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Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/25/24 12:41 p.m.

David S. Wallens said:

literal LOL.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/24 12:47 p.m.

In reply to Keith Tanner :

And you know someone said “That’s not going anywhere” at some point in the process.

metallitubby New Reader
6/25/24 2:41 p.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

It was most likely me. I saw one other during Friday morning practice at Devil's.

metallitubby New Reader
6/25/24 2:50 p.m.

Thank you for all the excellent photos, especially of our (2) cars.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/24 3:22 p.m.

metallitubby said:
In reply to David S. Wallens :

It was most likely me. I saw one other during Friday morning practice at Devil's.

Did one blow away?

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/24 3:22 p.m.

metallitubby said:
Thank you for all the excellent photos, especially of our (2) cars.

The Acuras, I assume? And Rupert and his crew delivered some outstanding photography.

Shavarsh Dork
6/25/24 3:31 p.m.

That was a blast, hope to make it up to spectate from the top in the next few years. My experience of the event was more of a camping trip with some car stuff for entertainment. Which was perfect.

llysgennad HalfDork
6/25/24 3:42 p.m.

David S. Wallens said:
At 3:52 this morning, we were already in line.

Crossed the starting line at 4:22.

If our clocks were sync'ed, we were 1 minute ahead of you...gates at 3:18

and Starting Line at 4:21

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/24 3:53 p.m.

In reply to Shavarsh :

That’s what we kept saying: This is like camping without the s’mores.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/24 4:17 p.m.

In reply to llysgennad :

Ha, that’s awesome. The times I mentioned came right from my iPhone, so they should be correct.

We were in the white Santa Fe.

By the way, we might have gotten yelled at for pausing to photograph the starting arch. (The things I do for you all. )

llysgennad HalfDork
6/25/24 4:26 p.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

We walked past your vehicle a dozen times at least, parked off to your passenger side. If we had only known!

Sunrise from halfway up Halfway Spectator area, looking downhill

And looking uphill at the moon setting

llysgennad HalfDork
6/25/24 4:39 p.m.

The Champions parade after

This guy went by at least 3 times on re-runs, really fun to watch

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/24 4:45 p.m.

In reply to llysgennad :

Ha, that’s funny. Half of our group came in the silver-ish Sante Fe parked 90 degrees to ours. From there, we all hiked down to Engineers.

llysgennad HalfDork
6/25/24 4:48 p.m.

This is the course, if you haven't seen an overall view

metallitubby New Reader
6/25/24 4:50 p.m.

David S. Wallens said:
metallitubby said:
In reply to David S. Wallens :

It was most likely me. I saw one other during Friday morning practice at Devil's.

Did one blow away?

Almost. Devil's on Friday morning was nutty with the poor visibility, wind, and rain.

metallitubby New Reader
6/25/24 4:51 p.m.

David S. Wallens said:
metallitubby said:
Thank you for all the excellent photos, especially of our (2) cars.

The Acuras, I assume?

Yes sir.

llysgennad HalfDork
6/25/24 4:52 p.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

We were in the silver Expedition, surrounded by Broncos. Too funny

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/24 4:52 p.m.

For the Champions Parade, I was more or less across the road from the lower entrance into the HPG parking area.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/24 4:53 p.m.

llysgennad said:
In reply to David S. Wallens :

We were in the silver Expedition, surrounded by Broncos. Too funny

That is too funny.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/24 4:59 p.m.

In reply to metallitubby :

The Acuras looked good, even when we could barely see them due to the fog.

llysgennad HalfDork
6/25/24 4:59 p.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

From that picture vantage point, we were 90 degrees to you, 2nd line from the "facilities". We had to be close to the other Santa Fe.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
6/25/24 5:03 p.m.

In reply to llysgennad :

Did you see me walk to the head of the line to see why we weren’t being released? Was it just the traffic? Were some cars up front empty? Bigfoot? I was wearing my media vest, so could I help direct traffic? We had people in our crew who were tired, thirsty and needed to poop, ideally not into a hole.

Once up there, I saw several police and talked to our corner captain: We wouldn’t be released until everyone above us had been released.

When I reported back on my findings, there were some moans.

Dinner (and the toilet) at Culver’s was much appreciated.

llysgennad HalfDork
6/25/24 5:10 p.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

We were napping and listening to the locals have a very (not) entertaining conversation about downhill bikes.

I'm glad the sprinkles held off until then, it was a beautiful day.

We went back to my sister's house for burgers fresh off the grill.

llysgennad HalfDork
6/25/24 5:34 p.m.

This Frenchman seemed like he was on an absolute tear of a run. Too bad

metallitubby New Reader
6/25/24 5:39 p.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

Since our pit was on the main road, I was there or at the start line all day. I was at the start when Zwart binned the 993 in the trees, and when it returned on the rollback.