Thanks to Katherine and Dirk for the great pictures of the 2006 T Karts Pro-Am. Thanks also to the profesional drivers and crew who spent their Memorial Day in my backyard.

Track Marshal Bailey Hilliar surveys the grid before the driver's meeting.

The driver's meeting was the biggest ever, with a wealth of tallent and experience from all forms of racing.

Among the Pros were David Sternberg, James Gue, Mike Miller....

Giving the Pro's the "No Bumping, Gas is on the right..." speach.

More special guests included Claude Bourbonnais, Stu Hayner, Andy Lally, Owen Trinkler, Ryan Eversley........

...Dillon Gallagher, Larz Giersing, Johan Schwartz, Derek Scott....

...Tom Casseli, Brian Dennis, Steve Pace...

...Pete Halsmer, Bob Huseman....

...Terry Borcheller....

...Elivan Goulart (and fiancee Sarah)...

Karts lined up before the start.

Preparing to make the Le Mans dash to their karts...

Dan Rutan leads into turn one for the first time.

Dillon Gallagher in turn one.

Karts everywhere.

Shots from the T Karts Blimp provided by Tack Ryan and Hannibal Productions.

Waiting to drive, Miller, Trinkler, Halsmer, Borcheller, Geirsing, Lally and Sterenberg watching the locals.

Sterenberg and Trinkler await their driver changes. Driving suits courtesy of K Mart.

Some carnage in the willow turn involving Tom Caselli's kart.

Former winner Stu Hayner leads a pack of Pros into turn 1

Full course yellow comes out for dust control.

Andy Lally and Todd Samuelson make a pass for the lead with a handfull of laps to go and never look back.

Lally and Samuelson congratulate each other on a great drive in Todd's #33 T Kart.

Andy Lally and Terry Borcheller agree that it's the most fun they have had all year.

Those smiles are the real thing. Andy went on to win the Rolex GT race the following day at Lime Rock Park in the factory backed Pontiac GTO-R

Todd Samuelson, Yours Truly and Andy Lally after the race.

David Wilkerson co drive with 97 Indy 500 starter, Claude Bourbonnais

Gentelmen, Start Your MOUTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Andy Lally drove the #49 Porsche the next day to 3rd in the Grand Am Cup race at Lime Rock.

Stu Hayner, Pete Halsmer and Mike Miller co-drove the #51 Mustang in the Grand Am Cup race to a 10th place finish after an electrical issue dropped them back from the top 5.

Owen Trinkler finished 22nd in the #19 Porsche.

Thanks again to all who competed in the 2006 Grasspass.Org Pro-Am presented by T Karts. We look forward to the 07 event.