Dayonta - Rolex 24 Hours pictures

[JennB]

I uploaded the pics from Saturday. I'll get Sunday's up as soon as I get a chance.


Enjoy!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/99188754@N00/sets/72157613200173482/


A few I selected

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[Doppelgänger]

ooooo such great pictures... i could almost think I was there too!! :lol:

oh wait....


yeah, that Dakkar yellow E30 was beautiful...pristine.

[simontibbett]

Nice pics. But ahh that's a boring track.

[Doppelgänger]

But ahh that's a boring track.

What do you expect from a american-born "motorsport"? :lol: NASCAR is beyond boring. I do agree that the track layout was kinda boring, but standing near the fence on the front straight when the cars were zooming by 8ft away at 160+ mph was pretty damn cool. Not many tracks allow you to do this as a general spectator.

[simontibbett]

What do you expect from a american-born "motorsport"? :lol: NASCAR is beyond boring. I do agree that the track layout was kinda boring, but standing near the fence on the front straight when the cars were zooming by 8ft away at 160+ mph was pretty damn cool. Not many tracks allow you to do this as a general spectator.

True. Yeah I think the banking aspect is kind of cool for these cars, but the infield is just .............. lol

[ben91]

your camera is so awesome.

[FE3tMX5]

Nice pics Jenn- very nice!

If that track is boring, you ain't driving fast enough. ;)

So anybody notice the teeth shattering transitions from concrete asphalt in the work zones on 75N in south-ish GA? It was like hitting a speed bump at 80mph!

[simontibbett]

If that track is boring, you ain't driving fast enough. ;)

lol..no that track is very boring.....

[FE3tMX5]

Were you walking, running or driving a golf cart? ... oh wait, you're talking about watching it on tv.

I bet both the Koni and Rolex front runners would argue it wasn't so boring. They both had sensational battles up to the very end. If only the Koni race didn't finish under yellow.

I would say that driving on the oval at 130+ isn't very exciting, but driving in as deep as you can stand into T1 and the bus stop is a true thrill.

[simontibbett]

Were you walking, running or driving a golf cart? ... oh wait, you're talking about watching it on tv.

I bet both the Koni and Rolex front runners would argue it wasn't so boring. They both had sensational battles up to the very end. If only the Koni race didn't finish under yellow.

I would say that driving on the oval at 130+ isn't very exciting, but driving in as deep as you can stand into T1 and the bus stop is a true thrill.

I've driven it. I personally thought it was boring, deep braking zones are fun when you have competition, but in general it's just a really dull track. But I can't really stand any "rovals"

[FE3tMX5]

Pit road grid just before the start
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/fe3mx5/daytona09/pitlane.jpg

Speedsource RX8
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/fe3mx5/daytona09/speedsource.jpg

Andy Lally next to his ride
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/fe3mx5/daytona09/andylally.jpg

Patrick Long
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/fe3mx5/daytona09/patricklong.jpg

#40 RX8 after its first incident. They ended up replacing the front end and control arms. That's Charles Espenlaub in the jeans and Mazdaspeed fleece, Patrick Dempsey to the right with hand on chin. Unfortunately they were the only Mazda not to finish.
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/fe3mx5/daytona09/espelaubdempsey1.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/fe3mx5/daytona09/GT40_1.jpg
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Obligatory ferris wheel shot ;)
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/fe3mx5/daytona09/ferriswheel.jpg

[BFH miata]

#40 RX8 after its first incident. They ended up replacing the front end and control arms. That's Charles Espenlaub in the jeans and Mazdaspeed fleece, Patrick Dempsey to the right with hand on chin. Unfortunately they were the only Mazda not to finish.


Did you get to meet McDreamy? Thanks for the proof that Dempsey was there. My wife, a huge Greys Anatomy fan, didn't believe me that he was racing.

[simontibbett]

Did you get to meet McDreamy? Thanks for the proof that Dempsey was there. My wife, a huge Greys Anatomy fan, didn't believe me that he was racing.

