May. 1, 2007 - 2007 INR National Race
This past weekend was the 2007 Indiana Northwest Region's National Race at Gingerman Raceway. As a member of INR I went and worked a corner as I have in the past. As always I had a blast, and the weather cooperated too! There were some great battles in a few of the classes, especially Spec Miata. The car count was a little lower than we were hoping for, but a few of our racers were national champions and runners-up. I took a bunch of pictures during the Friday practice and a few on Saturday and Sunday when I was not on a corner. So I�ll let them speak for themselves.
Just because you are a rich bastard and can afford a really expensive race car doesn't mean you can drive
This car is about as close to being a mustang as Jeff Gordon's car is to being a Monte Carlo.
Oh look, someone broke their $125,000 toy...I have no sympathy, although I bet he doesn't like the fact that I am taking his picture
My fellow cornerworker, Leon, just after waking up from a little nap between sessions
One word: FAST
Despite being a purpose built race car, the rules require Spec Racer Fords to have the 1.9L engine with the stock airbox out of a Ford Escort. Even after tuning these engines barely make over 100 HP
But just because your race car is powered by a Ford 4cyl engine out of an Escort or Focus doesn't mean it's slow
And one of the coolest cars I saw all weekend was this absolutly perfect replica of Herbie, I stumbled across it when I stopped in some random small Michigan town for a bite to eat on the way home on Sunday. The guy even got a copy of the old California plate that it had...wow
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