Grand-Am 2011 Discussion - Page 4

Speed-King · 3 Nov 2010, 22:02 (Ref:2784631)

Level 5 returns to Grand Am for the 24 hours of Daytona: Story here

Between Level 5, Flying Lizards and Dyson there's a lot of crossing-over going on this year...

dxk1 · 7 Nov 2010, 18:54 (Ref:2786576)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

Between Level 5, Flying Lizards and Dyson there's a lot of crossing-over going on this year...

Didn't both Level 5 and Flying Lizards compete last year as well?

DK

Accident · 7 Nov 2010, 22:07 (Ref:2786731)

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Originally Posted by dxk1

Didn't both Level 5 and Flying Lizards compete last year as well?

DK

Yes, but the Lizards were in the GT class, teamed with TRG.

Jonerz · 8 Nov 2010, 00:22 (Ref:2786792)

Yeah, kind of cool if the Lizards go to the 24. Will the Lizards themselves run the car? Perhaps a mixture of 44 and 45 mechanics or both sets to be fresh throughout the 24? Or will it just be AER/Brumos guys? What about the engineers?

Also when do we get to see the Brumos 911 livery?

Chris

**joeb** · 12 Nov 2010, 15:42 (Ref:2789192)

TRG is going to run a car with/for Black Swan Racing and GMG racing in the 24 hours. Pappis, and Bleekomolen from BSR and Sofronas and Curtis from GMG will be joined by an unnamed Porsche factory driver.

The three teams competed against each other in the ALMS last season, and now they team up for a race....gotta love it!

**joeb** · 24 Nov 2010, 19:09 (Ref:2795335)

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Originally Posted by Jonerz

Yeah, kind of cool if the Lizards go to the 24. Will the Lizards themselves run the car? Perhaps a mixture of 44 and 45 mechanics or both sets to be fresh throughout the 24? Or will it just be AER/Brumos guys? What about the engineers?

Also when do we get to see the Brumos 911 livery?

Chris

The Lizards made it official the other day. Interesting line in the press release: ".......wishes to thank Jim France for his support of this effort." What does that mean, financial support?

Speed-King · 24 Nov 2010, 19:19 (Ref:2795339)

I think that car is owned by Jim France.

**joeb** · 24 Nov 2010, 19:49 (Ref:2795350)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

I think that car is owned by Jim France.

Ah, that would explain it then.

**joeb** · 1 Dec 2010, 18:54 (Ref:2798252)

There is an open test going on at Homestead today and tomorrow. Some news from the day can be found here.

Speed-King · 1 Dec 2010, 19:15 (Ref:2798268)

Results of the first Test session can be found here. Note Starworks running with Ford-power instead of the previous BMW-engine. The curse of Ganassi strikes again...

**joeb** · 3 Dec 2010, 15:10 (Ref:2799135)

Shank racing was fastest in DP at the 2 day test session this week, closely followed by the sister car and the Level 5 machine. Other tidbits from the test can be found in this article from GA.

FordCosworthPanoz · 9 Dec 2010, 20:51 (Ref:2802150)

United Autosports to team up with Michael Shank Racing for the 24 hours of Daytona with drivers Mark Patterson, Zak Brown, Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell in the #23 Ford/Riley:
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...nk-at-daytona/

Also first entries for Rolex 24:http://www.grand-am.com/schedule/ent...ies=r&eid=2350

DP:
5-Action Express Racing: David Donahue, Darren Law, Buddy Rice-Porsche Riley
9-Action Express Racing: Joao Barbosa, Terry Borcheller, JC France-Porsche Riley
23-United Autosports/MSR: Zak Brown, Mark Patterson, Martin Brundle, Mark Blundell-Ford Riley
10-Wayne Taylor Racing: Max Angelelli, Ryan Briscoe, Ricky Taylor, Wayne Taylor-Chevy Dallara
45-Flying Lizards Motorsports: Seth Neiman, Johannes Van Overbeek-Porsche Riley
99-Gainsco Racing: Alex Gurney, Jon Fogarty, Jimmie Johnson-Chevy Riley

GT:
17-Burtin Racing: Jack Baldwin, Claudio Burtin, Martin Ragginger, Stefan Wendt-Porsche
44-Magnus Racing: John Potter, Craig Stanton-Porsche
48-Paul Miller Racing: Bryce Miller, Bryan Sellers-Porsche

Speed-King · 10 Dec 2010, 14:58 (Ref:2802466)

Just got this via twitter:

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Krohn Racing announces 4 drivers for 2011 #rolex24: Tracy Krohn, Nic Jonsson, Ricardo Zonta, Nicolas Minassian

dxk1 · 13 Dec 2010, 17:07 (Ref:2803926)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

Just got this via twitter:

So if Krohn doesn't crash the car and Jonsson is his old steady self, Minassian and Zonta should be able to move the car toward the front.

