I stopped by the track a few weeks ago and several cars were testing...

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I'm getting there Thursday after work and will besetting up Camp URY somewhere around the Skip Barber fence. It seems to be a good central location. During the day I'll be walking and shooting photos.

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I'll be there Thursday Paul. Will be working part of the weekend with the SCCA (non-painted man). You have my number?

I'll be there Thursday thru the race finish. We are on the outside of T1 just at the end of the safety fence. I think spots 129 wish. There will be a black TDI wagon with GA plates on it next to the RV. I'll be walking around a lot as well.

I am not planning to go (unless someone has a Free Ticket & Beer ) as I am Racing with Patrick Long, Andy Lally, Patrick Dempsey & Bryon Sellers the day after 12 Hours. And the St Pete GP is the following weekend and I am working for a Pirelli World Challenge GS Team (they Won at COTA)

I'm heading up for Friday and Saturday. First time for me. I've never been in the infield before or watched any race live! Cant wait...

I'll be there.

I can help with the beer...

I stopped by the track today and 2 Vettes were running. Track was closed to the public.

I found out today that my Driving Partner for the Pro Am Karting Race is Patrick Long! Give us the Trophy now!

In previous years I have been partnered up with Carlos DeQuesada & Bryan Sellers.

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I don't beg, but if you are the giving kind and like to Donate to Charity (Tax Deductions for you Cheap Ass Bastards lol), we are trying to raise $75,000 Grant for All Childrens Hospital. Last year we raised $50k and there was a Nice write-up in the New York Times. There is a strong rumor that this years event will be televised (taped - later broadcast). There are close to 20 Pros from IMSA, WEC, IndyCar, & Nascar participating. Patron is the Major Sponsor to the tune of $25k!

The Site is below - you will see that it is for Driver Registration, but if you click on it, there are other donation catagories

http://kart4kids.com/

Anyone there yet?

Leaving for the airport in 2 hours!

When this is over, would some of you guys please post pics and info? Need hotel, ticket, best viewing spots, that kind of info etc? Never been there before and I'm planning to attend next year with my brother from CO and a couple other guys. It's our biannual guy's weekend.

Thanks and have a great time.

Len, I'll send you a PM. IMHO, a hotel is boring. The only way to truly experience Sebring is to camp, either primitive style or in an RV. My family has had the same spot for 15 out of the 28 years I've gone and I love it more each year. Lots of run, plenty of relaxing time and badass cars. And that's not even mentioning all the un-mentionable stuff that goes on over in Green Park (the inside portion of the track).

If you come next year, rent an RV and hook up with us. We'll show you everything.

PERFECT and thank you.

One of the guys who is coming lives in Tampa and has a good size RV, but we wern't sure if we should use it. Guess you settled that.

Have a great time.

I'm packing my shit up tonight. I'll leave after work tomorrow.
It is going to be in the upper 80's on Sat.


T.C., I'll see you on Sunday.

I ve always wanted to go to to this all weekend but I've only been able to do a few hours at a time. I have family that lives 3 miles from the track. You cant sleep at night when they are racing. Maybe next year I will camp out.

I'm partnered with Patrick Long!

http://www.racer.com/north-american-racing...in-palmetto-fla

I saw that. Pretty damn cool.

Our Uniforms are St Patricks Themed as I also have Patrick Lindsey as an extra Pro on my Team (I'm smelling 1st Place already)) - Green with White Carrera Stripes

Here is Patrick Long, T.C.'s teammate. This is from yesterday at Sebring waiting for the first driver's change...

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For some reason the 914-8 was on display in the Hall of Fame building...

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Did anyone notice the outside door handles are different? The mounting tab is much larger....

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Here's Seabird (Miguel) doing some laps in HSR.

Man, what a weekend. Worked the race on Thursday and Friday, drove back to St. Pete to pickup wife and dad, hung out with Miguel and Shane, saw the /8, watched a good portion of the 12 hours and enjoyed a few libations.

Special thanks to chads74 for letting me borrow his pop-up camper - it was awesome.

Sorry I missed Mark and Paul. I think I just tried to cram too much in one weekend.

I had the live stream streaming all day, but really only paid attention to the last hour and first hour.

Heartbreaker for the Viper guys in GTD, with the car failing while leading the class with only 5 minutes left to go.

As always, rooting for Falken in GTLM. A respectable 3rd in class, but a lap behind the class winner.
Zach

Glad you were able to use the pop-up. Hope I can make it down next year.

Had a great time. Sorry I missed you George. Saturday I stuck pretty close to the RV. GTLM and GTD were where all of the fun was at for me. I expected one of the DP Vettes to win since they are well known and built like tanks. Decent effort by Krohn and MSR. I hope to see MSR become much stronger as they get to know the car.

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Look at how much the real tire on the Porsche is pushed on the rim!
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Great Pics!!

Is this the same #58 Brumos car that was displayed at Amelia Island? What class was it running in? An article at Flatsixes.com says it was restored and then never raced again.

Great pics BTW, I always look forward to your photography.

Thanks guys. The Brumos car ran in the Historic race. I don't know if that was the one from Amelia Island. It was cool to see the 914-8 again. I never got to see the engine compartment and trunk and it was neat to see that the trunk fire wall was moved back so that the top shock mounts were in the engine compartment, and the trunk also had a dip in the back end that created more room.

I usually see a few 914s in the infield and didn't notice any this year.

Mark, your pictures are phenomenal as usual. Giving Paul a run for his money I'd say but his are always great too.

I got some more pictures of the /8, just waiting for my dad to send them to me since I was using his camera.

That's not a Real Brumos car, but I believe it might have been at Amelia

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