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Andy is checking a motor's RPM... |
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Verdict: 29,000 rpm, not legal. |
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Dickie in the middle of a "secret" job |
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Some of the guys are getting some laps in on Friday night |
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Tommy is doing some marshalling to help us out |
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Bob does not want to be recognized: not working! |
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Charlie, Didier and Harlan (with those scary eyes!) practicing |
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Bob could not hide this time around |
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Harlan's still working hard to get his setup just right for the race |
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Looks like Bob is satisfied with his work |
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Matt is preparing his cars |
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Everyone's working frantically just before the start |
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Didier |
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The international section of Steve's basement |
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Practice, practice, practice |
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The esses are a tricky part of the track |
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Dickie must've just put in a good lap... or being told a good joke by Norman! |
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Some more practice |
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Saturday morning; Bob is beginning the day with a good coffee |
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A little more than an hour before the race, everyone tries to get some practice laps |
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Bob's looking worried?! |
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Tony and Marc: last minute tryouts |
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Some fun on the sidelines |
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The tech inspection is underway |
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Tech inspection is meticulous |
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Happy guy |
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Dickie explains the race format to Charlie |
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5 minutes to the race, everybody's getting ready |
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The last rotation of drivers in the first half of the race |
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Charlie, Bob and Larry each have an important job |
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A change of drivers is coming up |
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Don's really concentrated |
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Rick "Mongo" |
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Roy |
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Rick |
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Bob... not from Maine! |
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The Porsche has a rear wheel up in the air |
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Tony |
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Andy |
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Matthew |
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Matt as the race director |
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Marc, under the lights |
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Rich |
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Smokeio: expert head swiveler |
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Wayne |
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Steve, the fabulous host of this event |
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The drivers of these cars can't see anything with the big stickers they have in their face... no wonder they're crashing all the time |
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Harlan |
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Steve |
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Erik |
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Peter |
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Paul |
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Don |
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Rick |
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Matt |
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Andy |
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Tony |
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Dickie |
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Dick |
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Bob and Dick, looking on in the pits |
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Post-race discussion |
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Race over, the calculations are done at the race director's office |
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The results for the second part of the race |
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The GT lineup |
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Some fast cars in there
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The Porsche 911
lineup for the race |
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The full field |
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Some track action |
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Some good racing between two GTs, with Norman watching all the action |
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The winners get some great wheels for their great team effort |
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First place: Dick, Wayne, Rick and Erik are the officiel winners of the NEEC 2006 |
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Tony, Norman, Rich and Roy come in second place |
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They're presented with some great 1.9 mm screwdrivers |
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Second place (by one lap): Tony, Norman, Rich D and Roy |
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Third place: Rich, Don, Matthew and Steve |
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This is the distance that separated the 4th from the 5th place finishers... after 6 full hours of racing!! |
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Fourth place goes to Didier, Andy, and the Bobs |
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Fifth place: Smokeio, Andy, Rick and Bob |
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Sixth place goes to Marc, Harlan and Paul (their teammate had already left)
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Seventh place: Peter, Steve, Matt and Bob |
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Last place: Dickie, Christian, Charlie and Larry |
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Smokeio gives everybody the lap totals: only 42 laps separate the teams after 6 hours of racing |
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A great DiFalco controller was won by Rick as the grand prize |
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Larry won the great-looking slot car box |
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Someone's happy |
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Harlan goes home with a nice Le Mans T2 Scalextric set |
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A 40% discount on a DiFalco controller is a great prize |
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Another happy winner |
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Steve has donated a Slot.It Sauber-Mercedes and Tony is the happy winner |
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Didier wins a Monogram March |
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Don goes home with the Red Lobster car, also donated by Steve |
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Rick has given a great Carrera car that was won by Bob |
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Rich takes home a Grand Corvette Sport, donated by Rick |
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Rich wins another Monogram car |
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Erik gets the ultimate glue gun |
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Steve also wins it |
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Rick wins a Reinecke resin body |
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Bob wins the Coca-Cola IRL car from Scalextric |
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A ligthing kit for Andy |
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Dickie has donated a Slot.It tool, won by Bob |
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Dick brings back home his great home-made car presentation shelf... to give to the happy winner |
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And the Norman Nerf trophy goes to Steve |
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Didier and Christian are given special Canadian-edition t-shirts |
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Dickie receives some special spacers for lighting up the «Great Space Controversy» |