Racer Rick

Great drawings! where did you get 'em?

Renesis_8

Riley, the constructor of the chassis
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rotary crazy

Guys go check all the rule changes Gran Am did, we got the weight back to 2200 lbs!! But most cars in prep 2 got wider tires 305 front and back!!!

mikeyfuzz

But it says 2288 lbs if it has a Transaxle. I dont work on cars, but isnt that a transaxle on the previous page?

Renesis_8

hey RC, did they ever change the rules to 2250lbs?
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rotary crazy

The dp transaxle is a fully sequential, you can used the stock one or this one, since our stock trans cant work for this aplication we have to use the DP trans

yes, we where at 2,338 with the DP trans now we get 50 lbs back, but if you check the rules they put wider tires on all preb 2 cars except the rx-8 so the effect of the 50 lbs less may not be felt as all other cars will be faster for 2008

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48 Team Spencer Motorsports Richard Grupp, Decatur, GA
Gary Drummond, Columbus, NC
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Mazda RX-8 Trench Shoring Services

For Jan. Test days
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Gish

Does anybody have footage of the (old) #70 car crash?

Renesis_8

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/01/e...ries/#comments

Looks like Nissan might wanna join with the GTR. I don't know how that is gonna work out. Don't they need to convert it to RWD and seriously detune the engine? After all the trouble, it might not be competitive. I have a feeling the GTR chassis is good enough for a Prep1 car tho.

I'll be fun seeing the RX-8 mixing it up with the GTR. I don't mind seeing more competition!
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Groundrush

This is the only video I've seen posted online so far. During the actual airing, there was quite a bit of "aftermath" footage, which is not included here, but you can definitely see how serious an impact the accident was. Nick was lucky to come out unscathed.

Painful to watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YQWbCarAFE

EDIT: As a tribute to this car, I have to include this...what I feel is it's finest moment...pwning a Porsche:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faXldpWlGtg

stickmantijuana

hello, what are the specifics for the wheel size & width you guys use? and the tire sizes for the widebody rx8.

Renesis_8

305 rear, 285 front
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rotary crazy

They can make it work, a prep 2 car would be easyer to get there

I would love to see this car in Gran Am

Renesis_8

30 Racers Edge Motorsports Ken Dobson, Sonoma, CA
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Bob Michaelian, Seal Beach, CA
Jim Michaelian, Long Beach, CA
Mazda RX-8 Guardian Edge Technologies

Racers Edge is listed for Jan test.

6 RX-8s and a )@Q*%#-ing lot of GT3!


Farnbaaga and TRG are both fielding SEVEN porsches.

I hope they all break down , it'll take a very capable crew to take care of 7 cars for 24hours straight.
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Renesis_8

Red RX-8
http://www.racersedgemotorsports.com/Racersedge.jpeg

They ditched the GXP.R for the RX-8 after just 1 year.
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Riley Technologies Hosts Two-Day Test at Daytona for Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Machines

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (December 11, 2007) -- Riley Technologies has enjoyed a successful run throughout the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 history, and the reason for that success comes from the reliability and speed of each car the Mooresville, N.C. company builds. That speed and reliability stems from the time and attention that each Riley team gets from the factory, including the testing available at Daytona International Speedway during the past two days.

Ten Riley-built machines that will be competing in the 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series turned laps, including seven Riley Daytona Prototypes - the No. 91 Riley-Matthews Motorsports machine, two SAMAX prototypes, and prototypes from RVO Motorsports, Southard Motorsports, AIM Autosport, and TELMEX Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates Racing. GT machines on hand include the No. 90 Automatic BMW M6, the Hyper Sport Racing Mazda RX-8 and a Mazda RX-8 from Racers Edge Motorsports.

"We have a lot of great teams and everyone runs hard and works together," said Riley Technologies head Bill Riley. "We're looking forward to coming back this January with the new body."

Next season marks the debut of the new bodywork for all Daytona Prototype constructors, but the old configurations remain eligible to race. Because of this, the Rolex 24 At Daytona will see a mix and match of Riley bodies.

"Probably about a third to half of the teams will be running the new body work," Riley said. "We're going to test in the tunnels for the first time next week, so at that point we'll have a better idea of where we are."

