Giles and Paula in Austin - Early November 2017
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At about 6PM I left COTA to grab a bite to eat when we returned our car was in 7th overall (2nd in class), which frankly was kicking well above her weight.
Then we had an accident and punctured a radiator. That took about 20 minutes to replace. 2 laps later the car was overheating so we had to bring her in again. There was an air-lock in the cooling system, that took another 20 mins or so to fix.
First part of the race finished at 23:00 last night and we were 22nd and 4th in class.
I have photo's but they are on my phone and that is still at the circuit as the team were using it as a wifi hub for comms . Good job I was there really….
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Sorry to hear about the car problems that the team had, Giles - it sure was moving smoothly earlier in the day. Hope they have less issues today.
A few photos to add to the collection of great content from Clint and Giles:
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It should be on the 24 hour endurance site - there is a full list of teams, drivers and car specs
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It should be on the 24 hour endurance site - there is a full list of teams, drivers and car specs
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thanks. i've found it. they've managed to put a 5L v8 in it. i wonder where from.. aussie team as well..
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^it's a ford coyote v8 that's why..
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A few more.
Poor Porsche, she took a real beating…..
The last pic is a sign that the team we were sharing the garage with, put up after I inadvertently turned the lights to the garage off when they were replacing the front right drive shaft and suspension mid race/max panic. No one knew what had happened, me included, so assumed we had had a power cut to the garage.... Popular was not my middle name at that particular juncture....
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i really appreciate these photos, thanks G. it's nice to see first hand (well in pictures) what's going on down in the pits.
there's something about endurance racing that always seems to be so brutal. and i don't mean the reliability of the engines, but the aggressiveness of the actual race and drivers. i've seen videos when chris harris did a couple of 24hrs, 1 at silverstone and the other at nurburgring i think, and once past a certain hour, the cars all end up bruised and plastered..
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You would absolutely love it @louisbosco , but it is massively brutal. The most used tool is a large hammer wielded with great gusto.
There is a massive sense of camaraderie, with teams sharing parts and mechanics from one team clapping other teams when the boys have done a great job of getting (what to me looks like a destroyed) car back out on the track.
The car we shared the garage with came in 10 minutes before the end of the race and the mechanics strapped the body work back on with ratchet straps and zip ties, it went back out looking like Frankenstein, but it finished the race…..
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Great pictures and story line. Good luck and safe travels to you and Paula on the continuation of your journeys.
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If you guys haven't seen it The 24 Hour War is a great doc. It's about the Ford vs Ferrari rivalry at Le Mans in the 60's.
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I’ll try my best! And the Van Dayum was my favorite at Blue Owl for sure!
@broark: IHSH-137 / 07-BK Type 3
@Chris - IHSH-165 / 1721 / 634
@Clint_D: IHSH-86-Green | DD Engineers
@mikebarhoot - Black Sabbath T-shirt and 777-21s-VS
@sirlongshanks - IHSH-179 / Type III (not sure the brand)
@me - 192 / 1721 / 8301
@formulapfaff - 9526v / IHSH-170 / Stetson
Victor (@selvege1 on IG) 3sixteen type III
@Giles was In the IHSH-159 and 666S-18 I believeHope that helps!
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did you guys give Victor sh*t for not wearing any IH clothing? Now that I think about it, when I was on IG I've never seen him wearing IH.
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@Chap I'm going to watch that when I get a chance. Thanks
Here is the trailer to The 24 Hour War
