Pirelli World Challenge Rounds 10 & 11: Lime Rock

[Mechanic Z]

Following the rather processional races at Mosport, the teams of Pirelli World Challenge roll in to the bullring of Lime Rock Park. If Lime Rock's GT racing history is anything to go by, this should be an interesting one.
The series will be running on the modified version of the circuit (The chicane layout) due to safety concerns about cars getting airborne in the uphill section.

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[Coach Ep]

Eversley out - or at least one Acura:

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/0...-incident.html

[merak1974]

A bit disappointing with only one Maserati - driven by Mark Klenin - in the GTS class. Klenin drove a great race at Mosport though ...

[David A Scott]

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Eversley out - or at least one Acura:

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/0...-incident.html

There's a mistake in the article. The incident happened on the run to T4. Just before the Continental Bridge. I was in 5 and saw the schmozzle as they came into view. The Bentley and Acura made it to the Andretti straight on the back of a flatbed...

[jjvincent]

Originally Posted by David A Scott

There's a mistake in the article. The incident happened on the run to T4. Just before the Continental Bridge. I was in 5 and saw the schmozzle as they came into view. The Bentley and Acura made it to the Andretti straight on the back of a flatbed...

That brings up a point I'd like to address. Why is it that a series that has a main sponsor of Pirelli, pretty much has Continental signs all over the place right in the camera's view. The CTCC was running that weekend but Continental is only a presenting sponsor as opposed to the title sponsor the that event at Mosport. Wouldn't you want to cover up those Continental signs if you were Pirelli? A German company vs a Chinese one. Maybe the Chinese need to step up to the plate to get more coverage.

Then some of those drivers in the Sprint Cup races were sporting Continental and IMSA patches on their driver suits. Hopefully PWC fined those guys for having competing sponsors at the event. In reality, that should have been taken care of in tech a few days before the race.

[Mechanic Z]

Lime Rock testing gallery from Slipstream Network:
http://www.slipstreamnetwork.com/201...-tuesday-test/

[WolfsburgRS]

Does anyone know if the two Wright GT3R Porsches are the two ex-Effort chassis?

[Mechanic Z]

http://world-challenge.com/latest/te...eam-lime-rock/

Hugh Plumb will be driving the #12 ANSA Xbow for the Lime Rock rounds.

Also, they've added a third car for Bill Ziegler.

[Matt]

I'll be there drinking beer and having fun with my friends...bringing 4 of them on Saturday.

Also, they're running the normal layout.

Chicaneless is referred to as the "classic" layout.

[jjvincent]

68 cars are only entered for Lime Rock? What happened?

[cbbrit]

I'm hoping that PD Cunningham will let Ryan Eversley drive the #42 car this week in order to keep RE in the top 10 in points for the Championship. A couple of good results and he could leave LRP in 8th place. He's currently in 11th place.

[nasportscar]

Originally Posted by cbbrit

I'm hoping that PD Cunningham will let Ryan Eversley drive the #42 car this week in order to keep RE in the top 10 in points for the Championship. A couple of good results and he could leave LRP in 8th place. He's currently in 11th place.

Eversley in the #42

[nasportscar]

Aschenbach is just that much better than the rest of the GTS field this season. Major loss in talent, overall, from 2015 to 2016. That's not to say the grid isn't good, it's just very inexperienced compared to last season and Lawson has the advantage because of his skill and experience, not car.

Long's move was not intentional in any way, either.

[TRspitfirefan]

Originally Posted by nasportscar

Long's move was not intentional in any way, either.

Agreed. Just a slight miscalculation by Long. I do think that the penalty was warranted though, based on the fact that the contact was avoidable.

Following the race, Pat Long posted this on Twitter.

Patrick Long ‏@pLmotorsport 16h16 hours ago P7 on the day here in @limerockpark. Apologies to @APalmerRacing for the contact between turn 1+2, that's on me. congrats @FlyingLizard_MS.

Pretty classy.

[cbbrit]

Latest update on this morning's GT/GTA/GT Cup Warm-Up accident between Andrew Palmer and Jorge De La Torre.

http://sportscar365.com/gt/world-cha...ajor-accident/

[J Jay]

(Not a criticism, just a joke)

Impeccable timing from the stewards - just as the GTS race goes under FCY the Ring 24 finally goes green!

