Haha. Sorry guys, that was sarcasm.

 

Sarcasm doesn't quite show up on the internet.

Offtopic: Too bad we couldn't meet up while I was in KC. On the way back to airport, I made a detour to the speedway. My work partner is a big NASCAR fan.

 

i will remember that, for future reading.

 

A few smiley's wouldn't hurt

 

i feel bad for that porsche, he really ate it, and with no damage on the #70!

 

Thats because they cut it short for TV. At the very start of the coverage they said it will be a 2 1/2 hour race but it was only on TV for 2 hours( with pre and post race interviews and commercials).

 

Is the SpeedSource RX-8 a completely different car than stock cars including the chassis? I ask this because it looks like they run the tires in a staggered setup. Perhaps there weight ratio is very different than stock. I think I heard a commentator say the car was about 2200lbs.

 

The car is a dedicated tube framed race car...the only thing that is RX-8ish is the body that was modeled from a stock car. It is made from composites......

It uses a 20B race engine NA.....

Looks great though

 

I'm watching a recording of it for the first time now.

There is so much talk abou the weight differences of these cars. Since they are constructed relatively the same way it seem logical to me the biggest weight difference comes from the engine and maybe the transmission? But there must be more to it. The Porsches are 500 lbs heavier than the RX-8. The chassis must be stock, no?

I was cranking up the sound and listening closely on their first pit-stop. What an awesome blub-blub idle sound from the 3-rotor.

For anyone else wanting to download the race the torrent can be found here:
http://www.racing-underground.com/in...id=2521&view=1

 

Race rundown....

http://rotarynews.com/node/view/912


-Bern

 

what happeng todaY? anybody go to the race today? 7th and 9th

 

http://rotarynews.com/node/view/918

Enjoy,

-Bern

 

I think there are 2 really important things speedsource needs to do, thats to win daytona and laguna and ofcourse the chanpionship

 

today's practice times:

Pos No. Class Driver Team Car Best Lap Speed
1 85 GT Farnbacher/ Keen Farnbacher Loles Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 54.340 101.362

2 70 GT / Tremblay/ Ham SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 54.515 101.036

3 72 GT Swartzbaugh/ Davis Tafel Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 54.621 100.840

4 07 GT Edwards/ Collins Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R 54.649 100.789

5 81 GT Long/ Stanton Synergy Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 54.679 100.733

6 74 GT Lux/ Henzler Tafel Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 54.692 100.709

7 30 GT Staveley/ Pavan Racers Edge Motorsports Pontiac GXP.R 54.815 100.483

8 66 GT Lally/ Valentine TRG Porsche GT3 Cup 54.883 100.359

9 06 GT Reese/ Lewis Jr Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R 54.934 100.266

10 69 GT Assentato/ Longhi SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 55.013 100.122

11 57 GT Bunting/ Cicero II Stevenson Motorsports Corvette 55.052 100.051

12 67 GT Greenberg/ Pumpelly TRG Porsche GT3 Cup 55.146 99.880

13 87 GT Miller/ Werner Farnbacher Loles Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 55.195 99.792

14 22 GT de Quesada/ Dumoulin Alegra Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 55.306 99.591

15 28 GT Baas/ White At Speed Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 55.348 99.516

16 17 GT Wilkins/ Wilkins Doncaster Racing Porsche GT3 Cup 55.437 99.356

17 21 GT Connolly/ Prewitt/ Workman Matt Connolly Motorsports Pontiac GTO.R 55.545 99.163

18 15 GT Nastasi/ Tagliani Blackforest Motorsports Mustang Cobra GT 55.625 99.020

19 24 GT Pickett/ Eversley Matt Connolly Motorsports BMW M3 55.812 98.688

20 43 GT Nonnamaker/ Nonnamaker Team Sahlen Corvette 56.440 97.590

21 26 GT de Quesada/ Dumoulin/ Dumoulin Alegra Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup 56.892 96.815

22 42 GT Sahlen/ Nonnamaker Team Sahlen Corvette 57.052 96.544

23 41 GT Sahlen/ Nonnamaker/ Arnold Team Sahlen Pontiac GTO 59.700 92.261

 

I missed the Laguna Race, forgot I had set the DVR to record it, then unplugged the entertainment center while I was on vacation.


is anyone else a little peeved that we get almost no TV coverage of the KONI series this year?

