Road Atlanta

Road Atlanta

Road Atlanta is near Braselton, about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta, just north of I-85. It was a comfortable trip and Doug and Dennis arrived around 10:30 PM. The senior Olthoffs and a number of other members of the Superformance family were on hand. There was time for dinner and a few cold beers before retiring.

The #7 Porsche, the #10 Lamborghini, and the #5 Raptor had recovered from early mistakes and were running well and running consistently. The #2 Mallet Corvette and #17 BMW were close behind.

The choice was to turn up the wick, go for the leaders, and risk a major spin and disaster - or to continue to turn in a solid consistent performance and hope someone else made a mistake. Doug and Dennis decided to stay with the strategy that had worked so well so far - a solid consistent performance without heroics.

Time Trial #1

Position	Number	Entrant	Class	Time	Points
1	10	1998 Lamborghini Diablo	SSGT1	3:24.536	510
2	2	1998 Mallett - Chev Corvette	SSGT1	3:24.663	505
3	5	1997 Mosler Raptor	SSGT1	3:26.049	500
4	7	1975 Porsche 911 Carrera	Vint For	3:30.640	495
5	17	1995 BMW 318 Ti	MidPri Sed	3:31.228	490
6	87	1965 Superformance Mk III	Vint Amer	3:33.207	485
7	29	1997 Dodge Viper	SSGT1	3:36.107	480
8	15	1993 Mazda RX-7	SSGT1	3:36.623	475
9	3	1994 Mercedes Renntech SL600	SSGT1	3:36.873	470
10	4	1992 BMW 325i	MidPri Sed	3:38.212	465

Time Trial #2

Position	Number	Entrant	Class	Time	Points
1	10	1998 Lamborghini Diablo	SSGT1	3:22.404	510
2	2	1998 Mallett - Chev Corvette	SSGT1	3:23.622	505
3	5	1997 Mosler Raptor	SSGT1	3:24.134	500
4	17	1995 BMW 318 Ti	MidPri Sed	3:31.820	495
5	3	1994 Mercedes Renntech SL600	SSGT1	3:32.990	490
6	87	1965 Superformance Mk III	Vint Amer	3:34.914	485
7	61	1998 Mitsubishi Lancer	SSGT2	3:36.224	480
8	4	1992 BMW 325i	MidPri Sed	3:38.388	475
9	9	1998 Mallett - Chev Corvette	SSGT1	3:38.493	470
10	7	1975 Porsche 911 Carrera	Vint For	3:38.570	465

Overall after Atlanta

The #10 Lamborghini continued to be strong. The #2 Mallet Corvette gained 40 points over our team to pull into fourth place overall. The #17 BMW gained 15 to tighten things up in sixth place.

Position After Atlanta	Number	Entrant	Class	Points After Atlanta
1	10	1998 Lamborghini Diablo	SSGT1	5940
3	7	1975 Porsche 911 Carrera	Vint For	5895
2	5	1997 Mosler Raptor	SSGT1	5875
4	2	1998 Mallett - Chev Corvette	SSGT1	5855
5	87	1965 Superformance Mk III	Vint Amer	5820
6	17	1995 BMW 318 Ti	MidPri Sed	5750
7	3	1994 Mercedes Renntech SL600	SSGT1	5480
8	61	1998 Mitsubishi Lancer	SSGT2	5475
9	9	1998 Mallett - Chev Corvette	SSGT1	5470
10	14	1993 Mazda RX-7	SSGT1	5390

The contest would be decided at Waterford with the first six cars being within 190 points. A serious mistake, a change in circumstances, could decide the outcome. And, as it turned out, it would.

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