Sebring

[FF3]

Any Sebring results? Surely someone was there.

[Purple Frog]

I was there. Unfortunately, I left the results sheet on the kitchen counter on my rush to return to the real world this morning. I'll post it tomorrow if no one else beats me to it.

Some color commentary...
Thursday it got colder and colder all day. The crashing began in ernest.
Friday was miserably cold. The crashing continued at a high rate.
Saturday was actually sort of nice weather wise. A crowded track for practice and qualifying. 27 FCs and 14 FAs. The line continued to que up for parts at the Primus trailer as crashing continued. Panoz had a large dumpster moved over close to the Primus trailer.
On Sunday morning at 8 am almost everybody went out on the hardship warmup. They came off the track and then it rained, and rained. Around noon it stopped. All cars sat jacked up with 8 tires laying around them... waiting. It got drier. All the leaders went out on dry tires and it stayed dry for the race. The crashing continued. Our FC heros outdid the SRFs, making a regional IT race look like a garden party.
Of our usual contributers, I know that Defer had a DNF with mechanical woes. Bragg finished 10th. I think Aiken was 13th.

Details later...

[FF3]

Great commentary! The actual results will now be an anti climax, which reminds me of last night, but that's a different subject. Thanks.

[Purple Frog]

I was going to report on a rumor that Mark had a slight brain fade on Friday.

But, after a set of tires that finished 5th at the runoffs showed up mysteriously in my paddock space Saturday morning, I must report that a S2 savagely and with malice intent drove out of it's way to crash hard into poor Mark.

Was it Tom that originally called me a tire whore? Free tires will not buy this reporter's integrity.

Now about George... thats another story.

[ January 07, 2002: Message edited by: Purple Frog ]

[Tom Johnson]

Msr. Frog, I would NEVER call you a tire whore. Whores get paid.

No, I think you're more of a tire slut.

[Purple Frog]

If the tire fits, race it...

OBTW, on Thursday and Friday there were 3 Zetecs running. They were lapping in the same range as the FAs (Oliver, French, et al). One already had 1500 miles on the motor.

[ January 07, 2002: Message edited by: Purple Frog ]

[ennis bragg]

FC Race Results from Sebring 1-6-02

1. Tim Minor (starting from 11th, nice run)
2. Chris Fahan
3. Mark Wilkins
4. Jeff Butcher
5. Alan D. Guibord
6. George Levien
7. Bill Jordan
8. Robert Gelles (polesitter)
9. Ennis Bragg
10. Jerry Szykuls
11. Scott Dick
12. Jeff Kowalik
13. Dan Bruggem
14. Marshall Aiken
15. Michael Wetts
16. Chris Carlson
17. Alan Polackwich
18. Jim Belay
19. Alan R. Guibord
20. Richard Zober
21. Martin Fisher
22. Jim Morgan
23. John Levy
24. Jim Little
25. Brian Cleary
26. Mario Vecchi
27. Ken Dromm


FA Results

1 Kaiser
2 French
3 Opperman
4 Kornell
5 Lasko
6 Mo??
7 Bardha

[Purple Frog]

Fahan turned a 1:07.1
Minor turned a 1:07.3
Everyone else was 1:08.3 or above.

[Scott Gesford]

Congrats to Tim Minor and Kris Kaiser. That's a great run for Kris as it was his first time at Sebring. Way to go Joe and "Shine Boy".