Thanks for the update Paul, very interesting!! Lot of crashes though. Was Potter's Porsche smashed bad? I am glad I didn't miss the Snow's 911GT3 RSR too, that would have caused me some pain, such a sexy car. On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:16 PM, PAUL W WATSON <TSWATSON78@xxxxxxx> wrote: > For those that are interested. > > Martin and Melanie Snow aren't racing their Porsche in professional series > this year. Instead they got a Spec Miata and are coaching their 14 year old > son. Madison, their son spent the weekend racing. Martin jumped in the car > during the Lap Battle laps to help turn the chassis. I think Martin just > can't stay out of a car while at the track. Madison didn't do anything > stupid but was about 5 seconds a lap off the pace. > > New cars on the track and other happenings. > > Randy Mitchell dumped the 2 liter Ford engine in his Van Diemen F.C and > replaced it with a 1,000 cc Suzuki. > > John Potter crashed his Porsche when he started from the last position in > Saturdays feature race and tried to pass the entire field on the front > straight. > > The Swift DB4 Toyota Atlantic and Formula Renault from Canada came back. > The Swift collided with one of blue Star Mazda's and took out the front > suspension of the Swift and the nose on the Star. > > Mike has recorded the incident in the Spec Mazda race. > > Check out Mikes web site or Ray's for photos. > > The Lotus 2/Eleven came out to play. > > The wings and things class had a huge field of 6 on Saturday and started > with 4 cars on Sunday and 3 managed to see the finish. > > Ray the Rat even managed to show up in his usual suave & debonair manner. > > Overall it was a great two days at the track, infinitely better than any > day of work. > > 3 weeks till the SCCA Great Salt race. > > p > > >