Round 3: Lime Rock 8-9 July 2011 - Page 9

Accident · 9 Jul 2011, 21:09 (Ref:2924323)

Agreed, 90 seconds seems way too harsh, that will put them down in 5th?

Edit: Dagys reporting the penalty is actually for contact with the leading GTC car.

FordCosworthPanoz · 9 Jul 2011, 21:10 (Ref:2924324)

Also, why wasnt Scott Sharp at Long Beach and the second BMW today penalised at all for blocking leaders despite multiple laps down? Im a Ford GT fan, but this blocking penalty stuff is pretty stupid. One of the same reasons I stopped watching Chimp Car in its final years.

Paradise City · 9 Jul 2011, 21:16 (Ref:2924328)

Poor Damien.

Great result for the Robertsons.

AndrewF31 · 9 Jul 2011, 21:37 (Ref:2924337)

So Wolf took out the 2nd place GTC and then tried to do the same to the Ford GT? heheh
All because, as he said on TV, the car was really slow at the end. "Must do anything to keep in front" BAM BAM BAM

FordCosworthPanoz · 9 Jul 2011, 21:40 (Ref:2924338)

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Originally Posted by AndrewF31

So Wolf took out the 2nd place GTC and then tried to do the same to the Ford GT? heheh
All because, as he said on TV, the car was really slow at the end. "Must do anything to keep in front" BAM BAM BAM

Sounds like me in Gran Turismo.

**joeb** · 9 Jul 2011, 22:18 (Ref:2924347)

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Originally Posted by Lebanza

Agreed, 90 seconds seems way too harsh, that will put them down in 5th?

Edit: Dagys reporting the penalty is actually for contact with the leading GTC car.

So that is why there was a last lap lead change in gtc. Thanks

Audi Racer · 9 Jul 2011, 23:50 (Ref:2924365)

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Originally Posted by FordCosworthPanoz

Also, why wasnt Scott Sharp at Long Beach and the second BMW today penalised at all for blocking leaders despite multiple laps down? Im a Ford GT fan, but this blocking penalty stuff is pretty stupid. One of the same reasons I stopped watching Chimp Car in its final years.

well it only lasted for about 1 lap on a very short track.....its not like the BMW was swerving wildy to keep the lizard behind......

Compare that to the Puegoet blocking the Audi for mutiple laps on an8 mile track........

FordCosworthPanoz · 9 Jul 2011, 23:56 (Ref:2924366)

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Originally Posted by Audi Racer

well it only lasted for about 1 lap on a very short track.....its not like the BMW was swerving wildy to keep the lizard behind......

Compare that to the Puegoet blocking the Audi for mutiple laps on an8 mile track........

Why am I not suprised that you are defending BMW?

FordCosworthPanoz · 10 Jul 2011, 00:13 (Ref:2924368)

A series of odd events has made the race partly exciting towards the end, certainly worth watching when it comes on speed tomorrow.

FordCosworthPanoz · 10 Jul 2011, 00:49 (Ref:2924370)

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Originally Posted by FordCosworthPanoz

A series of odd events has made the race partly exciting towards the end, certainly worth watching when it comes on speed tomorrow.

Please ignore, wrong thread oops.

**joeb** · 10 Jul 2011, 00:52 (Ref:2924373)

I was really pleased to see both Dyson cars finish today. The 2nd car looks like it will be a solid addition to the LMP field as well. Kane was super fast with a best lap only 0.07 sec behind Smith. Al Masaood also had a good run coming up through the field, and kept the car clean before handing it over.

Audi Racer · 10 Jul 2011, 00:53 (Ref:2924374)

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Originally Posted by FordCosworthPanoz

Why am I not suprised that you are defending BMW?

considering last year remember a certain 44 flying Lizard car blocking the BMW when the 45 car was in the lead at Laguna......Funny that Pat Long says what comes around goes around.........Technically it came back around hit him......

FordCosworthPanoz · 10 Jul 2011, 01:05 (Ref:2924376)

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Originally Posted by Audi Racer

considering last year remember a certain 44 flying Lizard car blocking the BMW when the 45 car was in the lead at Laguna......Funny that Pat Long says what comes around goes around.........Technically it came back around hit him......

Well, I agree with you on that (Laguna), not a Porsche fan but a fan of good racing in GT.

ptclaus98 · 10 Jul 2011, 03:44 (Ref:2924401)

That Boon guy was a frickin' joke. Slow as hell and took out about 4 cars in one go, and I'm not even done watching!

