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2011 TRIPLE CROWN CLASS PODIUMS The full class podiums looked like this: CUP RACE #5 4/30/11 CUP RACE #6 5/1/11 I 18 I V E L O C I T Y — O C T O B E R 2 0 1 1 Rick Mills I 19 I
I 20 I BEYOND THE TRIBUTE TO LE MANS “How are these racers going to get up for tomorrow’s Cup race?" That’s what I was asking myself on Saturday as the four-hour endurance race came to a close. It was my first year as a pit marshal and Jon Wierks had been nice enough to throw me on the Unlimited Division winning GMG team. The endurance race was so exciting to watch and participate in, I wondered if the Cup race on Sunday might feel like a letdown. I ran into Eric Oviatt in the pits and asked him how he'd get up for the following day. His response was, "Tomorrow is even more important for me because I’m trying to make up points to catch Joel in BSR." I chatted with fellow Cayman driver Duane Selby briefly after his successful second place stint with Team GSR in the endurance race. He was very excited to race in the GT3 class for the first time the next day. V E L O C I T Y — O C T O B E R 2 0 1 1 by Jason Huang • photos by Virtual Access Photo Shahin Mobine, who gave Team HRG such a great start on Saturday, was just as amped to run in his first Cup race on Sunday. He told me that Cup races are “the most fun on wheels I've ever had.” It was clear that the Sunday Cup race would not take a back seat to the Saturday endurance race by any means. It was easy for me to wake up early to get back to Auto Club Speedway on Sunday because it was my first PDS event on the Roval, and I had spent all night awake in my bed worrying about it. Is the banking that scary? Like Turn 8 to Turn 9 at Big Willow scary? What is this talk about tire pressures on the right side of the car? Sunday morning’s PDS drivers meeting goes smoothly with Craig Trask and Dave Gardner reminding us of the abundance of vertically shaped concrete surrounding the track. I am lucky enough to have Duane Selby drive me around for three quick, smooth laps in the morning session, which gives me a goal for the day and inspires some much-needed confidence. After dropping him off, I rush to get back out for the rest of session one. But why is this new Hans device such a pain in my…? Why did I strap myself in before I closed my door? Gloves on. Ready to go. Session one is over? Over the course of the day I do get three full sessions in and fall in love with this track. I can’t wait to drive here again. It’s possible that one day I’ll race here with all of these guys that I look up to. Speaking of races, as the 21 BSR racers lined up, I grabbed my camera and ran to the infield bridge to check out the Green race. The shortage of tires for the BSR class had created a very interesting situation. Eric Oviatt and Nick Richards were the only I 21 I
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