KBow_Photo

Still when one car has a second plus advantage in qualifying, that does speak to them having a advantage, similar to what BMW did in 2011.

KBow_Photo

Disagree, its a 2 hour and 45 minute timed race. Just because NASCAR does it, does not mean anyone else should. IMO the way NASCAR does things will end up hurting people in the long run, green white checkers, plate racing, idiotic pit stops etc.

KBow_Photo

dont recall the exact but was over 4000

dvandentop

holy ****, wow deffinately out of my league then, what were some of the other big tickets items???

glad i got my full rear bumper cover for only $650 when i got it in 2011

cor123

Auction brought $27,000 and Greg Pickett matched that amount for grand total $54,000! Dan didn't break it up for me so I don't know what individual items brought.

Everett Ogilvie

Easy there, no one suggested that road racing goes to restrictor plates or other "NASCAR things", other than figuring out how to end races with, you know - racing. I could care less that it is a timed race, the ending sucked.

KBow_Photo

The pit board was around 800, the rear like you had was around 700, the front around 500 IIRC.

KBow_Photo

Didn't say that, said the way NASCAR does things. Also it was a live broadcast, it would've forced ABC to go over or end coverage. It would have been a long yellow flag and some including both Corvettes would've likely needed to pit for fuel, same with Viper.

Rob31

The ending was anti climatic . would have been nice to see a race at the end .
Viper got in front and kept that same distance for a half hour .I figured they were saving gas / could put distance on the Vettes at will .
Rain wasn't too bad
Who had the Very Heathy Blue C4 on the parade lap ??

TLGunman

Advantage came from working on the car, not from changes given to us by the ALMS/ACO/IMSA.

Donny Brass

I don't hink you are going to convince anyone that an extra 150 plus cubic inches does not help on a long track........ the Vipers ate the Vettes lunch in the staight aways...

unless you have dyno sheets showing the horse power and torque are identical between the 335 and the 488, they are not even close to being the 'equal'

enjoy the win, build a motor that meets the rule, get BMW to actually build the car they are racing in a production class, and get back to us about how much work the SRT team has done.

Everett Ogilvie

I think you guys are doing something sneaky, like making the car more slippery, or maybe a hidden NOS bottle somewhere......

TLGunman

Look at the times at Lemans, that is a long track, and it was obvious the Viper lacked top end.

That said, now that we've worked on the car, and made it better, it would not surprise me at all if the ALMS changed the BoP for us, if the Viper's start to dominate.

TLGunman

We added more stickers to the car, and everyone knows they add 5-10 hp each.

KBow_Photo

I think we can all agree that unless you had a Aston Martin or a 991 Porsche, you didn't have the speed to compete at all, this goes for Corvette, Ferrari and Viper... It will never be admitted but its just to ironic that the fastest GT cars were celebrating big milestones (AM 100 years-Porsche 911, 50 years)

Im not saying it was not hard work but IMO Le Mans is a terrible example to use.