The Porsche is running great and looking for a DP win. Tons of 911 in the race.

I Just got home from Daytona. It was a beautiful day to watch racing. Also a great day for spending some quality time with some 914 friends. I spent some time talking with Doug Waters and watched the race and rapped with TC. They both drove their 914-6's and parked them in the Porsche Corral. I drove over from Tampa in a 1993 C2 coupe.

I wish I was there. There have been a lot of "incidents"- looked like NASCAR...
Endurance racing is great. Maybe I'll make it to Sebring in March.

Got up at 0430am to watch the last 5 hours on Speed.

1st thing I heard was the Alex Job #23 Porsche was back in 1st until they had another CV joint failure.

Live coverage at: 2006 Rolex 24

It was definately awesome. I didn't run into any of the 914 guys while I was over there. I was really impressed with the M3 #5 that was staying ahead of some of the prototype cars.

Scott, give me a shout if you come down for sebring.

John

Got up early to watch this morning. Job racing still has a chance. The Target racing team runs a great program. Just goes to show what a big bag of $$$ will do. Crown Royal team need some luck to get the win. The Racers Group GTO could get the win in the GT class

Crown Royal just bit the dust....Bummer

QUOTE (race914 @ Jan 29 2006, 05:34 AM)

Got up at 0430am to watch the last 5 hours on Speed. 1st thing I heard was the Alex Job #23 Porsche was back in 1st until they had another CV joint failure. Live coverage at: 2006 Rolex 24

Me too. Couldn't sleep. Watching the end.

Anyone know if theres a live stream online somewhere? I dont have cable.

John

QUOTE (stock93 @ Jan 29 2006, 07:54 AM)

Anyone know if theres a live stream online somewhere? I dont have cable. John

Live audio at:

http://grandamerican.vfx.com/Rolex/GrandAm...merican_800.asp

Porsche took 1st in GT with TPC racing

So now I have to get some work done.
Wife thought it was cool that the RX-8 was leadig the class for awhile.
But it takes a Porsche to win!!! and how about that Shred it car fastest car by far whole race. DAmn CV joint boots. WTF.

QUOTE (SGB @ Jan 28 2006, 09:49 PM)

There have been a lot of "incidents"- looked like NASCAR... Endurance racing is great.

it was good seeing the ones i saw and i'm sorry i missed the ones i missed!!
i'll post a few pics tomorrow ..... i need SLEEEEEEP!!!

QUOTE (sjhowitson @ Jan 29 2006, 07:13 AM)

Crown Royal just bit the dust....Bummer

What the hell happend there? I went out to the garage for a couple hours and when I came back in it was no more, and the announcers never made mention of what happend?! In car cam last night on Justin Wilson was incredibbe when the rear kept trying to come around on him. Awesome f'in driving on his part

Crown Royal car "let the steam escape" you know like letting the smoke out of electronics
no matter what you do it just won't go back in.

QUOTE (Joe Ricard @ Jan 29 2006, 04:18 PM)

Crown Royal car "let the steam escape" you know like letting the smoke out of electronics no matter what you do it just won't go back in.

Werked for trains, should werk on a car right???

Bumos team got robbed IMO of 3rd place when the leading Target DP car hit them in the rear causing the damage that resulted in a flat tire that knocked it out of 3rd. That's racing but grrrr....

But, I am glad that the other Porsche powered car moved into 3rd.

AAARRRGGGHHHH


DAMN it, for some reason my TiVo did Not record the last 4hrs from this morning, 5am - 9am.

"this show was not recorded due to a recording conflict"

S. of a B.


At least the 'new' Alex Job Porsche Daytona Prototype was fast, or should I say FASTEST!!!


I REAlly want to go to that race someday.

QUOTE (Scott Carlberg @ Jan 29 2006, 05:45 PM)

DAMN it, for some reason my TiVo did Not record the last 4hrs from this morning, 5am - 9am.

Even if your TIVO had worked, you would have missed the last 10 minutes, since the race started after 12 PM EST and therefore ended after 12 PM. I set my VHS per the Speed program directory, 8 AM to 12 PM, and didn't get the finish or the post race interviews. Grrrr....

But, actually, I saw the finsh from the front straight grandstand. My various favorites didn't win, but they all had a chance. The weather in Daytona was great all weekend, no rain until we were driving home.

Here are a couple of pictures from the Porsche Corral while I await race pix from our Official photographer Doug.

T.C.

Dougs 914-6

I never saw or talked to the owner of this nice 914-6 conversion.

T.C.

I never had a clear shot of my car all day. I was parked with a Cayman on one side and a slopenose 930 on the other. People kept crowding near these cars to get a shot of the car in-between. Great talking with Doug and Steve, also saw Donnie Weimer (he bought the Beck 914 from me last year). Had alot of people ask me what my car was. Is it me or the car that keeps getting older. Saw alot of action and saw almost every crash between the kink and the 2nd Horseshoe. The shunt with the Suntrust car and the Bimmer was a hard hit. The wildest sound came when the Fernandez Lowes DP went dirt farming, caught a little air, came down nose first, dug in and snapped off the whole front end. For a while it looked liked you could have made a fortune selling off C/F memorabilia, if you could have grabbed it. They had piles of sitting down there. Okay Doug, where are the real pictures?

T.C.

DOUG calling Doug. I'm waiting for your pictures. I know youve got some great ones

T.C.

QUOTE (carr914 @ Jan 31 2006, 03:16 PM)

DOUG calling Doug. I'm waiting for your pictures. I know youve got some great ones T.C.

yesssssss ...... you rang?!?

sorry, i had to catch up on some sleep!!

i didn't get that many good pics, the best angles are on the other side of the fence, so you kinda get stuck shooting the same corner.

t.c., i didn't get a pic of your car either, there was always a crowd there!! i must say, i found a lot of luuuuuuuuuv for the 914 there!!!

here are a few, in no particular order.

never talked to this guy either, '74 w/ 2.4 6cyl.

cayman

bmw

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1st in gt

goat

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the audi influence