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Old 10-01-2011, 02:19 PM
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Old 10-01-2011, 02:19 PM
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Damn that sucks *** about the #3 vette being out for the race, cant believe it broke the final gear and cracked the case! sucks for sure!!

also damn those audis are amazing
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Old 10-01-2011, 02:27 PM
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Dammit !! BTW- notice the European Vette in GTC ?
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Old 10-01-2011, 02:29 PM
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yeah hope that one can pull something off, atleast we got #4 car left hope mags can pull something off!
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Old 10-01-2011, 02:31 PM
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you couldn't ask for more perfect weather today, absolutely perfect here today
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you couldn't ask for more perfect weather today, absolutely perfect here today
Rub it in...
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While i really do like Road Atlanta, I think Road America would be a much better "Petit Lemans". Road Atlanta is just to small when you have all these cars on the track.
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Old 10-01-2011, 05:16 PM
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While i really do like Road Atlanta, I think Road America would be a much better "Petit Lemans". Road Atlanta is just to small when you have all these cars on the track.
The length would be great but it would be even tougher for multi class passing on a narrow track like road america (28-32) ft. Road Atlanta is wider, I think it's 40' for the most part.
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2nd place Audi nearly a lap down?
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Old 10-01-2011, 06:23 PM
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Dont look in here if you are worried about watching the race later
No real need to watch tomorrow - they will just be showing highlights for 4 hours....
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We lost our sound feed from americanlemans.com

What are they saying about the Audi crash?
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audi crash was a bad one!

wasnt any contact between audi and peugot though, audi tried cutting over before he was clear of the porsche it looked like
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anyone have a link to 2012 schedule that scott was talking about?
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Old 10-01-2011, 07:32 PM
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LOL sounds like peugot driver rode with audi guy who crashed to RA so sounds like he will be finding his own way back to airport!
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CR not even competitive this year. Wonder who Fehan will blame this one on.
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Originally Posted by dvandentop
anyone have a link to 2012 schedule that scott was talking about?
http://www.americanlemans.com/primar...t=news%7C16339
March 17 Sebring International Raceway
Sebring, Fla. ABC (March 18)
April 14 Long Beach Street Circuit
Long Beach, Calif. ESPN2 (Live)
May 12 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Monterey, Calif. ESPN2 (May 13)
May/June TBD ESPN2
July 7 Lime Rock Park
Lakeville, Conn. ESPN2 (Live)
July 21 Mosport International Raceway
Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada ESPN2 (Live)
Aug. 4 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, Ohio ABC (Live)
Aug. 18 Road America
Elkhart Lake, Wis. ESPN2 (Aug. 19)
Sept. 1 Baltimore Street Circuit
Baltimore, Md. ABC (Sept. 2)
Sept./Oct. TBD ESPN2
Oct. 20 Petit Le Mans
Braselton, Ga. ABC (Oct. 21)
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Old 10-01-2011, 08:22 PM
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here is the ALMS story of the year summed up

Best lap times from this race
BMW 55 1.19.6
BMW 56 1.19.2 !!

C6R 3 1.21.0
C6R 4 1.20.4

911 45 1.20.2
911 17 1.20.1

Did not count the leading Ferrari but they are a 1.19.5
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Old 10-01-2011, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by VatorMan
CR not even competitive this year. Wonder who Fehan will blame this one on.
They won the one that matters most. Audi has yet to win a race outside of LeMans as well I think.
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Old 10-01-2011, 08:50 PM
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9 laps to go and Gavin is 2 laps down and is still holding on to 4th. Oh well, we'll get 'em next year!
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