ALMS report

[David Head]

Audi squeaks by with a 1-2 win, Panoz charging hard at the end for 2nd
after the final yellow, number 77 throws a blocking move... In GTS,
Corvette charges hard in the last 4 laps and overdives the Viper leader
into a spinoff - Corvette goes 1,3. In 1000 miles of driving, the last 4
laps, the distance between the top 3 ccars in both classes was under 2
seconds! The evening was spent watching a Direct TV Speedvision feed on
the side of the Rogers/Corell RV.
BMW - #43 does a 360 the hard way early on when he catches air in a
Mercedes Lemans manner and walks away. #42 damages the rear wing &
suspension in the final 1/2 hour and takes himself outa contention in a
seriously loooong pit stop.
The qlist/QCUSA was very well represented with over 65 cars, only one of
which was a V8 (Ed?...). A superb condition local 87.5 CGT arrived late
- 130hp eng and rear disks - had never heard of the qlist... Most
unusual older Audi - Paul Cassara's early 5Ktq in Sport colors with
Jetta headlights. Nicest older Audi - a drop dead gorgeous tornado red
4000CSq, lowered. Several early Avants, one each 91 200 tqa and tqs,
urS4s and S6s abounded, 6 tts, one tt roadster, coupla coupe qs
including Erics 'runnin iron'. Most unusual non - Audi: the '61 35'
Gatorojo custom coach brought by the kindly and erudite Unka Bart.
A good time was had by all - except the poor 70# doe that narrowly
avoided being hit TWICE by the SAME Porsche GT in the first 15 minutes
of the race at the chicane. Rare to see a caution due to frantic
wildlife...