'10 ALMS Round 1 • Sebring • March 17th-20th - Page 8

picchiofan · 19 Mar 2010, 13:55 (Ref:2655591)

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Originally Posted by Tim Northcutt

He's a Grand Am shill who comes here only to troll...

In case anyone wonders why a moderator is saying something like htis, just do a history check on his posts and make your own judgments

Yes, an ironic name for a half-baked ugly as sin disaster of a car from 7 years ago makes me a "Grand Am shill". Good to see that a slightly different opinion is tolerated, oh fine moderator.

Tell me what I said was wrong.

picchiofan · 19 Mar 2010, 13:57 (Ref:2655592)

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

The 911 Cup is probably the most reliable car there.

Yes, the car is plenty reliable. The Doctors and lawyers with a big check driving them? Not so much.

NightStalk3r · 19 Mar 2010, 13:57 (Ref:2655593)

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Originally Posted by picchiofan

Tell me what I said was wrong.

That the 911 Cup couldn't go for 12 hours for a start.

Acid09 · 19 Mar 2010, 13:57 (Ref:2655594)

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Originally Posted by picchiofan

They're also running up against glorified privateer and club racers at the VLN 24h races, so not running nearly the pace they do against ALMS teams. Easy to make a car reliable at 7 or 8 tenths.

Yeah right, you might want to do some research. 2004 had a full blown works effort by Audi, Manthey had strong Porsche support in 2005 etc.

NightStalk3r · 19 Mar 2010, 13:59 (Ref:2655596)

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Originally Posted by picchiofan

Yes, the car is plenty reliable. The Doctors and lawyers with a big check driving them? Not so much.

Have you even looked at the entry list for GTC?

picchiofan · 19 Mar 2010, 14:00 (Ref:2655598)

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

Have you even looked at the entry list for GTC?

Honestly? No. It's a forgettable field filler class that isn't gonna get on TV until one of them wrecks. I know Leitzinger & Diaz are slumming in there, but that's about it.

NightStalk3r · 19 Mar 2010, 14:02 (Ref:2655601)

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Originally Posted by picchiofan

Honestly? No. It's a forgettable field filler class that isn't gonna get on TV until one of them wrecks. I know Leitzinger & Diaz are slumming in there, but that's about it.

Andy Pilgrim
Andy Lally
Leh Keen
Lawson Aschenbach

i could go on...

picchiofan · 19 Mar 2010, 14:03 (Ref:2655602)

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

Andy Pilgrim
Andy Lally
Leh Keen
Lawson Aschenbach

i could go on...

Interesting. So basically a Grand Am GT crossover race, this will probably be the best race out there. Too bad the cameras are gonna spend all 12 hours watching the pugs do demonstration laps.

courageous · 19 Mar 2010, 14:03 (Ref:2655603)

cars are going again by the sounds of it.

Forum rule no. 342b: Don't feed the troll.

Speed-King · 19 Mar 2010, 14:04 (Ref:2655604)

But there's always someone on the Cup-cars that's fully capable of wrecking it...

NightStalk3r · 19 Mar 2010, 14:05 (Ref:2655607)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

But there's always someone in the car that's fully capable of wrecking it...

There is someone in nearly every car on the grid that is capable of wrecking them.

HORNDAWG · 19 Mar 2010, 14:06 (Ref:2655609)

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Originally Posted by picchiofan

Yes, an ironic name for a half-baked ugly as sin disaster of a car from 7 years ago makes me a "Grand Am shill". Good to see that a slightly different opinion is tolerated, oh fine moderator.

Tell me what I said was wrong.

Tim only said the truth!

L.P.

hoppelemine · 19 Mar 2010, 14:07 (Ref:2655611)

Do we think that the drivers in the cars for this practice session are likely to be the ones doing the qualifying later?

picchiofan · 19 Mar 2010, 14:07 (Ref:2655612)

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Originally Posted by courageous

cars are going again by the sounds of it.

Forum rule no. 342b: Don't feed the troll.

