HSR "The Mitty"
Road Atlanta,
Braselton, Georgia
May 1 - May 4, 2008
Hamish
Somerville in his
Williams FW07 F1 car
and Paul Flowers
in his Tyrrell 011
head-to-head at
the Mitty, Road Atlanta
- Photos by HGP (click to enlarge)
SATURDAY
- Hamish
and Paul
were nose to tail in their F1 cars,
qualifying first and second (respectively) for Sunday's race.
(
Also taking on Road Atlanta's roller-coaster challenges this weekend
were
Paul's Chevron B31
and Hamish's
new ride, the Lola T400 )
Take
a few laps aboard
Paul's 1983 Tyrrell Formula One
car
chasing Hamish's 1979 Williams FW07 F1,
courtesy of Paul and
YouTube!
The crew, Chuck Golder, Dean Jones, Thatcher Goddard
and Wayne LeBlanc were plenty busy all weekend, (though Chuck
left Saturday night so he could make his flight for
Monaco on Sunday.... see Monaco Historic Grand
Prix report, next up!)
Dean Jones
gets his hands dirty
Chuck Golder
gets feedback from
Hamish and then goes to work on Paul's Chevron.....
Our highly decorated Mr. LeBlanc...
Thatcher Goddard,
hard at it
(click photos to enlarge)
Chuck
&
Thatcher
How big was it???
(click photos to enlarge)
you're kidding, right?...
no comment
just keep it simple...
Dueling Phil's.... Phil Reilly (L),
Phil Denny (above) w/Hamish and Lee
Also here this weekend were
Paul's
Chevron B31
and Hamish's
just-acquired Lola T400.
Paul Flowers --
the picture of calm and coooool
before he jumps into his Chevron
Dean
keeps one eye on
Paul's Tyrrell
(as we've seen).....
.....and
the other on Paul's Chevron B31
Paul drove the
wheels off the Chevron B31,
setting the fastest times in qualifying
Next up,
Hamish takes his new
Lola T400 out for a spin...
Whoops......
Hamish's Lola T400
shakedown to be continued at the Wine Country Classic at Infineon, Sonoma,
CA 5/30/08
Looks promising!
Between races,
Thatcher auditions - with James Dean cool - for a different kind of
job....