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31 Oct 2012, 09:23
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Foust takes the win at SEMA. Amazingly the GRC site seems to have got the story up before any of the other rallycross sites:
http://www.global-rallycross.com/201...fight-at-sema/
Nice to see they have finally woken up there.  Second went to Deegan and third to Millen.
Not sure what happened to Timerzyanov? I await a full race report and the internet hunt for race coverage begins again...
EDIT: Perhaps a coincidence (or maybe someone is listening), but the complete (restarted) A-Final is avaiable to watch on the ESPN site:
http://espn.go.com/action/global_ral...pionship/2012/
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31 Oct 2012, 12:41
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Amazingly? No wonder, they are 7 (for you) or 8 hours (for me) behind and at 3.00h in the night I give a sh*t about GRC. 
Woken up? I guess they had not been to bed – like me.
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31 Oct 2012, 14:17
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Amazingly? No wonder, they are 7 (for you) or 8 hours (for me) behind and at 3.00h in the night I give a sh*t about GRC.
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You sleep? I thought you were awake 24/7, absorbing rallycross news from all corners of the globe! 
I say "amazingly" as it took the GRC site several weeks to cobble a news story together after the last round in Vegas, so I was very surprised to see they managed to get an article together within a few hours this time round!
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31 Oct 2012, 14:36
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GRC had a PR agency working at SEMA so that is probably part of the improvement you saw.
In the re-run of the A Final, Timur had a problem with the differential whereby he had power in a straight line but nothing in the corners. As a result he didn't want to risk the jump and retired the car.
The Best Buy Racing App had great updates all weekend and within minutes of each race ending.
Mark
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31 Oct 2012, 17:01
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GRC had a PR agency working at SEMA so that is probably part of the improvement you saw.
In the re-run of the A Final, Timur had a problem with the differential whereby he had power in a straight line but nothing in the corners. As a result he didn't want to risk the jump and retired the car.
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Cheers for the clarification Mark. Pity about Timerzyanov as I think it would have been interesting to see how him and Foust matched up in identical machinery.
Unlucky weekend for Block as well. Looked like he was flying in that car... and then it caught fire!
I see the complete re-started "A" Final is now up on You Tube, so you can watch it without the adverts on the ESPN site:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3t31-cucxE
Have to say I really like the track layout. Painfully bad commentary again from Jen Horsey though. Sorry Jen: but you need to go!
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1 Nov 2012, 08:47
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Excuse the double post but I just spotted this on Facebook and thought it was posting in here: Ford promo from the SEMA GRC round, just wait for the Block onboard shot...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl2EYvqurwc
..toasty!
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1 Nov 2012, 09:54
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From all tracks this season this was the best.
Shame for Timur.
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1 Nov 2012, 11:25
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You guys know this in Europe but boy is Timur a total professional and a very real guy to sit in Marcus' car. Fantastic attitude - this was no end of season holiday, always looking to find time, working to understand the limits of a totally new car and so on. Also a fantastic professional out of the car.
Knew he could drive from the last few years but he is the real deal in and out of the car. It was a real shame he couldn't show his best as I do think he could have beaten Tanner, which is why after all I wanted him in the car!
Mark
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8 Nov 2012, 09:02
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Watched the full SEMA coverage over the last couple of night and, I'm sorry to say it again, but Jen Horsey was just awful. Actually a couple of good races in there, though quite a high rate of attrition amongst the cars. Some great driving from Timur as well, he seemed to be getting the car extra sideways as they came onto that corner after jump.
Watching the first run of the final Block actually looked like he was pulling away from Foust, unlucky for him and rather fortunate for Deegan that it was restarted, as he was lagging in the first final.
Extended video of the Block onboard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8roRkCYE-8
He must have really wanted the win, because I'd have been out of there at the first sign of flames! 
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11 Nov 2012, 13:27
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Somewhat off topic, but can anyone tell me what a typical GRC event weekend is like, schedule wise? The 2013 X Games at Barcelona are being held the same weekend as the F1 race, it would be cool to try and go to both.
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11 Nov 2012, 14:10
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It's a two-day event. The first day is for practice and qualifying. The second day has all races.
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11 Nov 2012, 18:17
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X Games schedules do always follow the same schedule as depends on the venue availability.
See you in Barcelona!
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11 Nov 2012, 19:16
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If it's a Friday and Saturday event, then it's game on... that leaves a day for the F1 race on Sunday.
Tempting...
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