This is a discussion board. I'm watching and discussing racing. Would you rather I espouse on puppies and sunflowers?

Diesel powered puppies suck.

cthib10 · 19 Mar 2010, 14:10 (Ref:2655615)

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Originally Posted by picchiofan

Yes, the car is plenty reliable. The Doctors and lawyers with a big check driving them? Not so much.

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

Have you even looked at the entry list for GTC?

He doesn't need to look at the entry list to make an uneducated remark! I'm sure he would do just fine either way

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NightStalk3r · 19 Mar 2010, 14:15 (Ref:2655619)

Looks like Drayson has dossed the Lola.

courageous · 19 Mar 2010, 14:16 (Ref:2655620)

Sounds like the Drayson lola has hit a cup car quite hard with a fair bit of damage- red flag again.

His lordship was driving on cold tyres

Victor_RO · 19 Mar 2010, 14:17 (Ref:2655622)

Timing screen says the car is back in the pits, so it mustn't have been a heavy crash.

EDIT: Okay, now that's a reason...

hoppelemine · 19 Mar 2010, 14:18 (Ref:2655625)

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

Looks like Drayson has dossed the Lola.

I love Paul Drayson for his enthusiasm and for going it for as a P1 privateer, but I do wonder how well the car would perform with 3 pro drivers in it?

Andy77 · 19 Mar 2010, 14:23 (Ref:2655630)

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Originally Posted by hoppelemine

I love Paul Drayson for his enthusiasm and for going it for as a P1 privateer, but I do wonder how well the car would perform with 3 pro drivers in it?

As long as the concurrence doesn't have much better line-ups there is no need of 3 pro drivers

Purist · 19 Mar 2010, 14:27 (Ref:2655633)

So maybe he should tell Magnus, Autohaus, Miller Barrett, TRG, and Grant that they're all just "field fillers" because they're just running GT3 Cups too.

And actually, the camera crews have gotten quite adept at giving GT2 some good airtime. With GTC having name drivers, I suspect they'll get some attention too.

i don't think it's so cut-and-dried with the Pugs either. Their ex-F1 drivers have had something of a record of throwing it off the road, so I wouldn't count out Drayson or AMR by any means. Also, I'm a bit surprised as to just how close the top LMP2s are.

And in reality, you only need two cars at any one time doing the old cut-and-thrust with one another to have a compelling battle for position. You should see the video of Villeneuve and Arnoux going at it for 2nd in the 1979 French GP at Dijon-Prenois.

picchiofan · 19 Mar 2010, 14:31 (Ref:2655635)

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Originally Posted by Purist

So maybe he should tell Magnus, Autohaus, Miller Barrett, TRG, and Grant that they're all just "field fillers" because they're just running GT3 Cups too.

And actually, the camera crews have gotten quite adept at giving GT2 some good airtime. With GTC having name drivers, I suspect they'll get some attention too.

i don't think it's so cut-and-dried with the Pugs either. Their ex-F1 drivers have had something of a record of throwing it off the road, so I wouldn't count out Drayson or AMR by any means. Also, I'm a bit surprised as to just how close the top LMP2s are.

And in reality, you only need two cars at any one time doing the old cut-and-thrust with one another to have a compelling battle for position. You should see the video of Villeneuve and Arnoux going at it for 2nd in the 1979 French GP at Dijon-Prenois.

Judging by the events of 15 minutes ago, I'm not so sure I share your assement of Drayson.

Purist · 19 Mar 2010, 14:40 (Ref:2655644)

One incident does not a trend make, sir.

tux1234 · 19 Mar 2010, 14:44 (Ref:2655646)

Anyone else finding it strange seeing Johannes Van Overbeek driving a Ferrari?

Victor_RO · 19 Mar 2010, 14:45 (Ref:2655647)

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Originally Posted by Purist

One incident does not a trend make, sir.

Very true. And I don't think there's any racing driver on this planet who hasn't thrown it into the boonies at least a few times in his life.

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