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FORMULA 1 WATCH PARTY
FRIENDS, FOOD, & F1
A QUICK EVENT.
DRIVING CHAIR MIKE REHAK
seat time was in
front of two big
screen TVs with
20+ of my club
member friends
watching the first
F1 race of the
season. This was not a bad gig.
Big changes were afoot among the teams with new chassis designs relying heavily on underbody ground effects to suck the cars to the ground
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rather than big wings pushing the cars down to the track. Mercedes, the dominant team for the last few years, looks to be having issues with their car design. Ferrari seems to have figured out the ground effects riddle.
YEARS
Fred Quintana, President of the KCRPCA, graciously opened his garage mahal again to the club. This time, it was for the first F1 race of the season. If you have not made
I arrived early to help a little with
Normally when Stan, the Editor of our newsletter (magazine) Der Sportwagen, asks me to write an article, it is about one of our driving tours. Being the Driving Chair, I get a lot of seat time finding the right roads for tours. For this article, my
setting up and to welcome new faces. That is something that is always interesting. Different events bring out different people. One thing we do have in common is enjoyment of the club. And today, we were gathered to watch some racing!
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it to a watch party or tech event at Fred’s, you do not know what you are missing. The Quintanas are always very accommodating with munchies, drinks and a fun atmosphere.
Cheering on the drivers and teams is always a hoot, made even better surrounded by KCRPCA Family.
~ Mike