Mid-Ohio Entries

[aeroehl]

The Mid-Ohio Entry list is up http://www.americanlemans.com/Events...try%20List.pdf


P1
1 Audi Sport North America Audi R10 TDI (Capello, Pirro)
2 Audi Sport North America Audi R10 TDI (Luhr, Werner)
06 Team Cytosport Lola B07/17 Judd (Graff, Pickett)*
12 Autocon Racing Creation CA07-002 Judd (McMurry, Wilman)
30 Intersport Racing Lola B06/10 E85 AER (Lewis, Faulkner)
37 Intersport Racing Lola B06/10 E85 AER (Berry, Field, Field)

P2
6 Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder EVO (Long, Maassen)
7 Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder EVO (Dumas, Bernhard)
8 BK Motorsports Lola B07/46 Mazda (Bonilla, Devlin)
9 Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-01b (Brabham, Sharp)
15 Fernandez Racing Acura ARX-01b (Fernandez, Diaz)
16 Dyson Racing Porsche RS Spyder EVO (Dyson, Smith)
20 Dyson Racing Porsche RS Spyder EVO (Leitzinger, Franchitti)
26 Andretti Green Racing Acura ARX-01b (Montagny, Andretti)
66 de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-01b (de Ferran, Pagenaud)

GT1
3 Corvette Racing Corvette C6R (O'Connell, Magnussen)
4 Corvette Racing Corvette C6R (Gavin, Beretta)
008 Bell Motorsports Aston Martin DBR9 (Ducote, Borcheller)

GT2
5 Vici Racing Porsche 911 997 RSR (Swartzbaugh, Stanton)
007 Drayson-Barwell Aston Martin Vantage E85 (Drayson, Cocker)
11 Primetime Race Group Dodge Viper CC (Feinberg, Hall)
18 Vici Racing Porsche 911 997 RSR (Pastorelli, Pastorelli, Carrapatoso)
21 Panoz Team PTG Panoz Esperante GT-LM (Milner, Sutherland)
40 Robertson Racing Ford GT-R (Robertson, Robertson, Murry)
44 Flying Lizards Motorsports Porsche 911 997 RSR (Law, Neiman)
45 Flying Lizards Motorsports Porsche 911 997 RSR (Bergmeister , Henzler)
46 Flying Lizards Motorsports Porsche 911 997 RSR (van Overbeek, Pilet)
48 Corsa Motorsports Ferrari F430 GT (Jeanette, Mowlem)
54 Black Swan Racing Ford GT-R (Pappas, Lazzaro)
61 Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 GT (Friesacher, Brix)
62 Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 GT (Melo, Salo)
71 Tafel Racing Ferrari F430 GT (Farnbacher, Muller)
73 Tafel Racing Ferrari F430 GT (Tafel, Figge)
87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche 911 997 RSR (Werner, Westbrook)

*Not on entry list but confirmed they would be there

P1: 6
P2: 9
GT1: 3
GT2: 16
Totals: 34

[mattcat]

Nice!

[SMM]

Has Cytosport confirmed they will be at Mid-Ohio? This article- http://www.trackbytes.com/feature-ne...ul-return.html -says Cytosport aims to be on the grid from Mid-Ohio onwards.

[supermario21]

I hope Cytosport will be there, who doesn't love the scream of the Judd V10 (yes the GV4 may have been better). Anyways, interesting to see that van der Steur isn't on the list (where have they gone???) and Autocon with the new CA07, which will be nice.

[SALEEN S7R]

Finally a decent looking grid for a regular ALMS round. Anyone know if the race is going to be on live on Motors TV?

[supermario21]

Nope. Tape delay NBC Sunday the 20th and 2PM ET and Motors TV at 6PM on the 20th (I think thats BST not CET)

[cmk]

Alas, a whole lot of depth has not been added to the field, but the quality has always been there for the ALMS, and hopefully by the end of the year the count will top 35 and the car count whiners can be muzzled a bit.

[Bob Riebe]

People who whine about people who are not pleased with the low number of cars--greatly remind me of a certain knight from a Monty Python movie.

[The Badger]

Was that the Knights of "Nih" then Bob , or the one who got his head bitten off by a white rabid prehistoric man eating flying bunny ?

[Jonerz]

Originally Posted by Bob Riebe

People who whine about people who are not pleased with the low number of cars--greatly remind me of a certain knight from a Monty Python movie.

Funny, I find that people who complain about car count do the same for me.

Chris

[cmk]

Originally Posted by Jonerz

Funny, I find that people who complain about car count do the same for me.

Chris

Touche.

If it makes me a reactionary rather than a revolutionary, so be it. I guess Lenin will be disappointed with me.

[Bob Riebe]

Originally Posted by Jonerz

Funny, I find that people who complain about car count do the same for me.

Chris

One big difference, those who do not like the car count, say it IS BAD, and cannot really get worse.

Those who whine that they say it is bad, are sitting there like the knight with no arms or legs shouting-- I've had worse!

The former has high expectations- the latter had very, very, very LOW expectations.

