It is a little scary to see how they push each other off the track lane.
Lot's of damage but interesting to see.
Not my style of driving.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
To: "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] E prod. runoff
> On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Marx Christian tr4-racing wrote:
>
> > That is action but I am very happy not to be in that race:
> >
> > http://www.trackdaymedia.com/cruises/runoffs%2005%20eprod%20erik%20m.wmv
> >
> > Chris
>
> That was a great race. Sam Halkias (TR6) was actually in the lead for
> about 30 feet on the restart lap when everyone was trying to figure out
> how to get three-wide in the esses. Knapp went around the outside in the
> Lotus (I'm not sure if it's a Chaterham or not) and eventually won. I
> still can't figure out why Halkias and the Prelude were leaning on each
> other at the beginning of the hill. From the arm-chair general position,
> it looks like it cost Sam H. 2nd. Oh well. I would have had to take a
> month off if a TR6 won the E Prod championship. :-)
>
> I have the bootlid from Sam's car on my race car now.
>
> But current SCCA racing seems to involve cars leaning on each other as a
> matter of course lately (last 10 years or so). That's one reason you're
> seeing less vintage racers in that venue here in the US. It's not SCCA's
> fault, per se, it's just the mindset of the participants.
>
> rml
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