Daytona 24 starting on SpeedTV now... Let's go Lizards!!! *NM*

Steve
Guards Red 1999
I'm not a race car driver, but I play one in 2nd and 3rd gear

... I've got a couple of good friends running in DPs.
Miguel and Enzo Potolicchio are in each of the two Starworks cars.
I'm so envious !
Happy Racing at Daytona
Pedro

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

---

Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/29/2012 11:45AM by Pedro (Weston, FL). (view changes)

... Porsche sweeps the GT Class and Andy Lally does it again!
Ford also sweeps the Prototypes. One of my friends finished 2nd overall. Congratulations, Enzo.
Great 50th Anniversary.
Hope to see many of the Porsche teams and drivers at the 49 Hours at Sebring next weekend.
Happy Porscheing
Pedro

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

---

Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna




Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/29/2012 06:01PM by Pedro (Weston, FL). (view changes)

One of 28,000 plus.

I watched a good part of the race on TV. What a thriller!!!!!!!!!

Really amazing that after 24 hours the top cars in each catergory where so close on the same lap. Racing at its best. That's for sure.

...sorry, just had to point that out.

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

---

Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna

FORD-powered Rileys win 1st., 2nd., and 3rd in the Daytona Prototypes.
PORSCHE wins 1st., 2nd., and 3rd in the GT Class.
Happy Porscheing
Pedro

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

---

Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna

[dickmacalive.blogspot.com]

What a wonderful four days. Sorry - the Lizard broke - you probably know better than I do what happened. It was off track for awhile and then came back with a good deal of its rear body work missing. After that, lap times were abysmal. OTOH, it was a sweep for Porsche! Both the prototype and GT races were great with the winning margins measured in seconds after 24 hours. I was really rooting for a caution near the end so the Brumos 59 could get another shot.

Almost as much fun as the race, they had a short vintage race on Saturday morning with the winners of previous Daytona races. It was a thrill to see the old 907, 917, 962 etc race alongside the Ford GT and even a Dodge Viper. Can't say I am much of a fan of the looks of the Rileys though. Kept asking myself what the 917 would do if they really would let it out on the Daytona tri-oval.

I'll post a few pics when I get back home in a couple of days.

Lawdevil
2013 Boxster S - Agate Grey,
2016 Macan Turbo - jet black
Cashiers, NC & Atlanta



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/29/2012 05:27PM by Lawdevil. (view changes)

One more thing - the hospitality by the Florida PCA club was incredible. ALso a real treat to see over 200 Porsches in the Porsche Corral - some of them quite nice and/or unique.

Lawdevil
2013 Boxster S - Agate Grey,
2016 Macan Turbo - jet black
Cashiers, NC & Atlanta

Here are a few of the hundreds of photos - great weekend!

[lh6.googleusercontent.com]
[lh5.googleusercontent.com]
[lh5.googleusercontent.com]

[lh6.googleusercontent.com]

[lh6.googleusercontent.com]

[lh3.googleusercontent.com]
[lh4.googleusercontent.com]
[lh5.googleusercontent.com]
[lh3.googleusercontent.com]
[lh4.googleusercontent.com]
[lh4.googleusercontent.com]

Lawdevil
2013 Boxster S - Agate Grey,
2016 Macan Turbo - jet black
Cashiers, NC & Atlanta

Here's a link not to the main page, but to the Motorsports section that currently has a slide presentation along with articles.

Daytona

[amigosracingforlatinamerica.blogspot.com]