Acura NSX Sebring 12 hour car corral

Last minute reminders:

1) Departure time from Waffle House at Exit 55 off I-4 is 515am.
2) Departure time from Mobil station at 3303 Kenilworth Rd. is 630am
3) Wear your NSXCA Florida club shirt if you own one.
4) Make sure your parking sticker is affixed to your windshield and your race tickets are in hand ready to be displayed to the gate agent.
5) If you want to stay overnight at the Super 8, please call them directly as our room block has been released
6) If you have a club radio, bring it. I will bring 6.

Lynn and I will probably have dinner at around 8pm at T-bones Steakhouse on US27 8 miles south of I-4. If you're interested in joining up call before 8. If you would rather eat someplace else and want us to join you, please call before 8.

See you all bright and early tomorrow morning!

Lynn and Wei-Shen
 
OK... for all you who don't make the "train" the ACURA parking paddock is the FIRST one on the LEFT as you enter the track. Bring sunblock and a warm jacket too :smile: we will have GREAT WEATHER for this event. See you there :biggrin: :biggrin:
PS Please don't speed in Sebring, ALL the cops in highlands county + many more from the surrounding counties will be out in full force to catch all the "race car drivers' going to the tract.:wink:
 
any foto documentation??? joy...
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thanx bob!!!:wink:
such a bug.
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Wow! What an event.

We had 31 NSXs show up. All the Acura chiefs were there including ALMS CEO Scott Atherton who spoke to our gathering at 1130am. Todd Talbert and Jason Blair won the raffle to be honorary Acura team members and go in the hot pits during the race.

As you all probably already know, the LMP2 Acura teams of Andretti Green Racing and Fernandez racing finished 1st and 2nd in class and 2nd and 3rd OVERALL finishing ahead of everyone except the winning LMP1 Audi R10 team. It was an amazing debut for Acura.

Thanks to my friends Larry Hayes (IMSA), Brian Butts (Acura VP) for all their help in putting this together. Also a pleasure to meet and talk to TE McHale, Kurt Antonius, and John Mendel from AHM!

Don't know about the rest of you, but Lynn and I went to bed at 630pm (fell asleep trying to watch the race) and woke up the next MORNING!!

Great to see everyone. I'll post photos at www.nsxflorida.com this evening.

Lynn and Wei-Shen
 
It was certainly a pleasure meeting all of you and seeing some long-time friends. I trust all attendees had an enjoyable time and that their expectations were exceeded!

Although I will not be attending the upcoming St. Pete IRL/ALMS event, I sincerely hope many of you will come out and support!

Thanks again to Koji and the two other gentlemen (my apologies for forgetting your names) for letting my two co-workers and me ride "shot-gun" on the parade lap. They absolutely had a blast...and I'm now looking into shipping my car to FL for a couple of track days!

Thanks again for the on-going passion and continued camaraderie among the NSX community. With short notice, you came out in force and we're truly appreciative of that!

Gratefully,

Brian Butts
Assistant Manager - Shows & Exhibits

NOTE: Name and title clarification for AHM personnel -->

John Mendel
Executive VP - Auto Operations

Kurt Antonius
Assistant VP - Honda/Acura PR

T.E. McHale
Manager - Motorsports PR
 
1UFO 2C said:
I trust all attendees had an enjoyable time and that their expectations were exceeded!
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I flew in from NY to attend and I can honestly say that my expectations, as high as they were to begin with, were exceeded by the hospitality and the organization of the event. Add to that the phenomenal showing of the Acura lineup in the race and it will be tough to top this event.

I am looking forward to attending the Lime Rock event in July and know that by then our Northeast contingent will be over their jealousy of me avoiding a snow and ice storm in NY and will rally together to attend and support our Acura teams.
 
