NY NJ NE IMOC Lime Rock Day (NASA HDPE)

mike choi / 325ci.com (aka mike325ci) (and ben (mista2niceoo7), sin (qQFoB), and dan (Rarh))
11/11/02



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driving up to Lime Rock, that's dan's car in front of me and dan drives crazy, and i'm trying my hardest to keep up with him... sin's MKII NA lightweight first gas station stop, cos i had to pee really badly okay sin, give me back my camera! stop taking photos of your car... that's the inside of his car, btw
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and his headlights we have arrived at the motel... we didn't know dan had relatives in great barrington, mass. either LOL what a thief sees as he approaches sin's car okay, now, we've seen enough photos of the inside of your car, sin
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we're working on my car in the parking lot. i think i'm working on my alternator bolt? sin's car at night who took this picture of my car? that's me under my car, next to my hooker. that's our boy sin who's kinda fucked up right now and dan is abusing him. "stop, stop!"
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dan, stop giving sin a hard time... all right now, kids, that's enough... yes, the subie guys were there too. the obligatory front truck photo we're chilling with the subie crew at the motel while i'm trying to burp my coolant
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that's ben getting abused by dan i don't know what you're doing with that screwdriver, but ben is all wrapped up on the floor sleeping, i think uh, that is sin's shoe?? who took this photo anyway? viva mexico!!! LOL that's me going under the bridge
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dan in the middle of the esses dan coming out of the west bend and into the esses dan in the esses we found this little spot and just had to take a photo... um, okay, another one.
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and ben too... second run for dan in the esses sin in the middle of the esses spencer's 'lil honda in the esses dan exiting the esses
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sin in the esses l-r: my MKI NA, dans' MKII T, trace's MKI SC, jim (redblues)'s MKII T trace and jim's cars-- our pit crew, kinda my beautiful high-horsepower track car. j/k my car and our little tent/space we are sharing with the subie crew
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jim takes a look around trace's engine compartment to see if there are any parts to steal... j/k. trace's engine mount bolt broke off, so we spent all day trying to find the right nut... rear quarter view of jim's turbo my rear wheels after 2 sessions: covered in brake dust an E46 M3 in the front straight that's, uh, the front straight, i guess the camera wasn't fast enough to catch whoever was going down the straight.
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dammit ben, take photos of our cars, not the scenery! haha jeff koeler's (sworx) white MKI SC me coming down the front straight me chasing a miata as i enter the esses me approaching the end of the esses
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an E36 M3 and a red corvette in the middle of the west bend two MKI MR2s trying to catch a vette entering the esses uh, i guess we lost the vette, jeff... i swear, i'm full throttle here! i just apexed the west bend and setting up for the esses looks like jeff's MKI SC is catching up to that vette...
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...and i'm a little behind them that's me in the middle of the west bend ...and exiting it first turn of the esses, trying a different line this time, not going out as much dan coming in after his session with a big grin on his face.
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sin coming in after his session. poor trace is still workig to find a nut that will fit his motor mounts... uh, dan, what EXACTLY are you doing??? kids, too much fun on the track will make you look like this... haha i look really goofy in my suit, next to my goofy lookin' car the porsche dood that ben made friends with, that helped us out.
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how many spare gasoline does a racer need? uh, some guy's MKIV supra nice clean engine bay, eh? supra's butt. wasn't this the car that spun out twice in my run group at the end of the esses?? trace kinda gave up, and eats his fries
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that's trace's engine lid, which you recall wasn't on at bear mountain a week ago. sin's car in the front with jim, trace, and dan's cars in the back trace's MKI and ji'ms MKII an NSX the NSX getting ready to go out to the track
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i'm in the middle of the front straight jeff's SC in the straight i think i got passed by two BMWs here yep, they passed me and i'm braking for the west bend at the end of the front straight that yellow integra type r is on my butt
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he's still on my butt in the esses i'm still behind those two BMWs coming down the straight that's the ITR that's chasing me um, it's supposed to be shaking inside my car, not outside, ben! haha in the esses. i guess i let that ITR pass me
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i'm getting passed by two cars on the straight i'm entering the west bend a camaro entering the west bend jeff braking at the end of the straight i'm entering the esses
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dan, did you go off-roading with the subie guys, or what?? dan's tires after today (and our autocross burnouts/spinouts from a few days back, i guess) i didn't know you had gunmetal rims, dan! dan, you need new tires. now dan steals my camera to take photos of his car...
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dan's interior and gauge pod