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Again, I think Turner's long and proud history of flying the BMW flag in competition helps out there. We also know from the Loles debacle that BMW refused to see a tube-frame M3 out there but was tolerant of unofficial M6s (like the B6S GT3 car they'll now be competing against in Europe!).
Would be interesting to see how the engine program's success that is sure to come with Ganassi will be taken. I think that, if anything, Dinan should be able to get some promotional mileage out of it. |
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B6S is a Alpina, not a BMW. So I think BMW can't do much about that. Besides that the GT3 is based on a road car and not a tubeframe. The latter BMW doesn't like.
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This year there are no Crawfords? And the number of DP is 14, it isn´t too much for the 24 hours...
By the way..., what happened to the Sabre RD1 project? |
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Up to 14 DPs and 28 GTs. A noteworthy addition: Boris Said is joining Auberlen and Hand in the Turner BMW. DK |
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Birddog07, we'll just have to disagree on the roval front. I can tell you right now that the Indy MotoGP course would be utterly horrid for high horsepower cars, regardless of which direction you ran it. The F1 configuration has a much more open layout, which is very welcome considering how tight the bike course is.
Homestead doesn't use the second infield section for the main road racing events anymore; they use the Turn 3/4 banking instead now. I also prefer Pocono and Eurospeedway when they use oval Turn 1 instead of the twisty infield bits in those areas. In general, I like it when they use more of the oval, and when they can avoid chicanes, because you get something that's actually reasonably quick compared to a normal permanent road course, rather than a course that's really little better than a street circuit. Also, the Atlanta and Charlotte rovals have/had some elevation changes, aside from the banking. |
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I've been trying to bite my tongue but...
Rolex is owned and operated by the evil empire of NASCAR. They will, if they ever have the opportunity, NASCARize sportscar racing in the US. They only care about creating a "product" they can market where the technology and engineering will be of least concern. These tube frame GT cars are a perfect example. They are all virtually the same chassis. And as far as race officiating goes there were plenty of phantom yellows for "debris" in the Rolex series last year and don't even get me started on how Brumos was gifted the victory last year in the 24 despite a clear rules violation or two. As far as I'm concerned they are the enemy. Having stated that I realize the clear hypocrisy of my following statement. I will watch the race. It is a race at a time of year when there is very little going on. And now there are legitimate (maybe not yet for the M6) Bimmer contenders in both classes. I also can't ever get enough of watching Scott Pruett drive. **** storm proceed... |
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wow...missed davy jones.
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Nice to see Alex Job Racing hasn't missed a step. I think they will be a serious contender in GT this year.
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