a crash.

They were in 5th, down to 41 after wreck, back up to 22 as of a little while ago. Nice drivin boys!

Xceler8x
Xceler8x GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
5/27/12 9:53 p.m.

Sorry to hear Hong Norrth got battered and someone on another team suffered burns.

I do see the Hot Rod Lincoln parked beside The Enterprise? I recognize ol'65.

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