Thursday,
January 24th, 2008 Enjoy our sampling of fun from race
weekend. Want a picture published? Just send it our way.
Thanks Brad, Donna,
Chris, Dave & Dee Dee for the use of all your photos. |
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| Team
Seattle is always victorious for the kids, regardless of how the race cars finish. | Special
thanks to Brad, Donna, and Dave for the years of content with print, video and
website coverage | Team
FarnbacherLoles makes quite a statement at Daytona. Live Search...looking good.
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| Special
thanks to MyoVision's David Marcarian who was unable to join us due to business
commitments. Thank you Dave, it's been a great ride! | Special
thanks to Microsoft both corporately and privately being behind the Team Seattle
efforts from the inception of the project. | Special
thanks to Steve Miller for bringing Darigold back as a sponsor. |
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| Special
thanks to David Bingham and Park Place LTD. for the support from year one to today
and beyond. | A
table of colors | Welcome
back driver Steve Miller. Steve picked up where he left off a few years ago. Good
job Steve! |
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| Big
screen monitor and score tower | Our
home away from home, team Hampton Inn hotel | Trying
to capture all the moments of the effort. |
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| Getting
set up for the race week | Crew
chief, Michael Gue | Setting
up the hotpits, owner Greg looks on |
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| Driver
Meeting Don presents awards to the Speedway and Speed Channel on behalf of Team
Seattle | Media
has been so complimentary to our effort | Patrick
Dempsey very interested in our effort here and in LeMans. |
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| Chris
Pennington's brother and friend arrive from England. | Drivers
Don Pickering, Bill Cotter, and Chris Bingham getting set up for driver rotations. | Painted
helmets identify the driver easily on the track. |
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| Team
84 with major sponsors Kid's Country Learning Centers | Driver
Ross Bentley works with brother Gord to organize the spotters. | Strategy,
game plans, and organization critical to our team's success. |
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| Don
Valencia, proud TS supporter since 2000 passed away Dec. 2007. Don you are always
in our memories. | The
Race Girls's Club in action. | Kathy
and Fred, long time supporters of our effort. Fred thank you for putting in place
the spotting team. |
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| Blue
Ribbon Bob, Gloria & Doc Doolittle BIG thanks for all you do. | Jackson
Dean Construction, Miles, Shari, and Joshua thank you for your generous sponsorship
to the effort. | Bonnie
Yonker, Media coordinator could not join us this year, but she sent her son Eric
and friend Krissy to experience the fun and energy. |
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| Helmet
to Helmet talk | The
eyes say so much | Thank
you Geo Resources Glenn, Keith, and Brad for you support over the years. |
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| Guests
arrive. Chris Mason and Brian have a battle of the cameras | Happy
Birthday Aileen & Ian. This party's for you! | Siena
changes the scoreboard as additional support comes in. |
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| Christophe
our French representative, a special guest of Team Seattle this weekend gives
us an update on our LeMans Effort. | | |
| Friday,
January 25th, 2008 |
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| Private
tram tour for Team Seattle guests. | Tram
Tour | FarnbacherLoles
Team Photo |
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| Tired
after the cross-country trip to Daytona, then an early morning at the track. | HomeStreet
Bank Tim Patrick and wife Melissa enjoying all the festivities. | Posing
for the camera. Team Seattle receives a lot of attention at Daytona as the local
favorites. |
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| Brian
monitoring practice | Sponsor
Jeff Larson with Driver Don Pickering | Kid's
Country Perry & Jeff with driver Chris Pallis. |
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| Team
Jackson starting early with all the track festivities | Daily
Drivers' meeting | Mary
Jo, Wertheimer Arabians, our first official sponsor back in 1997. She believed!
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| Eric
& Krissy your positive energy helped to our end results. | Microsoft
Live Search Sponsor representatives Sebastian & Justin know how to make things
happen | Long
time supporter Chuck makes it down for our final Daytona race. |
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| Chris
& Del thank you for your support and help to make this weekend possible | Chris
and Aileen setting up the garage area hospital support table. | Lee
and his wife make the trip down from Ohio. Loved having you! |
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| Longtime
supporters Team Baur make a quick 2 day appearance to support the team | Another
press conference for FarnbacherLoles race team | Fun
sight, team Sutton driving the golf carts all over the infield. |
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| Long time
supporters Team Buecker also do the 2 day trip to support the team | Team
work | Famous
golf cart tours around the racetrack. Strategic spots, headset audio tour. |
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| Pit
stop to watch the cars in the corkscrew. | Yes,
they are doing a 180* turn. | Exiting
the Kink |
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| Accountant
Dina and husband Todd join in the racing fun. | Dick
& Judy were with us for year one and once again year twelve. | More
pictures, Drivers Bill and Chris pose. |
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| Having
fun! | Interesting! | David
Bingham supporter, driver, and most challenging father son Chris also a race car
driver. |
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| Dr.
