I enjoyed the race over the weekend. The weather was great, the people even better. I took some pictures with my phone. Sorry for the quality.

Here they are

Thanks to Suntrust my credentials allowed me pit access


Leaving at 7:20 in the morning


Some Pit pictures


































Pole to tell the positions


One of the nicest driver you will ever meet, randy P


Some old guy named Hurly in the background that just happens to be a
big deal










Lots of Porsches at the event




night time racing


fair in the middle of the track


race fans have a sense of humor




Day time racing. really hard to get a good picture because they are moving!!!!!!!







more P cars






Hope you guys enjoyed the pictures

 

Looks like a great time. Thanks for sharing.

 

The teams were great, they did not mind you being in the garage 3ft away from them working, the drivers treated you like gold and were happy to talk to you, and the other spectators very often were willing to share what ever they were grilling or drinking. This was my first event like this but will not be my last...... I'm hooked

 

i assume the porsches were all suggested to park in the same area, seems like they are all together,

 

and it was right on one of the faster parts of the track

 

It was an interesting set up for us Porsche people this year. The parking corral was actually a free 'mini' Porsche Platz with tent and that Sweetie area rep Jennifer in charge. It was located just before RC turn 5 ( the West horseshoe ). Another "first" was that Porsche NA had a large floored tent set up roughly in the middle of the infield. This was open 8 to 8 Sat and 8-5 Sun to anyone with $50 and included food, beer, wine, TV monitors, driving simulators, etc. Actually a hell of a deal since with the normal vendor gouge 50 bucks would have bought you 4 beers and 5 hotdogs over the 2 days.

Overall not the hottest cars like ALMS but a great opportunity to watch many of the best sport's car drivers in the world. One last plus is that Daytona Beach has enough hotel rooms that availability is good for this weekend.

 

Tourb...surprised we did not run into each other. I was all over Daytona on Saturday. Hung out int he garage area and near the pits. Yep the teams and drivers are very welcoming especially with the amount of stress they are under for this race. You need to drive over to Sebring for the 12hr in March. Same kind of deal but more expensive race cars and some higher technology.

tejoe, I tried to get into the PCNA Hospitality tent and was not allowed....showed them my PCA membership, PCA Instructors card and even my Porsche car keys....nope not allowed in. The $50 deal was not even brought up and to top it off the guy and girl working the door were very rude about it too.

 

cool pics!

Jason

 

awesome pics...but where r u ladies? LOL

 

I have to say my wife and I really had a blast up there. We were at the track for 5 hours on Friday and 17 of the 24 for the race. This was taken form my iphone but not too bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rThBwON5G5I


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uxFgpFGNBc

 

I know these guys, there shop is a few blocks away from my office.

Looks like a great time, thanks for sharing.

 

I think this has convinced me that i need to do seabring in march

 

Now you are talking, once you try it, there is no turning back!

 

and its about to get worse because a friend of mine fields a three car star mazda team and he promised me a few laps at their next test. This could get very expensive

 

thx for sharing.

looks like a blast !

could only watch it on tv..

u lucky son of a gun.. =)