O.W. Kenobi

It sucks how they crammed three hours of racing into one hour of coverage, without explaining what happened during the breaks. At the end of the first hour of racing, the #4 S4 was still in the lead, but during the second hour of racing, the CTS-V was in front. I would have at least liked to see coverage of the pass for the lead...

But the crash of the #04 S4 was spectacular. Dropped one or two and got all squirrely. Too bad he didn't just stay off and try to slow down in a straight line in the grass (if that was even possible). Reminds me of my off at VIR last year. Pretty much the exact same thing, unfortunately. Oh well, at least he was okay. And it was great seeing the two S4s lead the way for a few laps.

RedWing

Saw most of the race (I TIVO'd it). It's a shame that the S4's keep qualifying well but have ended up out of it a few times. The crash into the tire wall reminds you that, while quattro is nice for stability (on the road OR track), you can still find yourself in catostrophic situations as a result of carrying too much speed into corners.

It's interesting that in both Grand-Am and World Challenge, the CTS-V's are beating the S4's and RS6's. I hope this is due to the governing bodies underestimating their potential. I fully expect that SCCA (who always want a level playing field) to hamper the Cadi with lots of extra weight today at the SCCA race. Pobst has the pole in that one and I hope he does well.

DanosS4

Not yet, it's on the pvr. How's KC?

O.W. Kenobi

He said that they were indeed very fast and well setup. He said that he hopes that the governing body of the race series realizes that and adds some weight to equalize the competition. He seemed to imply that without such intervention, the Caddies would run away with the series.

I think it was great that the commentators in the Grand Am race, before the race started, said that they expected the Audis to give way to the Caddy very soon. When the #4 car held the lead for so long, one of the commentators said that he was surprised that the Audi was able to hold off the Caddy for so long. That's a great endorsement for the B5 platform - an overachiever.

O.W. Kenobi

I've been doing yardwork most of the weekends that I've been here, but I have several projects in mind, and I want to get them out of the way before the heat really sets in. I haven't really been out and about much, because I have so much to do around the house (still unpacking). One of these weeks, I'll be all settled in and can get out and explore a little bit.

How are things in DC? Lots of cicadas? Hot/humid yet?

DanosS4

rip off the wings and eat.

Weather has been decent, a little rain today, not much to complain about.

Glad things are going well.

donistook

Cadillac. He was just keeping the Cadillac right behind him. Gary could have pulled away quite a bit, but that is not what we wanted at the time at that point of the race.

RedWing

those two cars seemed to really have an edge early on.