[chernaudi]

It's state law in CT that the local or state police are allowed to investigate any accident that results in a driver going to a hospital outside of the track's facilities, even if it's just for observation or a check up.

I don't wanna speculate, but just the fact that both drivers went to the trauma center at a hospital in Hartford means that their injuries are at least fairly serious or every precaution is being taken to get them the medical care that they need ASAP.

[MoMedic9019]

Originally Posted by chernaudi

It's state law in CT that the local or state police are allowed to investigate any accident that results in a driver going to a hospital outside of the track's facilities, even if it's just for observation or a check up.

I don't wanna speculate, but just the fact that both drivers went to the trauma center at a hospital in Hartford means that their injuries are at least fairly serious or every precaution is being taken to get them the medical care that they need ASAP.

A few things.... the fact that the car was extensively tarped makes me concerned to begin with.

On a side note, they were both transported to a local facility, and then sent, both, via air to a trauma center. A local ED, such as the closest one, will be able to evaluate and determine based upon their findings if they can hold on to the patient and release them, or if they need to be transferred.

In this case, it must have been obvious they both needed to be sent to a tertiary care facility, often, if the patient is injured, but, at low risk for decompensation they will be sent via ground service. If they need expedient care, or there is risk for an overall decline in clinical state, they will be flown.

It's rare that a patient, such as these, who are seen by a number of providers will still be flown if at low, or no risk of clinical deterioration.

While I also won't speculate on their condition, the fact that we've heard nothing, from anyone, isn't reassuring.

[FormulaFox]

Originally Posted by MoMedic9019

the fact that the car was extensively tarped makes me concerned to begin with.

It has been has noted elsewhere that a GTS car was tarped similarly a couple rounds back even though no one was hurt.

The tarps are for keeping any bits barely hanging onto the car from falling onto the track during transport, nothing more. The extent to which it's done is directly proportional to the amount of damage done to the car and indicates nothing about the injuries to the drivers.

So let's just try to relax and wait for updates instead of speculating on details that tell us nothing of note, okay?

[Matt]

They were tarped and brought into the Skip Barber garage in the B Paddock for investigation...when we left after the final race they had yet to be released from inside those garages.

The Bentley didn't impact a tree based on what I was told by a photographer friend of mine who was shooting from the area. It left the track at full speed into T1 from a mechanical failure of some sort, Palmer impacted the barrier on drivers right trying to scrub speed off, following that the two cars both impacted each other on drivers side(Palmer's right side striking DLT's left), which launched the Bentley over the tire and concrete barriers into the woods, where it landed, and it pushed DLT's car into the tires at the end of the runoff area.

He didn't get any pictures of the accident, and he said the sound the whole wreck made was otherworldly.

[J Jay]

Sandberg and Oschenbach crash!

Sandberg finally gets past Oschenbach on the infield, but he's well off line for the chicane and loses the rear on entry, only to send Oschenbach into a spin just as he exits.

[cbbrit]

Originally Posted by J Jay

Sandberg and Oschenbach crash!

Sandberg finally gets past Oschenbach on the infield, but he's well off line for the chicane and loses the rear on entry, only to send Oschenbach into a spin just as he exits.

Just a small correction...it's Aschenbach, not Oschenbach!

[J Jay]

Ack, thanks for that mate. Duly noted

[rich07]

Hope Palmer and De La Torre are ok. Sounds like a nasty incident

[chernaudi]

Believe me, and I don't want to sound callous or cynical, but if one of them passed away, we probably would've heard by now just based on racing fatalities that happened on live TV, such as Greg Moore, Dale Earnhardt, and Allen Simonsen.

When a fatality happens, it usually doesn't take this long for word to leak. Hence, I hope that the lack of a mention means that they at least have a fighting chance of making it out alive or doctors are seriously busting their balls trying to save them. Or that their press people are waiting for them to stabilize before releasing an official statement.

However, the fact that Palmer's car was found among the trees is worrying. Sadly in the case of car vs tree, the car almost always looses, often with serious consequences for the driver.