The team also announced that GM factory racer Johnny O'Connell will run the Rolex 24 in the No. 91 Riley-Matthews Motorsports Pontiac Riley with co-drivers Marc Goossens, Jim Matthews and Ryan Hunter-Reay. O'Connell captured the overall victory in the race in 2001.

"We're really excited about adding Johnny to our line-up for the 24," Riley said. "He knows what it takes to win this race and even though he had never run in a Daytona Prototype before Monday, he was quick right out of pit box here in testing. Jim, Marc, and Ryan work really well together and obviously are a fast combination, so Johnny is going to fit right in."

Yesterday's test was the first time O'Connell had ever driven a Daytona Prototype.

"It's interesting, because when you're running in the GT category you have the impression that these guys can do anything with these cars, and yet you're in a race and get run into and all that kind of stuff," O'Connell said. "But now having driven one, I can see that you're working hard, and those guys - there might be reasons why you're running too fast because they're not as nimble as the GT guys I think presume. You are right on the edge."

Chip Ganassi Racing Assembles Talented Driving Teams

While TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates has been among the handful of teams participating in a two-day Riley test at Daytona International Speedway, the team - which has won the past two Rolex 24s - also finalized its driver lineups for the 46th anniversary of the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Behind the wheel of the No. 01 TELMEX/Target Daytona Prototype will be Juan Pablo Montoya, Dario Franchitti, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas. Driving the No. 02 Target/TELMEX Daytona Prototype will Scott Dixon, Dan Wheldon, Salvador Duran and Alex Lloyd.

When tallying the championships on the roster, Chip Ganassi Racing's driving teams are represented by three Indy 500 champions (Montoya-2000, Wheldon-2005 and Franchitti-2007), five open-wheel championships (Montoya-1999, Dixon-2003, Wheldon-2005, Lloyd-2007 and Franchitti-2007), two Daytona Prototype championships (Pruett-2004 and 2006) and five former Rolex 24 winners.

Pruett, who along with Rojas wrapped up a two-day test on Tuesday at DIS, is thrilled with the driving rosters put together by owner Chip Ganassi for the Rolex 24.

"(Chip's) stable is just full of a lot of talent on the NASCAR side, on the IRL side, on the Grand-Am side," said Pruett during the lunch break on Tuesday. "For us coming here with this commitment and this organization is going to be nothing less than stellar. We're going to go for the win."

Pruett and Rojas spent Monday and Tuesday at "The World Center of Racing" fine tuning their Lexus Riley after struggling during the Grand-Am November Test Days at DIS. Despite having their day cut short Tuesday after Rojas ran off course in the chicane causing front end damage, Pruett was happy about the team's progress as the prestigious sports car race approaches.

"We had a lot of problems at the earlier test," Pruett said. "We just didn't get much track time at all. In fact, we only got about a half of a day running. We opted to come back here and it's been very valuable learning a lot about what the car wants with the new Pirelli tires."

"We're in full race trim. We've got everything in the car that we'll need for the race. We're simulating like we're coming here racing and we're pleased with how fast we are."

Actor Patrick Dempsey Makes House Call On DIS

The Rolex 24 At Daytona is attracting racing stars from across the world to compete in the twice-round-the-clock sports car challenge. But the kickoff event to the international motorsports calendar is also attracting actor Patrick Dempsey, the star of the hit ABC show "Grey's Anatomy."

Dempsey prepared for the Rolex 24 by shaking down the No. 40 Hyper Sport SoBe Mazda RX-8 with co-drivers Charles Espenlaub and Joe Foster in preparation for his first career Rolex 24 start.

"It's really good to have some time to test properly without the pressure of a race day," Dempsey said during the lunch break. "I can go and get some feedback from the data and really start to improve specific sections of the track where I'm losing time. That's really important when I'm driving with Joe and Charles, to kind of keep on their pace or get as close to it as possible and then just be consistent. I'm really happy to have a day where we're relaxed and going about it properly and not trying to play catch up constantly."

Hyper Sport, one of the top teams in the KONI Challenge Series, is making the move to the Rolex Series in 2008. In between television and film shoots, Dempsey has run five KONI Challenge Series races for Hyper Sport in each of the past two years and posted a career best sixth-place finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the spring of 2007.

At Daytona, Dempsey has one lone start in the 2006 Fresh From Florida 200 KONI Challenge Series race, finishing 30th in the Grand Sport class and 32nd overall in the 83-car field.

