sdibbers
Well-Known Member
Spent Friday and Saturday up at LRP in Connecticut. I was acting mechanic for a friend racing his mini. Took the Rover up there (it’s about 130 miles from home). She didn’t miss a beat and feels great these days. The roads up there are similar to the faster single lane A roads back home, fast sweeping curves with some nice fiddlely bits before B roads to the track.
As I was there as crew I didn’t bother going for corral parking and was about to enter the main parking lot. The chap on the gate said ‘That’s far too interesting a car, follow that guy’! Followed said guy and was allowed to go on the the side of the entry road! Funny story: As we get to the end of line of cars like Lancia Fulvias, an Aston Martin DB2/4 etc we see a guy backing a beige Toyota Camry into a spot! I tried not to laugh as the parking guy told him “Yeah, you can’t park here”.
Later in the evening my mate and I smuggled Beryl into the paddock under cover of darkness (with a very drunk race senior official who shall remain nameless). She got quite a bit of attention the next day despite far more exotic machinery being around.
Beryl hiding behind friends Mini with a 356 he’s trying to sell.
As I was there as crew I didn’t bother going for corral parking and was about to enter the main parking lot. The chap on the gate said ‘That’s far too interesting a car, follow that guy’! Followed said guy and was allowed to go on the the side of the entry road! Funny story: As we get to the end of line of cars like Lancia Fulvias, an Aston Martin DB2/4 etc we see a guy backing a beige Toyota Camry into a spot! I tried not to laugh as the parking guy told him “Yeah, you can’t park here”.
Later in the evening my mate and I smuggled Beryl into the paddock under cover of darkness (with a very drunk race senior official who shall remain nameless). She got quite a bit of attention the next day despite far more exotic machinery being around.
Beryl hiding behind friends Mini with a 356 he’s trying to sell.
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