FordCosworthPanoz · 10 Jul 2011, 05:28 (Ref:2924407)

Murphy the Bear Twitter commentary of Jarrett Boon is hilarious.

Then, an Indycar fan (assume because he posts on trackforum) who doesnt follow sports car racing that often, asks Murphy this simple question: “Admittedly I'm not a close follower of the series, but how is ALMS not financially busted yet?”

wheelz22 · 10 Jul 2011, 14:52 (Ref:2924580)

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Originally Posted by joeb

What happened to the 98 jag?

Got hit, bent the tie-rod, broke the rack (discovered when re-toeing the car)

**joeb** · 10 Jul 2011, 14:59 (Ref:2924587)

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Originally Posted by wheelz22

Got hit, bent the tie-rod, broke the rack (discovered when re-toeing the car)

thanks.

canam · 10 Jul 2011, 19:12 (Ref:2924697)

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Originally Posted by ptclaus98

That Boon guy was a frickin' joke. Slow as hell and took out about 4 cars in one go, and I'm not even done watching!

He works for BMW?!!!

Audi Racer · 10 Jul 2011, 19:42 (Ref:2924706)

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Originally Posted by canam

He works for BMW?!!!

Not likely....A BMW was wrecked as well in this accident.

AGD · 10 Jul 2011, 20:30 (Ref:2924743)

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Originally Posted by joeb

I was really pleased to see both Dyson cars finish today. The 2nd car looks like it will be a solid addition to the LMP field as well. Kane was super fast with a best lap only 0.07 sec behind Smith. Al Masaood also had a good run coming up through the field, and kept the car clean before handing it over.

I think you're being a bit kind about Al Masaood's race. He was really slow in traffic, but he did hand the car off to Kane in one piece. There's something to be said about that especially considering that a lot of the early crashes happened right in front of him and had to avoid them.

Dyson's pitstops (at least for the #16) were still a bit rough to say the least, but ultimately it did not matter with the Cytosport car having some contact issues throughout the day. Dyson is in a pretty good spot as far as points go. They just need to keep finishing races.

Speaking of which, Dunlop could very well end up with LMP1 and GT tire championships if BMW keeps running as well as they have. Who would have expected that a couple of years ago? They backed up their double 1-2s in qualifying with two wins. Falken had a great run going until the penalty. I understand that Henzler and the Pumpelly/Ende car had an issue on the last lap that impacted the GTC victory, but what happened exactly?

chernaudi · 10 Jul 2011, 21:30 (Ref:2924786)

ESPN highlights show said that it was for making more than one move to block the 04 Ford GT back to fourth after the Falken Porsche ran out of fuel/fuel pick up issue last turn last lap.

Audi Racer · 11 Jul 2011, 02:16 (Ref:2924870)

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Originally Posted by AGD

Speaking of which, Dunlop could very well end up with LMP1 and GT tire championships if BMW keeps running as well as they have. Who would have expected that a couple of years ago? They backed up their double 1-2s in qualifying with two wins. Falken had a great run going until the penalty. I understand that Henzler and the Pumpelly/Ende car had an issue on the last lap that impacted the GTC victory, but what happened exactly?

It must have been knocked off the track..because from leading it dropped down the gtc standings

JHamilton · 12 Jul 2011, 16:40 (Ref:2925672)

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Originally Posted by joeb

I was really pleased to see both Dyson cars finish today. The 2nd car looks like it will be a solid addition to the LMP field as well. Kane was super fast with a best lap only 0.07 sec behind Smith. Al Masaood also had a good run coming up through the field, and kept the car clean before handing it over.

Do you know what kind of lap times Masood was running? The highlights package, which is all I watched, lead me to believe he was very slow.

JHamilton · 12 Jul 2011, 16:42 (Ref:2925674)

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Originally Posted by ptclaus98

That Boon guy was a frickin' joke. Slow as hell and took out about 4 cars in one go, and I'm not even done watching!

Copy that for Ed Brown too... although Ed spends quite a bit of money.

**joeb** · 12 Jul 2011, 17:00 (Ref:2925682)

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Originally Posted by JHamilton

Do you know what kind of lap times Masood was running? The highlights package, which is all I watched, lead me to believe he was very slow.

Slow compared to the other LMP1's yes. But he was able to get through the GTE cars and a few LMPC's I believe, which is something. It was his first real multi class race with professionals, he did much better than some others have. I don't want to judge him based on one race, but he seems at least as good as the Lord was last season.

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