Mid-Ohio pics

[Outrun]

Arrived at Columbus and headed up the 71 North to Mid-Ohio. I exited 131 to go to White Castle and found Ohio stoplights to be different from California.

 

 

My hire car, a Mitsubishi Lancer.

 

Outrun goes to White Castle.

 

The burgers are kiddie sized, but the fries are very good. I should've tried the chicken sandwich.

 

Ohio gas was typically a quarter cheaper than Cali gas.

 

 

Mid-Ohio's security fleet.

 

Andy "Great White" Hope and Joe Alaniz munching on the White Castles I brought them.

 

View from inside garage #27 before unloading.

 

The Mid-Ohio officials get to ride around in luxurious comfort.

 

A Mid-Ohio School session was in progress as we unloaded on Thursday afternoon.

 

The Mid-Ohio School uses Acura RSX Type-S cars.

 

Ryan Flaherty's Acura Integra H1 "Tomato" and the #19 H4 CRX driven by John Tecce arrived Thursday from California.

 

Joe working his magic.

 

Garage #27 after being setup Thursday.

 

The bridge by Turn 1.

 

ITR

 

Joe and Andy

 

 

Andy posing for the "immature little wEs SiDe chump wanna be gangster prick" photo shoot.

 

 

I felt like I was in Jurassic Park. Is this where T.Rex comes out?

 

rubber chicken and KIWI in garage #28.

 

Thursday evening Andy Hope and his entourage of westsiders ate at Bob Evans, a nice restaurant in Mansfield across the street from the Super8 we were staying at. Bob Evans is a chain of restaurants in the east. For you California people, Bob Evans also owns and operates Mimi's Cafe. I also heard James Evans is related to Bob Evans.

 

Andy Hope always rolls deep. Fo' sho'.

 

Ohio seems to have a lot of cute white chicks. This is our waitress, Aleah (pronounced just like Aaliyah). She looks better in person than in the picture due to my flash being on the 'high' setting.

 

I think these are some of those Spec Miatas that couldn't hang with The Rex (Andy's car).

 

 

TL

 

 

Nice S2000 at turn 11.

 

Turn 11 action

 

KIWI

 

Ryan Flaherty doglegging the Tomato

 

 

Unfortunately, rubber chicken's engine broke and he was unable to take part for the rest of the weekend.

 

Turn 10 hottie.

 

Time trial action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think this guy was gonna go pee but he saw me. Anyways, remember that yellow is the good color. So wear yellow before wandering in the woods.

 

 

The turn 9 squat.

 

 

 

 

Inside the Honda bridge

 

My hire car

 

Mr. Kent

 

Toilet's striking livery

 

 

 

The chad

 

RSX at the Mid-Ohio School booth.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this is John Lindsay.

 

 

 

These are the ex-Nonnamaker cars right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Armed with my good looks and killer smile, all I had to do was point at my camera and give this corner worker a wink before she allowed me to shoot pics from her location. What can I say? I can't help it if I was born with a perfect bone structure.

 

Keith Edwards. I met him at the Honda Challenge BBQ at the Honda Pavilion on Saturday. He has a bear strapped to the rollcage. If the bear can give Keith good directions, the bear will be let free. If you look closely at the right B-pillar, you will see that the bear is still there.

 

John Tecce

 

Did you guys enjoy the view?

 

 

 

 

It started raining more towards the end of Friday.

 

 

Drink my dust

 

For some reason, the turn 8 Ricart.com safety truck made multiple passes in a FUTILE effort to dissipate water. For 10 minutes or so the truck went back and forth between turns 10 and 11 and I saw no difference. Waste of time IMO but I wasn't driving the track so I could be wrong and ignorant.

 

 

 

 

Driver's meeting in garage #26

 

#65 Special Projects Motorsport Integra driven by Tom Lepper (unfortunately, he never got to race it)

 

I forget this guy's H-T name but I remember he posted pics of his RealTime scheme.

 

KIWI's B-powered RHD Integra

 

 

No hay los "Homiez" en Ohio.

[NASA Jim]

What's that wet looking stuff all over the track? You say it fell from the sky? I don't understand.

 

Great pics!