Thankfully an entertaining event in the end. Pretty amazing.
Thanks for sharing this...with images.
Dave H.
> On 07/29/2024 7:00 PM PDT finishing Touch via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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>
> The lighter side of racing:
>
> Sunday during the Pittsburgh Historic medium bore sprint race, I was
> racing down the back stretch in my TR6 when I saw a car in front of me
> kick up a piece of rubber (marble) and it was coming my way. My natural
> reaction was to blink and I heard it hit my car. I thought nothing more
> of it until I went to look at my dash mounted rear view mirror which was
> now turned sideways. On the next lap at the end of the front straight
> away, I navigated the hard left hand turn and pushed the throttle whichÂ
> wouldn't fully open. Glancing down, I saw this piece of rubber on the
> floor wedged under the throttle pedal. Fortunately after breaking and
> taking the next a hard left, it became dislodged and I was able to
> finish the race with normal controls. What are the odds of that?
>
> It's the biggest 'marble' I ever captured and is now just another
> keepsake for my racing display case.
>
> Mike Kurtz
> Yellow TR6 #51
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