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I think Falken should wait until they know a new Porsche is coming out before they commit to two cars...I'm not certain whats going on at Porsche but we do know they are focusing on the P1. If push comes to shove. Falken Ferrari! hehe.
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Haha. Funny you mention our relationship with Porsche. Currently trimming down an eight page interview with Porsche, discussing our relationship with them, their intricate involvement in our team and the series, the training of the factory drivers, the new car, and future Porsche developments... Hoping to post the first part of the two part blog next week!
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I'm looking forward to that.
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Since we are all applauding Falken ALMS for their openness and communication with fans, I would like to add that if you aren't already, you should definitely follow @FalkenALMS on twitter. By far the most interactive twitter account of any team in endurance racing.
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With Austin getting an ALMS race in the Spring of 2013, what might be the impact on Sebring getting the WEC race again?
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+1 on the praise for the Falken team fan interaction. I'm not really much of a Porsche fan but I've been finding it pretty hard not to cheer them on each race for the last year-ish.
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By the way Falken guys, any inside info on when the SRT Viper is gonna debut? I'm sure they'd let you give us at least a hint if you have one!
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For the about 10 ALMS races I have been to the Lizards, and Falken have been the friendliest. I am an avid Porsche fan, but their whole crews have always been friendly and open. I have my Falken calendar from Laguna Seca hanging up at work!
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I have no idea! Being almost a month since I've been at the track, it's been all Falken, all the time. No other ALMS insider info for you here.
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I have a suggestion: Maybe it would be a good idea for you to open up a separate thread called "Talk to Falken"(or something in that line) I'm sure the mods wouldn't mind, although it would probably be a good idea to get their opinion first. And one queston: Should we expect the 991 in RSR trim at all, or will porsche go some other route. You don't have to go into details, just if will see the 991 in gte racing... |
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I did see a very nice Falken C6.R livery on the Forza storefront earlier....
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Awesome answer thanks, Spyderidol is gonna be thrilled (so am I btw)
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From SPEED.com: BMW 'poised' to switch to Z4 for GTE. Should read: BMW still investigating costs and politicking the ACO and IMSA to replace the 100% developed E92 M3 with the Z4 which would be a better basis for a GTE car in their opinion and has more development upside.
... But that title was too long... Also the rumor on twitter (*sneeze*Mike Hedlund*sneeze*) is that GTC (which as some will recall is dead after this year) is to be replaced with GTE-Am. I'll be glad to have "cooler" cars than the GT3 Cup making up the tail end of the grid but I think we'll be lucky to keep one of JDX, TRG, and Green Hornet Racing on the grid. Methinks the 2013 GTE grid will look thusly: 9 Pro, if we're lucky 10: 01 ESM Patron Ferrari 3 Compuware Corvette 4 Compuware Corvette 17 Falken Tire Porsche 45 Flying Lizard Porsche 55 BMW Team RLL Z4? 56 BMW Team RLL Z4? 62 Risi Ferrari(do we have much hope? Looks like they'll be running the Godstone Ranch Grand-Am effort. Of course, Godstone Ranch has yet to pay off for a full season. We've seen them hire Leighton Reese, Dyson and now, apparently, Risi...) 91 SRT Viper 92 SRT Viper 5 AM, 6 if we're lucky: 02 ESM Ferrari 22 Lotus AJR?(Cooper MacNeil's Weathertech car?) 23 Lotus AJR 44 Flying Lizard 48 Paul Miller Racing And then choose one of JDX, TRG, Greenhornet and an outside shot at NGT or Competition Motorsports, both of whom seem to have fallen off the map. It streamlines the grid, right? Of course, there is still the possibility of the Audi R8 GT being accepted for ALMS competition. Though Audi of America and some of the customer teams seem to have different ideas on what car will be homologated. The Grand-Am-based version (championed by Audi), or the lms/ULTRA which is in at least two race shops in America. One of which we know is GTC entrant GMG Racing, and another is with WEC driver and former ALMS shoe Elton Julien (DragonSpeed?). Chris |
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Risi and Godstone Ranch will not be at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the "Grand Am Brickyard Grand Prix" as previously scheduled and no additional Grand Am races with or without Godstone Ranch are planned for the remainder of the year. Risi is hoping to do late-season races including the Petit Le Mans in the ALMS however it is dependent on funding. |
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I don't think the worst case scenario will happen. I think, assuming the GTE Am thing does happen, there are at least two more entries to add to the AM list not to mention I am reasonably confident in AJR returning because Battery Tender and William Rast have more impact on that program than does Lotus, and Cooper MacNeil may choose to spend his money in the ALMS again but we don't know. I'd really like to see BMW and Audi happen, that would bring in much needed entries, if only three! Chris |
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I am going to be overly ambitions and post what I would like to see in my wildest dreams while being somewhat realistic
P1 1 Highcroft Racing/Audi Sport North America Audi R18 e-tron quattro 6 Muscle Milk Racing Honda ARX-03a 10 Toyota North America Toyota TS030 Hybrid 16 Dyson Racing Lola B12/60 Mazda 20 Dyson Racing Lola B12/60 Mazda P2 2 Libra Racing Radical SR-10 Ford Ecoboost 7 Merchant Services Racing Oreca FLM09 Chevy NG (Natural Gas) 8 Merchant Services Racing Oreca FLM09 Chevy NG 9 RSR Oreca FLM09 Chevy NG 18 Performance Tech Oreca FLM09 Chevy NG 25 Dempsey Racing Lola B12/80 Mazda 27 Dempsey Racing Lola B12/80 Mazda 37 Conquest Racing Morgan Nissan 50 Panoz Motorsports Delta Wing Nissan 52 PR1/Mathiasen Racing Oreca FLM09 Chevy NG 53 PR1/Mathiasen Racing Oreca FLM09 Chevy NG (Rumored to go to a 2nd Car later this year) 055 Level 5 Motorsports HPD ARX 03b Honda 95 Level 5 Motorsports HPD ARX 03b Honda 05 Core Autosport New LMP2 06 Core Autosport New LMP2 GT1 (I hate the pro/am names) 3 Corvette Racing Corvette C6R ZR1 4 Corvette Racing Corvette C6R ZR1 17 Falken Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 45 Flying Lizards Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 55 BMW RLL BMW Z4 GT2 56 BMW RLL BMW Z4 GT2 91 Viper Racing SRT Viper GTR-S 92 Viper Racing SRT Viper GTR-S 01 Extreme Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 22 Alex Job Racing Lotus Evora GTE 23 Alex Job Racing Lotus Evora GTE 32 GMG Audi R8 (competitive version of GT3) 44 Flying Lizards Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 48 Paul Miller Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 54 Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 66 TRG Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 02 Extreme Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia P1: 5 P2: 15 GT1: 9 GT2: 8 Total: 37 Never going to happen though Last edited by Dyson Mazda; 9 Jul 2012 at 22:29. |
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am just hoping that Ed Brown doesn't cut back on the ESM programme, although I don't know if Cosmo or van Overbeek bring anything to it. Would be great to see Cosmo and van Overbeek together for a few races, but I think Brown and Cosmo would be a good combo for Pro-Am.
If Battery Tender and William Rast want to keep going, that'd be great, but I'm guessing the performance of the heavily-waivered Lotus won't keep them on-board and I doubt that car would be on the grid without some Lotus money too. Are William Rast Townsend Bell's sponsors? |
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