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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:08 AM

OK, between Terry Howard and I we took quite a few pics, over a hundred.
I'm not gonna bore you with that many, but I think we'll still have bunches.

We'll start with a pic of Brad in the shop.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:11 AM

Friday we had to add some plastic balls to reduce the amount of fuel in the tank.
Gran Am allows 23.9 and we were a bit over. Now it's 23.6 and the Grand Am official put his seal on it to show it as AOK.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:12 AM

Here's another shot. This one shows the dry break system.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:13 AM

Porsche really knows how to take car if it's owners & mechanics.
They installed a nice I cream holder for us!


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:14 AM

as you can see it functions quite well. This is Tim (working) and Alan (eating).


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:21 AM

This is a picture of the team and car.
(L-R) Betim, Alan, Doug, Tim, Brad, & Chris.
Tim & Chris own Mind Over Motorsports.
Betim & Alan are mechanics.
Doug drives the rig and helps with odd jobs (what I did, too).
Brad is responsible for fuel and helps with stuff like tranny swaps, etc...

This is a great group of guys, Chris and Tim really know their stuff and don't dick around half-assed. They do it right and they do it without hesitation. All the guys were great to hang around with and they all are great mechanics.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:24 AM

Friday we did some pit stop practices, actually LOTS of them! We shaved over 15 seconds off during practice.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:27 AM

This is what our pits look like in practice.
Fuel hose on left, tire rack in middle and tool box on right.
We've got 4 bottles running air tools that are located under the tires and tool box.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:30 AM

This is Cody, Terry's son, in our Garage Saturday morning. You can't see just how excited he was, he hid it pretty well, but I know he was stoked.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:32 AM

This Cody, a couple hours later. He did the firebottle. Firebottle guy has to have a firesuit, so we found one for him. You can't see it but he doesn't have socks on, haha! About half way through the race I noticed that - oops!


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:36 AM

This Brad, Cody and I after we loaded up the fueling rig. Our pump sucked (no pun intended). It was a hand crank pump and the seal and the handle had dried up and was throwing fuel all over Brad & I while filling it. You can see that both Brad & Cody were in firesuits, but since no one really likes me, I was ok in jeans - DOH! Actually, they had to wear the suits since they went over the wall during the race. My job during pitstops was to open the fuel valve and hold it open til the car was full.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:37 AM

Here we are during the race.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:39 AM

Getting ready to pit.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:40 AM

Pit 1 fuel only.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:41 AM

Debriefing after the first stop.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:43 AM

Stop 2 Driver, fuel & tires.
Here David Murray trades places with Blake Rosser.

In practice, we found it was easier to fuel if Brad climbed on the hood of the car, so here he is on the carbon fiber hood and fenders


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:44 AM

another


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:45 AM

and another


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:47 AM

Burping the vent line


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:47 AM

Blake filling me in on the spin he did in 1.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:51 AM

we aren't bored, I promise


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:52 AM

look for the socks


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:56 AM

clean and shiny


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:56 AM

loading out on Sunday


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:58 AM

This really is a nice car!
I think we had the fastest car in our class and two great drivers.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 10:59 AM

She's all pretty again, but wow, you should have seen her after the race.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:00 AM

I love the FABCARs.

THis is the 58 Red Bull car.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:01 AM

58 on pit out


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:02 AM

59 backing out of his garage (Hurley Haywood driving)


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:02 AM

more


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:03 AM

another


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:03 AM

and another


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:04 AM

Cleaning the nose later in the day


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:04 AM

The big man at Brumos


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:05 AM

Hurley Haywood


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:06 AM

Another shot of Hurley


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:06 AM

FABCAR sans nose


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:07 AM

We had a dyno setup in the garage area.
Here is a super touring Boxster doing a pull.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:08 AM

Our car on pit out.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:09 AM

Super Touring M coupe


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:09 AM

Super Touring Z4


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:09 AM

Cody with Ferrari


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:10 AM

The Wagner/Martini Ferrari.
They ran into the 59 car during Friday's practice and damaged the right rear of their car. I couldn't find any damage on the 59 car.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:11 AM

The Bell Motorsports Moesler.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:12 AM

The pits before the race.


