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Originally posted by SSB
Ya, ask him to stand up, then see if he remembers that BMW 320 at Laguna "we'all" put together at TurboTech in North Hollywood for the RS IMSA race?
And what happened to "Fat Dancer?"
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I KNOW WHERE 'FAT DANCER' IS! WE KEEP IN TOUCH AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. HE IS ABSOLUTELY THE FUNNIEST HUMAN BEING ALIVE IN REAL LIFE. ALL CLEAN FUN, NO DIRTY JOKES. HE HAS INSTANT REPORES WITH ANY AND EVERY NEW PERSON HE MEETS.
A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL. BOY HAS HE SOME STORIES OF THE OLD IMSA DAYS. HE CREWED FOR US IN THE IMSA GTU SERIES WITH LANCE AS LEAD DRIVER. ALSO, HE IS ONE AMAZINGLY GIFTED RACE MECHANIC. ASK LANCE ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION CHANGE IN THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING.
VARDE'S CRASH: I WAS IN THAT RACE. SEEMS VARDE WAS A BIT DOWN ON POWER AND FIGURED IF HE COULD FLAT TURN 6 (TURN 6 NOW) AT LAGUNA HE WOULD MAKE UP TIME ON THE RUN UP THE HILL TO THE CORK SCREW. HE GOT INTO A TANK SLAPPER THAT CONTINUED FROM THE EXIT OF T-6 AND CAUGHT UP WITH JUST BEFORE THE TOP OF THE CORK SCEW. IT CLIPPED THE CURB, ROLLED OVER AND WHEN I CAN BY SHORTLY THEREAFTER IT WAS ROTATING SLOWLY ON IT'S TOP! NATURALLY BEING A 'DRIVER' VARDE WOULD NOT ADMIT UNTIL A LONG TIME AFTER WHAT HE ACTUALLY DID TO CAUSE IT. VARDE, HIS CREW AND I BECAME GOOD FRIENDS AND I SEE THEM ONCE IN A WHILE AT THE RACES. SEEMS THAT THE ENGINE MAY HAVE LET GO IN TURN 6 WHICH INITIATED THE TANK SLAPPER IN THE FIRST PLACE.