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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 12:56 AM
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Offical Grand-Am GT RX-8 Thread

Second practice for the 1000k event

20 07 GT Edwards/ Collins/ Pilgrim Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R 2:55.778 91.875
21 85 GT Farnbacher/ Keen/ Baas Farnbacher Loles Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 2:55.837 91.844

22 03 GT Holtom/ Curran/ Wilden Georgian Bay Motorsports Corvette 2:56.526 91.486

23 70 GT Haskell/ Tremblay/ Ham SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 2:57.158 91.159

24 65 GT Smith/ DiLeo/ Sellers TRG Porsche GT3 Cup 2:57.695 90.884

25 30 GT Staveley/ Nearn/ Dobson/ Riley Racers Edge Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R 2:57.956 90.751

26 87 GT Miller/ Werner/ Henzler Farnbacher Loles Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 2:57.966 90.745

27 06 GT Reese/ Lewis Jr/ O'Connell Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R 2:58.486 90.481

28 42 GT Sahlen/ Nonnamaker/ Nonnamaker Team Sahlen Corvette 2:58.986 90.228

29 40 GT Foster/ Espenlaub/ Dempsey Hyper Sport Mazda RX-8 2:59.286 90.077

30 69 GT Assentato/ Longhi/ Segal SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 2:59.367 90.037


Hypersport is getting right up there with Speedsource!!!





You can see the Green and Black Hypersport RX-8 in the background!!
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 01:26 AM
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It is good to see another team to begin the chase. The only other RX8s to compete were at the Daytona 24Hrs.
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 09:17 AM
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nice, that should be a sweet series to watch
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 09:23 AM
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nice pics
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 09:28 AM
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Are the races televised? I would want to TIVO them.
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by MazdaJeff
Are the races televised? I would want to TIVO them.
Of course! They are on the SPEED Channel if you get it up in Canada
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 02:43 PM
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aw man, i hate losing my dvr

when are these races televised?
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 02:56 PM
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for those that havent seeing this races, they rae the most exciting race series on tv right now, most races are decided by fractions of a second and are long duration races

qualifying is on right know, you can check it out here:

http://www.livetiming.net/Rolex/Livetiming.asp
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 03:17 PM
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qualifying is over we got: 2nd, 4th and 8th

all 3 in the top 10!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 03:32 PM
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some more pics
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 03:55 PM
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is it obvious to assume the sobe rx8 has a 3 rotor as well? kinda dumb q i guess.....
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 04:00 PM
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it is the same car, built by speedsource
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 04:10 PM
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sweet! 20B FTW!
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by rotary crazy
it is the same car, built by speedsource
there are some differences between the #69 and #70 cars (at least the pictures make it seem that way) so I'd imagine the cars are not completely identical, just -very- similar~

GO SPEEDSOURCE!
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 06:01 PM
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that reminds me, isnt rolex series on this weekend?
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by secret8gent
there are some differences between the #69 and #70 cars (at least the pictures make it seem that way) so I'd imagine the cars are not completely identical, just -very- similar~

GO SPEEDSOURCE!
yes, you are right, the 69 is an evolution of the 70, it is lightter and better balance, we should asume that some changes where made to the 40, this cars are never exactly the same.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 12:09 PM
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#70 in heavy crash on lap 2

the car is in pieces!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 12:10 PM
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^Heavy Crash.. um no.. try Devistating Crash.
Seen the replay twice already, and that SS 8 just flipped and rolled
Ham is ok they are saying but omgf.. my jaw dropped when I seen the footage.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 12:16 PM
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omfg, stupid stupid DP!!! man i hope Nick Ham is okay

this is a long race and to end it this early is very sad... they do have a chance of winning it. man..... devastating.

SS has a few months to build a entirely new car i guess, with lower weight and better balance....... but man this is SAD!
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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That DP driver needs to be thrown out of the series...absolute stupidity...he could have KILLED Nick Ham.

Still, congrats to Speedsource...its been a great year...too bad that some jackass DP driver had to end the season this way.

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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 12:24 PM
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They said that driver has been told to go see the big man (forget his name) and the announcers said that he is gonna get a stern talking to. I sure hope so, I'd imagine that these guys have spotters to help them out and whatnot, what with the amount of dust covering the guys windows you'd think he'd want some help to make sure something like this wouldnt happen. Rookie mistake and its shown in spades.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 12:25 PM
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on the other hand, the #40 is doing quite well at 5th place. their first ever race in the brand new RX-8.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 12:29 PM
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RIP #70 car

Thank god Nick is ok, that crash was one of the worst I've ever scene in this series. That other driving is ******* idiot. Can Nick jump in the #69 car and run?

I touched that car a year ago at Sevenstock, this makes me want to cry.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 12:32 PM
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RIP #70 car

Thank god Nick is ok, that crash was one of the worst I've ever scene in this series. That other driving is ******* idiot. Can Nick jump in the #69 car and run?

I touched that car a year ago at Sevenstock, this makes me want to cry.
same, i just got home from mowing the mother in law yawn. got home just in time to see the first lap. Then next thing i see Nick is flying in the air. glad he is doing ok. nick and his co pilot are awesome drivers. hate to see him out of the race in the first lap
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 12:36 PM
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RIP #70 car
can they even keep anything from that car after a crash like this?! It was travelling down fast(100mph?) the straight and hit the almost stationary DP...
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