Waitin' out Duh Storm, whilst opining for the
return of our Home Team Panzerwagons to the grid, as Seattle's expecting SNOW for
the third time in a month. Or is I-T four or thou number five? Thoust number
shalt be-eth Six...
Like most stories here in Nofendersville,
they're planted way ahead 'O time... Hey Lucy! C'mon FREAKIN' start talkin' to
Me!
OOPS! Sorry 'bout that, but another part 'O daily
life here in Nofendersville is that Lucy', my ARSE-Steamed Screen-reader has a
nasty habbit of stopping talkin' to me in mid-sen ten ence
whi st
typing; SHIT!
As it's been so COOLLDDDDD here in Seattle the past several weeks now due to La Niña, think Lucy' Done Froze UP! As what's Dat 'Ol Rolling Stones song 'bout She's so Cold, Cold, Cold, My Hands just Froze; Hya!
Alas, naturally thoughts of being someplace warm like Florida occupy Thy thoughts; but I digress...
Hence last fall, after the chequered flag had
waved at Petit Le Mans, at the beginning of December, before the rain, snow, Freezing
Rain and ice arrived - I began trolling for info upon my Homeboyz' GTD participants
Team Seattle that I'd scribbled 'bout previously.
Alas, the long time Porsche 911 Stalwart
Alex Job Racing, (AJR) in conjunction with
the Pacific Northwest's Team Seattle found themselves in a bit 'O quandary upon
their future plans this past fall, as it didn't look promising for AJR before
Christmas, as the team was still looking for potential customers.
ALEX JOB RACING
(AJR)
Entrant: Alex Job Racing
Drivers: Townsend Bell, Bill Sweedler, Frankie Montecalvo and Pierre Kaffer
Make: Audi R8 LMS
Car#: 23
So my New Year's wish sorta came true, as I'd
dreamed that if I'd won the Powerball lottery; OH SHIT! think Yuhs gotz Duh buy
a ticket, right? I'd fund Team Seattle with a fulltime entry of two Porsche's a
la Alex Job Racing's stable last year. With the No. 23 running once again for
Childrens Hospital's Heart of Racing campaign. The driver lineup would be
comprised of an All Star team featuring Mr. Chrome Horn, his IndyCar TV Booth protagonist
Townsend Bell, Tanner Foust and Scott Speed, which surely would garner the
media's spotlight and help Team Seattle gain Attenzione once again...
Meanwhile, the former No. 22 AJR Weathertech
Racing Seester' car would feature the regulars, i.e.; Mario Farnbacher, Wolf Henzler, Ian James and Alex
Riberas who piloted last year's #23 entry. Which unfortunately won't
occur - especially since they've A-L-L hustled off to find seats with other
teams for this year's Rolex, due to the uncertainty of AJR returning .
Instead, AJR's been thrown a
"Lifeline" and now will campaign this year's rendition of Audi's R8
LMS, featuring the championship winning duo of (Townsend) T' Bell and Bill
Sweedler, who've raced for ALEX Job before.
They'll be joined by Frankie Montecalvo fulltime for
the Enduros', as AJR's just contesting the Tequila Patron North American
Endurance Cup (NAEC) this season, with Factory Audi Driver Pierre Kaffer
penciled in the Audi Sport Customer Racing entry for just Daytona at the
moment.
Sadly, having
decided to check Team Seattle' website for any breaking news when buttoning up
this story, they announced Dec 30th that they'd made the regrettable decision
to not participate in this year's Rolex 24, in which would have been the team's
twentieth year; BUMMER!
Thus I'll be
rootin' forlornly for the #23 AJR entry, albeit lamenting the lack of Team
Seattle being on the grid...