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:13 AM

Parade lap


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:14 AM

Saturday morning practice


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:15 AM

58 in the pits


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:15 AM

more pitstop practice


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:15 AM

I told you our car was fast didn't I ?


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:16 AM

Filling the fuel rig


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Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 11:17 AM

Here's the Ferrari on the tow truck


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Posted by: SirAndy Jun 30 2003, 12:03 PM

wouldn't that be Tim & Chris ???
or is there something brad didn't tell us about?

Andy

Posted by: jfort Jun 30 2003, 12:31 PM

great pictures, sean. thanks for posting them

Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 12:52 PM

Double check that Andy. I think it says the right thing.

Are you trying to make me look bad!

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 30 2003, 01:10 PM

cool pics....was this televised? i saw that brumos car on TV before i thik at watkins glenn

Posted by: Curvie Roadlover Jun 30 2003, 01:28 PM

Great pics!!! How'd you guys draw Pit #1? That's the best pit. I love the fabcar too. Looks like you guys had a great time.

Posted by: seanery Jun 30 2003, 02:16 PM

I don't know how we got pit #1, but it was sweet. Pull in deep and not worry about anyone in front!

The race was on SPEED, and yes, you would have seen the Brumos cars at Watkins Glen a week prior, or at Daytona in Feb or Fontana in May.

Posted by: tryan Jun 30 2003, 02:37 PM

i don't know, but i think that nuttybuddy on the intake is giving you guys an illegal advantage by cooling the intake charge.

Posted by: Jeroen Jun 30 2003, 04:24 PM

Thanks for posting the pics. Waaaaay too cool

cheers,

Jeroen

Posted by: 914Timo Jul 1 2003, 12:33 AM

Great pics and comments. Many thanks

Posted by: Lawrence914-6 Jul 1 2003, 06:35 AM

Very nice... thank you for posting these!

Posted by: seanery Jul 2 2003, 09:30 AM

I found another one....the note on the rear bumper reads..."Please don't feed the Monkeys...thanks management"


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Posted by: Aaron Cox Jul 2 2003, 09:38 AM

pretty hard to read on that pic...i found it eventually

Posted by: Brad Roberts Jul 9 2003, 12:18 AM

DAMN... one day we will be famous. Thanks for posting all these pics Sean.

What most people dont know: Tim worked for my Texas shop back in the early 90's doing mostly 914 and 944 stuff. Chris almost came to work for me but his employer offered up more money to stay on. Now... get this.. Tim and Chris both worked for a guy who runs a Audi in Grand Am cup.. I hired Tim away from him and almost had Chris away from him. Tim and I have known each other since age 21 (11 years now).

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Posted by: jonwatts Jul 9 2003, 12:32 AM

Geezo, HH doesn't look nearly as old as you'd think given his longstanding racing reputation.


Looks like you guys had a real blast.

Posted by: Brad Roberts Jul 9 2003, 12:36 AM

A blast it was... but I think GrandAm is semi pro compared to ALMS. Having experience in both.. GrandAm is the "Non-Factory backed" teams....IE: Rich guys that can afford 30-40k a weekend. Nothing wrong with that.. I think its a great stepping stone to factory backing.

I wish I could swing a Daytona Prototype.


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Posted by: seanery Jul 9 2003, 12:37 AM

you know....FABCAR is about 15 minutes from my house...
http://www.fabcar-usa.com

Posted by: Brad Roberts Jul 9 2003, 12:39 AM

Yeah.. I know.. I'm the one who told YOU..LOL

I wonder if Honda would be interested in putting a DP together (since Brumos has the Porsche powered ones wrapped up)


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Posted by: seanery Jul 9 2003, 12:42 AM

maybe, you might be right about that...

Posted by: seanery Jul 9 2003, 12:43 AM

modena powered!!!

not mugen!