I wasn't sure if you guy's would be into this type of thing, but since Adam is and this is his thread, here are some more.
It sure is nice to be associated with a winning team, and that's just what we did.
The conclusion of the HSR racing season at Sebring resulted in the Championship points being awarded to the Robinson Racing Team, with the presentation of the coveted Rolex watch to George Robinson and co-driver Jack Baldwin.
Even though it was not for points, the Four Hours of Sebring race was a hard endurance contest, with a fastest lap time of 1:54:00 by renowned road racer Andy Wallace at the legendary 3.7 mile Sebring road course in our 2001 Riley & Scott MkIII Series C SportsRacer. After leading for most of the race, our onboard compressor overheated and shut down the paddle shifter, so George had to resort to hand shifting, until the shifter lever broke and he was stuck in second gear for two laps. After the pit stop, the crew managed to fix the problem with the compressor and we finished the race, just behind a very fast Porsche, that was running consistent laps of 1:57.
Since you can only take so many pictures of a car (which I thoroughly covered at Daytona in November), these pics are more of the crew, that makes it happen.
Crew Chief Jimmy discusses tire pressures with Rick Mallay. We went through 4 sets of Dunlop soft compound tires during the Four Hours of Sebring race alone, $2,500 a set.
Richard "Unk" sitting in our team golf cart, waiting to serve "The Boss". Rich is our hospitality guru and makes sure nobody wants for nothing.
Steve waiting for the driver to show up, to be "strapped in".
George Robinson, owner / driver getting ready to hop in the car before the 1-1/2 hour HSR final.
Dave (std) and Steve cinching George into the car.
The line-up at Sebring, - yes, we got poll position.
John & Phillip, running the software programming in the car.
The start of the race, with the race cars accelerating under the green flag, with the Mustang GT pace car pulled into in Pitt Lane.
Rick filling the tires with Nitrogen and carefully checking pressure.
Crew Chief Jimmy keeping track of lap times and other statistics.
Real time telemetry data being transmitted and recorded by the onboard computer and communications.
Steve checking brake temperature during a pit stop.
Dave (std) strapping in co-driver Jack Baldwin.
Lining up in Victory Lane after the 1-1/2 hour HSR Sebring final.
Our old car, a 1998 driven by Robert Garcia won third place, behind the Silver Audi.
Smiles for the winners !!!
The starting grid for the Four Hours of Sebring race.
Yep, that's me flying the BS colors in the pits !
