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Old 8 Apr 2017, 19:24 (Ref:3724711)   #51
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It's not the lap time so much as how it's being made. Those ALMS cars didn't have anywhere near the straight line speed of this generation of P2 cars. The premise prototypes should be slow through slow corners is a bit faulty as well. For one, there isn't anything on Earth that can hang with an LMP1 through a hairpin, and for a second on a track with no high speed corners there is no need to compromise the setup for the slow bits (plus they should still stop way better anyways). 10 years were were watching LMP2 cars go significantly quicker around Long Beach with way less horsepower and it was a lot more exciting to watch them lap.

Thankfully looking at the Sebring segments they are at least faster in the quicker corners. But this still ultimately becomes my argument for why having decent tires matters. They're handicapping the cars enough it considerably subtracts from the spectacle.
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Old 8 Apr 2017, 19:25 (Ref:3724712)   #52
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9:05pm, so ~40 minutes from this post.

VLN -> IMSA -> Super GT -> PWC, all in one day. It's good to have the sportscar season in full swing.
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Old 8 Apr 2017, 19:31 (Ref:3724714)   #53
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Anyone trackside today? Managed to arrive LAX -> LB via rental car. Exhausted from the flight but nothing quite like Can-am machinery to wake you up!

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The NASCAR Xfinity Series race is running far far behind schedule. They'll be lucky to finish by 4:30 let alone 4:00 pm eastern time.
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Old 8 Apr 2017, 19:37 (Ref:3724716)   #55
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9:05pm, so ~40 minutes from this post.

VLN -> IMSA -> Super GT -> PWC, all in one day. It's good to have the sportscar season in full swing.
That's a busy race weekend. I missed vln. But I have Nascar, Imsa, Super GT, PWC, WRC and F1 to follow
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Figures..... Is there an online link?
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Old 8 Apr 2017, 19:57 (Ref:3724719)   #57
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The NASCAR Xfinity Series race is running far far behind schedule. They'll be lucky to finish by 4:30 let alone 4:00 pm eastern time.
What do you expect when NASCAR and Goodyear in their infinite wisdom didn't schedule a tire test at TMS after it was resurfaced?
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Old 8 Apr 2017, 20:02 (Ref:3724720)   #58
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Old 8 Apr 2017, 20:06 (Ref:3724721)   #59
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About 5 minutes more then it should be over, unless green white checker!
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Old 8 Apr 2017, 20:12 (Ref:3724723)   #61
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Poor Ed Brown....
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Old 8 Apr 2017, 20:12 (Ref:3724724)   #62
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And that's what happens when a slow driver in a car not well suited to the track is put in at the start...

FCY. #62 apparently done.
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This Ed Brown.
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Old 8 Apr 2017, 20:12 (Ref:3724726)   #64
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Another in the Ed Brown scrapbook. Still don't think that was Vilander's finest hour though to be honest.
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At last Mazda is looking racey.
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Old 8 Apr 2017, 20:13 (Ref:3724729)   #67
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It amazes me ESM has fans
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Lol is the Nissan Dpi that fragile?
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Another in the Ed Brown scrapbook. Still don't think that was Vilander's finest hour though to be honest.
The importance of being decisive when dealing with traffic. Vilander hesitated and paid the price for it, and for Ed's lack of skill/his car's lack of grip.
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Dang missed the pass for second .... Saw the other Mazda pass. I bet it would be exciting if these cars were racing on this track.
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Yeah, not a good start for esm. Mazdas look racey though. Fsgo working for me with radio le mans synced up. So that's cool.

I guess this is nice for Porsche and bmw in gtlm.
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Hopefully the #55 can make a race of it, at least before it breaks or a calamitous Speedsource pitstop
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Vilander was in there as deep as he could be with such a short braking zone. If he hadn't put his nose in there he would have been run over by the Ford instead.

Every year they start Ed Brown at Long Beach and every year he ruins the race.
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