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"And they seem like such nice boys," said my mom.....
Did Johnny O'Connell and Olivier Beretta [or shall we say Brad and Edward] decide pit lane was the perfect venue for racing fisticuffs, or was it all in the good old 'competitive-passion-of-the-moment' fun? We think the latter.
The 2 Corvettes pitting at the same time 2 hours into the race lit the wick on their championship-battling competitive fires. A fender-to-fender hip check got Beretta out first, but both cars were delivered penalties for this bad boy incident. On-track, O'Connell made a winning pass at the 25 minute-to-go mark.
"It was just like two buddies punching each on the arm.", said Johnny.
O'Connell and Magnussen now hold a 16-point championship lead. Beretta and Gavin rented the 'Fight Club' movie to plan their strategies for the rest of the season. Nobody questions now if these guys are really racing!
[CorvetteBlogger.com YouTube Video - thanks cor123] |
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I thought the whole thing was very entertaining. Johnny O described it beautifully post race. I think it was great advertising for the team and the car . . . the "take no prisoners" attitude is (I think) a very, very positive sentiment for GM to be projecting, given their current economic challenges.
I'd also love to see if the Aston Martins could stand up to this kind of "rubbing" and still perform like the Corvettes.
All in all, great fun.
--- Morty from Ottawa Canada on 07.23.08 at 12:49am