Ha, I watched expecting the world to be going sideways across your windshield. Good reactions from everyone to avoid an accident.
Racer
Sep 24 2020, 06:09 AM
Looks like someone pinched the end of turn 10.. as they added power.. on cold tires.. doh!
wndsrfr
Sep 24 2020, 06:23 AM
QUOTE(Racer @ Sep 24 2020, 04:09 AM)
Looks like someone pinched the end of turn 10.. as they added power.. on cold tires.. doh!
Yep... that black 911 balked at the start & bottled me up...2020 hindsight I should have dodged right around him and it all would have been behind me....but it's 2020 sooo....
lalee914
Sep 27 2020, 02:24 PM
I will post a few photos from this event. My wife took about 2000 photos during the event. There was a good turnout for the vintage group and a bunch of 914s were there. This was the start of one of the sprint races. Note the first 4 cars.
lalee914
Sep 27 2020, 02:26 PM
This guy was the fastest in the vintage group. As I recall he was something like 6 sec faster than the next fastest. Don't know anything about the car.
lalee914
Sep 27 2020, 02:28 PM
Steve Vasina's very fast 914.
lalee914
Sep 27 2020, 02:29 PM
This guy was in the paddock near the guy I was crewing for. This was a very well done car.
lalee914
Sep 27 2020, 02:30 PM
Another very well done 914
lalee914
Sep 27 2020, 06:19 PM
Not all the interesting cars were Porsches...
lalee914
Sep 27 2020, 06:21 PM
Another quick one.
lalee914
Sep 27 2020, 06:22 PM
Not all the interesting Porsches were 914s either.
stownsen914
Sep 27 2020, 07:12 PM
Thanks for sharing the pics - very nice!
The 911 in the last pic is a tube frame mid engine 911 built by Fabcar that ran in IMSA back on the mid 1990s. Very cool car.
naro914
Sep 28 2020, 07:47 AM
QUOTE(lalee914 @ Sep 27 2020, 04:26 PM)
This guy was the fastest in the vintage group. As I recall he was something like 6 sec faster than the next fastest. Don't know anything about the car.
This car used to be Tim McKenzie's before he died, now run by Brian Weathered - owner of Eurosport. He's a good driver, the car is HIGHLY developed...we modeled a lot of Papa Smurf after that car, though this car is basically fully tube frame under that skin. I think Brian set the VGTO class record and was a couple seconds faster than my best...
Watch this video for when Tim (in the #69) and a 911 turbo were racing at Road America. Its a VERY fast car...
And nice heads up driving John - I saw Wayne's in car video (the black 911) when he spun...yes, pinched the turn, cold tires... He's got a 3.6 in that thing!! Good to see you, sad I couldn't join in the fun...
lalee914
Sep 28 2020, 10:12 AM
a few more photos. I've seen this guy at Watkins a few times. Pretty nice car.
lalee914
Sep 28 2020, 10:14 AM
Lots of 914s
lalee914
Sep 28 2020, 10:15 AM
Another nice one
lalee914
Sep 28 2020, 05:12 PM
This guy understands racing...
lalee914
Sep 28 2020, 05:32 PM
Another fast 914
lalee914
Sep 28 2020, 05:34 PM
Too many hot 914s to keep track of.
Charles Freeborn
Sep 30 2020, 10:12 AM
QUOTE(lalee914 @ Sep 28 2020, 04:12 PM)
This guy understands racing...
There's an open wheel car that runs events 'round here that has "driver carries no cash" on the side..
lalee914
Sep 30 2020, 05:31 PM
Next up is a series of Brian Watson doing some agricultural racing. This is all natural for Brian, he's an old dirt track guy.
lalee914
Sep 30 2020, 05:31 PM
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lalee914
Sep 30 2020, 05:32 PM
Hang in there Brian...
lalee914
Sep 30 2020, 05:33 PM
still sideways
lalee914
Sep 30 2020, 05:34 PM
Whew!
Matt Romanowski
Oct 1 2020, 11:59 AM
The Eurosport car looks like a car that used to be in NH built by a buy named Barry Brensinger and raced for a long time. I believe he sold it to someone with the last name Nuzzo (Nizzo?). It was a cool car and very quick.
naro914
Oct 1 2020, 12:37 PM
QUOTE(Matt Romanowski @ Oct 1 2020, 01:59 PM)
The Eurosport car looks like a car that used to be in NH built by a buy named Barry Brensinger and raced for a long time. I believe he sold it to someone with the last name Nuzzo (Nizzo?). It was a cool car and very quick.
Hey Matt - are you talking about the black/yellow 914? That is Tim McKenzie's old car (Tim passed away a few years ago, and Brian of Eurosport now owns it). I met Tim at Sebring and he showed me all the trick things they did to build that car. He had owned it for a long time - originally as stock. There really isnt much left on that car that's stock. As example, here's the rear trunk area...