L8APEX

that is good news, we usually spend a little time with Sylvain and the guys down in the pits at Barber. Would be really cool to se the GT car up close.

Last year we had a good time, and spent time with the Roar Racing team too.

SouthFL

Given the Rolex's NASCAR financial link, SPEED should televise plenty, squeezing it in between NASCAR and NASCAR.

Tirminyl

The first 90minutes will be on Fox and the rest on Speed. So about 15hrs televised.

rotary crazy

what # is fox on dish?

Renesis_8

I cant wait to watch this! its going to be very exciting with 4 competitve RX-8s. Although the Goldin bro car isnt very fast, but I think they're shooting for reliability, and turned the power down.

the #69, #70, #63 car is about even in practice.
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SouthFL

I love the event. It's very fan friendly (one can walk into the paddocks and observe at all hours), it's not crowded and the racing is good.
I've driven the 24 hour course myself for a weekend in an open wheel Barber Dodge when I attended race school so I have a total appreciation for the line and brake zones.
This year, I'm rooting for the 8's! (before I would laugh when they would DNF).

IMO the Friday race is more exciting to watch than the 24 hr race.

If any of you see a stock, red RX8, don't hesitate to hollar.

-Carlos.

legokcen

If you see a green RX-8 with dark wheels, it'll be me. I'll also be with the Roar Racing team if you want to come by the paddock or pits and say hello.

SouthFL

Will do. Thanks.

rotary crazy

http://gallery.johnthawley.com/gallery/albuq29?&page=1

check out some pics!!!!

L8APEX

I have been a fan of his work for quite some time now, he is a really good photographer.

its66

who had the RX-8 with the MS kit and the roll bar parked near the Roar and Kennedy GA entries??

legokcen

What color? ROAR has 2 street cars that they also use at HPDE's. I believe they have a red and titanium.

bern

After 8 practice sessions, this is how they shook out in combined top lap times:


Pos No. Class Driver Team Car Best Lap Speed
1 85 GT Keen/ Ehret/ Werner/ Hardt Farnbacher Loles Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 01:52.0 114.412

2 66 GT Lally/ Pumpelly/ Valentine/ Greenberg/ Buckler TRG Porsche GT3 Cup 01:52.8 113.626

3 86 GT Shawn Price Farnbacher Loles Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 01:52.8 113.602

4 81 GT Steve Johnson Synergy Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 01:53.0 113.425

5 72 GT Bryce Miller Tafel Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 01:53.1 113.307

6 74 GT Lux/ Henzler/ Farnbacher/ Tafel Tafel Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 01:53.2 113.248

7 15 GT Guy Cosmo Blackforest Motorsports Mustang Cobra GT 01:53.3 113.13

8 70 GT Haskell/ Tremblay/ Ham/ Pobst SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 01:53.4 113.008

9 88 GT Loles/ Jackson/ Pank/ Plumb/ Stanton Farnbacher Loles Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 01:53.4 113.007

10 87 GT Ryan Eversley Farnbacher Loles Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 01:53.6 112.85

11 65 GT Brent Milner TRG Porsche GT3 Cup 01:53.7 112.73

12 64 GT Lowe/ Pace/ van Overbeek/ Kelleners TRG Porsche GT3 Cup 01:53.9 112.485

13 7 GT Andy Pilgrim Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R 01:54.0 112.377

14 6 GT Reese/ Lewis Jr/ O'Connell Banner Racing Pontiac GXP 01:54.2 112.21

15 69 GT Assentato/ Longhi/ Segal/ Varde SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 01:54.2 112.186

16 63 GT Spencer/ Spencer/ Grupp/ Espen Team Spencer Motorsports Mazda RX-8 01:54.4 112.06

17 89 GT Wellon/ Ellis/ Rossi/Grande/ T Autometrics Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 01:54.9 111.547

18 73 GT Eric Nielsen/ Quester/ Martini/ Peter Tafel Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 01:54.9 111.515

19 68 GT Ballou/ Jaeger/ Gleason/ DeSimone II TRG Porsche GT3 Cup 01:55.2 111.248

20 28 GT Joel Feinburg At Speed Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 01:55.4 111.086

21 67 GT Bourque/ Cloet/ Solley/ Harris TRG Porsche GT3 Cup 01:55.6 110.831

22 57 GT James Gue Stevenson Motorsports Corvette 01:55.8 110.697

23 21 GT Diego Alessi Matt Connolly Motorsports BMW M3 01:56.0 110.526

24 17 GT Lacey/ Wilkins/ Arnold/ Mowlem/ Papadopoulos Doncaster Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 01:56.2 110.294

25 22 GT Carlos de Quesada Alegra Motorsports/ Fiorano Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 01:56.4 110.117

26 43 GT Nonnamaker/ Sahlen/ Nonnamaker/ Nonnamaker Team Sahlen Corvette 01:56.9 109.664

27 14 GT Patch/ McGehee/ Allen/ Hamblin/ Friedman Autometrics Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 01:57.2 109.368

28 83 GT Don Pickering Synergy Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 01:58.3 108.305