 

qualifying results:


Pos No. Class Class Pos. Driver Team Time Speed Sponsors
1 74 GT 1 Lux/ Henzler Tafel Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 53.925 102.142 Rembrandt Charms

2 70 GT 2 / Tremblay/ Ham SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 53.929 102.134 Mazda/ Mazdaspeed

3 07 GT 3 Edwards/ Collins Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 54.005 101.991 Banner Engineering

4 06 GT 4 Reese/ Lewis Jr Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 54.059 101.889 Banner Engineering

5 30 GT 5 Staveley/ Pavan Racers Edge Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 54.306 101.425 Racers Edge Motorsports

6 87 GT 6 Miller/ Werner Farnbacher Loles Motorsports / Porsche GT3 Cup 54.415 101.222 Marquis Jet/ IPC/ Recaro

7 85 GT 7 Farnbacher/ Keen Farnbacher Loles Motorsports / Porsche GT3 Cup 54.498 101.068 Shoes for Crews/ Recaro

8 72 GT 8 Swartzbaugh/ Davis Tafel Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 54.543 100.985 Tornos/ Dunkel Bros/ ANCA/ North South Machinery

9 69 GT 9 Assentato/ Longhi SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 54.921 100.290 FXDD

10 81 GT 10 Long/ Stanton Synergy Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 55.015 100.118 EMC Mechanical/ Gamewell Mechanical

11 15 GT 11 Nastasi/ Tagliani Blackforest Motorsports / Mustang Cobra GT 55.127 99.915 USG Sheetrock/ Guardian Insulation

12 28 GT 12 Baas/ White At Speed Motorsports / Porsche GT3 Cup 55.181 99.817 At Speed Motorsports/ Celette/ Ian Global Shipping

13 17 GT 13 Wilkins/ Wilkins Doncaster Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 55.216 99.754 MineStar/ Tim Hortons

14 57 GT 14 Bunting/ Cicero II Stevenson Motorsports / Corvette 55.444 99.343 Stevenson Automotive

15 67 GT 15 Greenberg/ Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 55.626 99.018 NETTTS/ Louis Boston

16 22 GT 16 de Quesada/ Dumoulin Alegra Motorsports / Porsche GT3 Cup 55.843 98.634 Gatorade/ TodayMD.com

17 43 GT 17 Nonnamaker/ Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Corvette 55.885 98.560 HRPworld.com

18 21 GT 18 Connolly/ Prewitt/ Workman Matt Connolly Motorsports / Pontiac GTO.R 56.038 98.290 BiltBest Windows & Doors

19 66 GT 19 Lally/ Valentine TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 56.474 97.532 CRG/ Maxter/ Rotax/ MBA/ NFP/ F1Air

20 26 GT 20 de Quesada/ Dumoulin/ Dumoulin Alegra Motorsports / Porsche GT3 Cup 56.646 97.235 TodayMD.com

21 42 GT 21 Sahlen/ Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Corvette 56.858 96.873 HRPworld.com

22 24 GT 22 Pickett/ Eversley Matt Connolly Motorsports / BMW M3 58.832 93.623 BiltBest Windows & Doors

23 41 GT 23 Sahlen/ Nonnamaker/ Arnold Team Sahlen / Pontiac GTO 1:08.836 80.016 HRPworld.com

 

the race is on tonight at 8:00 I think

 

i was able to set the DVR to record the laguna race, but for some reason, my cable guide is telling me that the laguna race is being aired again, instead of the Lime Rock race tomorrow. Anyone else having that problem?

 

Im not having that problem as far as I know, I will check latter to see

 

I checked again last night, it still said it was showing the race from monterey. I still have it set to record, just in case it is a typo.

 

lets hope so, after laguna im thirty for some porche blood

 

I just want to watch some good racing, Grand Am is the best, most competitive road racing out there IMO. F1 is boring in comparison.

Lime Rock is a cool track, the back section where they get a little air coming over the rise is awesome.

 

yes I agree, have you notice that the times are getting closer and closer, if you check the races at the beggining of the season the qualyfing diference was about 2 seconds for 1st to 10th now is .5

 

I have noticed that, but the other way to look at it, how many cars are on the lead lap, sometimes half the field is on the lead lap, that is good racing. that means that anyone on the lead lap, can move up a lot of spots, especially if the leaders decide to mix it up a little.

yesterday's F1 race by comparison, 3 of the 18 cars that finished were on the lead lap, and Massa was almost next to be lapped. while I like watching F!, it is just not very exciting anymore. Grand AM is, so I try to watch as much as I can.

 

not a very good result, #70 in 11th place the # 69 farther back