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It was fantastic seeing all the pros compete at my home track. Those that have been to Autobahn Country Club know it's a technical track and horsepower only gets you so far. With 20 turns on a 3.56 mile full track, there was plenty for these guys to learn.

The Atlantic open wheel cars were running 2:05's. The WC cars were running 2:27s. To give you an idea, my unrestricted Beast runs low 220s, so these guys were really flying.

Okay, enough blabber, enjoy the pics!

WC winners Pobst, Davis and Kubinski.

Brian Kubinski did a fabulous job holding off Andy Pilgrim for the last 5 laps.




Anybody need a spare motor?





Phoenix's Suburu!





Mancuso's Aston



Great pit transport!



Just a few daily drivers!



Only one made it to the race as an engine blew during practice.

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TRG was present with their Mclaren SLR street car!









To complete the bookends, here's the SLR race version. It was this car's first race so there's still some sorting out to do. This car costs well over 7 figures. It's exhaust was so deep and guttural, I've never heard anything like it before, truly awesome.

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Some open wheel action.













Turn 1 South



Blackdog



K-PAX



This car had a great wrap on it.

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The top 3 finishers in WC respectively!











I'll try to post more later.



Mike

drivinhard

Those are the same AP calipers (CF air bridge?) gary is peddling no?

ghoffman

Yes, I think. The more I look at it I see some differences.

Update: I change my mind, no, these are not the same.

0Randy@DRM

Thanks for posting up the pictures!!!

Randy

Everett Ogilvie

Awesome pics Mike! Just out of curiosity, what kind of times did the 007 Daytona Prototype run (i.e what class was it in, and how did it do)? Or was it on display only?

Thanks for posting!

AU N EGL

davidfarmer

who's fronting the money to run the SLR in World Challenge? Can't be a very good return on your investment.

AU N EGL

Looks Like TRG.

0Randy@DRM

Is this the driver???
http://www.pumpelly.com/PageDisplay.asp?p1=6586

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David,

Tell me what investment on even a smaller scale is a good return! But I hear what you're saying.

Remember it was the first race it ever ran so hopefully it will finish next time.

Here are some more pics of the SLR.












The SLR crew were all great people and very accommodating having me inspect the car from any angle while they worked on it.



Mike

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No, the driver is Spencer not Glenn.

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Everett,

The DP was just on display. Wanna bring out the Mosler for a little mono-e-mono?

Mike

AU N EGL

That is a very long hood. Wonder how hard it is to see right hand corners, be so far away from the right front tire ?

Todd Benne

Mr. Farmer-
The TRG Benz is tied to Circle B Motorcars of Texas and owner Peter Blom.
One of the reasons behind the endeavor is that TRG has gotten into the SLR parts and prep business. Buckler is hoping to entice SLR owners to use TRG to prep cars to participate in various types of events like WCGT, HPDE, track days...whatever the car owner wants to spend money on.

BrianCunningham

Nice pics!

Looks like a great event

Todd Benne

Sidebar; is that the DP Gentilozzi restored and stuffed an Aston Martin motor in?

davidfarmer

good to know the SLR crowd has their own tuner shop now.......obviously TRG is crewing the car, but interesting they are hoping to expand that market.

No offense meant, just seems like a really small market compared to the Porsche market they've been in forever.