ALMS Round 10 : 2013 Petit Le Mans - Page 10

Canada ALMS fan · 17 Oct 2013, 23:16 (Ref:3319240)

Live timing not working for night practice, ugh.

Breitling24 · 17 Oct 2013, 23:35 (Ref:3319249)

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Originally Posted by Canada ALMS fan

Live timing not working for night practice, ugh.

It was searched for, and confiscated at the entrance.

Canada ALMS fan · 17 Oct 2013, 23:42 (Ref:3319251)

It's working now. Feels weird not to be there.

extramundane · 17 Oct 2013, 23:50 (Ref:3319256)

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Originally Posted by BullMan

I know some people don't like it, but this is some low grade BS from NASCAR.

I've been to plenty of NASCAR-sanctioned races at ISC-owned tracks and the only time I've ever encountered issues bringing in booze is when local law enforcement made it an issue.

If it was an ISC/NASCAR initiative, I suspect nobody would be bringing booze in.

PointDSM · 18 Oct 2013, 00:40 (Ref:3319260)

Go figure, the night session is also a wet session and Falken is leading GTE

Rebellion is certainly putting Muscle Milk in their place so far this weekend.

PointDSM · 18 Oct 2013, 00:54 (Ref:3319264)

Go figure, the night session is also a wet session and Falken is leading GTE

Rebellion is certainly putting Muscle Milk in their place so far this weekend.

Lagunaseca_4life · 18 Oct 2013, 01:47 (Ref:3319277)

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Originally Posted by PointDSM

Go figure, the night session is also a wet session and Falken is leading GTE

Rebellion is certainly putting Muscle Milk in their place so far this weekend.

They did that at long beach and laguna all weekend but muscle milk still got the wins

fanta4 · 18 Oct 2013, 02:43 (Ref:3319287)

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Originally Posted by Fogelhund

Others are reporting they weren't searched at all... even with visible coolers in their back seat. Maybe it is random, and not that enforced?

Have heard the same and it does seem to be random.

KA · 18 Oct 2013, 07:25 (Ref:3319324)

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Originally Posted by CyberMotor

Rather than assessing blame, I was attempting to give an example of something that can happen when experience and inexperience mix. Like I said, I, like many others, was looking forward to seeing the Zytek take it to the Audis and the Lolas. Bottom line, though, was that the three top cars did not make it through the first turn.

At the risk of dragging the thread off-topic, whatever the rights and wrongs of that incident, Shimoda was hardly inexperienced (unless you count experience of specifically the ALMS or Road Atlanta)- He'd been a pretty regular fixture in that car in both it's DBA and Zytek guises for a couple of years, had at last two starts at Le Mans under his belt and won two races (Nurburgring ELMS and Laguna ALMS) in the Zytek that year.

wheelz22 · 18 Oct 2013, 12:58 (Ref:3319444)

It looks like the precip has departed the area for the rest of the weekend.
http://www.weather.com/weather/weeke...+USGA0069:1:US

CyberMotor · 18 Oct 2013, 13:41 (Ref:3319459)

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Originally Posted by KA

At the risk of dragging the thread off-topic, whatever the rights and wrongs of that incident, Shimoda was hardly inexperienced (unless you count experience of specifically the ALMS or Road Atlanta)- He'd been a pretty regular fixture in that car in both it's DBA and Zytek guises for a couple of years, had at last two starts at Le Mans under his belt and won two races (Nurburgring ELMS and Laguna ALMS) in the Zytek that year.

Understood. At the PLM, he was essentially an unknown to most people even with all of his successes in Europe. So, I agree that 'rookie or in-experienced' is incorrect, but he was a newbie to the North American crowd and to most of the drivers but not all. I was just recounting some of the comments heard at the time. Thanks for standing up for Shimoda, offering the background and I will drop this topic now (hopefully).

wheelz22 · 18 Oct 2013, 14:08 (Ref:3319467)

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Originally Posted by CyberMotor

Understood. At the PLM, he was essentially an unknown to most people even with all of his successes in Europe. So, I agree that 'rookie or in-experienced' is incorrect, but he was a newbie to the North American crowd and to most of the drivers but not all. I was just recounting some of the comments heard at the time. Thanks for standing up for Shimoda, offering the background and I will drop this topic now (hopefully).

I enjoyed the discussion on this incident...well done. The horse has now been thoroughly flogged and ready for burial. But again, well done Cyb.

jasonjessica09 · 18 Oct 2013, 14:13 (Ref:3319469)

The race will be great to watch I think. Especially for LMP1 and GTLM. The small field of 34 cars is not that big of a deal I think because the racing machines seem to be very reliable today. I expect a very low attrition rate. I expect you'll see 25-30 cars at the finish still.

wheelz22 · 18 Oct 2013, 15:01 (Ref:3319481)

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Originally Posted by jasonjessica09

The race will be great to watch I think. Especially for LMP1 and GTLM. The small field of 34 cars is not that big of a deal I think because the racing machines seem to be very reliable today. I expect a very low attrition rate. I expect you'll see 25-30 cars at the finish still.

Yeah....and all that TV coverage is gonna be great.

fanta4 · 18 Oct 2013, 15:55 (Ref:3319490)

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Originally Posted by wheelz22

Yeah....and all that TV coverage is gonna be great.

fanta4 · 18 Oct 2013, 17:46 (Ref:3319520)

We are green for qualifying.

http://www.alms.com/camera/television-broadcast

Accident · 18 Oct 2013, 17:56 (Ref:3319524)

Ugh, they added Calvin to the broadcast crew.

Simmi · 18 Oct 2013, 18:22 (Ref:3319532)

Good lap from Malucelli to slap it on GT pole.

freeballin · 18 Oct 2013, 18:27 (Ref:3319534)

What a pleasant broadcast this is without being yelled at.

All the options for watching the race tomorrow make it even better.

jasonjessica09 · 18 Oct 2013, 19:00 (Ref:3319549)

I see now way that LMPC won't be slowed down thorugh some sort of BoP rules now. Those are some quick machines around this track.

Simmi · 18 Oct 2013, 19:07 (Ref:3319550)

Nice lap by Jani there for pole. Comfortably ahead of Luhr and MM but let's see how they stack up on race pace in the dry.

Fogelhund · 18 Oct 2013, 19:08 (Ref:3319551)

I don't think Burgess got a fast enough lap in, looks like Dyson will start at the back. Brilliant lap by Rebellion.

wheelz22 · 18 Oct 2013, 19:16 (Ref:3319553)

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Originally Posted by fanta4

We are green for qualifying.

http://www.alms.com/camera/television-broadcast

Yeah, the feed was beautiful....it got me jonesin' to be there...especially after I got two calls from former team mates Wed asking "where the f*ck are you ?....c'mon down".

BullMan · 18 Oct 2013, 19:46 (Ref:3319560)

Has there been any confirmation about streaming on ALMS.com or are we getting screwed?

freeballin · 18 Oct 2013, 20:13 (Ref:3319569)

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Originally Posted by BullMan

Has there been any confirmation about streaming on ALMS.com or are we getting screwed?

It was confirmed during qualifying. Streaming from ALMS.com, Speed2.com, and from the FOXSports app will be available. Giggity!

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