Rand's chances for finishing the race ended abruptly with mechanical problems. I believe the GTSR experienced brake problems. Rand was back out later in the afternoon.

Jim Minekker loses a power steering hose in the MalletSC at the beginning of the long straight.

The grass near the pits caught fire from the hot fluid and exhaust as Jim briefly pulled the smoking Vette off the pit exit.

The Mallet boys and many others quickly surrounded the wounded Vette to determine the severity of the situation.

Junior ran well throughout most of the race, but his Roadster soon began overheating and forced him to back off a bit. Skip Thomas showed promise with his new set up appearing to be dialing in. SVSi later found a blown relay for the cooling fans apparently caused the overheating.

Skip Thomas taking the lead in the Saturday race.

First and second place for Saturday's race.

Rand Watkins and Junior share some after race stories and laughs.

Some additional SVSi crew members showed up after the Saturday race and wasted no time getting the car set up better for Sunday's race.  Portable electronic scale is trick for getting the right balance.

Laptops are one of the new tuners tools for the pits today.  The Motec System for the Stryker is very high tech and impressive.

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