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Mako Koiwai wrote:Arg ... Max falls to 10th and last trophy spot when Rick Jung passes him for 8th. Hoeck 4th! Nice recovery Rick!

Aaron 24th

Mako Koiwai wrote:Michael Palero just called ...

STS ... Stefan Yeoh is only 0.37 behind Andy Hollis ... 1st and 2nd !!!!!!!

Lesson learned from today:

Do not paddock next to grid with your STS Civic unlocked while you go off to your work assignment, or a backmarker competitor who you do not know might steal an upper radiator hose off your car to fix their broken car, replace it incorrectly so it leaks, not fully refill the radiator, and not make any effort to contact you for permission or notice either before or after. Thank God that word filtered back to me from witnesses just as I was about to head to the grocery store, or my car would have overheated and warped the head on my very expensive motor. Or maybe it would have happened during competition runs instead. That would have been even better.

I thought I had seen everything in this sport but I was mistaken. And the Chief Stewards seem to think this sort of activity is ok so long as you apologize afterwards. Hopefully the Protest Committee will deal with this individual in a more appropriate manner.

--Andy "feeling quite violated"

Well, here's a summary.

1. From what I hear, Mark Allen Smith walked up to Jim Fineberg sometime this weekend (I believe on Saturday) and said "here's your second place trophy" and handed him some used greasy latex gloves.

2. Fineberg, offended by this, as he believe Mark to be doing this in all seriousness, not joking, went to Wal Mart and bought Mark a 4 pack of Massingill, and presented this to Mark in a nice pink bag on stage at the ProSolo banquet tonight with the delivery of "congrats, here's your third place trophy" as Fineberg won DS for the year this weekend.

3. Mark opened said gift when back at his seat, and was apparently extremely upset about the fine offering from Fineberg. Later in the evening he came up to Jim and slapped him on the back, rather hard multiple times, saying essentially he was a jackass and a sore winner.

4. Sometime after opening the gift, someone proceeded to pour it all over Karen's WRX in the parking lot at the banquet center.



I don't know why he chose to do this to Karen, but she was less than happy when I heard this from her later on.

I have video of Mark opening the gift, and the crowd around him laughing their asses off, but after what occurred later on I will not be posting it tonight.