ALMS report

[Albert Ng]

Damn, I wonder when they gonna bring ALMS to Indy!!!! I hope they do it
next year! 


Albert Ng

On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, David Head wrote:

> 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...
> 
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