October 5th:                                                                                             

The last autocross of the 2003 season.

Click for full-sized image Left & Right:  Perfect top down weather. Click for full-sized image
Click for full-sized image Left:  In fact, it was smokin' hot.  Can you say "flat spot" boys and girls?

Right: Of course it looks so easy from this side of the windshield.
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Click for full-sized image Left:  Is that the look of trepidation?

Right:  Perhaps it should have been.
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Click for full-sized image Left & Right:  Everyone gets to reset their own cones ... sooner or later. Click for full-sized image
Click for full-sized image Left: Bob carving his 911TT X50 through the turns.

Right:  Unfortunately, carving was a bit more difficult with a layer of anti-traction compound laid down.
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Click for full-sized image Left & Right: Veteran instructors Dave Whiting and Peter Spencer duel it out for bragging rights.  Luckily, Porsche won out.  Click for full-sized image
Click for full-sized image The anatomy of a spin ...

Upper Left: Both feet in.
Upper Right: Both hands up???
Lower Left: A brief look at the problem area from whence you came.
Lower Right: And finally ... resetting the cones.

Thanks for the lesson.
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Click for full-sized image Left: Barry's 911TT ... proof that red looks good against any backdrop.

Right:  But then so do the rest of the Porsche color chips.
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Click for full-sized image Good to have you back, Peter.

Peter's engine was an unfortunate casualty in the early-spring Eurasia fire, and it's been a long summer finding the necessary parts and expertise to get things back together.  

Perhaps that makes resurrecting # 56 from the old Mosport days even more special.
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