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13 Aug 2010, 11:23 (Ref:2744003)
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2011 Sunoco Porsche Daytona 24hr Concept car
At Silverstone Wednesday I spotted the American Sunoco Daytona 24hr team with their 2011 concept car. Thought its definately worth putting online.
I got a quick bit of film of the car leaving the pits. Dont expect any racing but it is a glimpse of an awesome new race car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsrlWZ8JDLw Was trying to get a video window to open but cant find the right tags! Mods feel free to help me out on this one.. |
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13 Aug 2010, 11:46 (Ref:2744020)
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That's a plain old Crawford-Daytona Prototype...
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13 Aug 2010, 12:02 (Ref:2744036)
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Who was the pilot? Was it his/her first time in a DP?
And what's the pipe "extensions"? Is that the big changes in the DPs? |
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13 Aug 2010, 12:10 (Ref:2744042)
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The extensions are silencers as the car was too loud for regular trackday conditions... |
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13 Aug 2010, 12:19 (Ref:2744049)
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Was there really a "stir" created at Silverstone, besides the noise level? 
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13 Aug 2010, 12:39 (Ref:2744061)
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13 Aug 2010, 13:43 (Ref:2744104)
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I find it interesting that in the article the car is described as a "brute".
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13 Aug 2010, 15:03 (Ref:2744144)
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Compared to the Clio leaving the pits in front of it it probably is
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13 Aug 2010, 15:06 (Ref:2744147)
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14 Aug 2010, 02:54 (Ref:2744416)
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Biased, undoubtedly. However, DP's do handle like brutes in that they don't produce the mega downforce that modern prototypes do and were never intended to. GARRA want(ed) big enough horsepower to give drivers a little bit of throttle-induced over-steer, combined with lower downforce levels that require the driver to wrestle them around corners more than a modern (ACO) prototype.
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15 Aug 2010, 20:36 (Ref:2744919)
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This thread title is amazing.
GARRA takes NASCAR's laughable use of the phrase 'Car of Tomorrow' to the nth level by making their 2011 concept literally be a car 5 years out of date.  PS This is Zak Brown's car. |
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16 Aug 2010, 13:03 (Ref:2745203)
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Yeah, I thought it was pretty amusing. However, I think the GA article said it was just a DP that created a stir, no concept.
Perhaps OP interchanged prototype with concept. And seeing as how virtually no one outside of the Grand-Am offices has heard of a Daytona Prototype this was probably the first time he'd seen such a thing.  Chris |
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16 Aug 2010, 15:53 (Ref:2745282)
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16 Aug 2010, 23:38 (Ref:2745585)
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It's called a joke. Take off the tin foil hat.
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17 Aug 2010, 12:09 (Ref:2745874)
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17 Aug 2010, 15:45 (Ref:2746018)
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17 Aug 2010, 16:24 (Ref:2746058)
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17 Aug 2010, 23:22 (Ref:2746312)
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Hey, hasn't anyone heard? The world is ending in 2012. Be nice to each other, you don't have much time left.
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18 Aug 2010, 17:44 (Ref:2746668)
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