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#53 is a Porsche 997 Cup which placed 36th overall. It's 2nd lap (of 79) was the fastest. #49 is the Porsche Center Väst Porsche 991 Carrera, 58th overall with 73 laps. |
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This BMW 135D GTR placed 105th overall but 1st in class (of 3) with 65 laps total. Behind him is the #200 Team AutoArenA Motorsport Mercedes-Benz C 230, 51st overall and 2nd in class (of 8) with 74 laps completed. |
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| Talk about slow to find some speed. The #54 Black Falcon Team TMD Friction Porsche 911 GT3 Cup placed 29th overall with it's fastest lap 76 of 80. The #305 Opel Astra OPC Cup placed 47th overall with a fastest lap 74 of 75. |
And a few last in class finishes…
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#150: Raceunion Teichmann Racing Renault Clio: 108th overall and 7th in class (of 7 finished…). |
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| This 370Z placed 120th overall and 16th in a class of as many finishers (SP 7); 59 laps total. |
Besides Bill, I was also attempting to meet up with Paul St. Claire, my former Nissan Motorsports contact now at AEM. He was crewing (which he indicated pre-race meant he might change a tire or something) for the GT-R that was qualified 26th and was up to 19th place early on only to be stymied by of all things, an OEM coolant hose. Boom goes a head gasket and the team replaced the entire engine (an 8 hour job somehow completed in about 3 hours…) only to go back out on track in 160th place to get less than one lap before the flag of doom- more on that later. In the end, they finished 148th and managed 136th overall after cars that couldn't complete the last lap were accounted for. Not bad overcoming a 3 hour tour…
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| Check out the home built wooden “grandstands” in the background. As the weather grew colder/wetter, those grandstands became bonfires. |
