Does anyone who attended the Rolex 24 @ Daytona this past weekend have pics yet?

 

http://www.grand-am.com/events2002/rolex24/photos.html

 

 

The best from my 15 (!) rolls of pics taken at the Rolex 24 will be developed, scanned, and posted by early next week.

Jon

 

you need a digi Jon, it will pay for itself quickly in developing costs. trust me, i know

Brian

 

LOL yeah I know, but my biggest prob w/digi in this situation was that the batteries wouldn't last long enough for a 24 hour race. Also, I still like to have prints in hand for blowup/framing purposes.

Jon

 

I had a great time at the race. I am still feeling the effects of very few hours of sleep. I will go again next year. I suggest everyone attend this event at least once in their life time. Just one word of advice.... never leave your cooler full of beverages unattended, they seem to grow legs when you least expect it.

 

Best place for pics of most endurance races:
http://www.fastdetails.com

 

my dad loves that site Matt, great pictures.

Brian

 

I like this one - the "Porschehaus-Sponsored LOLA NISSAN . . . and it is in the old Porsche GTP color scheme. Can you say identity crisis? Doesn't Porsche have a WSC car now?

 

Hey Drew, that is an SRPII-class car (aka 'WSC Lights' or 'LMP675') where the Nissan motor does very well but no Porsche motor that I know of is legal. I'm told that the new class is by far the cheapest way to go Prototype racing competitively...

There is no official Porsche prototype car, but there was one Porsche-powered SRP (aka 'WSC' or 'LMP') car there this past weekend... the #38 Lola from Champion Racing in FL (they also have an Audi R8 with the same color scheme for ALMS duty).

Jon

 

I have to take out some money from the bank to pay for my rolls. I got some great pics and some shutter speeds are a little slow but over all I've got few winners!! Maybe thurs or friday!!

 

I was only commenting because it was a Porsche business sponsored car in the old factory Porsche colors but nothing about the car is Porsche.

Cobra - Who would kill to drive ANY LMP/WSC/Lights car

 

Gotcha. Similarly, G&W Motorsports (based out of VIR and one of the hottest Porsche teams of the last few years) was there with a BMW-powered Picchio SRPII car instead of their usual herd of 911's... Could it be possible that Grand-Am SRPII is cheaper/better than Grand-Am GT - ???

Jon
who is intrigued by the politics of pro racing

 

http://vista.pca.org/flc/2002%20Role...ils/index.html

 

Jon.... get a set of rechargables. Besides the obvious benefit of being rechargeable, they last a very long time compared to alkaline batteries. In my Nikon I would only get 5 or 6 (!) pictures out of a set of alkaline's... even without using the LCD screen. I bought a set of Olympus rechargables and, on vacation two weeks ago, I took about 75 shots between recharges. That's while using both flash and the LCD screen. They're well worth the $40 for anyone with a digital camera.

 

a friend's dad drove this car, second in class, 6th or 7th overall (cant recall). his name is Brian DeVries



he has some amazing cars in his garage to say the least (Nissan GTP, Intrepid GTP, RUF 911, 275 GTB *i think thats what it is*, to name a few)

Brian

 

Just a few pics to remember!

 

i was there, but far too hammered to take pictures

 

Thanks< I saw a group of itr's in the infield parking lot while I was there any of you in that group? also did anyone see the black delsol with bronze c8's? nice.

 

I just watched it on SpeedVision.

 

first of many going up on my website (today and/or until I'm done):

PS- first person to correctly identify this car WINS!!!



More soon,

Jon

 

Looks like a 917 sorta...not too familiar with their rearends though

edit: 917-30 I think


[Modified by MrBite, 6:25 PM 2/10/2002]

 

Was that also a long tail?
Two nice big turbos.

 

It is a 917, but you must be more specific to WIN.

Here's a front view of the same 900+ hp monster:




And a closeup of those same big turbos:




And speaking of big turbos, who can name this one too (same lineage but newer):




And here's the size of that thing relative to SoloSol's melon:




Okay! No more for me until I can link to the completed page on my site.

Back to work,

Jon