'07 Rolex Daytona 24hr Test Results
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Yar Limerock... Just gotta go to their site and double check the date so I can take the entire weekend off. Its like a 2hour drive for me . Gonna see 'bout possibly forming a meet of some sort yanno to show our support for SS and the other Rx-8's there. 
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Originally Posted by bern
guys, I just want to say that it was an awesome event. I want to thank Mazda and SpeedSource for hosting RN.COM for the 24. I hope you enjoyed a little insight from the pits. Look for a whole lot of pics and write-up at RN.COM.
Sylvain and Dave H. want to thank each and everyone of you RX-8/Rotary enthusiast who followed the race and supported them. Sylvain said we are a small community and we need stick together.
Check out the Grand-Am calendar and try to catch the SS team at a track near you... believe me, you'll never forget sound of that 20B!
-Bern
Sylvain and Dave H. want to thank each and everyone of you RX-8/Rotary enthusiast who followed the race and supported them. Sylvain said we are a small community and we need stick together.
Check out the Grand-Am calendar and try to catch the SS team at a track near you... believe me, you'll never forget sound of that 20B!
-Bern
What a terrific event!! For me this was a great success to have the two SS cars finish in the top ten. Gotta give credit to Banner Engineering for putting two new cars in the top 10 too. I'm not a pontiac fan by any stretch but they did a good job.
I'll be at Laguna Seca and Infineon later this season to cheer them on. I'm wondering how much more aggresively they'll be able to tune/map the cars in the shorter races??
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Originally Posted by Clavius
Great race.. just wish they shown more Gt class coverage.
Oh and the announcers just said on Speed "..now all those drivers those high profile drivers that is that we've been covering all day long are going back to their respective fields, but for everyone else its on to looking ahead to the next race.."
like come on.. they pretty much just implied "Hey nothing else to see here unless your bored.." But then again hopefully the next race(s) they'll focus on the Gt class more.
Oh and the announcers just said on Speed "..now all those drivers those high profile drivers that is that we've been covering all day long are going back to their respective fields, but for everyone else its on to looking ahead to the next race.."
like come on.. they pretty much just implied "Hey nothing else to see here unless your bored.." But then again hopefully the next race(s) they'll focus on the Gt class more.
interesting point....
are the gt cars required to run the same ecu? i know the gtp cars are required to run the same motech ecu.
beers
are the gt cars required to run the same ecu? i know the gtp cars are required to run the same motech ecu.
beers
Originally Posted by Senna
Thanks for the feedback from the pit/event. Interestingly even when they (speedtv) weren't covering SS or the GT class you could easily hear when the SS cars went by.
What a terrific event!! For me this was a great success to have the two SS cars finish in the top ten. Gotta give credit to Banner Engineering for putting two new cars in the top 10 too. I'm not a pontiac fan by any stretch but they did a good job.
I'll be at Laguna Seca and Infineon later this season to cheer them on. I'm wondering how much more aggresively they'll be able to tune/map the cars in the shorter races??
What a terrific event!! For me this was a great success to have the two SS cars finish in the top ten. Gotta give credit to Banner Engineering for putting two new cars in the top 10 too. I'm not a pontiac fan by any stretch but they did a good job.
I'll be at Laguna Seca and Infineon later this season to cheer them on. I'm wondering how much more aggresively they'll be able to tune/map the cars in the shorter races??
Originally Posted by Senna
Yeah, there was also a comment early in the race about how the race to follow at Daytona next month would "dwarf" this event. Way to show respect.
but i think the nascar stars in the show will ruin it before to long...
beers
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Originally Posted by legokcen
Here's another one. Several cars go by. The base sounds are the DP cars, then the RX-8 goes by. It's hard to describe some of the DP cars. My only thought is being in a huge cathedral with a HUGE pipe organ and hitting a big base note. Listen.
The 3rotor is much more disctinctinve. If this doesn't work, or I need to change anything, please let me know.
The 3rotor is much more disctinctinve. If this doesn't work, or I need to change anything, please let me know.
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Originally Posted by swoope
interesting point....
are the gt cars required to run the same ecu? i know the gtp cars are required to run the same motech ecu.
beers
are the gt cars required to run the same ecu? i know the gtp cars are required to run the same motech ecu.
beers
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Yeah same here, but they could run into fuel trouble if they run with more power... the porsches are both faster and consumes less fuel.
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Originally Posted by swoope
interesting point....
are the gt cars required to run the same ecu? i know the gtp cars are required to run the same motech ecu.
beers
are the gt cars required to run the same ecu? i know the gtp cars are required to run the same motech ecu.
beers
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Some small video clips
Some small vid clips for you all... excuse the quality as these were shot with my crappy digi-camera
Very nice 20B sound / crappy video
#69 at night...
#70 at night...
70 at the flag
69 at the flag
Enjoy,
-Bern
Very nice 20B sound / crappy video
#69 at night...
#70 at night...
70 at the flag
69 at the flag
Enjoy,
-Bern
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The 3 and 4 rotor engines have always been some of the coolest sounds you could ever hear at a race. It's nice that some new people got to hear a 3 rotor at fill tilt. Too bad I won't hear one again at the next races that I will get to see.
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do i hear "awwwwwwww" when the #70 passed the finish line? man the pontiac passed us just a little before finishing.
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Originally Posted by Senna
....Gotta give credit to Banner Engineering for putting two new cars in the top 10 too. I'm not a pontiac fan by any stretch but they did a good job.
-Bern
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Originally Posted by bern
The Banner Engineering guys did great... we (SS) were pitted directly next door, and I can tell you these guys had big $$ behind them; about double the crew, engineers, computers (telemetry, weather, etc...) than SpeedSource. It's amazing what SS accomplished with their smaller operation versus the very well funded Porsche and GM teams.
-Bern
-Bern
In other words Speedsource kicks ***!!!!!
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Originally Posted by rotary crazy
thats something that characterizes the rotary community, we do more with less...
In other words Speedsource kicks ***!!!!!
In other words Speedsource kicks ***!!!!!
Of course there are many Mazda teams I will root for but the top two for me are SpeedSource and TriPoint.
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Originally Posted by Mazmart
Bern,
Do you have any vids of them idling in the pits?
Paul.
Do you have any vids of them idling in the pits?
Paul.
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hey i just wanna say its been a blast chatting/sharing and "watching" the 24hour race with you freaks=D
I really wanna watch a race now... and being canadian, theres only once race!!!... maybe i should start planning to make a trip to montreal, canada to watch the only canadian race... i need to hear the 3-rotor!!! i've never heard it in person before.
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I really wanna watch a race now... and being canadian, theres only once race!!!... maybe i should start planning to make a trip to montreal, canada to watch the only canadian race... i need to hear the 3-rotor!!! i've never heard it in person before.
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