[Jonerz]

I suppose you're right. Touche sir. But I just get so fed up with people who complain about the low car count because it is irrelevant when it comes to the actual racing. Sure, 55 cars of ALMS quality would be awesome but 25 cars of ALMS quality is also awesome. I tend to find we're more positive in that aspect, we see the fantastic racing that the series provides and are thankful for it. We see those going on about how the poor car count sucks and react thinking that they're belittling the series for all the wrong reasons (i.e. number of cars plays no real role in quality of racing). Not to play into your hands, but 17 would be a problem, 25 is only a flesh wound.

Chris

[cmk]

Filling up the field with entries below the level necessary to be competitive actually harms the series more than hurts. Some of the tracks are fairly congested with 25 cars and having too many hacks out of their league getting lapped is like a random risk generator that throws a spanner into the efforts of those actually prepared to race for wins. I would like 35+ cars but I remember what that was like at a place like Mosport when there were 10+ that should not have been there...

[Bob Riebe]

Originally Posted by cmk

Filling up the field with entries below the level necessary to be competitive actually harms the series more than hurts. Some of the tracks are fairly congested with 25 cars and having too many hacks out of their league getting lapped is like a random risk generator that throws a spanner into the efforts of those actually prepared to race for wins. I would like 35+ cars but I remember what that was like at a place like Mosport when there were 10+ that should not have been there...

In that case all but six cars should go home, if even that many.

They are supposed to be professionals, if traffic is a problem now then they are hack amateurs.

[Zurbert82]

*cough* Robertson *cough*

There are however exceptions to the rule. Teams like Autocon are known for being well off the pace, but they generally stay out of the way.

[cmk]

Originally Posted by Bob Riebe

In that case all but six cars should go home, if even that many.

They are supposed to be professionals, if traffic is a problem now then they are hack amateurs.

Are you kidding? 6 cars? Anyone who watches the ALMS knows this is rubbish. Add another 10+ and you're more on the ball, all 4 classes included. Really there are 10 protos driven nearly all-pro and fielded by top squads.

[Bob Riebe]

Originally Posted by cmk

Are you kidding? 6 cars? Anyone who watches the ALMS knows this is rubbish. Add another 10+ and you're more on the ball, all 4 classes included. Really there are 10 protos driven nearly all-pro and fielded by top squads.

The Audi, Penske Porsche, are the only cars that do not get in the way of each other.
IF passing slow cars is problem then getting rid of the GT1 and GT2 classes also makes sense.

Slower cars getting in the way is a/the problem. The same cars over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over again is what those who take issue with the car count have a problem with.

[908-HDI]

Originally Posted by cmk

Are you kidding? 6 cars? Anyone who watches the ALMS knows this is rubbish. Add another 10+ and you're more on the ball, all 4 classes included. Really there are 10 protos driven nearly all-pro and fielded by top squads.

I assume you're referring to the P1-class, which is in reality only 2 cars racing - both are Audis. The other P1 petrol cars are there merely to provide something for the P2 cars to lap. So the only real racing in P1 is between the petrol cars fighting for that final podium place.

[cmk]

The one thing I explicitly did not refer to was P1. '4 classes' refers, shockingly, to 4 classes, and 'protos' refers to prototype cars of any class. There are 2 Audis, 2 Penskes (yes, Bob, the best of the best for sure), 4 Acuras and 2 Dyson Porsches. The last 2 can be debated, I concede, but note their Sebring performance. 10 protos. Not all keep their noses sufficiently clean, but none of them are Richard Berry either. That's what I'm afraid of being used to make the car count 'suitable'.

Bob, I presume you ignore the GT classes. Corvette may not have competition, but you best believe they are a top operation with great pilots. In GT2, yes, there's a bit of rubbing as racing, but I don't think they should be discounted, though I guess for the lover of the big and flashy they could be considered timid. Great scrapping, though, and the squads of #45 and #71 great pairings, among others.

[Jonerz]

Bob are you serious? Six cars?! Give me a break, yes traffic is important but competent Prototype drivers passing competent GT2 drivers is what should be expected of a series that dare I say it is working it's way towards F1 caliber. Leave the amateur drivers in series more geared towards the amateur!

Chris

[908-HDI]

Originally Posted by Jonerz

Bob are you serious? Six cars?! Give me a break, yes traffic is important but competent Prototype drivers passing competent GT2 drivers is what should be expected of a series that dare I say it is working it's way towards F1 caliber. Leave the amateur drivers in series more geared towards the amateur!

Chris

Am I the only one who sensed Bob's sarcasm in that "6 cars" comment?



IMO the only car that really shouldn't be there is that lone Dodge Viper in the GT2-class. That car (or maybe the drivers or combination of everything) was so pathetically pedestrian that it borders on being a dangerous pylon for all other cars to contend with.

[Jonerz]

Yeah, I detected it. But a majority of the grid is worthy of it's place in the ALMS so it got me in all the wrong places.

Chris

[Purist]

Especially when they get around to putting ~35 cars around Belle Isle come Labor Day Saturday.

And yes, except perhaps for a couple of the GT2 cars, I don't have any problem with any of the cars/drivers on the grid, though we will have to see how the Intersport #30 goes come Mid Ohio.

[Jonerz]

I agree purist. Thirty five professional teams around Belle Isle, or most street courses is gonna be hard, perhaps qualifying for the grid based on time is coming to ALMS? Let's get back to Mid-0.

Chris