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On Speedvision right now...Good Stuff!

Yeah, I thought they were never going to cut away from NASCAR qualifying

Aston Martin kicking some Corvette azzz Shame that the TVR's couldn't make a better go of it. And dang, poor poor Dyson

Good race. It's amazing to think that 2 cars can be only ~7 seconds apart after 12 hours of racing.

Remind me next year not to forget the sunscreen -- people in traffic today were craning their necks to catch a glimpse of my glowing red face and flourescent white eye sockets.

Was a great race and a big crowd. High attrition, it seems (based on 'quiet time' around the 8th - 9th hour and later), though I haven't had the chance to sit down and digest in detail all the documented incidents. As usually happens, I leave a spectating spot just moments prior to an incident, so I didn't get to see in person the #4 Vette sloshing up the mosquito factories in Sunset Bend, or all the punting that the #2 Audi was involved in.

The Aston, Maserati, and Ferrari? All sound as delicious as they look, and I do have sorrow for those of you who had to suffer through the blasphemy of Speed TV's dumbing it down for your ears with excessive camera cuts and incessant babbling.

Perhaps the most rewarding part of the day came when, 30 minutes after the start as we vacated our encampent outside the Turn 1-2 stretch, my hopelessly-and-mindlessly-lost-in-NASCAR buddy from work turned to me and mouthed "I'm hooked!" Success!! Another one turned from the dark side...

Posted some of the Sebring pics me and a buddy took at http://cdw27.home.mindspring.com. They are by no means professional or even good amateur stuff, but hopefully you'll find them enjoyable nonetheless. In general, a faster zoom lens is needed -- the Tamron 75-300mm lens borrowed from a friend has an itty-bitty aperture. Add that it's an external focuser and it's clear that sharp panning dusk shots are next to impossible.

Feedback welcome --

Pics of bewbies?

do they have any of those at Sebring?

Brinn, those are some FANTASTIC pics!

This pic of the Maser is a good shot; check out how much narrower the wing is compared to the body work. IIRC one of the concessions they had to make to run was #1 shorten the front and rear body work, and #2 make the wing the same width as the cockpit. Supposedly Maser has the fully ACO-compliant, narrowed, MC12 nearly ready.

I just noticed something else, the air inlet on the back of the cockpit. This type of inlet was very popular in the GTP heyday of the 80's Spice SE88C and into the previous GT1 era with the Porsche GT1 and Toyota GT-One. When Bentley debuted the EXP Speed 8 it, too, had the engine inlet there. But the third year of the program brought a serious redesign of that chassis and the inlet moved to the sidepod. The key to closed cockpit chassis is getting clean airflow to the rear of the car and Bentley found the air inlet hindered that flow. I wonder if Maserati will do the same?

Some great shots Brinn! I wish I had been able to go, if nothing else, just to hear the Astons at full song