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This time, the scene
is 1997 Rolex 24 early practice, and we see cars coming
through the Daytona trioval and entering Turn One, including
the Callaway C7R...
Feature Video - Lola B98/10 Dyson Test at Road Atlanta
Lola's then-new customer LMP, the B98/10, made it's debut on display in the paddock at 1998's Premiere Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. The Monday following the race Dyson Racing tested the new car, which had been fitted with a Lozano Ford V8 for the test. Intersport Racing ended up buying that first B98 chassis, but Dyson put it through its paces that Monday, driven primarily by James Weaver. Dyson was also testing a new Goodyear tire on larger rear wheels on the team's trusty R&S, and Butch Leitzinger was doing much of that driving. For a time in the late morning the two were on track at the same time, and I stood at the outside end of the driveover bridge watching the two of them circulating, and shot this bit of video. They were clearly both having fun...
What you will see is three laps, as the two cars come into the Turn 10-11 complex from the back straight and head under the bridge. On the first lap Leitzinger leads in the R&S, with Weaver close behind in the Lola. The second lap, Weaver passes Leitzinger going into 10, and the two cars head off under the bridge and down the hill through 12 and onto the front straight in what looks (and feels!) like a rollercoaster ride. I love the way Leitzinger slides through 11 in hot pursuit, and the doppler of the two cars' engine notes as they go under the bridge, down through 12 and rocket away toward 1 (I've seen it fifty times, and I still can't help grinning as they head off into the trees on that lap...). The third lap, Leitzinger has dropped back, and you just see him in the distance as Weaver comes to the bridge well in front. Road Atlanta always a great opportunity to dramatize what so many of us love so much about road racing...
No mpeg file included on this one, as it's huge (52mb). Too huge actually, as this was one of the first video grabs I did, and I selected too large of a screen size. So in this video you get a great perspective of the Road Atlanta track at a large screen size, but video that's a bit compressed-looking, though the motion is smooth and the sound is excellent. Some day I'll record it again with better settings, but I think you'll enjoy it just as-is... So turn the sound WAY up...and enjoy the ride... (52 seconds)
NOTE: Please do NOT link to this clip directly, but to this page or my home page. Thanks...
Dyson Lola Test Video (2.3mb file)
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