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Old 06-13-2015, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 11B250
how come they don't have a spare car? Not allowed? I suppose that would defeat the purpose of an endurance race if the car isn't capable of enduring the race lol...

I'm curious what the issue was. Better luck next time, they have a few things to fix I suppose
You can have a spare car. If you crash in practice or qualifying you can use it in the race. You just have to finish the race with the same car, engine and gearbox you started with. Usually they bring four cars. Two for Corvette Racing, one for Larbre, and one spare. For some reason they only brought three this year.

The issue was a stuck throttle. Magnusson tried to reach to the dash to turn the car off, but he was too close to the wall and had to move his hands away from the steering wheel/dash.
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Originally Posted by Katech_Jason
You can have a spare car. If you crash in practice or qualifying you can use it in the race. You just have to finish the race with the same car, engine and gearbox you started with. Usually they bring four cars. Two for Corvette Racing, one for Larbre, and one spare. For some reason they only brought three this year.

The issue was a stuck throttle. Magnusson tried to reach to the dash to turn the car off, but he was too close to the wall and had to move his hands away from the steering wheel/dash.
I know you have inside knowledge, but from all I've seen, there is no spare this year. The larbre car was the spare last year and new cars next year so no spare this year.
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Originally Posted by Katech_Jason
You can have a spare car. If you crash in practice or qualifying you can use it in the race. You just have to finish the race with the same car, engine and gearbox you started with. Usually they bring four cars. Two for Corvette Racing, one for Larbre, and one spare. For some reason they only brought three this year.

The issue was a stuck throttle. Magnusson tried to reach to the dash to turn the car off, but he was too close to the wall and had to move his hands away from the steering wheel/dash.
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I know you have inside knowledge, but from all I've seen, there is no spare this year. The larbre car was the spare last year and new cars next year so no spare this year.

That's what I said.
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Thought we didn't have enough pace in the beginning but pleasantly surprised thereafter. If they keep a P1 car from running us off the road I think we can win this.
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Really miss speed channel flag to flag coverage.
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is it on tv? i have dish network and cant find the channel
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Originally Posted by Katech_Jason
That's what I said.
My mistake then, sorry. I was interpreting what you said as there are 4 cars, but for some reason they only brought 3 to Le Mans. I was saying I believe only 3 C7.Rs exist, and all came. I misunderstood then.
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Originally Posted by z28lt1
My mistake then, sorry. I was interpreting what you said as there are 4 cars, but for some reason they only brought 3 to Le Mans. I was saying I believe only 3 C7.Rs exist, and all came. I misunderstood then.
Oh. Back in the C6.R days they had more cars.
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Lost my feed on FSGO..Only have in car #64 and Pit Cam
Anybody else loose feed??? Or is it just me!!
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Originally Posted by MUKAK
is it on tv? i have dish network and cant find the channel
Did you try Ch #150 ?
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Originally Posted by oldvettedrvr
Lost my feed on FSGO..Only have in car #64 and Pit Cam
Anybody else loose feed??? Or is it just me!!
I'm on the main feed from the website. No issues.
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Originally Posted by oldvettedrvr
Lost my feed on FSGO..Only have in car #64 and Pit Cam
Anybody else loose feed??? Or is it just me!!
FosSportsGo seems to have replaced the race feed with either high school baseball or high school softball.---
Obviously bigger draws then a mere 24 hour race in France.

I see the main feed is back --

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My bad..I found it,,,I did not scroll far enough to the right,,,,
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In between Fox coverage now...

Is the #64 car in second?
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Originally Posted by \Boost Monkey/
In between Fox coverage now...

Is the #64 car in second?
Yes, cycling between 1st and 2nd (and a a little third) depending on the pit stop schedule.

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Originally Posted by z28lt1
Yes, cycling between 1st and 2nd (and a a little third) depending on the pit stop schedule.
I'm feeling optimistic about this... More than I thought I would have 12 hours ago
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