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Old 31 Oct 2007, 15:58 (Ref:2055970)   #126
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Fuel based on food products is stupid... I think we all agree on that.
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Old 31 Oct 2007, 16:21 (Ref:2055983)   #127
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But Politically - Green and Marketable to the general public as 'doing the right thing." ( makes my gut turn )
Read more of the science, business and poly science articles, alcohol is becoming a pariah, rather that a choice for greenies; sadly the political leeches will play it till the moronal majority figure out it is sucking them dry, and then the political leeches will replace with their next wunderbar gimmick that is guaranteed to get them votes, the health of the county be damned.
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Old 31 Oct 2007, 16:47 (Ref:2056007)   #128
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I agree with you 1000%

More political BS then anything.

Chit without the fricken drought here in the SE, one could make a small fortune growing soy beans and corn for etoh production with the Government subsidies. Close to $5 / bushel at 2800-3000 bushels per acer profit, $12-$15,000 per acre at 500 acres planted.

Might have to clear cut 500 acres and turn into farm land. But I wont

and Huge you are correct.

Opps Back to . . . .

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Old 31 Oct 2007, 18:34 (Ref:2056130)   #129
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Back to the topic - some interesting quotes from Lou Gigliotti over at "Corvette Forum" -

"I was in Charlotte for the last 2 days at Riley Technologies and the progress on the details (of the GT2 Corvette) is exactly what we were expecting. The attention to detail and the engineering excellence of the car will be every bit as good as the current GT1 cars....."

"I wish that we had at least one short sprint race prior to Sebring but we don't, so Sebring 12 hour race will be an even larger test of the GT2 Corvette."

"At this point GM is helping (by providing) tech support rather than with any actual $$$. The tech support is already above any level that I had imagined. We get the use of their facilities like the wind tunnel, the 7 post shaker and their "Super Dyno". These things will help the program to raise so far above any simple World Challenge effort that it will boggle the mind...."

Lookin' good so far!!
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Old 31 Oct 2007, 18:42 (Ref:2056142)   #130
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Back to the topic - some interesting quotes from Lou Gigliotti over at "Corvette Forum" -

"I was in Charlotte for the last 2 days at Riley Technologies and the progress on the details (of the GT2 Corvette) is exactly what we were expecting. The attention to detail and the engineering excellence of the car will be every bit as good as the current GT1 cars....."

"I wish that we had at least one short sprint race prior to Sebring but we don't, so Sebring 12 hour race will be an even larger test of the GT2 Corvette."

"At this point GM is helping (by providing) tech support rather than with any actual $$$. The tech support is already above any level that I had imagined. We get the use of their facilities like the wind tunnel, the 7 post shaker and their "Super Dyno". These things will help the program to raise so far above any simple World Challenge effort that it will boggle the mind...."

Lookin' good so far!!
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This is terrific news! It looks as if Riley Technologies is really taking this effort to heart and plan on doing a bang up job. Chevy looks like they are giving their full blessing as well. It really makes you wish Sebring were just a few weeks away!! The potential for exciting competition in GT2 for next year is really great. One hopes the Viper effort is also getting this kind of effort. The competition between Corvette, Viper, Porsche & Ferrari could be amazing and if the Spyker effort materializes and Panoz comes back... Wow! Might knock P2 off the front page.

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Old 8 Nov 2007, 18:11 (Ref:2063222)   #131
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Doug Fehan said on Endurance Mag they were investigating a couple of opportuniites in Asia.

Suzuka 1000k?
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Old 8 Nov 2007, 18:22 (Ref:2063230)   #132
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Doug Fehan said on Endurance Mag they were investigating a couple of opportuniites in Asia.

Suzuka 1000k?
The ACO are looking to prop-up the JLMC next year, so its a definite possibility.
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Old 8 Nov 2007, 19:34 (Ref:2063278)   #133
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Suzuka 1000k?
Suzuka 1000k is Super GT, it would be interesting to see how the Vettes did there, but they probably wouldn't fit into the rules. P&M would probably have to design an all new car to do that...
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Old 24 Nov 2007, 17:15 (Ref:2074755)   #134
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via Mariantic; Article in Autosport Print ed., GM looking at LMP1 Corvette and GT1 Cadillac XLR for 2009 ALMS. (?)

