Thirty-six years after driving in the 24 Hours of Daytona, Rich Ceppos returns to the event and reflects on what's changed and what hasn't while studiously avoiding thinking about how much grayer he is.
Thirty-six years after driving in the 24 Hours of Daytona, Rich Ceppos returns to the event and reflects on what's changed and what hasn't while studiously avoiding thinking about how much grayer he is.One of my prized possessions is this photo of a school-bus-yellow C4 Corvette race car that I drove in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1987. That's me behind the wheel, about to turn left and climb up onto Daytona International Speedway's high-banked Turn 1.
Sports-car racing is messy as well as exciting for fans because of the multiple classes, which circulate at different speeds.
With the GTP cars going 210 mph on the straights and our car only capable of 160, I scanned the mirrors constantly and stayed out of the way on the high-speed oval sections, always leaving the lane closest to the wall open as I'd been told to do.
It didn't help. My car went out with a terminal engine problem at the 16-hour mark, 337 laps in, having covered some 1200 miles. Our other car fared even worse, not making it past the 77th lap, after just 274 miles.
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