Brian Lock Tackles the “Concrete Canyon” of the SJGP

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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 12:38 AM
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Brian Lock Tackles the “Concrete Canyon” of the SJGP

7/30/2005 San Jose, CA- The US Touring Car Championship spent the last weekend of July in the limelight at the Inaugural Taylor Woodrow San Jose Grand Prix.On Saturday, 50,000 people were on hand to watch them contest the points of the 4th round in the narrow and unforgiving track that is the San Jose Street Circuit.But amidst the glamour ofsupporting the Champ Car World Series, real drama had been unfolding all weekend for many of the teams...

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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 08:53 AM
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Nice! My friend's friend finished the race in the Acutech RHD Integra Type R. I wasn't able to go down to watch it though.
Old Aug 3, 2005 | 09:27 AM
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very cool brian. i like the car too
Old Aug 3, 2005 | 09:38 AM
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awesome race man, wasnt sure if you saw me but i was cheering for you on the side lines, over on the marriott side *market street*

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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 09:45 AM
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awesome race man, wasnt sure if you saw me but i was cheering for you on the side lines, over on the marriott side *market street*

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I hears some people shouting "go Suby" when I was sitting in the hot pits waiting to go out of track. Also saw lots of thumbs up on my cool down laps. Very cool to have people there supporting me, thanks a lot.
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OMG youre so fkn COOOOL!!!!



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Nice job Brian!
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good job Brian. love the car. the Touring Cars and Formula D were the only reasons i wanted to go, but i couldnt make it
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Did USTCC have their own officials on the flag and safety car calling or were the Champ Car people in charge? I think Champ Car really over-use the safety cars, not that a stree circuit with no runoff helps any ...
Old Aug 3, 2005 | 06:06 PM
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The same flaggers were used for every class. However our pace car was driven by USTCC officials.
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just remember your roots and how you got there

ive seen many drivers make it big in scca. drivers like michael galati(my fav. driver ever) Bill Auberlen Boris Said peter cunningham neal sapp and cannt forget roger foo or Pierre Kleinubing

all awesome drivers and very great people that never forgot all those how offered a shoulder to boost there carrier ( so cool they'd throw back some beers with yah in the paddock and let you crawl all around the car)

thats the scca i use to watch and seeing it again for the first time in 3 year was quite nice but i must say i was suprised to see no - to very little manufacture sponsers

kinda sad really but oh well
edgar,

cliff notes: keep the head small and the skill high

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Originally Posted by zumnwrx
just remember your roots and how you got there

ive seen many drivers make it big in scca. drivers like michael galati(my fav. driver ever) Bill Auberlen Boris Said peter cunningham neal sapp and cannt forget roger foo or Pierre Kleinubing

all awesome drivers and very great people that never forgot all those how offered a shoulder to boost there carrier ( so cool they'd throw back some beers with yah in the paddock and let you crawl all around the car)

thats the scca i use to watch and seeing it again for the first time in 3 year was quite nice but i must say i was suprised to see no - to very little manufacture sponsers

kinda sad really but oh well
edgar,

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USTCC is a NASA series buddy.

USTCC is awesome,

but SCCA > NASA

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it wasnt a nasa series when i use to follow it... maybe thats why i lost intrest in it
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Originally Posted by zumnwrx
it wasnt a nasa series when i use to follow it... maybe thats why i lost intrest in it
edgar,
It's always been a NASA series. Ask me all about the politics when you see me next time
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Originally Posted by Brian Lock
The same flaggers were used for every class. However our pace car was driven by USTCC officials.

The owner of that pace car lives one block from me. I thought it was just a daily car packed with go fast stickers. I guess it is legit.

Nice race again, Brian. Hope to see you again on the next race in the area.



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