DK

fieldodreams79 · 13 Dec 2010, 19:25 (Ref:2803994)

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Originally Posted by dxk1

So if Krohn doesn't crash the car....

Has he done that before?

Dyson Mazda · 14 Dec 2010, 10:46 (Ref:2804293)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Has he done that before?

The guy has finished on the podium at Le Mans twice

911targa · 19 Dec 2010, 05:53 (Ref:2806202)

entry list was updated last Friday,now it looks extremely hot!
http://www.grand-am.com/schedule/ent...ies=r&eid=2350
full of strong line-up as expected!

The Badger · 19 Dec 2010, 08:02 (Ref:2806213)

Is Ricky Taylor , Waynes son ?

**Dani Filth** · 19 Dec 2010, 11:32 (Ref:2806269)

yes .

The Badger · 19 Dec 2010, 11:57 (Ref:2806277)

Cool ..... whats he been doing up until now . Cuz Ive never heard of him before .

Be cool to see the pair of them do Le mans ..... I know that Wayne loves the place , so Im sure that it would rank high on his list of what to do's with his son .

**Dani Filth** · 19 Dec 2010, 12:06 (Ref:2806281)

actually Wayne has two sons racing in Grand Am .. at least in 2010 .. one in DP one in GT .. Jordan

FordCosworthPanoz · 5 Jan 2011, 00:52 (Ref:2811286)

47 entries so far, 17 in Daytona Prototype and 30 in GT:
http://www.grand-am.com/schedule/ent...ies=r&eid=2350

According to the Grand Am website, all 47 so far will be at the 'Roar Before the Rolex 24' test days from January 7th-9th.

Line-up for Ganassi cars is as followed:
01-Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas/Joey Hand/Graham Rahal
02-Juan Pablo Montoya/Jamie McMurray/Dario Franchitti/Scott Dixon

Accident · 5 Jan 2011, 01:25 (Ref:2811296)

What happened with the drivers for the Aten/Dowe Ferrari? The press release mentioned Farnbacher, Simonsen, and Rob Bell, but now it has an all French driver team, including Emmanuel Collard.

I like Collard a lot, so I'm glad to see him getting a seat, but I don't know anything about the others.

Edit: I see Rob Bell is now in the Paul Miller Porsche.

rich07 · 5 Jan 2011, 02:47 (Ref:2811308)

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Originally Posted by Lebanza

What happened with the drivers for the Aten/Dowe Ferrari? The press release mentioned Farnbacher, Simonsen, and Rob Bell, but now it has an all French driver team, including Emmanuel Collard.

I like Collard a lot, so I'm glad to see him getting a seat, but I don't know anything about the others.

Edit: I see Rob Bell is now in the Paul Miller Porsche.

A bit odd changing the whole lineup like that. I know Collard and I know of Pompidou who raced Porsches in GT in the past but the others are an unknown quantity. Here's my theory, funding didnt come through as Murphy the Bear predicted and now some of the 5 new drivers have brought funding with them.

TWK · 5 Jan 2011, 07:38 (Ref:2811348)

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Originally Posted by Lebanza

What happened with the drivers for the Aten/Dowe Ferrari? The press release mentioned Farnbacher, Simonsen, and Rob Bell, but now it has an all French driver team, including Emmanuel Collard.

I like Collard a lot, so I'm glad to see him getting a seat, but I don't know anything about the others.

Edit: I see Rob Bell is now in the Paul Miller Porsche.

The details of the story will have to wait for another time, but I can tell you the original sponsors got "cold feet" for "business reasons."

Aten found another way to get the car on the grid, with French Euros (Francs looked better). Even the drivers with the sous (20 to a livre, by the way) are pretty solid,and the two pros are right there with the best. Collard most North Americans know, and "Loopy" Pompidou is similarly is a top pro, LMS GT2 Champion 2004, 2005, 2007.

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