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Old 12 Dec 2007, 16:19 (Ref:2087304)   #135
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Corvette Racing 2008

FROM GM RACING:

Corvette Racing to Compete in 12-Race American Le Mans Series in 2008 Chevrolet Factory Team to Run Entire ALMS Schedule and 24 Hours of Le Mans [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]DETROIT - Corvette Racing, the most successful team in the history of the American Le Mans Series, will compete in the GT1 class in all 12 events on the ALMS schedule in 2008. Chevrolet's two-car factory road racing team will also return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in pursuit of a sixth GT1 title in the world's most famous sports car race.

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Old 12 Dec 2007, 16:29 (Ref:2087308)   #136
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This is great news!

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Old 12 Dec 2007, 17:31 (Ref:2087355)   #137
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I wasn't sure if this was the right place to post this but it is sort of related. This article from the Pratt & Miller web-site is a nice summary of Corvette Racing during 2007 that was done by customers of Pratt & Miller and not by the Factory Corvette Racing Team:

http://www.prattmiller.com/latestnews.php?NewsID=528

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Old 12 Dec 2007, 20:03 (Ref:2087444)   #138
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FROM GM RACING:

Corvette Racing to Compete in 12-Race American Le Mans Series in 2008 Chevrolet Factory Team to Run Entire ALMS Schedule and 24 Hours of Le Mans [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]DETROIT - Corvette Racing, the most successful team in the history of the American Le Mans Series, will compete in the GT1 class in all 12 events on the ALMS schedule in 2008. Chevrolet's two-car factory road racing team will also return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in pursuit of a sixth GT1 title in the world's most famous sports car race.
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Old 12 Dec 2007, 21:02 (Ref:2087475)   #139
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I agree with you 1000%

More political BS then anything.

Chit without the fricken drought here in the SE, one could make a small fortune growing soy beans and corn for etoh production with the Government subsidies. Close to $5 / bushel at 2800-3000 bushels per acer profit, $12-$15,000 per acre at 500 acres planted.

Might have to clear cut 500 acres and turn into farm land. But I wont

and Huge you are correct.

Opps Back to . . . .
2800-3000 bushels per acre? $12 - $15,000 per acre? Smoking something today?

Average soybean yield, Iowa = 44 bushels per acre. Price (today) $11.50.

GROSS (not profit, but BEFORE all costs for land, equipment, fuel, fertilizer, etc.) = $506.

You can't grow anything in a drought, either. And govt. crop insurance will barely cover variable costs.

Average price for an acre of Iowa farmland? $3,200. Operating costs? Fuel intensive. The math isn't really very good at all in the long run.

Right now that's a pretty good profit. Historically, beans have been at $4 - $6. Subsidies? Those are to the fuel producers. Farmers get those when they DON'T plant, not when they DO (and obviously, now they are producing).

That said, fuel from corn and soybeans is just about the dumbest idea anyone's come up with in a long time.

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In case you haven't seen it yet, here is the link to the Corvette Article on the Official ALMS site:

http://www.americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=3858

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Sorry to go from the ALMS-cheer back to the subject.

Shouldn't a 2010 LMP project for Chevy be with an engine in the front? The front look of the cars need to be brand like if i'm correct and a Corvette with the engine in the back wouldn't that be too strange? So I hope we'll finally have a frontengined P back in 2010.
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Sorry to go from the ALMS-cheer back to the subject.

Shouldn't a 2010 LMP project for Chevy be with an engine in the front? The front look of the cars need to be brand like if i'm correct and a Corvette with the engine in the back wouldn't that be too strange? So I hope we'll finally have a frontengined P back in 2010.
But Corvette is planning a mid-engined car for the near future!!

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Hmm, a mid-engined chevy..... could be ok

But a mid-engined chevy corvette..... yuck
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It won't be the first mid-engine full prototype racer by Corvette. That one didn't require a change to the road car and this one won't either. Corvette might yet go to a mid-engine street car, but the Le Mans LMP is an independent decision.

(You can see the previous Corvette prototype in Bowling Green.)
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But a mid-engined chevy corvette..... yuck
Porsche put in a water radiator. Corvette can move the flippin' engine.
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Everything old is new again... When's the rotary engine Vette coming out?
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Everything old is new again... When's the rotary engine Vette coming out?
Dont know but there sure are many 240z, Rx7 and Rx8s with LS6 motors in
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Kroymans Racing (= Cadillac Corvette Hummer Europe) will enter a Corvette C6 in Dutch Supercar Challenge (Supersport 1 class) next season. Currently the car is developed by Callaway in Germany. Besides in Supersport 1 class the car can be entered in GT4. The car will be driven by Danny van Dongen and Rogier Kroymans. Source: www.autosport.nl
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