Jim Evans' Pictures for Day Four of the Memphis 2001 trip (Friday May 11th, 2001)

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The thirdgen guys, including Edwards, Mark F. and Greg (what am I doing with my left hand) Franks.
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A pit shot and the back of Mike E's car.
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An enclosed trailer and the associated hauling truck.
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Cars lined up for Auto-X
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Here's a drag race.
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I don't know who was in the near lane, but it looks like an 11.491@124.58
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Greg F. helping Kevin C. and John M. walking towards them.
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Getting my car ready for RR by emptying it out. (notice the stuff on the ground which will soon be soaked....)
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Jonathan Martin doing some vehicle maintenance in the distance.
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Brent F's SS and some other cars.
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A cool WS6 convertible. Maybe this one is Terry's car.
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Myron (of TPIS) and Kevin C. watch Andris mess with his hooptie.
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Andris pouring oil on the side of his engine, since he was too proud to use a funnel.....
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Myron, Greg F, Andris, Mike E. and Mark F looking at the Z28TT.
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It looks like Jordon's car is actually running at this point....
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A red TA passes Kevin C's turd-gen.
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Either a line for Auto-X or these people are trying to escape. (I'm thinking the later)
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Brent Franker's SS and a WS6 parked next to a white Z28.
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EdHolio's tow rig. Towing power for your bunghole.
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Another shot of EdHolio's truck. Incidentally, riding in this truck caused me to by a new Silverado.....
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Neil's beautiful GS Camaro.
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LG giving a discussion.
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Brian N's TA next to an LS1 camaro.
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JohnM installing a new electric water pump to replace the one with damaged internal wiring.
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The "bruise" parked next to Convict #1's car and Aker's car.
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Here's a shot of Harper's car.
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LouG's team prepping the Vette.
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More LG pit action with the ZR28 car in the background.
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Mike Edwards telling the guys the correct way to build a race car. ;-)
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There's Lou G. himself.
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LJ listens intently to LG. Too many abbreviations there.....
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Groovy shot of the vette race car.
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Lou G explaining how to take the lines.
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Lou G. pretending he has a steering wheel in front of him.
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Lou G. in front of the customer's car.
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Neil, Mark F, Randy B. and others look on as Lou G. speaks.
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Here's a poor shot inside of the trailer.
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Jeff in the Impy, parking next to Wayne's 'hoe.
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The milkman gives me a wave. Hmmm. Those clouds look dark and the wind is blowing.
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There's angry Ken's car.
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Doug's 2nd gen.
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The baxter-mobile is on the trailer with a broken blower belt. Those clouds look really dark.....
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The crowd assembles to hear Lou G. speak.
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John's making progress with the water pump installation.
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Wow, Jordon actually not working on his car. :-)
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Two planes flying very close to each other.
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The LG crew is tightening AN fittings on the vette.
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Rich driving the pit truck.
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Angry Ken, the ZR28 and the Impy.
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Hmmm. Brian N is putting up the windows in the Humbler. Harper's windows are already up.
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Jordon accessing his parts pile. Notice the raindrops on the picture.
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David's Z28 in some more rain drops.
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Myron driving in the rain.
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Myron still driving in the rain.
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Jordon driving in the rain.
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A silver camaro in the rain.
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Mike Edwards attempting to do some donuts in the rain.
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Mike Edwards manages to break loose the rear tires on wet pavement. :-)
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Whew, that was a lot of work, I better park the car.
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Kevin C, Greg F, Andris, Tex, Cyrus and possibly Rizz in the bleachers holding cell.
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A look at the hot and cold pits when they are now the wet pits.
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Greg F wants to play in the rain now.
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Randy brown ready to start a race session on the damp track after the first rain.
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Still spitting rain as Randy give advice to the pit truck before the corner workers go out.
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This is a shot after the BIG rain/hail storm.
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After the big rain.
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After the big rain.
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Shawn and his girlfriend after the big rain.
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My car styling after the big rain.
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It's still wet and there's a helicopter in the sky.
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There's a blue Trans-Am.
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There's the Impy after the big rain.
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Green Camaro.
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Another shot of my car after the big rain.
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Another post-big rain shot.
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Time to start drying stuff out.
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A down low shot of my car and the crap that I now have hanging out to dry.
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Neil heading back from the pits.
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There goes neil.
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Heading back from lunch at Wendy's, with Mike Edwards and Kevin Crain.
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Stuff is starting to dry out.
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JimD and his car still looks clean
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Getting ready for the 2:15pm drivers meeting. Andris is laying it on "little debbie" as Mark F. looks on in admiration.
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Here's the front of Patrick's car after he kissed the wall during the big rain. Chad looks on, not knowing he'll also be joining the same club later today.