29 24 GT Robert Dennard Matt Connolly Motorsports BMW M3 01:59.4 107.379

30 8 GT Steve Goldin Goldin Brothers Racing Mazda RX-8 01:59.6 107.131

31 42 GT Mayes/ Kaemmer/ Auriemma/ Willcox Team Sahlen Porsche GT3 Cup 01:59.7 107.091

32 82 GT Kitch Jr/ Pennington/ Pallis/ Bawcutt Synergy Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 01:59.8 107.006

33 49 GT Will Nonnamaker Team Sahlen Pontiac GTO 01:59.9 106.902

34 48 GT Hauser/ Dubler/ Magner/ DeFontes WTF Engineering Corvette 02:00.1 106.718

35 46 GT Michael Baughman Michael Baughman Racing Corvette 02:02.3 104.771

36 41 GT Brent/ Michaelian/ Michaelian/ Malloy/ Becker Team Sahlen Porsche GT3 Cup 02:04.8 102.716

37 27 GT O'Connell/ Speakman O'Connell Racing Porsche GT3 Cup No Time ---

38 29 GT Puleo/ Kennedy/ Webb Extreme Motorsports Group Nissan 350Z No Time ---

39 52 GT Monzon/ Drudi/ Rosa/ Andrea Mastercar Ferrari 360GT No Time ---

40 97 GT Rice/ Riggins/ Stevenson Stevenson Motorsports Corvette No Time ---


-Bern

rotary crazy

Hey Bern, any news on when pettit racing is going to debut theyr car?

This makes me feel like the GTU years, 86,87,88,,89 with the second gen, those where very exciting and fun years

Mazmart

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It does feel like we may be back in the good times as far as Mazda Racing. That's what I hope this GT involvement will result in; the " Good Old Days ".

bern

Cam has had some problems getting his GT homologated to race in Grand-AM. It seems Grand-Am has not taken to some of the simple, elegant, and safe innovations he has brought to his chassis and transaxle, and they are NOT cutting him any slack. So for now the GT project sits. Cam is very busy with his SC street kit for the 8 at the moment, and has not had time to concentrate on the GT racer.

Good news from Cam is that the SC kit should start rolling out the door in the 5-6 weeks. I'm sure there will be updates in other parts of this forum.


-Bern

Rosko350z

What the...?

The RX8 in ST is more or less a regular RX8 decked out in race trim, weight loss and safety hardware. I didn't even know there was going to be one in GT. That's fantastic. I'm a big fan of Randy Pobst! And obviously I love the RX8, though I don't own one.

Like that other guy said, the first thing I thought is how did they make the RX8 fast enough for GT? All the other cars in GT are NOT tube frame, purpose built racecars. One of the guys who used to run a 350z in Grand Am Cup GS used to frequent my350z.com and sell aftermarket parts tested by his team on track. His car started stock. Again, not a tube frame racecar. As far as I know, no car in Grand Am Cup / Rolex (GT) is a purpose built racecar. I'd be shocked to hear if any of the cars were, and it would sorta ruin the series for me.

As far as Mazda's return to glory in road racing... Wake up, my friends! They may not be winning championships on a steady basis, but they absolutely whip *** with Speedsource's RX8 in Grand Am Cup ST, and Tri Point Motorsports Mazda6 in Speed World Challenge.

Screw drag racing, drifting and ovals. Watch yourself some of the best road racing in the U.S. Speed World Challenge and Grand Am Cup

Rosko350z

Note: Obviously I know the Daytona Prototypes are purpose built racecars. Despite how much camera time they hog during coverage of Rolex, they are the least interesting cars to watch.

You're not saying that Mazda built a DP car, right?

Renesis_8

I believe there are other tube cars in the GT series. The RX-8 definatly have an advantage over some cars, but I dont know by how much. They dont have the most power in the GT class, and i m sure less torque than most!

Do a search on google, these RX-8 tube frames cars sell for 200k each from Mazdaspeed. Tube frame, R20B engine, carbon fiber body. They make around 450hp if my memory serves me right.

Daytona prototypes are the ugliest prototypes........
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TeamRX8

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where are they getting those rear wings from?

swoope

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dont know,

but i was watching the tech insp on a gt car, and they use the same templets to check them as the prototype cars..


beers

L8APEX

That was probably Rob Whitener [sp], the owner and sometimes driver of Roar racing. The Titanium 8 with the MS kit is his track car, when he is not in the Racecar. he is also a member on the forum here, Mazdarati Rob.

Last I checked, the GT class GTO was a tube frame car, there was one on display at barber this past year. The Mustangs in GT, are Factory Built Racecars, the FR500C, they may not be a tubeframe chassis. I have not been up close to one of them to have a look. I have seen one of those at a NASA track day, and it was different to see it away from Grand Am competition.

I am really looking forward to seeing the Mazda GT entry this year, i hope the boys over at Speedsource do well.

rotary crazy

there are corvettes, the g35c that will debut this year is tube frame too.

L8APEX

yeah, i forgot about the Vette's, there are not many of them, and they are really not all that competitive. I did not know that Infiniti was going to be running a car. Should be along the same lines as the 350 entry. A little bigger, but similar.

hogcar

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