RSO 34 said:
... I am looking forward to attending the Lime Rock event in July and know that by then our Northeast contingent will be over their jealousy of me avoiding a snow and ice storm in NY and will rally together to attend and support our Acura teams.
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bob, we all know you become a card carrying SE/nsxca member for spring training...:tongue:
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RSO 34 said:
I flew in from NY to attend and I can honestly say that my expectations, as high as they were to begin with, were exceeded by the hospitality and the organization of the event. Add to that the phenomenal showing of the Acura lineup in the race and it will be tough to top this event.
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I flew in from Michigan, and feel the same way.

It was an absolutely fantastic time, and I really enjoyed meeting the local NSXers. Thanks to Wei Shin, the Florida NSXers and the Acura Motorsport program for putting this together.
 
What an incredible event and race! At this point, I think Acura has a few race teams re-drawing their strategy and hopefully making Audi look over their shoulder!

With NO sleep the night before, MJK and I made it until 9P at the race and then didn't get to sleep until after midnight back in Orlando. (Minus that impromptu nap in the hospitality tent :biggrin: )

Parked in the corral:

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Fired up to hit the track:

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On the track!

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Taking the green flag:

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Passing pit row:

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If Ferrari parts are too expensive, you can always...

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I need this wallpaper for the living room:

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Night shot - I call it "Audi Blur":

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Thanks to Acura and especially to Wei-Shen for coordinating all of this! Right now, MJK is trying to talk me into going to the later ALMS event at Mid-Ohio.

Hmmm...... :biggrin:
 
Todd... or anyone else who recorded the race... how did the parade lap footage turn out? Did we make Speed? Anyone post video footage of the parade laps?
 
The parade laps did not make it on the Speed coverage. There were some cars with video cameras in them so hopefully someone will post a link. I only took stills.
 
RSO 34 said:
The parade laps did not make it on the Speed coverage. There were some cars with video cameras in them so hopefully someone will post a link. I only took stills.
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Remember the young lady dressed in black blouse with the SPEED logo, and the camera man with her, walking around our corral?

They took a few minutes' worth of shots of our cars and it was edited into a very short piece about the "cars that the fans bring". There were short (like half-second or one-second) shots of parts of our cars in the corral, along with some other marques (e.g. Vettes), but it was a very, very short piece.

I recognized a shot of Wei-Shen's Techno wheels. I don't think my car (unremarkable as it is) made the edit.
 
I did see that "blip" of coverage 3/4 of the way into the race. It was a very short piece on the car corrals in general but at least there was the shot of our cars and I believe the son of one of our members was the child in the tape shown dancing next to one of the NSXs.
 
RSO 34 said:
The parade laps did not make it on the Speed coverage. There were some cars with video cameras in them so hopefully someone will post a link. I only took stills.
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I didn't see the NSX parade laps either. I video'd a couple short segs. of the laps and will try to post them and pics tonight. I saw myself in the pits for about 1 second on Speed Channel.
 
This was definitely an awesome experience!! The day started very early, but was well worth it for such an event. Both Jason & I were lucky to win a trip to the hot pits in Acura fire suits. It was amazing to see up close how prepared and smoothly these teams work together. Of course, Acura coming in 1st, 2nd & 4th made it even more special.
Here are some pics. & videos.
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Early morning arrival to the Acura Corral/Paddock in Sebring.
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Sun rising over NSX's in Sebring.
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Still a little too early for some.
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Preparing for the parade laps.
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Back in the corral after the laps.
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Someone tried to capture some extra TV time...:wink:
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The Acura display tent
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Hugh was up to his usual antics upsetting some of the German car owners and "Bimmer-Asses".
All he needed was the "Pink Dress" :biggrin:
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A group of us found a great party bus and look-out point thanks to Steve.
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Jason & I on our way to the pits.
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These guys were always on their toes...well at least when the car came in. :wink:
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This crew member took great care of all of us! :wink:
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Corvette guys were watching "Wheel of Fortune" :biggrin:
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Things pick up when the cars came in.
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Audi team replaced the entire rear end, starter and instrument cluster in 10 mins. Very impressive!
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