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20 Mar 2017, 19:30 (Ref:3720272) | #5226 | ||
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Actually, He wasn't beating the series favorites, but he still got got screwed by the whole debacle that resulted from Brumos winning Daytona.
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Haywood got to win his last race, Gainsco beat Pruett's team for the title, and the Verizon Porsche only even got close once. I missed the Rolex that year but saw the finale at Homestead. Glad to see Hurley Haywood win, but not even Brumos colors could make a Gen 2 DP look good. |
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This did have the unfortunate result of delaying the BoP rollback, and possibly the decision to make it only partial. It was clear to anyone with a brain that the "advantage" Brumos had at Daytona was nothing more than a different setup, but GA dropped the ball hard on it. |
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The official declaration was 12 pounds underweight but did not take away the win. (However, I heard from an insider in another class that it was really closer to 150 lbs, actually. 'Couldn't take away the good PR for a Donohue win on the 40th anniversary. ) |
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If it was just the Brumos car being underweight, then why did Grand Am take away sixth gear and 1,000 RPM from EVERY Porsche engined DP? That's not something you do just because one car was underweight. The BoP was made because Ganassi whined about the fact that the Brumos car was pulling away on the banking at the end of the straight, ignoring the fact that Ganassi caught up EASILY on the infield sections, but just couldn't quite make the pass. It was very clear they just had a lower-downforce setting at play. Grand Am dropped the ball on BoP HARD with that move. BTW, correction to my results comments: I misread the results I was looking at. When I listed Penske as having won a race, I was unknowingly look at a list of POLE POSITIONS, not race wins. Brumos did indeed win the finale - the only other Porsche win that season, coming well after the partial rollback of the BoP. |
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20 Mar 2017, 23:28 (Ref:3720307) | #5231 | ||
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Don't blow a headgasket. I said none of the above. Reading comprehension is key.
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20 Mar 2017, 23:38 (Ref:3720311) | #5233 | ||
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Try again. No it does not.
Au contraire again. The key sentence was: "Nothing more my eye." Again, comprehension is key. Not ego. |
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And yes, your comments DO imply a belief that there was no other issue going on. |
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No I am not. 'Just adding more info.
Shouldn't have to but I'll clarify. You stated that "It was clear to anyone with a brain that the "advantage" Brumos had at Daytona was nothing more than a different setup". I took that into account when I stated "Nothing more my eye." Get it yet? No? Did you notice the wink smiley? Leave your ego on the trailer. None of it is that important to me anymore. I won't plunk down money to attend artificially induced excitement. 'Til and if real racing comes back I'll just sit back and watch and wait. |
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Methinks misunderstanding is afoot. (I'm glad I'm on the outside of this one for a change )" Just when you thought you were out, they pulled you back in... |
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Great talk about grand am history guys, but lets get back on topic.
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Given the subject matter it revolves around, I could easily argue that it was relevant to the topic, but I won't push it. I've frankly said all that needs to be said anyway, so I shall indeed move on.
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21 Mar 2017, 15:48 (Ref:3720431) | #5243 | |
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Even if Penske hadn't gotten burned in 2009 (for Whatever reason) I'd think he'd be leery about joining WSC just based on the race-by-race BoP crap they pulled last year.
Penske does usually bring boatloads of money---but he also brings boatloads of expertise and experience. It makes no sense for him to bring a good car, make it the best (a la Cadillacs) and then have it sent to the back because he is successful. So far this year it hasn't happened ... but then, the Golden Boys have been winning. The big manufacturer money and the house teams have been running up front solidly. Penske has to wonder what would happen if he soundly kicked Cadillac butt for three races in a row. In the old days (last year) that might mean total readjustment ("Well, look, we promised Laguna Seca to Mazda, and they cut us a fat check, so ....) I think and hope that IMSA can keep its hands off the cars for the rest of the season and just let whoever wins, wins. That might help reassure Penske that he will be allowed to win if actually brings the fastest cars and drivers with the best crews. |
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You said the only reason they won was setup. I said the only thing my eye, (as in that's not the only thing). They were also officially found underweight. Where's the "notion". These are all facts. Is english not your first language? |
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22 Mar 2017, 13:22 (Ref:3720640) | #5247 | |
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Sometimes this place reminds me of an IndyCar site, where everyone lives in the past, and everyone’s favorite era is the only “Real” IndyCar racing, and was far and away the best. IndyCar fans spent so much time living in the past they nearly lost the actual series which (shocking news to many) exists in the present.
Surprise, surprise, once some IndyCar fans started appreciating the rpesent, the series started to do better financially and was able to make small improvements—a long way from what fans ultimately want (I think we all want Can-Am back) but steps in the right direction. We have the opportunity to do the same here with sports cars. The old guys can just walk into the room and start spraying urine in every direction, because that’s all any part of sports car racing is good for any more, compared to the glorious past (by which they mean either when they were nine and impressed by the cars and simply didn’t know about the politics, which has always been there, or some later age, usually late teens to early twenties, where they have chosen to forget all the politics, the dull races, the two-thirds of the grid filled with cars unlikely to finish and totally without a chance to win.) The people who grew up watching sports cars on TV have forgotten that for most of its history, “sports car racing” was sitting on a hillside overlooking two corners and waiting, and “Timing and Scoring” was your pen and notebook. people who complain about the lack of close finishes (who also complain about artificial close finishes) forget that in the various “Golden Eras” it was not unusual for the top three cars to each be three laps apart. That was “The Real Stuff’ but somehow a 13-second margin of victory after 12 hours is just too much. The race sucked. People who find that they are no longer as interested in racing shouldn’t keep trying to find interest here. Take a break. YouTube old races. Get together with other people who dimly remember some imaginary perfect pass and you can all p!$$ on the present together. It’ll be fun! We all can pretty much figure what kind of season this will be. There is a range of possibilities, sure ... IMSA could go heavy-handed and frequent with BoP, teams could drop out .... or, it could be “Which Cadillac?” or every other team might suddenly find the answers and we might have the whole field in each class GTLM-close. GTL—who knows? Maybe Ford won’t get all the BoP breaks. Maybe Corvette and Porsche will find the right set-ups. it is hard to beat a bespoke prototype in a GT, though .... Reminds me of NASCAR in the ‘60s when manufacturers were building “specials” with giant engines and slick bodywork. Anyway .... for those who have not figured it out, there will Never be “The Perfect Race” unless it has already happened and you have videotape. otherwise, we all have to live in dirty reality, full of compromises. There is a fine line here, between criticizing with an eye towards improving, and using racing as a target for all of life’s disappointments. We had a da**ed good race last Saturday (and Friday as well.) It was not perfect but it was a good race. None of us are going to be happier because we refuse to enjoy what is there, just because it is not perfect. I'd say more except for that Non-Disclosure Agreement I signed. |
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Maelochs, I'm gonna disagree with you a little bit there. Any race I've been to, when the sun is setting as I'm stretched out on a hill or viewing mound and a breeze gives me a little cool air after walking around a track all day in the hot sun as sexy cars go by loudly as I try and figure out exactly what battles are left and what is the closest class to pay special attention to, is a form of a "perfect race" to me.
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22 Mar 2017, 16:28 (Ref:3720679) | #5250 | ||
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To quote the late great Merle Haggard
"I think we're livin' in the good old days So cheer up friends and be glad I think we're livin' in the good old days The best anybody's ever had." |
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