Saturday pix!

A piece of history


Even the Hans device is carbon fiber (this is Randy Ruhlman's, obviously)!


While seeing how fast they could get the drivers out of the cars. That's Graham Rahall standing there.


Bobby Rahall


On its way to the starting grid:


The cockpit of a race car. Stock Porsche shift lever, even.


Carbon fiber everywhere!


Drivers of the #91 Lowes car.


The winning car on the grid


Oh how I do love the paint scheme of this car. It's gorgeous. Pictures don't do it justice.


Fart cans! See race cars have them, so should my 90hp civic!


More Speedsource Livery


Pit road & the football field were crazy before the race.


oops!


just a little bit faster and he would have hit the tire wall.



Ok, let's count the differences between the G6 GXP.R and the production G6 GXP. Let's see, the production G6 GXP has a unit body with transverse FWD V6, The G6 GXP.R is tube-framed, RWD, with a 5.0L LS2 V8, derived from the 5.3 V8 in the Grand Prix GXP.


SunTrust car coming out of the infield section


waiting to merge with traffic after a spin out.


This Ferrari didn't finish


You have no idea how loud these RX8s are.


A not-for-position pass.


This sounded NOTHING like any G35 you've ever heard (powered by a Q45/M45/FX45 V8 ).


M3


Light level going down, camera shutter opening longer.


You know you are approaching night time when the lights start coming on.


Someone was smoking (this appeared to have been coming out of the car's exhaust pipes)


Noble M12 GTO


The ferris wheel at fairly close range (this is a 150-foot ferris wheel).