ACNA Daytona event update

[Mark J. Besso]

Rick,

I got some excellent pictures of your Coupe!  I'll be posting them as soon 
as I sort through the nearly 1,000 images I shot.  DOH!  I'll delete the 
blurry ones and rotate the ones I shot 'upright' in the next day or so.  Let 
me pre-apologize for not centering all of the images.  I'm still practicing 
panning with an image and some of you were REALLY moving!  I got smart(er) 
after awhile and moved to the extreme end of the pit wall where you were 
braking for turn #1.  That was one of the slowest points on the track and 
gave me a fighting chance.  ;-)

Since I don't know who owns most of the vehicles, it would be great if some 
of you could leave comments under some of the images detailing things like 
model/year/modification, etc.

One of these times I'll have to join ya'll on-track.  For now I just enjoy 
taking the pictures.

Let me take this opportunity to thank Scott too.  I'm glad I was able to 
bring his 200 to the event--for his sake--but it was a GREAT time for me 
too.  I got to drive a nice Audi for 2,500 miles, meet a bunch of great 
folks, see some excellent racing.....err, time trials....and managed to 
sneak in a side trip to the Virginia Aviation Museum. (Hey, it was on my way 
home!)

Cheers,
Mark



On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:59:59 -0500
  "Rick Houck" <rhouck at neo.rr.com> wrote:

  Scott,
  
  The coupe you saw (silver/graphics) was probably mine. Awsome event, even 
if
  I was one of the slowest. The old 10vt was almost 20 PSI short on boost 
for
  some reason, but I made do and had a great time. Once in a lifetime
  opportunity! I saw a white type 44 on the last day. Was that you?
  
  Rick

> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:48:52 -0500
> From: suffolkd at aol.com
> Subject: ACNA Daytona event update
> To: quattro at audifans.com
>
> Those who couldn't make the National "event" & meeting missed some nice 
> 40-73 degree weather for the three days at Daytona.
>
> I'm glad to say that my personal experience running the 200 20V for a few 
> laps was a success.
>
> While the suspension wasn't up to snuff (spring rate & body roll) for the 
> infield course - think road course turn 3 - the car ran the oval well 
> soaking up the ripples along the way around the ~31 degree banking.
>
> This was the same configuration as the 24 hr course.
>
> All this was possible from fellow Audifan: Mr. Besso.
>
> Mark drove the 200 and all my tools & parts (which I didn't need) the ~ 
> 1100 miles down to the track and is currently enroute returning to New 
> England stopping along the way for some exploration.? Mark and several 
> others offered within hours of my adventure post and Mark and I traded 
> cars for the weekend.?
>
> I am extremely grateful for the ability to have the car there for the 
> event.
>
> For the old schoolers here, I saw a 90 coupe, 4000 20V conversion amongst 
> the R8's (5-6 of them), numerous Corvette and Porsches and a few Mustangs 
> & Ferraris.? Several specialty track cars were also present which Mark and 
> I will have plenty of photo links to in the later part of the week.
>
> Those following the ACNA elections & the proxy vote, I and others will 
> have a better update on the Audiworld forums.
>
>
> <snip happens>