Daytona 24 Hour Race, Etc

[karlt]

Now, I've already posted this in the General Discussion forum, but it's looking so thin here in Road Race land, I can't resist (please excuse the self-promotion... but still, I hope you'll agree the content of the post is kind of cool ;-)

The 24 Hour race at Daytona is fast approaching. I dare say that it looks like one of the best in recent memory, with a full compliment of Daytona Prototypes competing with some other vehicles that actually look like cars you can buy ;-) There are a bunch of cars scheduled to run in DP and GT class, all of which could take the overall win. You can check out the details at http://www.grand-am.com.

I'm really excited to tell you that I've arranged to drive a BMW Z3 Coupe in the Grand Am Cup 3-hour race, one of the support races for the 24-Hour. We practice and qualify Thursday, and race on Friday. The 24-hour starts at 1pm on Saturday. The Z3 is a really cool car, and I've included a photo of it, below. It's a car we never got in Canada (we only got the M Coupe, which had a bit more HP).

As far as I know, although there are a bunch of Canadians in the 24 hour and a few in GAC, I'm the only Canuck competing in a BMW! If Daytona goes well, I will be looking for co-drivers to share other rides with me throughout the season, so save your pennies! ;-)

I'll give you a full report when I get back from Daytona.

Karl Thomson
http://www.compass360.com/racing

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