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Jonathan helps Patrick work on the nose.
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Christer, Rizz and the Sex Police (Mike G) monitor the noseless situation.
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Matt L. raises his hand to throw a grenade into the open hatch of the Mustang.
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We can rebuild it.... faster..... stronger....
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Heading towards the driver's meeting.
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Another shot of Matt L's pimpin' wheels. Lookin' good!
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Buddy stands by, ready to take charge of the situation.
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Randy is waiting for the meeting to begin.
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More people getting ready for the meeting.
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Tourist Kevin walks in as Angry Ken, Racer Neil and Cool Hat Wynand join us.
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Randy Brown and DJ Angry Ken get ready to start the drivers meeting.
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A comp TA.
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Hey, Chad's here. Other drivers are too. Looks like Wynand has some Ketchup on his lip. Matt L. is rubbing his belly after a $3 cheeseburger.
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Randy reads, a shirtless guy watches as DJ Angry Ken squashes an insect with his foot. Notice Jason M's (golden boy) fake smile.
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Rich P. looks on as DJ angry Ken tries to talk with a pinch of copenhagen in....
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We're all intently listening (expect for the photographer....)
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Jordon looks on as Greg F looks to the side.
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John's IROC Mark's TA and Kevin's camaro.
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Here come's Chad C's firebird up to the grid.
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Check out the stickers. Cool.
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Crappy lighting, but a nice car.
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Here's an interior shot of Chad C's car before he started struggling with the driver side power window switch.
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Here's a pre-crash picture of Chad's car.
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Here comes Jeff in the Impy.
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A nice WS6 Trans-Am.
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This car looks mean. I think it's Brian C's car.
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Cars getting ready in the pre-pit area.
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Another angle of the pre-pit area as cars are lining up.
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The writing says it all.
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The course marshalls stand by a puddle.
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The Z06 is ready to go onto the track.
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There goes the Z06.
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Here comes Rich's car.
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Here's happy Ken ready to take the track.
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Here's Ronus.
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Ken sloshes through the water, trying the splash Randy B.
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Here's a C4 vette.
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And a firehawk convertible.
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Jason M. with EdHolio as a passenger (wearing my helmet).
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Dang, he wasn't able to splash Randy either.
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I said no splashing! Wynand gets ready to take the track.
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Randy and George (buddy) have a few words about the correct way to handle the corner workers.....
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There goes Ken.
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Little debby waves the green flag.
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There goes Tony R.
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Cars coming down the front stretch as the green waves.
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there goes Wynand.
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Here comes Happy Ken.
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Lou G is taking Neil out on the track in the ZR28, but Neil can't get the 5 point harness fastened.
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Randy talks with Lou and Neil finally just puts on his seat belt.
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See the rain falling. See the smashed rear end on Mike G's car. Guess what happened.
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Here's a close up as soon as Mike G. came off of the track.
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Here's a close up of Chad after he came off of the track.
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Looking out of my hotel room window at the parking lot.
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Hey, there's my car.
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There the firehawk.
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Folks in the parking lot.
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More parking lot pics.
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More parking lot pics.
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More parking lot pics.
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More parking lot pics.
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More parking lot pics.
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More parking lot pics. Pushing the no oil pressure car (Duncan's) off of the trailer.
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More parking lot pics. Playing with the zoom.
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More parking lot pics. Duncan's car is off of the trailer.
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More parking lot pics. Must not jiggle camera when zoomed.
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More parking lot pics.
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More parking lot pics. Akers arrives from the track.
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More parking lot pics.
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More parking lot pics. Firehawk blurred.
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More parking lot pics. Akers in the truck.
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More parking lot pics. Akers looking for parking.
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More parking lot pics. Christer watches as other work pushing Duncan's car into a spot.
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More parking lot pics. John checking his tires?
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Houser's Iroc.
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Greg's car parked over the line.
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Mmmmm.... f-bodies.
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More parking lot pics. Whoa, I'm blurry again.
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Another pic of my car. I love the lines of this automobile.
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Here comes Chad's tow rig.
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Christer again being helpful with Duncan's car.
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A blurry shot of Chad driving by.
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Christer again looks on as Chad drives by.
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Matt just walks by, but Jennifer sticks her tongue out at the camera.
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Getting ready to put Houser's Iroc on the trailer.
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Putting the Iroc on the trailer.
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Here's comes a blurry Z28
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Here comes a blurry Reese TTA.
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Houser's Iroc is on the trailer.
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It's raining on my car again.
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F-bodies and a mustang.
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Mike Edwards, Rizz and Christer all looking a bit blurry due to my excellent camera skills.
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Index created on Wed May 16 18:29:36 2001.
photos by Jim Evans