I just uploaded a small video taken at Mid-Ohio showing the three
Roadsters/drivers Paul mentioned going through the Carousel turn.
http://home.neo.rr.com/mark2000/images/datsun1600/images/mid-ohio1.wmv
Might be a bit choppy on a 56K dial-up however.
Mark Sedlack
Cuyahoga Falls OH
66 1600 http://home.neo.rr.com/mark2000/images/datsun1600/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <9laser3@bright.net>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 6:23 AM
Subject: Tom Phalen racing at MidOhio
> Not the best camera for shooting long shots, but my son Dan joined us
this
> weekend at the MidOhio Vintage GP where Tom Phelan raced his vintage 2000
> roadster. It was a great weather weekend and even a better race weekend.
> Three roadster were racing; Tom Phelan from North Carolina, Dick Tillinger
> from New York, and Don Herman from Ohio. While Dick was well in front of
> the group, finishing 5th over all I believe, Tom and Don had some great
laps
> of racing. IN the end, a corner worker won and snuck in a yellow flag
that
> neither Don or Tom saw, just as Tom out braked Don into turn 6 and passed
> him. That cost Tom a stop & go too near the end of the race to recover.
> But it was a good lesson to learn for Tom (Stay alert to the corner
> workers!) and it didn't even begin to dim the huge grin on Tom's face that
> he finishes all his races with!
>
> one=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/
>
> ...or if that doesn't get you there try
<http://photos.yahoo.com/trewq93>
> and look in the SVGP folder.
>
> Paul Kort
> Ohio
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