Word: medenica
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...world of Grand Prix racing is not what most Americans, accustomed to the stock cars of Darlington and Daytona, might expect. While Medenica's Lola T-340 will never turn world champion Niki Lauda green with envy, it is still a far cry from the souped-up stock cars made famous by the "good ol' boys" of the NASCAR speedway circuit...
...Medenica set out last weekend for Connecticut's Lime Rock Park, ready to tackle the SCCA's first regional race in the New England championship series. Since he began his racing career in 1974, Medenica had never finished better than 12th in a regional, but this year he began harboring big ambitions...
Another is the addition to his team of Dave Aronson, a freshman who spent last summer work with the late Formula One driver Mark Donohue. Along with two of Medenica's classmates--Fred Boyd and Chris Yerkes--Aronson rounds out what is probably the only all-Harvard pit crew in the SCCA...
...Still, Medenica and his crew are not out of place at Lime Rock. The track doesn't belong in the same universe with the half-mile ovals of the stock-car league; since much of the 1.5-mile racecourse winds through hilly countryside, it is hardly an ideal place for the beer-guzzling spectators who grace the speedways of the more popular circuit...
Most of those in attendance come to participate in the race, and the overall atmosphere is one of nervous expectation and serious preparation. It is, as Medenica notes, "a youthful, affluent, basically hedonistic crowd," looking for more out of the day than a simple spin around a country road...