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for three hours, and to visit the PCA tent and corral to see the full crop of cool Porsches. Unfortunately, we re-enacted the Sixteen Candles leaving for the wedding scene, so our arrival was not very early. Despite this, there remained plenty of time to look over the historic display, this year including several 911 GT3 Cup cars, and 1980’s Porsche racing prototypes, as well as some ear-
ly American racing iron. Some of the group only had grandstand passes, but the rest of us en-joyed watching teams performing their final checks, and then maneuvering their cars though the huge crowds toward the grid. Once again, pre- race opens the grid to fans, and wow, this one aspect of the weekend tells the story of how much larger an event this race has become. In 2003 during our first