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Day One - Final qualifying and Pit shots
The first five hours...One to Six
Friday January 19, 1999. Daytona USA.
Schedule:
Quailifying Sessions
1:00-1:30
GT3
1:45-2:15
GT2-GTT
2:30-3:00
Can-Am
3:30-5:30 HSR Rolex Historic Enduro
Saturday January
30, 1999
9:00-9:30 Warm
Up
11"30-12:00 Legends
Exhibition
11:35 Pit Lane
Opens to Grid Cars
12:15 Grid open
to cars
12:25 Grid REstricted
to Team Members
12:30 Driver's
Introductions
1:00 Start Rolex
24 Hour Race
...........................
5:00 TRG 68
is now in 20th position.....THIRD in class!
Car 67 has moved
to 68th position.
6:00 Update - with
darkness falling, the lights come on and TRZG car moves into 18th position
overall
as cars begin to
bite the dust.....FOURTH in GT3, still just out of the show. They
are a lap down from the
two GT3 leaders
Prototype Racing and Alex Job Racing in 14th and 15th, respectively
6:15 - Major Happenings,
6:30 Alex Job in 13th, TRZG in 14th overall, 1-2 in GT3, with 2 laps separating them
Weather is mystical....almost eerie. SOme of the cars have neon signs in the windows....
Car 68 at speed....just a blurr....
6:47 PM
A quick tire change
A MESS! The
car is too far fromthe wall and has to be moved by hand to get the fuel
rig to reach..
Good thing it's
under YELLOW!
The Reiley and Scott cars are distinctive by thier center mounted lights
TRG 67 recognozed by it's blue neon strip...
7:00 Standings
Ferrari, Ferrari, Ford, Ferrari, Chevy
GT2:
7th, car 4, Corvette 167 Laps
9th, Car 50, Viper, 165 laps
12, Car 33, Porsche 911 GT2turbo, Konrad Motorsports 162 laps
15th, car 83 GT2 turbo ROOCK Racing 911 *** Behind CAR 68!***159
laps
GT3
13th, Car 23, ALex Job Racing RSR 161 Laps
14th Car 68 The Racer's Group, 911 RSR 159 laps
16th Car 17 TC Kline RSR, 158 laps
.....
26th Car 67 The Racer's Group 153 laps
7:15 PM Another
Yellow - Car 68 due into the Pits
The track goes
green and two cars go into the grass on turn 2 in the infield....AAAAHHHH!!!!!!
7:22 PM ALex Job (12th) and TRG #68 (13th) move up a spot as one of the faster can-am cars dropps out...
7:27 PM Car 88 -
Can AM car Doolahie gets bites it on lap 168 just after the last yellow,
and Alex Job and
TRG Bump up again! They are in Eleventh and Twelfth.
TRG68 is almost
exactly two laps down from Alex Job and maintains second with Nick at the
wheel....
7:30 PM Meanwhile,
car 67 is up to 24th as can am 16 falls behind, out of the race.Leader
is on lap 185,
68 on 170, and
67 is on 163....Eighth in GT3.
7:33 Debris in turn 4 threaten another yellow....
Just in time for 68 to pit.
Bruno is ready to
jump in....
He lends Nick a helping hand exiting the car, then quick-hops in himself.
Tires, Gas and a
driver. Ray is movin'! With a yellow every 15 minutes, it's easy
to get it done under yellow, but these guys are FLYING!
Hands up for clear, Nick is snapping in the net. One of the undfortunate things about Daytona's Pits is that they are so tight if the car in the pit ahead is in, the car will need to be pushed back manually. Unlike the cut-throat racing one woudl expect, the Next pit over (Millenium Porsche) is kind enough to move their car up to let Bruno out. An exceedingly gentlemenly thing to do, saving a good 10 seconds that would otherwise be lost jockying the car. Outstanding...
Ray Quintero the Fueler-----get apic!
After a few minutes to cool off, nick jumps on the
laptop to enter comments:
"Brakes great, shifting stiffens during session, no
rear grip on first set of tires, second set great balance, car likes to
go slow into corners early, and hug apex,then pull the trigger woudl take
full power really early, out of 6 and one...."
8:00 Car 67 pits unexpectedly and the crew scrambles to life! Driver change is in order as are a set of tires....pit under green....
Driver swap with the doors on this car actually seem tougher....sliding in the hole in 68 takes some finesse but it happens quickly once the skill is aquired....
11th Place - ALex Job 183 laps
12th place (GT2) Roock Racing
13th Place (GT3-second) TRG Car 68 with 181 laps