Mid-Ohio Race Course
IT-Spectacular Photos
Aug 11-12th 2007
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Photos by Merritt Collins and Todd Quenneville
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| Heading to Ohio | The Famous Flagin' Waaon | Setting up shop |
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| Our home away from home | Why you need to carry a flashlight to the loo - to kill the bugs with! |
Getting the cars ready Sat AM |
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| The donut wagon makes his rounds | Plotting and scheming | |
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| Tied down and ready to go | Towing Doug around for a recon lap | |
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| That didn't last long! | Gregg fixes a loose plug wire | Back up to speed |
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| One of the Audi Coupes pits | Taking the tire temps | Some like to jazz it up a little! |
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| Mid-O is in the middle of cornfields. Big cornfields. |
Bob met the concrete in his first race | |
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| Heading into Madness | Pushing through the Keyhole | |
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| Missing one 924 | Oh, there he is - fuel pump switch died | Brent picks up the pace |
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| Doug isn't far behind - but later drops out himself with a torn header |
There were some other neat toys there | |
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| The Ferrari guys showed up en masse | The Lambo guys were not to be outdone | |
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| Mid-O is actually a very pretty track | The repairs commence | Pull harder!!! |
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| How NOT to use a Porta-Power | Bounce! | Recovering from a rough first day |
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| When you're stuck away from home, you do whatever you have to in order to keep the car running |
Todd celebrates his successful header repair | Can I lick the windows now? |
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| Nummy! I like pudding! | Back to working over the Nissan | The girls leave the scene of carnage |
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| I'm stuck - somebody hand me my beer? | Careful and 3-lb mallet are not words that go well together. |
At least we're not beating on this one too |
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| Merritt makes sure we won't starve! | Tasty AND healthy! | |
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| Pretty end to a rough day | But the party's just getting started! | |
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| Roger shows us his preferred method for waxing Doug's car |
Roger survived the night and gets Bob's car ready |
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| Yes, this IS the After photo! | Prepping 77 | Time to get ready! |
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| Merritt refuses to leave the finer things in life by the wayside |
Bob's back on track Sunday AM | Bob coming through Madness |
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| Charging into Thunder Valley | James Walker's old ITA car, now driven by Jeff Lawton |
Puttin' the foil on |
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| Our new friends at HIPPI Racing | Looking up at these guys while on track, they look like the peanut gallery! |
The ITB field lines up for the start |
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| Leading a pack through Thunder Valley | Excitement in the pit lane as an ITB CRX pops a motor and makes a mess. |
Leading Dave Gran through Turn 1 |
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| Gran looking for an opening to take back 2nd |
Post race chit-chat with one of the Blethens | Doug and Vaughan react to the results from the qualifying race |
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| Sunday PM pace lap | Getting a nose up on Brent at the start | Doug chasing Brent for the lead |
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| They finished in close order, even after 22 laps |
At impound | Final Sunday results |