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Old 06-09-2002, 12:02 PM
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Default Gainesville Again Report
Just a quick report on Gainesville Again. We had 22 drivers signed up, 17 showed up and tried to run. Dennis Olthoff brought his little tester car with the small Rosch 302. He beat us all with STREET TIRES! Then he put the Hoosier Street TDs on and bettered his time by about a second per lap! Good driving exhibition, Dennis, everyone enjoyed seeing how a Cobra CAN be driven with some practice (a LOT of practice!). Robert Lightsey ran his Hunter with Bow Tie to beat Jerry by .05 seconds per lap for the best "also rans" time. A big block Chevy and three big block Fords dominated the top five times except for Dennis!

We stopped at lunch time during rain, and decided to end the day with a few more broken cars and, thank God, NO broken drivers.

I just got home, but, I will post a few times and more detail later. Right now I'm taking a nap. I made the trip home (375 miles) in 5.5 Hrs, same as the trip down. I averaged a better speed with the tow vehicle than the Cobra on the track!

Jerry
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