Ugh Bourdais I think it is safe to assume it was probably his fault

 

no doubt to that. you guys need to join in chat on

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/turner-motorsport-live

and watch the live feed

 

weee hours of the night and mazda has 4 extremely solid cars pumping along in 5th, 6th, 8th, and 9th. two porshes and two camaros in front of them one porshe inbetween them and plenty of racing for some changes


go mazda.

5 mazdas still running 2 mazdas not running

 

they're running well, but it doesnt seem like they have a chance to get P1
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Kyra18

 

This chat is awesome. Go Mazda!
9 57 GT 1 add driver Andrew Davis 432 25 LAPS 6 LAPS 3:34.785 59.669 1:50.761 115.708 311 0 Stevenson Motorsports
Camaro GT.R
10 71 GT 2 add driver Spencer Pumpelly 431 26 LAPS 1 LAP 3:29.616 61.140 1:50.519 115.961 392 0 TRG
Porsche GT3
11 67 GT 3 add driver Seth Neiman 429 28 LAPS 2 LAPS 3:31.662 60.549 1:50.939 115.522 416 0 TRG/ Flying Lizard Motorsports
Porsche GT3
12 69 GT 4 add driver Emil Assentato 427 30 LAPS 2 LAPS 3:30.035 61.018 1:50.989 115.470 214 0 SpeedSource
Mazda RX-8
13 70 GT 5 add driver Jonathan Bomarito 427 30 LAPS 11.051 2:09.261 99.148 1:50.850 115.615 240 0 SpeedSource
Mazda RX-8

 

Back awake and back on the couch waiting for Speed to come back on. Glad to see there isn't any horribly sinking news this morning, though they obviously need to get back up there.

 

69 and 70 are both on the same lap as the Porsche in 3rd place. #70 is steadily slicing down the time difference to the 67 Porsche.


...and 70 into 3rd! Guessing a pit there, but still.

 

Camero in 2nd in the garage with 5th gear failure, doesn't look good for them. Discussing going back out with only 4th as their high speed gear.

 

70 into 2nd as a result, 4 laps down to 1st.

 

Pit cycle done, Tremblay and Assentato in, 3rd and 4th respectively, 1 lap down to 2nd.

I haven't seen a lap under 1:52 from Pumpelly in the leading Porsche, both Speedsource 8s are consistently faster than that in the 1:51s, a few 1:50s. Looking good.

 

70 is 2.7 seconds behind 2nd. Caution helped them close up, but must have split the 70 and 69, since the 69 is solidly a lap down to 2nd and 3rd

 

69 on fire around header. still lapping at the moment

 

engine off tune, smoke in the cockpit, back on pit road... saying it's oil overflow from re-filling.

 

69 still on pits, smoke out of the tail pipes, saying might be engine failure.

 

Sigh.

69 out. Water out of tail pipes when they started it back up. Pushing it back and packing up.


Dang it.

70 has our hopes now.

 

#69 down for the count,,,,


Someone get all the damn debris off the track,,,

 

2 cars with blown tires due to carbon fiber debris, one of them the #70.

 

Wow the real time X-Ray device for the proper fitment of the HANS is awesome,,,

 

Okay, I'm back!!

 

Lead car has issues with hydraulics to lift the car for tire changes. Next time they pit they may need 4 tires and the #70 car should be able to make up some more ground. 4 laps down with 6 hours to go.

 

I Heard that too...

 

#70 just turned in its fastest lap for the race and is over 2 seconds faster then the #71.

 

What happened to 70 he's done

 

Nothing? 70 is still out there doing good. Keeps hovering on getting on the same lap as P2.

69 is out, engine failure.

 

71 GT leader is out of fuel. Completely dead, on the back stretch, still half a lap to get back to pits.