place to be, and we were not disappointed. Turn 2 is only a slight kink in the short straight after a hard right coming off the main straight. Got it? Anyway..... Nobody even thought about lifting, and came flying down the hill into Turn 3 , another hard right, and then on to the long back straight. It might be the place on the track which allows you the longest view of the cars, and lets you see and hear acceleration, braking, down-shift, cornering and vicious acceleration all the way to top speed.
I was told that vintage racers try to go at 9/10th speed to save the cars. Even though that looked pretty darn fast, there were only a handful of spins, and no accidents. I had to remind myself that a multimillionaire plastic surgeon could afford to race a fast car, but that didn't make him a fast driver. The drivers field featured a few legends, (George Follmer, Augie Pabst, Brian Redman), and many VERY skilled amateurs(?), so maybe 9/10th speed was to save the mere mortal drivers too.
Watching the practice or Friday and the qualifying on Saturday, we soon picked our favorites in each class. In Racing Exhibition we were dumb struck by the sheer amount of noise and speed a Greenwood Corvette generated. We were looking forward to the battle between the Vette, a Jack Roush Mustang, and a nice 935 Porsche, until the 610 cube Chevy made a very ugly noise, and never ran again. Group 2 were vintage production cars in six classes. 
These were the cars we know and love; TR-4, MGB, Healey 100-4, 100-6 and 3000, Porsche 356, Aston Martin, Morgan, Lotus 7, normal E-Types, and a Ferrari 250LM (!?!) It was no surprise that there were some wicked fast 356s, but it was strange that there wasn't a Healey on the track that could catch the best MGBs. Group 2 were sports racing cars also in six classes. The highlight was seeing five Scarabs on the track at the same time. Augie Pabst drove his famous blue and white #7, and his son Augie III drove the later #77 mid engine version. The other cars were a history lesson in motor sport.: Allard, Lotus 23B, Elva, Bobsy, Brabham, Maserati,
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