I
didn't get pictures of the street 928s -- I arrived just as Keith and
the SoCal928 gang were leaving.
Joe Privitelli got lots of great pictures -- go to http://homepage.mac.com/jpriv/PhotoAlbum28.html
The
following emails identify some of the cars:
(from
the 928 mailing list at http://www.rennlist.org/)
Glen
Larson wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> Nice pics. Joe and Mark I know, but who are the other 928 racers?
>
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From:
Don Hanson [mailto:dhanson@gorge.net]
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004
Subject: [928] Re: Some 928 racecar pix on Saturday
The other yellow car is Ron, a fellow who time trials with POC and
works for parts for Mark. The grey is Mike Avitt, I think. One of the
black ones is a stroker that is also in time trials with POC, Bob's I
think.
The others I don't know from the markings they are in time trial
mode, I think. Mark A. can probably give a rundown, and maybe he will
chime
in with a race report...Looks like the two "big boys" (strokers
equipped
with the Phil Threshie intake set-up) qualified pretty well, from that
one
grid pic....
Don Hanson
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Subject:
Some 928 racecar pix on Saturday
From: "Mark Anderson" <mark@928intl.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004
The
cars I'm familiar with at the event were:
Mark Anderson #92 1988 6.5 liter white
Joseph Fan #62 1988 6.5 liter Cool yellow with GTSR graphics
Ronn Gorttschalk 1989 GT We tease him calling his car buttercup because
of the off yellow color.
Andrea Moore 1978 5 liter euro motor- black
Bob Belsamo #410 1988 6.5 liter black
Renen Pelico #390 1984 5 liter euro black with hood nacas [NACA Ducts]
Well
the 928's were out in force this weekend. We had 5 in our pits and a few
others were spread out. In Friday's first open practice Joseph and I were
4th
and 5th fastest out of 40 cars so we were off to a great start. The amount
of serious hardware was impressive including a few factory cars from the
24
hours of Daytona and a factory Ferrari 360 GT from the ALMS series. Joseph
and I qualified 7th and 11th for Saturday's race but I got to take advantage
of the 6.4 stroker's torque to pick up 2 positions when the green flag
dropped. By the end of the race I had made it up to 2nd but Joseph was
having some erratic electrical problem which held him back. Sunday's race
was a
bit of the same. The starting position was based on Friday's qualifier
so we
had to start in the same positions as Friday's race. Again I was able
to pick
up 2 positions going into turn 1 then in turn 3 the leader missed a shift
and
things stacked up a bit but I jumped into the lead. I was able to hold
onto
the lead for a few laps but I did lose it to a 2004 cup car. All in all
it
was a blast and I have a new respect for the Nascar guys. I was entering
turn one in the oval at 170mph and held on for dear life. I hear those
guys
do it at almost 200.
On a side note I tried the stock wing to see if I got more top speed but
after the back end getting loose in the oval I went right back to the
big
wing. It's been a long time since I was that scared on a track.
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