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SVRA FORMULA CAR FESTIVAL |
Alton, VA |
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 Rick & Pete Gulick sport Hans devices (Pete Schultz opts for less rigid attire) |
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 Dean Jones tidies up after Pete Gulick - Photo by Mike Farka |
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 Henry Payne IV, Paul Flowers & Tyrrell - Photos by Mike Farka (click to enlarge) |
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 the Surtees gets a push-start from Mike
- Photos by
Junmei Zhao |
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 Pete gets belted w/Chuck's help - Photo by Mike Farka |
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 Dean Jones (Bruce & Mike in the background) |
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(click photos to enlarge)
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 ...and gets a push-start from Chuck Golder - Photo by Junmei Zhao |
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All was fine through test day, practice day, qualifying and even Sunday morning warmup. Come the races, however, the gremlins began to arrive. Hamish in the FW07 had the edge over Pete and Paul most of the weekend. Rick in the older Surtees had his own over the more recent Atlantic cars and the F5000s. |
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- Photo by September 8th |
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Having pulled out his usual small lead on the first lap, Hamish's FW07 got away from him at the top of the esses, and was not to rejoin the race. |
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Poor Rick didn't make the full extent of the pace lap, for on the way to pre-grid, the clutch pedal went straight to the floor. Making a valiant effort sans clutch, Rick coasted to a halt on the pace lap, unable to select any gears. (It ran fine in early morning warmup… just ask Hamish!) |
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 - Photo by Mike Farka |
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Pete Gulick took full advantage of his inherited lead, but after a lap or so, pressure was brought to bear by Paul Flowers in the Tyrrell. He moved right up on the FW08's tail coming onto the front straight, trying to line Pete up for a pass. This looked ever more likely to happen as the 10-lap race wore on. |
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Then on the last lap, Paul's Tyrrell sputtered to a halt. Problems were later revealed in the fuel pickup system (no, he didn't run out of gas!). Pete Gulick got his well-deserved first place. |
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"No surprise in the opening lap of the Monposto 70/Group 9 Mike Stott*UBS Sprint with the two Williams F1 cars leading the way, Hamish Somerville in the '79 FW07 and Peter Gulick in the '82 FW08. Rounding out the top three was Shelby Mershon's '97 Lola T97/20. The anticipated race between the Williams was not to be though, Somerville and Mershon were out on the first lap leaving Gulick out front. Second, now, was Paul Flower's in his second outing in his '83 Tyrrell with Travis Engen's '98 Lola T97/20 third. Gulick was marginally quicker than Flowers gradually pulling away, while Flowers, in turn was slightly faster than Engen. That looks as if it was going to be the finishing order, but on the penultimate lap, Flowers was out, Engen now second with David Porter's '79 March 79B third." - Bob Harrington, SVRA Race Review |
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Way to go Pete!!! |
 - Photo by September 8th |
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LCR's Formula-One Boys Club
We had all four F1
cars together at VIR,
Photos by
Mike
Farka |
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So, we wrap up another great weekend.
Maximum fun was had and the results were good. But they could have been
even better. |
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Before
we drive off into the sunset, |
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On to SVRA's
Finale
at Road Atlanta! |
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