Round 2: the Long Beach Grand Prix - Page 4

The Badger · 9 Apr 2012, 14:44 (Ref:3055835)

Every Gt car will have a rain cloud over it , bar Corvette and BMW !!!

Deleted · 9 Apr 2012, 16:31 (Ref:3055875)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

Every Gt car will have a rain cloud over it , bar Corvette and BMW !!!

And Aston. And Porsche

**joeb** · 9 Apr 2012, 17:07 (Ref:3055897)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

Will these mods be carried to Le Mans , or just the ALMS ?

I think those are IMSA only adjustments, so they would have no effect at Le Mans

Dyson Mazda · 10 Apr 2012, 00:57 (Ref:3056139)

Any ideas on what the #20 livery will look like?

Jonerz · 10 Apr 2012, 03:02 (Ref:3056157)

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Originally Posted by Dyson Mazda

Any ideas on what the #20 livery will look like?

Photos on Motorsport.com of what the car looked like testing at Sebring. Same livery as the 16 car, very attractive. Refreshes the old Lola which began looking stale with the strange green-blue mix.

Chris

Deleted · 10 Apr 2012, 14:26 (Ref:3056482)

Just read through LB supplementary regs and noticed that the race length is 2 hours just like last year, despite ALMS website saying 1h40min earlier... oh well I guess we can't complain, looks like we have a new standard time for street circuits

7:15AM practice start on Friday is always fun for teams though... especially as quali is 10 hours later. They should give the honour of being the first track dust cleaner to Indylights or World Challenge

Dyson Mazda · 10 Apr 2012, 15:13 (Ref:3056522)

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7:15AM practice start on Friday is always fun for teams though... especially as quali is 10 hours later. They should give the honour of being the first track dust cleaner to Indylights or World Challenge

I think Dyson, Level 5, Corvette Racing, and Flying Lizards pushed for some Le Mans prep

lms · 11 Apr 2012, 11:06 (Ref:3057068)

how come the 2nd dyson car is a b11 and not a b12?

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...d-to-p1-debut/

Fogelhund · 11 Apr 2012, 11:16 (Ref:3057072)

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Originally Posted by lms

how come the 2nd dyson car is a b11 and not a b12?

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...d-to-p1-debut/

That is what the ride buyers paid for.

andy_b · 11 Apr 2012, 18:27 (Ref:3057304)

Long Beach Spotter Guide, supported by Ten-Tenths is now online, complete with the 2nd Lola. You can tell the difference by the old nose and sidepods and yellow flashes

www.spotterguides.com

Fogelhund · 12 Apr 2012, 03:21 (Ref:3057578)

Here are the links for anyone looking.

Timing and Scoring.

Schedule and Supplemental Regulations

Entry List

Spotter's Guide

Scanner information including frequencies

Performance adjustments for Long Beach and on

Weather Forecast

Broadcast

Television Broadcast:
4/14/2012 at 7:30 pm EST on ESPN 2
4/14/2012 at 7:30pm-10:00pm Sportsnet ONE American Le Mans Series Long Beach GP for

Live Streaming:
4/14/2012 at 7:15 pm EST on ESPN 3 No mention of on their website... I'd assume it is, but they just don't say it
Live Qualifying:
4/13/2012 at 8:00 pm EST on ESPN 3

**joeb** · 13 Apr 2012, 00:38 (Ref:3058123)

Thanks Fogelhund! Long Beach always provides close racing, I am looking forward to it.

Breitling24 · 13 Apr 2012, 02:23 (Ref:3058145)

Friday weather now being predicted as chance of severe thunderstorms with possibility of heavy rain, hail, and maybe even small tornadoes and waterspouts. USWS has weather warnings posted from 8am until 5pm PDT.
Yesterday they were saying this storm would be smaller than the one we had Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, which was a pretty heavy one... not any longer.
Let's see what they say in the morning, it will probably change again.

coLLab · 13 Apr 2012, 03:19 (Ref:3058159)

I live 250 miles away from Long Beach & i was going to make the trip down there to check out the practice and qualifying session on Friday but with this threat of heavy rain i don't think i'm gunna go. So disappointed now, cause i never been to professional racing event before...
Oh well i'm gunna try to go to the race at Laguna Seca

Catingaround · 13 Apr 2012, 04:05 (Ref:3058164)

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Originally Posted by coLLab

I live 250 miles away from Long Beach & i was going to make the trip down there to check out the practice and qualifying session on Friday but with this threat of heavy rain i don't think i'm gunna go. So disappointed now, cause i never been to professional racing event before...
Oh well i'm gunna try to go to the race at Laguna Seca

Go to the Laguna Seca race if you can. Make sure you don't need a separate pit pass to get into the paddock there, the pass is very much worth it, getting up close to the cars.

Deleted · 13 Apr 2012, 05:31 (Ref:3058186)

Saturday still expected to be dry though, yes?

Had it rained last year when we only had two protototypes in the race, I think we could've seen some surprises by the LMPCs...

Breitling24 · 13 Apr 2012, 06:21 (Ref:3058195)

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Originally Posted by Catingaround

Go to the Laguna Seca race if you can. Make sure you don't need a separate pit pass to get into the paddock there, the pass is very much worth it, getting up close to the cars.

At Laguna your ticket gets you into the paddock, and all points of the track a path goes to.

Breitling24 · 13 Apr 2012, 06:24 (Ref:3058196)

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Originally Posted by Chiana

Saturday still expected to be dry though, yes?

Had it rained last year when we only had two protototypes in the race, I think we could've seen some surprises by the LMPCs...

At his point, Saturday is being called chance of scattered showers until early afternoon, so hopefully, yes.

SALEEN S7R · 13 Apr 2012, 10:56 (Ref:3058294)

Just for all us UK viewers, I have just had a look on the Sky+ tv guide and it looks as though there is LIVE coverage on Motors TV this weekend.

Simmi · 13 Apr 2012, 11:02 (Ref:3058297)

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Originally Posted by SALEEN S7R

Just for all us UK viewers, I have just had a look on the Sky+ tv guide and it looks as though there is LIVE coverage on Motors TV this weekend.

Looks like it's a day late to me.

gwyllion · 13 Apr 2012, 14:27 (Ref:3058419)

Thursday Night Catching Up freely available on http://www.dailysportscar.com/viewAr...83DD60E76C4D27

The first practice session has just started: http://scoring.alms.com/

CTD · 13 Apr 2012, 14:35 (Ref:3058428)

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Simmi · 13 Apr 2012, 14:45 (Ref:3058441)

Looks a bit wet like: http://twitpic.com/999nqj

Won't be a lot of use this if they get decent weather tomorrow.

kyoung · 13 Apr 2012, 16:27 (Ref:3058482)

Looks like Henzler and his Falken tires set the fastest lap in practice. Somebody is going to praying for rain.

**joeb** · 13 Apr 2012, 19:27 (Ref:3058552)

For thise interested dont forget to get your picks in for FRC. The competiton is still open to everyone and the Long Beach thread can be found here:
http://tentenths.com/forum/showthrea...94#post3058494

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