TRG / TRG East - Rolex 24 12h

TRG and TRG East 6h to 12h

 

car          GT position at 12h

 

16             6                                                       

61             5

62           28

63           11

64           22

65           10

 

race report

 

time           car            driver                      action

 

6h7             61             change                     Shep in, tires,
fuel

                  62             change                     Inoue in, tires,
fuel

                  65             change                     Bunting in,
tires, fuel

6h22           64             Couceiro                   tires, fuel

                  63             change                     Masters in,
tires, fuel

6h32           16             change                     Braun in, tires,
fuel

6h38           16             Braun                       rear of car hit,
pit, no damage

7h14           62             Inoue                        fuel

7h25           61             Shep                        fuel

                  63             Masters                    fuel

                  64             change                     Amaral in,
tires, fuel

                  65             change                     Plumb in, tires,
fuel

7h48           61             change                     Greg Wilkins in,
tires, fuel

7h56           63             Masters                    fuel

8h               16             change                     Carrio in, tires,
fuel

8h20           65             change                     Carlos de Quesada
in, tires, fuel

8h35           64             change                     Jay Policastro in,
tires, fuel

9h               65             change                     Lally in, tires,
fuel

9h10           62             Inoue                        garage for
radiator replacement

9h14           63             change                     Flanagan in, tires,
fuel

9h52           61             change                     Nearn in, tires,
fuel

9h57           64             Jay Policastro           fuel, tape door hinge
(broken on second pitstop)

10h2           63             change                     Sluszny in, tires,
fuel

10h15          16             Carrio                       tires, fuel

10h30          16             Carrio                       penalty for
passing pace car (driver said waved by)

                  63             Sluszny                    fuel

10h40          64             Jay Policastro           left-rear axle, to
garage for repair

11h10          64             change                     Joe Policastro in,
back on track

11h17          64             Joe Policastro           out of race, engine

                  65             Lally                         tires, fuel

                  63             change                     Clark in, tires,
fuel

                  61             change                     M Wilkins in,
tires, fuel

                  16             change                     Coleman in,
tires, fuel

 

Joe Policastro: "I just got back in and the car was pretty decent. I noticed
the clutch was slipping a little bit, and about the third lap, coming
through the Bus Stop, all the lights went off and there was a puff of smoke.
I shut it down; that was it."

 

Zen mode

 

Some drivers chase the adrenaline rush of racing. Marc Sluszny, who drives
the No. 63 (traders) Porsche with Derek Clark, Pat Flanagan and Dave Master,
enjoys a different state.

 

"When you get to a point where you're so concentrated, in race-car driving
and in sky-diving, you're in a kind of Zen mode, which is like a
meditation," he explained. "If you would just meditate, it would take you
longer to get into it. The same thing happens if you do another sport – if
you do marathon racing, you get into that zone, also. But with race-car
driving, you get it as soon as you put your belts on and you have the motor
turning."

 

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Sylvia Proudfoot
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