Though the weather reports were forecasting rain a week ago, by the time last Thursday came, the rain was gone. We had beautiful sunny weather for Friday (82 degrees) and Saturday (72 degrees) for qualifying and race day. The total count was 127 cars (3 were Time Trial only as they didn't meet the rules), however there were 6 cars that had problems and had to bough out, leaving 118 cars ready to race (59 pairings). If we had our usual Canadian friends there (8-10 cars) and the large group of missing regulars (12-15 cars) for family matters, we would have exceeded 150 cars this year. But, we were very thankful, none the less.
The quickest Pontiac was a '69 RAIV GTO of Joh Kryta (12.10 @ 114 mph) and we had at least 6 TA's ('71, '72, 2 - '74's, 2 - '79's), 2 - RAII Birds, and 6 - GTO's of various flavors. (I didn't take many pictures...sorry, too busy!)
Needless to say, we all had a great time and no real carnage or any major mishaps to speak of. Thanks to all the racers that believe in the event and the 1000's of spectators that came out on both days.
Dennis
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