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The Champion Racing Audi S4 Speedvision World
Challenge GT team
had a tough few days between Mosport and Lime Rock. For starters, both
of our
Audi S4 Competitions were damaged at Mosport; Derek Bell's car severely
in a big
crash on lap 3, and (fortunately) Michael Galati's less-so in a
chain-reaction
crash on a race restart. As it turns out, Galati was lucky to finish
Mosport on
the podium (3rd), as post-race teardown revealed that his radiator had
been cracked
in the restart accident, and had been leaking coolant throughout the
race. This
damage was all easily taken care of however, and the S4 crew stayed over
at Mosport
the Monday after the race to effect repairs. Bell's car was more
severely damaged,
and though it could have been repaired on the road, we felt it better
and safer
to send that car home for more full repairs.
Fortunately one of our spare Audi S4's was quickly available, and that
was prepared
enroute for Bell's use at Lime Rock. Derek's regular race car will have
a trip
to the frame repair machine, and will be good as new for the Lime Rock
follow-on
event at Detroit. Once all of our repair and preparation work had been
accomplished,
we hit the road for the trip down to Lime Rock in Connecticut, and along
the way
the crew took a little time to visit Niagara Falls and vicinity. Once at
Lime Rock,
we discovered more overcast, cool and rainy weather, much as we had
experienced
at Mosport, only worse. First order of business was to build as
waterproof a paddock
setup as possible (and we're glad we did!). Then, it was back to work,
getting
ready for another demanding round of the Speedvision World Challenge GT
Championship... |
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