Hello all,
Below are pictures of the Grand Prix of Cleveland! Had a GREAT time!
By the way, thanks to Uncle Michael for the free ticket! Remember the contest site I sent out last week to win tickets to the race?
Uncle Michael was a runner up and won two tickets and a
t-shirt!
Please click on the picture for a larger image.
Interesting plate from Virginia! |
Before the race. |
Adirondack chairs in one of the boxes. |
Show car. |
The Vanderbilt Cup |
The twin-seater |
Waiting for autographs |
Jourdain's car |
Leaving inspection |
Tagliani's car |
Rear view of Tagliani's car |
Lavin's car |
Servia's car awaiting inspection |
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Servia inspection |
Nose cone removed prior to taking car off ramp |
Michel's car |
Michel's camera mount |
One more view |
Bruno's car in the paddock |
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Vasser's car |
Display bike |
Hunter-Reay's car |
Mazzacane's car |
Allmendinger's car |
Bourdais's car |
Bourdais's brake |
The Cosworth engine. |
Rodolfo Lavin |
Happy Paul Tracy at the autograph session before the race. (Probably knew what was about to happen!) To the right, Michel Jourdain displays his new hair style! |
Bourdais, before winning the race |
Paul Gentilozzi |
Ryan Dalziel, before winning the Toyota Atlantic race |
Race fans |
Entrance to the pits |
Viewing the stands from the west |
Junqueira spun in the grass during warm-up. These two pictures show the results of the spin. |
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The BMW series cars |
Robin Miller from Speed TV gave a great interview. |
The Toyota Atlantic race |
Remove a car with a blown engine. The slick track was right in front of us and caused a lot of cars to get loose. |
Cleaning the track |
Toyota Atlantic third place winner Danica Patrick |
Winner Ryan Dalziel being interviewed on the podium |
I was trying to take a picture of a driver, but she got in the way! (I think it was Lavin.) |
Dominguez during driver introductions |
Jimmy Vasser |
The crowd and the race |
Bourdais, the eventual winner |
Bruno |
The podium |
Carl Haas and Paul Newman |
Haas, with Newman raising the trophy |
More of the Newman-Haas team. We saw Carl leave the track in a very nice Jag! |
Hunter-Reay packing |
Haberfeld's car after the race |
The steering wheel (note the course map) |
Servia (on the right) |
The jet truck |
We tried to "obtain" this sign, but the adhesive on the back did not cooperate |
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BEERUS Prez in the Pits, with the CLE skyline behind. |
One last shot of pit road |
The President of BEERUS |
There were no champagne bottles, so I figured the box would be the next best thing. |
Nina may have won the Pick of the Race today, but Michael Z. wins the banner of the race! |
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