ALMS Rnd 7: Road America 18-20 Aug 2006 - Page 2

**Adam43** · 20 Aug 2006, 19:28 (Ref:1687662)

I guess Weaver considered it the best chance to get ahead and disrupt the Audis?

From his POV it worked!

**FIRE** · 20 Aug 2006, 19:31 (Ref:1687665)

#009 AM in gravel

**Adam43** · 20 Aug 2006, 19:36 (Ref:1687671)

There was a fun battle between the classes. Luhr and Dayton had a fun few corners.

In class the four GT1 cars are still nose to tail. I don't think there have been any changes, but one slip up...

Bernard Bram · 20 Aug 2006, 19:50 (Ref:1687684)

Now that took what, 10 minutes under yellow for a car in a gravel trap? How many laps under caution?

**Adam43** · 20 Aug 2006, 19:57 (Ref:1687688)

It was a useful 10 minutes for me. I was on time-slip and then managed to catch up live!

Well that was the slip up in GT1 and it has mixed it up. Did the Audi #1 and the Aston get together?

Porsche leads and McNish has had to battle back to second. The Aston leads GT1 now, but did it short fill?

Canada corner (T12) is causing a few problems for the drivers out there.

**Adam43** · 20 Aug 2006, 20:01 (Ref:1687692)

A Panoz tries to get closer to Canada too!

**Adam43** · 20 Aug 2006, 20:15 (Ref:1687701)

The BMW didn't want to be left out and tried to find the Canadian Party.

Dyson has been caught out pitting when the pits are closed.

ger80 · 20 Aug 2006, 21:07 (Ref:1687740)

Michelin doesnt want to sell tires to Intersport? Or did I missunderstodd the radio?

**Adam43** · 20 Aug 2006, 21:29 (Ref:1687751)

I missed that.

3rd caution. Now a 20 minute shoot out. No cars between the Audis and two cars between Pirro and Leitzinger.

**Adam43** · 20 Aug 2006, 21:31 (Ref:1687752)

Butch almost repeated what James did on lap 1.

Bob Riebe · 21 Aug 2006, 00:11 (Ref:1687801)

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdamAshmore

The BMW didn't want to be left out and tried to find the Canadian Party.

Dyson has been caught out pitting when the pits are closed.

ARRRRRRRH, WHEN did IMSA start with the brain-dead, closing the pits during a race?
Shades of you know what.
Bob

CorvetteC6R · 21 Aug 2006, 01:32 (Ref:1687816)

*cough* ehh..nascar *cough* rules are rules..**** luck for Dyson. Seems they have alot of that.

gwyllion · 21 Aug 2006, 06:46 (Ref:1687909)

Dyson did the fastest race lap.

Dyson #20 (Dyson/Smith): 1:51.586
Audi #2 (Capello/ McNish): 1:51.760
Audi #1 (Biela/Pirro): 1:51.863
Dyson #16 (Weaver/Leitzinger): 1:52.583
Porsche #7 (Luhr/ Dumas): 1:52.760
Porsche #6 (Maassen/Bernhard): 1:53.654
Highcroft (Dayton/Wallace): 1:54.497
Intersport (C.Field/Halliday/J.Field): 1:54.566

**Adam43** · 21 Aug 2006, 07:32 (Ref:1687926)

The #2 Audi, accpording to McNish, had a damaged rear diffuser after the first corner. Although it was consitently the fastest car over the race in the last few laps they couldn't really shake the Dyson.

Pirro was a happy chap afterwards

enemy-ace · 21 Aug 2006, 10:11 (Ref:1688032)

That was a thoroughly entertaining race IMO. Nice to see the Ron Fellows vette finish in the front.

Road America is a terrific track as well. It would be nice to see an endurance race there. 12 or 24 hrs.

enemy-ace · 21 Aug 2006, 10:13 (Ref:1688033)

Whoops! Sorry about that.

cg7aa · 22 Aug 2006, 19:06 (Ref:1688985)

I really enjoyed the race. I couldn't watch it live as housemates had taken over the TV (the joys of being a motorsports fan in a shared house!!) so I resorted to Hindy and co on the internet.

The commentary was just excellent, felt like I was there. Made it really exciting, thanks to Hindy, Mowlem and friends. I dunno why I've never really listened to the webcast before. Great stuff.

GTfour · 22 Aug 2006, 20:21 (Ref:1689066)

Treu enemy-ace,Road Atlanta is a great track. I only saw it on the telly a few times but had the chance to download a good version into my GTR racesim to get a good taste of it. Really beautifull course,
nicely long too.

zac510 · 22 Aug 2006, 21:00 (Ref:1689095)

Quote:

Originally Posted by cg7aa

I really enjoyed the race. I couldn't watch it live as housemates had taken over the TV (the joys of being a motorsports fan in a shared house!!) so I resorted to Hindy and co on the internet.

The commentary was just excellent, felt like I was there. Made it really exciting, thanks to Hindy, Mowlem and friends. I dunno why I've never really listened to the webcast before. Great stuff.

I must admit I tuned in and out over the few hours but thought the webcast really needed a few engine roaring past sound effects in the background like the RLM broadcast had to give a bit more of the feel of being at the track

AU N EGL · 22 Aug 2006, 21:25 (Ref:1689120)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTfour

Treu enemy-ace,Road Atlanta is a great track. I only saw it on the telly a few times but had the chance to download a good version into my GTR racesim to get a good taste of it. Really beautifull course,
nicely long too.

Do you mean Road America ?? The last ALMS race was at Road America. Both tracks are fantastic to drive and have excelent elevation changes.

Front straight Road America is 175-178 mph for the Corvettes. The P1 cars are into the mid 180s. Only LeMans has a faster straight.

Road America is 4 miles long, Road Atlanta is 2.6 or so miles long.

canam · 22 Aug 2006, 22:00 (Ref:1689149)

Quote:

Originally Posted by AU N EGL

Do you mean Road America ?? The last ALMS race was at Road America. Both tracks are fantastic to drive and have excelent elevation changes.

Front straight Road America is 175-178 mph for the Corvettes. The P1 cars are into the mid 180s. Only LeMans has a faster straight.

Road America is 4 miles long, Road Atlanta is 2.6 or so miles long.

Great track. In terms of top speeds, I think Monza and Paul Ricard are faster with Silverstone and Barcelona pretty similar to that seen at Road America.

I must say I was impressed at some of the top speeds of the GT2 cars.

AU N EGL · 22 Aug 2006, 22:26 (Ref:1689163)

Quote:

Originally Posted by canam

I must say I was impressed at some of the top speeds of the GT2 cars.

Oh Yes. They are extreemly impressive.

The ALMS/ LMS GT2 cars are almost as fast as the Grand AM Datona Protorype cars.

I have had the pleaser or displeaser of being on track with a few Porsche GT3 RSRs ( ALMS GT2 prep) I only run about 400 hp to the ground and they were just GONE. Truely impressive.

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