There was a VT sticker on every car
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 04:30:59 PM EDT
in memory of the Virginia Tech Students killed the week before.
Pit Passes Rock!!!
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 02:22:03 PM EDT
Marc managed to get us 2 of 20 Timing & Scoring tour tickets
Date/Time: Sun 22 Apr 2007 09:39:20 AM EDT
You can't race without a war wagon
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 12:15:04 PM EDT
Everybody monitors everything on the track.
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 11:48:40 AM EDT
Some of the monitors are more hi-tech than others.
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 12:13:00 PM EDT
Bigger $ = bigger screens
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 11:40:34 AM EDT
Everybody has spare parts
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 02:19:39 PM EDT
Springs and dampers
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 02:33:09 PM EDT
These guys stayed at the same LaQ we did
I had a short conversation with them the morning of the race.
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 02:45:04 PM EDT
I had a short conversation with them the morning of the race.
Firefighters from the area were always standing ready
Notice the speed limit sign
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 11:58:57 AM EDT
Notice the speed limit sign
Radar gun and display at Pit Entrance
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 11:54:28 AM EDT
What the radar gun saw
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 11:55:00 AM EDT
About the only thing Marc didn't arrange for us to do . . .
$10,000 for three laps in the backseat of a F1 two seater!!! But you have to pass a physical first.
Date/Time: Sun 22 Apr 2007 10:09:57 AM EDT
$10,000 for three laps in the backseat of a F1 two seater!!! But you have to pass a physical first.
Red sidewalls are a softer tire compound.
Teams must use the red tires for one stint.
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 04:07:17 PM EDT
Teams must use the red tires for one stint.
For my brother, Carl, who has wanted to build one of these for years!
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 11:58:11 AM EDT
Bet you thought I never took a picture of a car on course!
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 09:54:19 AM EDT
Two more in the chicane
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 10:09:30 AM EDT
Champ Car Honchos talking to the fans
Date/Time: Sun 22 Apr 2007 11:40:11 AM EDT
Driver and owner with the fans
Date/Time: Sun 22 Apr 2007 12:04:24 PM EDT
Katherine Legge getting ready for practice
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 02:05:06 PM EDT
Drag racing is for fast cars
Date/Time: Sun 22 Apr 2007 10:02:51 AM EDT
Dragster displays are for . . .
Date/Time: Sun 22 Apr 2007 10:02:08 AM EDT
. . . the fans!
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 10:05:39 AM EDT
Face of the Race winner
Date/Time: Sun 22 Apr 2007 01:25:26 PM EDT
Dummy load for in the garage
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 10:41:21 AM EDT
Petersen Motorsport's Ferrarri before the race
Date/Time: Sat 21 Apr 2007 12:24:41 PM EDT
Petersen Motorsport's Ferrarri AFTER the race
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 10:49:25 AM EDT
Petersen Motorsport's Ferrarri AFTER the race.
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 10:44:25 AM EDT
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 10:45:19 AM EDT
L-R Lanigan, Rahal P2, Haas, Bourdais P1, and Doornbos P3
Lanigan and Haas own the P1 & P2 cars along with Paul Newman. (see 06 pics)
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 04:06:51 PM EDT
Lanigan and Haas own the P1 & P2 cars along with Paul Newman.
Podium + drivers + champagne =
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 04:09:12 PM EDT
Surprised Champ Car Girls? Gimme a break!
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 04:09:19 PM EDT
Miss Drama Queen 2007
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 04:09:24 PM EDT
Drivers + Champ Car Girls = Photo Opportunity
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 04:11:24 PM EDT
Finally, just the drivers.
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 04:15:06 PM EDT
1st podium and guess who gets to be with him!
Not his dad, the world class driver...and the guy who taught him to drive. Oh NO, get Mom up here!
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 04:19:24 PM EDT
Not his dad, the world class driver...and the guy who taught him to drive. Oh NO, get Mom up here!
Can I go home now?
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 04:05:20 PM EDT
P1 tech inspection after the race
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 04:32:18 PM EDT
It's a good day when you can roll the car back onto the trailer and go home.
Date/Time: Mon 23 Apr 2007 05:00:50 PM EDT