With television production being halted due to the Writer's Guild of America strike, Dempsey is finding plenty of time to properly prepare for the grueling Rolex 24.

"It's real quiet right now - the writer's strike - so it's giving me a great opportunity to go racing," Dempsey said. "It's really good because I've worked like three-and-a-half years straight there without a break. I've finally had the last five weeks off so I could start to do some training for this and get ready.

"We get to test here and then we will come back in January and then we will be ready for the race. If I can get some more testing in where it's really low key like this it makes a big difference for me. It takes the pressure off. I can go out, I can push the car a lot more and I can make a mistake and it's OK."

Shane Lewis Excited To Get Back Behind The Wheel

Shane Lewis spent the past two days behind the wheel of the No. 3 Southard Motorsports TrueChoice Lexus Riley for the first time since the 2007 season finale at Miller Motorsports Park, where the team finished fourth.

The Southard Motorsports Team missed the Pirelli test in November, so this was the first time the Columbus, Ohio-based team had the chance to run the new Pirelli P-Zero tire. The results were a bit of a shock for the team.

"Today's the first time we've been on the Pirellis, really," said Lewis. "Even though we had the first day, we didn't anticipate the straight line speed that we would be running, and didn't have the proper gears. In fact, that's probably what we missed most from the prior test is just not getting the information, so we're learning a lot today. We're throwing everything we can at it so that when we come back for the official Rolex 24 test we'll be a little bit further along."

Southard Motorsports has yet to announce their Rolex 24 lineup or who will be the regular in the car with Lewis next season, but that hasn't dampened the team's enthusiasm for the upcoming season.

"We want to build on our finishing position from the last couple of races," Lewis said. "We did really well at Miller, not because everyone else had issues but because we did well and that's what we want to build on for Daytona."

RVO Wants to Make "Considerable Progress," Gains Experience at Test

RVO Motorsports and the team's No. 12 Rock Valley Oil Pontiac Riley wants to be a team making "considerable progress," according to one of the team's drivers, Justin Bell.

Bell, one of the team's regulars in 2007, was one of four drivers testing the car during this week's test, joining fellow team regular Roger Schramm. NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series veteran Bill Lester and Champ Car World Series participant Tonis Kasemets also lapped the track.

"For us, we're a team that is coming into 2008 wanting to make considerable progress in our performance," Bell said. "We've put a lot of effort, time and resources into making the car better. Having Bill going into the season and working with Tonis has been really good. The gap is as close as we've ever had it to the front-running cars. When you're entering into a 24-hour race, you don't want the gap to be too big.

"This is a new team to this type of racing," Bell continued. "The top running teams didn't do what they do overnight; it's an evolution. We've had a lot of catching up to do. We were realistic about our goals, but now we're more ambitious about our goals."

Bell said the quartet is expected to make up the complete Rolex 24 At Daytona driver lineup, but said everything has yet to be finalized. However, all four drivers campaigned the car during the test, and Bell said the car, team and drivers have been gaining an incredible amount of experience.

Bell said the team plans to contest the majority of the 2008 schedule.

"This team doesn't want to do it just to show up," Bell said. "We want to run in the top 10. So our goals will definitely be to move ourselves into the top 10, then the top six and take it from there."

AIM Autosport Looking Forward to Stepping Up in 2008

Mark Wilkins made it apparent AIM Autosport is shooting for loftier goals in 2008.

"We want to win races," Wilkins said. "We want to be up and running with these guys, and we really think we have a shot to do that. Last year, we had some strong results - our fifth at the Rolex was really good, and we had some strong runs at the end of the year. We're confident that we had a good enough package to be right up at the front and challenge for wins."

Two reasons why he feels AIM will contest for those victories includes consistency in the driver seat and a new Ford power plant. Last season, Wilkins teamed with both Brian and Burt Frisselle, with each of the brothers rotated from race-to-race. This season, Brian Frisselle will take over the other fulltime driving role.

"That was one of the things that we seriously considered during the offseason - was making sure we would be as consistent as possible," Wilkins said, "so definitely that's going to be an attribute that will be a strong point for us throughout the season."

Several team members, who have competed in many levels of auto racing, also have a history with Ford, and the change has already proven successful.

"It's been a good change," Wilkins said. "It's great to be working with Ford for this year. There are a few guys on the team that have been working with Ford for awhile, so we felt like this was the right move. Lexus was great last year, but we're just trying to learn and do different things. Over the last few days, the engine has been great. Ford has given us a great motor. We've been running strong the whole time, and we've got a good setup."

