update: gran am gt rx-8
#27
You're right, Porsche isn't handicapped. It just seems like they;re giving other teams the easy way out. Building a tube fram car is a lot easier than a unibody. The attitude seems to be, "Well, nobody wants to/can put the effort in to beating Porsche on the equal ground, so here, we'll give them the easy way out"
Part of the challenge, and part of the appeal of GT racing is seeing what a car is capable of. I really don't care to see what some steel tubes with an engine is capable of.
Part of the challenge, and part of the appeal of GT racing is seeing what a car is capable of. I really don't care to see what some steel tubes with an engine is capable of.
#28
Originally Posted by BlueEyes
You're right, Porsche isn't handicapped. It just seems like they;re giving other teams the easy way out. Building a tube fram car is a lot easier than a unibody. The attitude seems to be, "Well, nobody wants to/can put the effort in to beating Porsche on the equal ground, so here, we'll give them the easy way out"
Part of the challenge, and part of the appeal of GT racing is seeing what a car is capable of. I really don't care to see what some steel tubes with an engine is capable of.
Part of the challenge, and part of the appeal of GT racing is seeing what a car is capable of. I really don't care to see what some steel tubes with an engine is capable of.
All that being said I am very excited about the GT cars. I look forward to watching the different RX8s built by 3 different teams and see how they do against each other as well as against everyone else in their class. I think the cars look awesome and will have sound and performance to match. Maybe I'll get a Calvin pissing on Porsche sticker for the back window of my RX8.
#29
Purveyor of fine bass
I agree that the ST class is also very exciting. I also really like the SCCA World Challenge Touring cars, where I root for the Mazda6 and the (almost no remaining of these) Mazda Protege.
#31
Originally Posted by Astral
true, but it still promotes the rotary engine and mazda. what i wonder is whether they will still run the regular 8 in the ST class.
-Bern
Last edited by bern; 01-24-2006 at 07:46 PM.
#32
Originally Posted by Marietta 8
If you mean Dennis Spencer, yes it is ready and Team Spencer will be there for sure. Be prepared to see areal contender. I am heading down on Friday am for the Grand Am cup race and will stay for the duration of the 24.
-Bern
#33
Originally Posted by Rotary Brother
too bad the TV coverage always focusses on the Daytona Prototypes. But hopefully with a 24 hour race, we can get some nice action of the RX-8.
How about a rotary powered Daytona Prototype? That would be sweet.
Can a 20B be tuned to produce 500 hp without a turbo or supercharger?
Manufacturers are welcome to submit any production-based engine for approval in the series but turbos and superchargers are not permitted. Engines that are currently approved for competition include powerplants from Pontiac (5-liter V-8), Lexus (4.3 liter V-8), BMW (5-liter V-8), Porsche (3.9 liter flat six), Ford (5-liter V-8) and Infiniti (4.3 liter V-8). All engines are tuned to produce around 500 horsepower and each is capable of being mated to any of the approved Daytona Prototype chassis which creates an interesting variety of chassis/engine combinations
How about a rotary powered Daytona Prototype? That would be sweet.
Can a 20B be tuned to produce 500 hp without a turbo or supercharger?
Manufacturers are welcome to submit any production-based engine for approval in the series but turbos and superchargers are not permitted. Engines that are currently approved for competition include powerplants from Pontiac (5-liter V-8), Lexus (4.3 liter V-8), BMW (5-liter V-8), Porsche (3.9 liter flat six), Ford (5-liter V-8) and Infiniti (4.3 liter V-8). All engines are tuned to produce around 500 horsepower and each is capable of being mated to any of the approved Daytona Prototype chassis which creates an interesting variety of chassis/engine combinations
N/A 20B would struggle mightly to get close to 500hp level needed... and Grand-Am was not ready to give any extreme weight breaks.
-Bern
Last edited by bern; 01-24-2006 at 07:48 PM.