Cohen having fun with his sons. | Michael
Meredith, MSN Autos Live, providing Interviews & Photos for the team. | Driver's
chat |
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| Barbara
& Lynne chat | Time
for one last autograph | Indy
Car champion Helio Castroneves, and now dancing star, visits with our team. |
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| Nancy
helping with all the logistics of a team of 200.Siena's special friend.
| Team
Wertheimer together again | Team
Jackson |
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| Here
we go! | Dave
and friend Juanita joining in the fun! | LeMans
team in training |
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| Tired
from a full day's play | Team
Bentley | Team
Mann |
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| Siena
sings, "Fifty Nifty United States" Brings in the donations | Kami
continues with, "I love this bar!" more donations! | Hampton
Inn Management joining in our fun. |
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| Come
on Jason you can do it! Hands of a surgeon. | Doc
and Dr. Cohen bring down the house with their musical talents | That
goes for Brian too! |
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| What
happens in Daytona stays in Daytona...Andy having fun | | |
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| Saturday
Race Day 26th of January 2008 |
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| Getting
ready | Cars
out to grid | Looking
pretty prior to the start of the race. |
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| Kids with
the donation jar | Entire
Team Seattle Team, so wide I had to split the picture | The
other side of the picture! |
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| Here
we go | About
kids! | Thanks
Jeff & Bob! |
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| Autograph
stations outside each garage area, very fan friendly. | Principles
of our 2009 LeMans Effort. | Spotters
well rested and happy prior to their 24 hour marathon of calling the race. Thanks
Ian and Bill, you know we couldn't have done it without you. |
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| Pre-Grid
prior to the 5 minute warning | The
good luck kiss | A
family affair, Libby and Charlie with driver Steve. |
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| This
looks important | Ready
for the green | Prior
to the 5 minute warning |
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| A
green flag, both cars have a clean start, now it's hurry up and wait for your
turn in the car. | Hospitality
tent, available for food and beverage and most importantly warmth! | Sunny
but cool |
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| Final
driver's meeting prior to the start of the race | Very
cool! | Split
start, the Daytona Prototypes, then the GT field. |
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| First
stint over, both Ross and Chris did a spectacular job! | Don
getting ready for his stint. | Justin
and Chris working with the giant plasma screen tote board keeping track of our
progress. |
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| All drivers
comment on the close, competitive, and clean driving. | | |
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| Kristen
and Kami staying warm. | Team
Jackson, our rock! | Racing
into the darkness. |
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| Kid's
Country Learning Centers Graphic touched off by the lights. | This
is fun! Good food, company, and racing into the night. | Complete
with a fireworks show. |
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| Into
the night. | As
of 1:30 AM. | The
party continues... |
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| for
some people : ) | Still
dry...but not for long | This
is Daytona afterall...Historically rains come in at night. |
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| Here
comes the rain | Kim
and Greg solder through the night | Libby
& Ursula stay awake all night |
| Sunday
January 27th, 2008 |
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| Early
hours of the morning...here comes the sun | Warming
up the troopers that made it through the night. | Nancy
takes a well deserved nap. |
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| Spotting
team checks in at the hotpits | Waiting
and watching..Most of the team able to sneak in prior to the green flag. | |
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| It's
official both Team Seattle cars finished the race! | Car
85 greeted by the team | Waiting
for Don to get out! |
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| Family
hug | Family
photos | Thanks
Holly and Ian |
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| Team
Sutton | Grand-AM
our racing home the past 20 years. | Team
Pallis |
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| Jackson
Dean Construction-Thank you! | Cassie
and Chris | Siena
signs her name on the start/finish line after the race. |
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| Exiting
the high banks of Daytona | Back
to the hospitality to start the clean up after the past 48 hour party. | Cassie
and Don. Cassie's spirit touches all of Team Seattle. |
| Monday
January 28th, 2008 |
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| Dr.
Hansen, Dr. Cohen and the team making their way back to the Puget Sound area. | Our
welcoming team at Sea-Tac airport. Being gone nearly 2 weeks nice to see familiar
faces. | Saying
goodbyes...never easy to do. |
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| "OH
wait..we are on the same baseball team!" | This
concludes our 12th and final year of Team Seattle racing at the Daytona 24
Our
FUTURE??? | Watch
this website for the next phase of our project. Thank you from the entire Team
Seattle support staff. |
