Car Guy Magazine Car Guy Magazine Issue 1014 | Page 61

Grid Walk Lets Fans Get Up Close to Drivers and Cars PHOTO Stephan Cooper

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raselton, Georgia. October 6,
2014 – From
the weather
– the Georgia
Chamber of
Commerce couldn’t have custom-designed a more perfect
crisp, clear, early fall day – to
the drama-filled competition, it
was a fitting finale to the inaugural TUDOR United SportsCar
Championship.

The 13-race championship concluded this past weekend at Road
Atlanta with the Petit Le Mans Powered by Mazda, a ten hour timed endurance test in which 54 teams (11 in
Prototype, 11 in Prototype Challenge,
21 in GT Daytona and 11 in GT Le
Mans) put it all on the line in hopes of
making it into the history books with
a win of the season-ending race.
Fans in the tens of thousands
turned out for the spectacle, taking
advantage of the opportunity to see
the racing machines up close and
rubbing elbows with drivers during
the grid walk. With the green flag
waving at 11:15 a.m., and the race
concluding at 9:15 p.m., the drivers

would have to adapt to the changing
sunlight throughout the day as eye )