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  1. Crashton

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    #79 Crashton, Feb 4, 2016
    Glad Max is OK. He's one tough guy to be able to do a competitive stint while sucking in exhaust.
     
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    #80 Sully, Feb 4, 2016
    Lamborghini Huracan had a great inaugural showing - just ran out of gas in the last minutes!
     
  3. Steve

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    #81 Steve, Feb 4, 2016
    One Lambo ran out of gas, two others took each other out while they were leading their class.
     
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    #82 minirab, Feb 4, 2016
    Finally just got done watching the whole race, with the exception of the PC

    class you couldn't have asked for anything better. Looks like it will be a great

    season.
     
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    #83 Green Flash, Feb 4, 2016
    A Tremendous Race

    I don't know if endurance sports car racing can get any better than this year's Daytona 24. While from the old school of yellow flags only for the corner where the problem lies, and opposed to NASCAR's (oops, meant IMSA's) full course yellows, they did make for some close racing due to the 'drive arounds'.

    Have attached a link to a well-written article on the race. One thing I learned from this write-up is that the Audis and Lamborghinis use the same chassis and engine. The Lambos were much faster. This puzzled IMSA enough that they pulled the engines from all the Lambos after the race.

    WeatherTech Sportscar Championship - PRUETT: Rolex 24 At Daytona Rewind
     
  6. Steve

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    #84 Steve, Feb 4, 2016
    Excellent article, some of Pruett's best writing.
     
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    #85 mrntd, Feb 5, 2016
    Speaking of the PC cars. Timing and scoring had most of the PC cars behind the GTLM and GTD classes. It will be interesting to see in the coming races but it looks like the PC class could now be the slowest.
     
  8. Steve

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    #86 Steve, Feb 5, 2016
    The PC cars gradually fell behind on the overall charts but that wasn't down to the PCs being inherently slower than the GTs. That is, if Pruett's numbers are right.
    So, did they spend more time in the pits or are they one-lap wonders, unable to sustain fast lap times over a long run?
     
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    #87 minirab, Feb 5, 2016
    If the PC cars had some old Vega motors in them then they would be one lap

    wonders.:biggrin5:
     
  10. Steve

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    #88 Steve, Feb 5, 2016
    I suppose this was early on during the Daytona race week?

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su4EmmEh3lY"]Hot Laps at Daytona - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #90 Steve, Feb 5, 2016
    A number of IMSA teams are on the Le Mans entry list that was announced today. It's a 60 car field this year (they built a few new garages).
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    #91 Nathan, Feb 5, 2016
    Ganassi racing is a monster - 19 Pro Drivers, in 13 Cars, running in 6 different series.
     
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    #93 mrntd, Feb 8, 2016
    There are a lot of teams from the US. Let hope they have good luck and a good showing.
     
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    #95 TommyBwell, Feb 9, 2016
    Thanks Steve. I was there but still enjoy watching the broadcast.
     
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    #96 TommyBwell, Feb 9, 2016
    Here is a pic of the car coral.
     

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    #97 00Mini, Feb 9, 2016
    ^^^ Nice.
     
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    #98 Steve, Feb 12, 2016
    One more time...because this time they used a MINI in their graphic. :D

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    #99 mrntd, Feb 16, 2016
    The Continental race was good. I was surprised by how few GS cars there were. Only 8 and no Cameros. 29 in ST ran like a swarm on restarts. I guess a number of people moved up to the GT3 class.
     
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    #100 minirab, Feb 16, 2016
    Maybe some are moving over to the PWC?
     
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    #101 Green Flash, Feb 17, 2016
    MINIs at the Racetrack and Photography

    Seems that everyone likes photos of MINIs, so thought I would share a couple from the MINI Corral at the Rolex Daytona 24. The one below I made just after we arrived at the track on Friday morning. It was early in the morning, as can be seen by the long shadows, and the light was only on the back of the cars.

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    Matt Genaurdi, a MINI owner from Orlando, FL, must have arrived closer to noon and had light on top of the cars. This photo is of the same line of cars, just later, with higher sun and from the front. From this photo, it seems that Matt has better skills, camera, and post processing than I do. Great photo, Matt.

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