He's been racing for a while, and I have met him, and didn't know he was even an actor until they mentioned it at the race. LOLOL.

Same with Paul Newman when I was younger, until my dad told me he was an actor.

[FE3tMX5]

No. He went on the GRM tour that Friday. I did get to meet a lot of other GT drivers though. I racef with a lot of these guys way back in Motorola Cup. Charles was driving with a friend of mine that had 3 firebirds- but I knew him before that from the original Speedvision Cup when he was running the Protomotive Miatas. The guy has truly worked his way up the pro racing ladder. When I first met him, he was driving the tow vehicle to each race and help with the car maintenance in trade for a racing seat. No special help from corporations here, he just did a good job and hooked up with the right guys. Saini was there with the Dempsey too- but not driving, spotting. Poor guy was freezing his *** off up on giant pole...ugh.

[JennB]

And my Sunday pics are up

I didn't take as many but oh well. Had a blast. We need to make those reservations for next year.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/99188754@N00/sets/72157613200173482/

A select few...

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[MeFryRice]

We need to make those reservations for next year.

PM which hotel you were referring too when we were at Checkers and I'll go ahead and make reservations. :)

[JennB]

Everything I've looked at is already booked. LOL.

I think next year might be a good time for a place on the beach.

Oh, and let me know how you want me to send you those garage pics. I can send them all and you just use what you need.

[Doppelgänger]

and next year we get more food for the seagulls....

[JennB]

Waaaaaay more. We'll make those birds so fat they can't fly.

[MeFryRice]

Everything I've looked at is already booked. LOL.

I think next year might be a good time for a place on the beach.

That works for me.

Oh, and let me know how you want me to send you those garage pics. I can send them all and you just use what you need.

I'll pm you my e-mail address. Thanks again for taking those for me. :D

[JennB]

Can we not start arguing? This was a thread I started for photos.

I have no idea why anyone would care where we stayed. We went, we had a great time, that's it.

We may rent a nice beach front hotel suite/group of rooms next year or we may rent an RV, I've already looked into prices. I'm not into sleeping in tents, we saw plenty of the race and got to sleep in beds and take showers. I'm perfectly happy with out trip to Daytona.

[RotorNutFD3S]

Stop crapping up the thread.

[RotorNutFD3S]

That's real mature.
Either respect the thread starter's request to stay on topic, or create another thread to discuss where you stayed. It's that simple.

[MeFryRice]

Can we not start arguing? This was a thread I started for photos.

I have no idea why anyone would care where we stayed. We went, we had a great time, that's it.

We may rent a nice beach front hotel suite/group of rooms next year or we may rent an RV, I've already looked into prices. I'm not into sleeping in tents, we saw plenty of the race and got to sleep in beds and take showers. I'm perfectly happy with out trip to Daytona.

In deed it was very nice sleeping in a bed and actually being able to take a hot shower the next morning.

I'm still game about renting the RV. That'd be a lot of fun.

[jesseealexander]

all i did was back say that simon and i camped out at the race. its really no big deal.

but yeah, showers would have been nice. great pics also.

[RotorNutFD3S]

You weren't being singled out.
The notice was for everyone to stop bickering, get the thread back on the topic of the pictures as the OP asked for, and that could have been that...

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

I cleaned the thread up.

Really nice pictures Jenn.

[jesseealexander]

You weren't being singled out.
The notice was for everyone to stop bickering, get the thread back on the topic of the pictures as the OP asked for, and that could have been that...

if you read my last reply, it was on topic. :clap:

[RotorNutFD3S]

Yeah. Finally.

[Doppelgänger]

I was asking an honest question, that was all :)



Hopefully next year, we'll get infield parking passes and get there earlier. Maybe we should get a Mazda corral going :lol:

[simontibbett]

Wait where did my foot pic go?? lol.

That was suppose to be a lol.

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

:lol: I deleted that because it caught me off guard and freaked me out.

[simontibbett]

Lolol