Post by porrsjim on Aug 10, 2008 19:20:00 GMT -5
Slee slays field at Birmingham
(Final version)
BIRMINGHAM (PSS) -- Dave Slee's vision is near perfect again and as result the PORRS Summer Series continues to see his tail lights on a weekly basis.
Slee continued his march through the series here Sunday (Aug. 10) by walloping the field in both halves of the night's activity.
The wins continued a string of success he has had since returning to PORRS following eye surgery earlier this summer.
"Earlier this year I went to see if I was a candidate for laser eye surgery only to find out that I had cataracts in both eyes,'' Slee said. "I sure didn't expect it, but that explains why I couldn't see too well at the time.''
He's seeing fine now as evidenced by his four wins in three weeks back on the circuit.
Sunday, Slee won the pole position for both 20-minute races on the .75-mile track, won the first race by 17 seconds over Sandy Robinson and beat Robinson by 13.7 seconds in the second race.
In addition, he posted fastest race lap in the opener at 37.444 seconds while Ced Collins turned the trick in race two with a time of 37.429.
Terry Vreeland wound up third in both races and Collins fifth in both.
Tom Nasella finished fourth in race one and Leadsled finished fourth in race two.
Slee and the rest of the front runners escaped a first-lap melee that affected several cars in the opener.
"In race one, Sandy got a great jump at the start and got inside of me going into T2,'' he said. "Sandy ran up front for a few laps until I was able to pay him back and did the same thing to him in T2 for the lead.''
Slee's improved eyesight nearly cost him the second race as he blasted a stack of tires in the final corner but saved the win.
"I did what I shouldn't have done, I looked at the set of tires on the left and true to the theory (his theory of you go where you are looking) hit them dead center,'' Slee recalled. "Luckily it only took off my front body work and I was able to finish the short sprint to the finish line. It was just plain luck that I didn't do more damage to the car.''
His cataract free eyes were uninjured in the crash.
The series moves to Pukekohe next week.
(Final version)
BIRMINGHAM (PSS) -- Dave Slee's vision is near perfect again and as result the PORRS Summer Series continues to see his tail lights on a weekly basis.
Slee continued his march through the series here Sunday (Aug. 10) by walloping the field in both halves of the night's activity.
The wins continued a string of success he has had since returning to PORRS following eye surgery earlier this summer.
"Earlier this year I went to see if I was a candidate for laser eye surgery only to find out that I had cataracts in both eyes,'' Slee said. "I sure didn't expect it, but that explains why I couldn't see too well at the time.''
He's seeing fine now as evidenced by his four wins in three weeks back on the circuit.
Sunday, Slee won the pole position for both 20-minute races on the .75-mile track, won the first race by 17 seconds over Sandy Robinson and beat Robinson by 13.7 seconds in the second race.
In addition, he posted fastest race lap in the opener at 37.444 seconds while Ced Collins turned the trick in race two with a time of 37.429.
Terry Vreeland wound up third in both races and Collins fifth in both.
Tom Nasella finished fourth in race one and Leadsled finished fourth in race two.
Slee and the rest of the front runners escaped a first-lap melee that affected several cars in the opener.
"In race one, Sandy got a great jump at the start and got inside of me going into T2,'' he said. "Sandy ran up front for a few laps until I was able to pay him back and did the same thing to him in T2 for the lead.''
Slee's improved eyesight nearly cost him the second race as he blasted a stack of tires in the final corner but saved the win.
"I did what I shouldn't have done, I looked at the set of tires on the left and true to the theory (his theory of you go where you are looking) hit them dead center,'' Slee recalled. "Luckily it only took off my front body work and I was able to finish the short sprint to the finish line. It was just plain luck that I didn't do more damage to the car.''
His cataract free eyes were uninjured in the crash.
The series moves to Pukekohe next week.