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interesting how bmws have a hp addvantige on the vette even with smaller restrictors
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What a great finish! Guy Smith pushed the Dyson to it's limits during the last stint. Not sure how he kept it off the walls as he was off the gray more than once; still couldn't catch the Aston.
Risi back in victory lane. Good finish in the beetle cup race too. |
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50 starts 18 wins is why Melo is an excelent driver!!!!!
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BMW have a push to pass button that turns the engine map to full rich and turns off the AC.
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Still life in the old Porsche .....
Risi first win ..... not impressed at all with them . Kane was doing a great job , until Masood undid it ..... great race . |
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It was a fantastic race!!
I was freakin screaming at the tv...er...computer through the final laps. Great to see the Aston again |
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Yeh fantastic finish, was very nice to wake up and realise there was about hour to go. Wolf's move on the BMW was insane..
Would have liked to see the Mazda go through for the win, but awesome race. One of my favourite tracks as well. |
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Almost missed watching the race but I'm glad I remembered it, great race and great finish.
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Werrner was on older tires, and best laps have nothing to do with hp. and its pointless to argue, if any other brand got hit by a 0.4mm restrictor cut, they would have been out of the contetion.
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Regretting having missed the live coverage for this one.
Thankfully these have already been uploaded: Henzler/BMW pass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YutUA07NJHc Graf/Smith final laps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xToF...h_response_rev Fantastic stuff indeed. |
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Aside from the obvious stream glitches and safety cars, that was a really enjoyable race to watch. Little disappointed with the end results in GT2 but P1 finale was probably the best since RA or Long Beach last year. And what a GOD-LIKE pass from Falken Porsche
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Great race all round, closest ever overall finish in ALMS! 0.112 seconds after 4 hours of racing is very close indeed! Would've been nice to see the #16 Dyson winning it after the bad start they had!
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^^u brought up restrictors and hp for that matter lol. i thought you said youd never talk about it again....
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I have a question about SC restart and start procedure, when is it ok to overtake.
Because for the last two races the 'vettes have been jumping the gun, last race against a porsche at the start of the race, and this race against risi during the first SC restart. it is clearly seen on the timing and scoring monitors that the vettes have passed ahead of the car in front trough the finish line, why were they not penalised |
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I thought this was sorted out after a Lime Rock race a few years ago. What I mean is, as I understood it, at least on initial race starts (and this would make sense for restarts too), once the green waves, it's open season.
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That seems to be how I remember it, after the Penske Porsches repeatedly brake-checked the field on starts in '07 before the LM break.
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21 Aug 2011, 19:57 (Ref:2943774) | #148 | ||
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According to an interview Jamie Howe did with Toni Vilander during the race on the ESPN 3 broadcast, Luca di Montezemolo, CEO of Ferrari, was at Road America for the race this weekend to watch how the Ferrari's did. Can anybody confirm this?
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