The rain held off for the post-race media session at Road America, leaving only the damp smell of old asphalt and bewildered journalists.
63 laps were completed by nobody on the grid, because this was a 13-lap affair where Fernando Horta climbed from 9th on the grid to take the win by nearly thirty seconds.
(Garth Vader - Heavy Metal Gazette) Mr. Horta, you started down in 9th and carved through thirty cars to win by 28 seconds. Was that tactical genius or did you simply take a shortcut through the cheese factories?
Fernando Horta: We just turned the wheel right, mostly. Sometimes left. The Corvette liked the straight bits.
(Sharon Osbourne - Metal Management) As Fernando's new PR representation, I want to know why nobody was biting the heads off bats in the pit lane. The discipline in this paddock is appalling.
Ozzy Osbourne: *bites the head off a pit lane microphone* Sharon, where are my slippers?
(Rex St. John - Circuit Chronicles) Jon Wathen started on pole in the Maserati and finished second. Did you even notice him ahead of you?
Fernando Horta: Not really. He was just a red blur that got smaller until it turned into a mirror.
*Radio remix from the #63 pit wall:*
Crew: Fernando, your lap times are frightening.
Horta: That's just the differential whining.
Crew: No, Ozzy is howling into the intercom again.
Horta: Tell him to sing Bark at the Moon when I pit.
Ps. Lost and found in the paddock: one pair of purple stage trousers, slightly greasy, smelling faintly of bat wings and gear oil. Please claim from the garage #63 wall.
