Rad_Capz
Rad_Capz New Reader
10/6/09 6:18 p.m.

I ran the Firebird at a NASA HPDE event at Sebring this past weekend. One of the very rare times I'm up before the sun. The only way you can get a regular pit area is to get up (hotel on site) way before sunrise and get your butt over to the track area and unload the car and claim a pit. Failure to do so means you're out in the Florida sun all day and it's still hot down here.

Since I had the car unloaded before dawn I took this pic at dawn then headed right over to claim a pit. They were almost all full already! And there's a lot of pits!

kabel
kabel Dork
10/6/09 6:23 p.m.

awesome photo

f86sabjf
f86sabjf New Reader
10/6/09 6:49 p.m.

love the pick. I think shots like that are why i've always been an early riser

Spinout007
Spinout007 GRM+ Memberand Reader
10/6/09 6:57 p.m.

Magazine internet hot rod of the month vote! GRM sticker is plainly visible.

Rad_Capz
Rad_Capz New Reader
10/6/09 7:59 p.m.
Spinout007 wrote: Magazine internet hot rod of the month vote! GRM sticker is plainly visible.

Thanks guys! David Wallens took a bunch of pics of the car at a NASA event at Palm Beach International a few weeks ago. Hoping he got one nice enough to make the mag. I've had the GRM stickers on it for a while. Going to switch the sticker layouts for the Land Speed Race near Miami this weekend since I have to use different numbers anyway. I got some more GRM stickers David brought to PBI so I'll still have some on the car somewhere.

dyintorace
dyintorace GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/6/09 8:13 p.m.

Awesome shot!

lewbud
lewbud New Reader
10/6/09 8:28 p.m.

That is a very cool shot.

Gearheadotaku
Gearheadotaku GRM+ Memberand Reader
10/7/09 8:21 a.m.

Wow......thats all i can say.

ReverendDexter
ReverendDexter HalfDork
10/7/09 9:06 a.m.

That's not a Sebring, that's a Firebird.

Man, I expect that elsewhere, but on GRM?

Rad_Capz
Rad_Capz New Reader
10/7/09 7:09 p.m.

In reply to ReverendDexter:

Good one!

ansonivan
ansonivan Reader
10/7/09 7:13 p.m.

I have a wee twinge of the green monster, we do still have decent sunsets in ohio this time of year but it's getting chilly. Looks like a rewarding early morning.

jcanracer
jcanracer Reader
10/7/09 7:58 p.m.

awesome photo

DirtyBird222
DirtyBird222 Dork
10/7/09 10:55 p.m.

nice pic! next time take the flash off and set exposure to like 10 seconds lol. If it's a point and shoot just turn it to night time mode (little guy with moon) and let it take the picture.

still a sweet pic

Rad_Capz
Rad_Capz New Reader
10/7/09 11:20 p.m.
DirtyBird222 wrote: nice pic! next time take the flash off and set exposure to like 10 seconds lol. If it's a point and shoot just turn it to night time mode (little guy with moon) and let it take the picture. still a sweet pic

It's a Nikon coolpix 5700 but I don't really know how to use it properly. I tried no flash but just got the outline of the car LOL

alfadriver
alfadriver HalfDork
10/8/09 7:08 a.m.

Great pictures. Hopefully (if I can get with David next week post Challenge), you'll all see sunrise pictures of one of my favorite places. Especially with the significance of HAVING to be there at dawn.

Eric

fornetti14
fornetti14 GRM+ Memberand Reader
10/8/09 7:42 a.m.

Give us some more details & specs. on your car!

dyintorace
dyintorace GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/8/09 7:47 a.m.
fornetti14 wrote: Give us some more details & specs. on your car!

I would argue that this car would make a very nice feature article in a future issue of GRM!

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