To start off the season, Wilkins and Frisselle will need a boost from their co-drivers, which have yet to be announced. Team owner Ian Willis wasn't ready to confirm any ongoing rumors, but said the team had enough of a selection of drivers to improve its fifth-place finish in last year's affair.

Racers Edge Makes Move to Mazda RX-8 For 2007

Racers Edge Motorsports showed promising in 2007 in a Pontiac GXP, and the team hopes to continue that with the acquisition of a Mazda RX-8 for the 2008 season.

Making its first on-track appearance Monday, Racers Edge Motorsports Team Owner Jon Mirachi was pleased with the car's performance, saying the pace was up thanks to drivers Robert Thorn and Drew Staveley.

The team did not practice Tuesday morning, instead using the time to prep the car for the afternoon session. However, Mirachi was enthusiastic about what the car had already done and what he thought would happen Tuesday afternoon.

"We started off initially getting our two drivers, who had never been in the car, familiar with it, and they reached that by midday," Mirachi said. "We tried some different developmental things on the car in the afternoon, and that seemed to really give us some improvements. We went down a path that seemed to work fairly well, and we kind of maxed out there. Then we went down another path and started making some gains. We got very far, and we're very happy with the pace at this point."

Thorn's deal had not been finalized as of early Tuesday afternoon, but Mirachi said if and when the deal is secure, Thorn will join Ken Dobson and Jim and Bob Michaelian for the Rolex 24. He said he hopes to have Staveley in the car sometime during the 2008 season.

Pending funding, Mirachi also said the team may campaign a second Mazda RX-8 during the 2008 season.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH8vIkloWU8

Hypersport #40 short video.
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Thanks for the article RENESIS 8!!

chiketkd

iTrader: (5)

Roughly how much power do the RX-8's in the Grand-Am Rolex Series make? I followed the races the entire '07 season, and found it interesting that the SpeedSource RX-8 could pull away from the V8 GXP.R and Porsche 911's on the long straights.

I realize aerodynamics plays a big roll, but those SpeedSource Rx-8's looked like they were making some serious power!

Renesis_8

We have great topend, I believe I read that the peak hp is pretty close if not more than the Porsches, probably more. But we lack torque, from the races and videos I saw, even with the very light weight, the other cars would catch up to us in the turns, more specifically out of turns, where all that great torque of V8s do wonders. Not only that, we get less tires, 285/295 compared to 305/305

Its also a momentum car, so the drivers can't make any errors.

But the good news is that it is definitely capable of podium finishes, the many new teams onboard this year explains it.

Its a more reliable car as well. If I was rooting for the porsches, engine failures would be in my head all races long, especially for 24hours of Rolex, you know those engines are pushed to extremes.

Never had to worry about that for the RX-8

btw, no pettit racing for the 24?
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id just like to take this opportunity to point out, again, that it was my idea for SOBE to sponsor an RX-8 and they should be ashamed for not including me in their funding.

/soapbox

chiketkd

iTrader: (5)

Any ballpark of what that figure might be? 350hp...400hp...450hp?

Do the SpeedSource cars use a 3 rotor set-up or force induction? Or is it just a modified n/a version of the production 2 rotor Renesis 13B?

Renesis_8

Haha, we'll remember you zoom44 when we see the SOBE RX-8 beating the porsches next month =) Shoot them an email haha, they might get you an autograph of Patrick Dempsey.



The Speedsource and other RX-8s all use NA Peripheral ports 20B with 9.7comp rotors, no rx8 parts in it except for the side mirror (seriously!)

It should be 420hp+, its in this thread somewhere.
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chiketkd

iTrader: (5)

Thanks! No wonder those cars fly - 420+hp in a 2,300lb chassis would deliver some serious performance. I guess that also explains why Grand Am allows the RX-8 to have a larger gas tank than any other car in its class - those 3 rotor 20B's must drink fuel like a champ!

Any guesstimate to the kind of tq a n/a 3 rotor 20B might put out?

P.S. I'm assuming the 420hp+ guesstimate is at the crank?

lesper4

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not to change the subject but i cant wait for the season to start and i can hear that rotary scream by on the straight aways. Isnt the Speed channel going to air the first race of the season?