#36
Originally Posted by BOOSTD 7
Well, it's a different ball game in ALMS
ALMS Sebring Test the last few days:
American Le Mans Series Winter Test at Sebring International Raceway
Monday
#6 Penske Racing's Porsche RS Spyder: 1:49.93 (LMP2)
(0.1 seconds off the pole-sitting time from last year's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, set by JJ Lehto in an Audi R8)
#9 Highcroft Racing Lola EX257-AER: 1:50.747 (LMP1)
Duncan Dayton, Rick Knoop, Gregor Fisken and Andy Wallace
#37 Lola B05/40-AER: 1:50.840 (LMP1)
Clint and Jon Field, and Liz Halliday
#16 Dyson Lola B06/10: 1:51.545 (LMP1)
James Weaver
#2 Audi Sport North America's Audi R10: 1:54.25 (LMP1)
Rinaldo Capello
#1 Audi Sport North America's Audi R10: 1:54.547 (LMP1)
Frank Biela
#8 B-K Motorsports' Mazda-powered Courage C65: 1:57.304. (LMP2)
Tuesday
Session 4
1. Maassen/Luhr/Collard, 1:49.477 (121.669 mph), Porsche RS Spyder (LMP2)
2. Dyson/Weaver, 1:50.665 (120.363 mph), Lola B06/10-AER (LMP1)
3. Capello, 1:51.808 (119.133 mph), Audi R10 (LMP1)
4. Dayton/Knoop/Fisken/Wallace, 1:52.168 (118.750 mph), Lola EX257-AER (LMP1)
5. Field/Field/Halliday, 1:53.826 (117.021 mph), Lola B05/40-AER (LMP2)
6. Cosmo/Matos, 1:55.960 (114.867 mph), Courage C65-Mazda (LMP2)
14. Biela, no time, Audi R10 (LMP1)
Session 5
1. Capello, 1:48.816 (122.408 mph), Audi R10 (LMP1)
2. Dyson/Weaver, 1:52.288 (118.624 mph), Lola B06/10-AER (LMP1)
3. Field/Field/Halliday, 1:52.676 (118.215 mph), Lola B05/40-AER (LMP2)
4. Biela, 1:54.037 (116.804 mph), Audi R10 (LMP1)
5. Dayton/Knoop/Fisken/Wallace, 1:57.101 (113.748 mph), Lola EX257-AER (LMP1)
6. Cosmo/Matos, 1:57.244 (113.609 mph), Courage C65-Mazda (LMP2)
14. Maassen/Luhr/Collard, 2:18.603 (96.102 mph), Porsche RS Spyder (LMP2)
Session 6
1. Dayton/Knoop/Fisken/Wallace, 1:49.547 (121.592 mph), Lola EX257-AER (LMP1)
2. Field/Field/Halliday, 1:50.231 (120.837 mph), Lola B05/40-AER (LMP2)
3. Maassen/Luhr/Collard, 1:50.313 (120.747 mph), Porsche RS Spyder (LMP2)
4. Dyson/Weaver, 1:50.359 (120.697 mph), Lola B06/10-AER (LMP1)
5. Cosmo/Matos, 1:56.696 (114.143 mph), Courage C65-Mazda (LMP2)
NOTE: B-K Motorsports will take delivery on their new Lola "in a couple of months." Let's hope this helps.
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I dint know they were going to change the chasis I heard some rumors that they wanted a lola but the problem is torque they need to get more out of the coner, they need to go 4 rotor or FI.
the porche is running as fast as a lmp1, they need to restric that car.
I heard one of the porche's blew an angine is this true?
the porche is running as fast as a lmp1, they need to restric that car.
I heard one of the porche's blew an angine is this true?
Last edited by rotary crazy; 01-26-2006 at 06:13 AM.
#39
Originally Posted by rotary crazy
I dint know they were going to change the chasis I heard some rumors that they wanted a lola but the problem is torque they need to get more out of the coner, they need to go 4 rotor or FI.
the porche is running as fast as a lmp1, they need to restric that car.
I heard one of the porche's blew an an engine, is this true?
the porche is running as fast as a lmp1, they need to restric that car.
I heard one of the porche's blew an an engine, is this true?
More Info on the new Courage Chassis:
http://www.lmsr.net/jan20.html
On the Porsche, they went through at least 3 motors in testing the last few days. As for their speed, the writing was on the wall at the season final at Laguna last season. In it's first race out, it almost won it overall. Porsche has said they would like to move up to LMP1 when they get the car reliable. They will continue with their LMP2 customer program too.
-Bern
#41
Daytona Qualifying
Results from Qualifying today:
30 72 GT 1 Henzler/ Liddell/ van Overbeek Tafel Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:53.336 113.080 NEC/ Rembrandt Charms
31 74 GT 2 Davis/ Lux/ Espenlaub/ Tafel/ Tafel Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:53.461 112.955 NEC/ Rembrandt Charms
32 82 GT 3 Werner/ Peter/ Quester/ Riccit Farnbacher Racing/ Farnbacher Loles / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:53.726 112.692 Red Bull
33 70 GT 4 Tremblay/ Haskell/ Altenburg/ SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:53.846 112.573 Mazdaspeed Motorsports/ Mazda USA
more Porsches
54 08 GT 25 K Goldin/ S Goldin/ Finlay/ Ri Goldin Brothers Racing / Mazda RX-8 1:59.458 107.285 CCM Cellular
more Porsches
67 63 GT 38 Spencer/ Spencer/ Mandeville/ Team Spencer Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 No Time --- Team Spencer Motorsports
It looks like the Team Spencer ride didn't make qualifying!
-Bern
30 72 GT 1 Henzler/ Liddell/ van Overbeek Tafel Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:53.336 113.080 NEC/ Rembrandt Charms
31 74 GT 2 Davis/ Lux/ Espenlaub/ Tafel/ Tafel Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:53.461 112.955 NEC/ Rembrandt Charms
32 82 GT 3 Werner/ Peter/ Quester/ Riccit Farnbacher Racing/ Farnbacher Loles / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:53.726 112.692 Red Bull
33 70 GT 4 Tremblay/ Haskell/ Altenburg/ SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:53.846 112.573 Mazdaspeed Motorsports/ Mazda USA
more Porsches
54 08 GT 25 K Goldin/ S Goldin/ Finlay/ Ri Goldin Brothers Racing / Mazda RX-8 1:59.458 107.285 CCM Cellular
more Porsches
67 63 GT 38 Spencer/ Spencer/ Mandeville/ Team Spencer Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 No Time --- Team Spencer Motorsports
It looks like the Team Spencer ride didn't make qualifying!
-Bern
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I hope they can star, even from the back, I saw a pic of their car and it is hot.
speedsource is doing a great job!!!
speedsource is doing a great job!!!
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theres still hope for spencer racing theres another practice seccion and another qualifayng seccion, in practice they dit a 2:05.xx