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11 Jul 2010, 23:29 (Ref:2725151) | #76 | ||
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Nice win for Highcroft and nice to see the Drayson car finish strong with a well earned 2nd. Nice to see Melo/Bruni win and get back into the GT fight for team and driver honors. Nice comeback by Magnussen after the penalty to grab 3rd.
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11 Jul 2010, 23:31 (Ref:2725152) | #77 | |
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How would we uninformed be able to tell an S from the regular? Listed as a 911 GT3 Cup like the rest in the Challenge finishing order just on Speedtv.
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12 Jul 2010, 06:44 (Ref:2725247) | #80 | ||
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Traditonally Flying Lizard build a new car up after Le Mans
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12 Jul 2010, 07:50 (Ref:2725267) | #81 | ||
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#63 is in fact not a Cup-S, but a Grand AM-car which uses the bodywork of the Cup-S but little else of the other go-fast-parts...
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12 Jul 2010, 08:40 (Ref:2725287) | #82 | ||
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Excellent race in LMP with Highcroft winning because of their fuel eceonomy it seems.
I do not claim to be an expert in LMP or the adjusted ALMS LPM class so can anyone give me a bit of info on the comparison between the Highcroft and the Drayson Lola. As I understood it the two cars are an LMP2 and LMP1 respectively in their original guise so what was the original difference and how has that been adjusted please? Am I right in thinking the Highcroft is a Wirth designed car? |
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12 Jul 2010, 11:30 (Ref:2725386) | #84 | ||
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If you read through the IMSA bulletins and rules on www.imsaracing.net You will find all the details you need.
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12 Jul 2010, 12:20 (Ref:2725416) | #85 | ||
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It was great to see the Drayson car run up at the front and setting fast race lap. I wonder if the results could have been better for the Intersport car without the two early cautions, although it seems the Dunlops fell off pretty quickly anyways.
I think my favorite part of the race was the in-car cam on the Mazda that showed the decals on the car Castrol and some Florida tourism thing - beautifully ironic. |
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The original design of the tub was the LC75, but it was changed enough (fairly early on) to have to be homologated as an ARX-01. Suspension pickup points and other modifications. L.P. |
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Say stop at any current FIA GT3 spec car like the GT3-R Will most of the current teams have to buy new cars? I suppose but the Cup cars can be sold to run in various classes around North America. |
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12 Jul 2010, 19:43 (Ref:2725666) | #88 | |||
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Just imagine how much further they would have been behind, they would have lost 2nd to the Muscle Mike Porsche. So while I'm ready to congratulate them on a job well done, I think they know what they have to do if they want to have a chance to win this championship since Dyson can't seem to buy a break when it comes to reliability. |
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Highcroft gained most of their fuel economy on the yellow flag periods. If you go back to Le Mans, Strakka was able to go much further on fuel than anybody else in LMP2 along with being the fastest car. The periods of long yellows helped them out tremendously. There is suppose to be some setting in the ECU that allows the engine to fun FULL LEAN without any damage at low speeds. That and the fact that Simon was putting in his fastest laps of the race leading up to their final stop put the nail in the coffin. 15 second lead on a track that long, almost impossible to make up since the Lola's only advantage was on the straights. |
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Maybe one should read the ALMS rules and the supporting releases to know what the time frame is for the various 'versions of the Porsche' allowed in the GTC class. L.P. |
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13 Jul 2010, 06:53 (Ref:2725891) | #91 | ||
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Also remember when the car was closer to a LC75 that Porsche put Acura in a world of hurt, but by the end of the second year Porsche bacically backed out of the championship for fear of the investment needed to beat Acura. Now the HPD can lap the leMans at the same speed as the Porsche even though the ARX01c has a much smaller restrictor. (2010 restrictors are smaller than 2009). Last edited by the real Stig; 13 Jul 2010 at 07:00. |
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I agree about the downside of LPD but it is his train set and it will now depend on how much he wants to win as a team or as an individual |
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13 Jul 2010, 13:31 (Ref:2726090) | #93 | |
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So here's a thought, perhaps LPD wasn't injured and this was a gentle climb down, some sort of experiment to see how well the team could do without him? Where of course the car actually stayed on the track, was really fast and didn't get broken.
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13 Jul 2010, 14:21 (Ref:2726116) | #94 | ||
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The Lordship certainly isn't lacking in funds to run a 2nd car if he wanted too.
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I wouldn't say Porsche backed out of it, they released low drag bodywork for the cars at Le Mans in 2007. They brought in the DFI engine mid-season 2008 and still were making changes because Dyson didn't have many of those changes (the ones that were made public anyway) and he was running the same car. This was Porsche yet again giving favor to the factory supported efforts over the customers. But ALMS was slow to react to this, clearly there was chance for the Penske contract to be renewed but when uncertainty was the rule of the day regarding LMP regulations here and in Europe, Porsche opted not to renew the contract with Penske for the ALMS. This really impacted Season 2009 and now 2010. Without any direct competition, HPD pulled up stakes and let's be honest with Mazda's (AER) track record, I wouldn't consider them direct competition either. How many engine failures at critical moments in a race??? |
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As I understand it, IMSA has increased the tank size but also increased flow from the refueling rig, so it really shouldn't take any longer than it does for regular gas powered cars. This will be a moot point fairly soon as it looks like the entire paddock will be switching to E85. I'm sure everybody realizes all these rich men who decide to drive the cars they own have every right to do so. That doesn't make it right however as fans to be subjected to "What Could Have Been". The #45 had two unscheduled pit stops, finished 6th and lost the point lead. Could the #44 have picked up the slack considering the problems with the Falken car? I thought winning these Manufacture Championships were the most important thing in GT? With 1 competitive Porsche, 2 Corvette, 3 BMW and possibly 3 Ferrari (as the lead Extreme is improving all the time) if continued funding can be found for the #61. The Falken car is competitive but its fairly early to expect them to challenge for victory just yet, I think if the Championship gets tight, a 3rd FL will appear... |
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I just don't believe the Porsche will falter and as long as they keep it on the black stuff, Muscle Milk will keep Highcroft honest. Dyson's reliability issues are really a problem now, two DNF's don't sound too bad and they can thank their lucky stars Intersport can't get its act together long enough to be on the podium that they aren't further back at this point. If LPD wants to really make this a race to the championship, he'll have to step aside, especially if he can afford a 2nd car like Nightstalker says, he can surely afford to put Pirro in the car for the balance of the season and draft Rob Bell back in for Petit. |
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14 Jul 2010, 19:16 (Ref:2726721) | #98 | |
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Why concoct a complicated theory for something that can be demonstrated quite adequately by lap times. Drayson was "x seconds" off the class pace. It didn't take an "experiment" to determine that Pirro would not be.
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14 Jul 2010, 19:28 (Ref:2726728) | #99 | |
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Drayson has talked about a 2 car team and links with technical and commercial partners.
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