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Leadfoot Reunion By Noby Takahashi Ahhh, late September. When the north Texas weather starts to become bearable and fall is right around the corner. Oh, that’s right; I keep on forgetting that Texas doesn’t have four seasons. In any case, it’s the time of year where the competitive driving season for Maverick Region nears an end and we try to lure the old (in experience, not age) leadfoots back out to Mineral Wells. The Leadfoot Reunion for <strong>2003</strong> consisted of Time Trial #5 on Saturday utilizing Course 2 and a huge course designed by Rocky Johnson on Sunday for Autocross #6. I loaded up my Boxster S on the new open trailer and towed out to Mineral Wells on Friday evening. Since I left Dallas a little late, I missed the gang having dinner at Baris. I also missed hitting cement poles sticking out of the ground, for which my trailer fender (and my bank account) was very grateful. After a good night’s sleep at the Executive Palace and a greasy #1 breakfast at Braum’s, I headed out Mineral Ring to find out that a large group of people had shown up before 7AM. On-site tech and Intro to Time Trial 101 overview both seemed to work out just fine and the Driver’s Meeting commenced on time at 9AM. I found out that my only competition in Class 7 was going to be Tom Lang in his Boxster S. Well, it wasn’t going to be a day to get a very high Driver’s Index. Course 2 is the one with a 90° right-hander in the back left corner and the long infield. Quite gravelly as usual and that darn pothole seems to be getting larger for the 90° right-hander. I just didn’t drive very aggressively and Walking the autocross course on Sunday morning was interesting, it took nearly 30 minutes to walk it once. This event also gave Charlie an opportunity to roll out some of the equipment being prepared for Parade ’04. The event was delayed slightly in the morning, due to an oil leak on Rick Gonzales’ good looking 914-6. We even had to modify the course to avoid the slick spots. After all was said and done, Mark Steele looked really smooth in his 993 and took TToD honors. Since I usually don’t excel at autocrosses, there isn’t much to talk about my driving on Sunday. ...Mineral Wells wasn’t miserable for a change... Many thanks to everyone that showed up to make this a great weekend and Mineral Wells wasn’t miserable for a change. We were all blessed with excellent weather for the entire weekend. Special thanks to Richard Diller, Tom Lang and the Gohlke’s for showing up on Saturday, Richard for watching all of our cars and trailers on Saturday night, and Richard (once again), Ed Mayo, Fran Ussery and our illustrious Prez Keith Olcha showing up on his birthday (what was it, 50th?) for the autocross. PS Rick Randall owes me 5 gallons of 87 octane gas, I was planning on putting that in Machala’s Boxster… [See page 24 event results and series standings] Wendy Cody Mark Photo by Kevin Hardison Photo by Kevin Hardison my time lagged behind Rocky and Chuck. Currently, I am blaming my slower times on the 18” Kinesis wheels I bought from Rocky. Like my golf game, it has to be the equipment, not the operator. The big highlight of Saturday was watching Cody Sears borrow the Gohlke’s 914 and rip out a TToD, beating out an excellent time by Richard Diller. Before I forget, there was a cone down on every one of my afternoon hot laps, and Cody was in front of me. Did anyone call in those cones on Car Number ‘66’? We had a large turnout for the dinner at Baris. I can’t repeat what Chuck had to say about my driving in this publication, but I agreed wholeheartedly (or should I have hit him over the head with my anchovy pizza?). Rocky rode with me during Fun Runs and had very similar comments; I was losing a lot of time in the hairpin turn. Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback. 18 A good crowd enjoyed the sunny, but not sweltering weather. Photo by Kevin Hardison Bryan Bell in an early run kicking up some dust and cleaning up the line. Richard Diller setting up for the tricky finish at the Autocross.
Photo by Kevin Hardison Ed Mayo in the “Cockroach” out for a “Sunday” drive. Photo by Kevin Hardison Fran Ussery smoothly negotiating the extra long course. Photo by Kevin Hardison Cody Sears sometimes scraped his way into the hairpin. Photo by Kevin Hardison Photo by Kevin Hardison Bill Stafford cornering hard through Rocky’s winding course. Photo by Kevin Hardison Happy “50th” birthday to Keith Olcha. What a great way to celebrate it! Photo by Kevin Hardison Kevin Hardison “enjoying” real street tires for the first time in six years. Photo by Kevin Hardison 2002 Top Driver Chuck Machala defending his title. Noby Takahashi cutting it close on the Time Trial course. 19
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