Awesome Race.......Speedsource Rocks!

 

WAS a great race! I caught it, channel-surfing and saw an RX8 in front of a Porsche. I actually heard words like these:

"The Porsche needs to close the gap before the front straight or the power of the rx8 will make it impossible to catch!"

 

Quick post, you beat me to it. That was awesome. An Rx8 beating a porshe, bmw, vette, gto, cobra, .. 2 straight times. Loved every second of it.

 

Haha that's the only circumstance you'll ever hear that being said!

I watched it with the thought ... hey, what if they repeat? Then my prayers were answered.

 

The Rx8 set up was going for straight line racing as aposed to the porsche going for cornering.

 

Can't wait till the next race....split format....so the GT and DP have seperate races....we might actually see some more of the GT race

 

...and yet the Porsche wasn't able to capitalize

:D

 

Yeah drives me nuts when they focus on the DP's...

THe only DP's I wanna see are in ****!

 

AWESOME!

I didn't get to watch but its just as satifying to hear about it!

Go Speedsource!!

 

Thats cause the lighter Mazda already brakes well and can afford to set up their cars a little different without sacrificing too much.

Lally is a fantastic driver and did an exceptional job keeping it tight. Also... glad it was a tight race so that the officials don't get any ideas of changing the rules quite yet. If it was another 22 second win that would have been BAD.

 

sweetness!

 

fantastic race!! It was nice to see the RX-8 pull on the Porsche.... exciting finish for sure. 2 in a row for Speedsource, well done boys!! Can't wait to see more of the GT race in April, due to the split format.

Great job!!

 

if anyone finds the video footage online please share. would love to watch it.

 

I can't believe you missed that race on speed. I hope this holds you over until you find it on-line or some one does post some footage of the race! http://youtube.com/watch?v=D5GwIbpPl0c

 

i still wish the car was a a real RX8 chassis like porsche runs a real 911 chassis... but hell, a wins a win and i was celebrating after watching the race

 

Anyone know if they are replaying the race like they did the first one? I missed it dammit!

 

Yeah that would be nice, i loved it when they had the camera inside the car and you could hear the engine and the shifting...it gave me shivvers!

I know i have heard this before..they are not running a renesis but are they running a 3 rotor or 4? Turboed? I saw the car at sevenstock and heard it then it was a beauty.

I also just happend to wear my SS9 shirt today with the 70 on the back..maybe good luck?

 

3 Rotor NA, I think. I cant find any reference anywhere though.

 

^Correct. 20b 2.0L NA

Not a real Renesis though. Can't remember exactly what they called it. It's posted somewhere.

 

I don't see what the big deal is. You can clearly see in the pics on Speedsource's page that the car uses the RX-8 unibody with extra bracing.

Is the 20b from a cosmo, or is it an augmented Renesis?

 

Speed source rocks! You should hear those 20b's at Daytona where they can put the hammer down. At this past Rolex 24, you knew when those RX-8 were coming, they were the only ones that sounded like indy cars! Pure Bliss!

 

Try this - not the complete race, but great footage from inside the 8:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y_M8IDjBb...elated&search=

And this one - the 8 tries to take the lead on the high-side and then gets the lead in the corners when the Porsche goes wide and off the track!:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=faXldpWlG...elated&search=

Enjoy!