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SUMMIT POINT
- Blue-Gray Challenge October 3-6, 2002 |
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In our first proper outing with
the new transporter, we arrived at Summit Point with a modest group.
Our new all-around tent made for very civilized paddock quarters indeed. We emerged at the end of
the weekend's racing both victorious and
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Groups 5 and 7 were again
combined at this event, and our Super Group-7 hero,
Van
Gulick,
just blew everyone away in his
BMW Chevron B23,
suffering no problems all weekend. |
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Gordon
Medenica
in his
Chevron B6
GT in Group
5 (the same race group) ran strongly, and
- apart from a B16 with a
contemporary 2.3 litre motor, and a Porsche 906 with
what-kind-of-engine-I-don't-know
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he stayed well ahead of the rest of the competition. Although the B6
had numerous problems all weekend, it ended up running its fastest lap on
Sunday.
Gordon's claim to fame
this weekend
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making him the real superstar, in fact
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was
winning the all-comers 2-Hour Enduro overall (with a hand
from his identical-twin brother, Van, who shared the driving). With the
Paine Webber championship points leader dropping out, and the second-place
car in the championship not showing up this weekend, Gordon took a
commanding lead as new points leader in the Michael Stott/UBS Paine-Webber
Enduro championship by moving to the front of the pack shortly before the
first hour was up and staying there to the very end. Again,
WAY TO GO GORDO!!! |
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Pete drove superbly again this weekend in his Chevron B42 F2, although still being taken to task by a cheeky F/A driver. Van didn't quite pull off the win, but his strong, very solid second place is indicative that first place is well within reach. In fact, this was his strongest run yet in the B42 - finally has it going a couple of seconds or so faster than his 2-litre sportscar, as it should be. |
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Alas, Phil Meany ended the season as he did last year, with an engine-bay fire in the Aldon. As they say, if it weren't for bad luck, he'd have no luck at all. Prior to this, however, the car was running strongly, with its handling maladies seeming to draw to an end. After the additional chassis adjustments we've made, the car seems much more predictable and handles with more feel and sensitivity to the track.
Only one direction to go from
here, Phil |
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A great weekend for all - except maybe Phil, understandably... However, we've promised him that next year will be different - with more power, and the same reliability enjoyed by the rest of the team.
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