Petit Le Mans Entry List Thread - Page 8

Speed-King · 3 Sep 2010, 14:56 (Ref:2754054)

The thing is, you don't have to compete in all ILMC rounds to be elegible for points. So far I've seen nothing that would indicate MIK (aka Racing Box) showing up for Petit).

HORNDAWG · 3 Sep 2010, 15:30 (Ref:2754072)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

The thing is, you don't have to compete in all ILMC rounds to be elegible for points. So far I've seen nothing that would indicate MIK (aka Racing Box) showing up for Petit).

I would agree that there has been no indication. But, if they wish to compete against Oak (who have stated all rounds), for the Team prize of the auto-invite, then all rounds will be required. No?

L.P.

Speed-King · 3 Sep 2010, 15:41 (Ref:2754078)

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Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

I would agree that there has been no indication. But, if they wish to compete against Oak (who have stated all rounds), for the Team prize of the auto-invite, then all rounds will be required. No?

L.P.

Banking on the American P2 teams blowing Oak out of the water?

HORNDAWG · 3 Sep 2010, 15:43 (Ref:2754079)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

Banking on the American P2 teams blowing Oak out of the water?

But, every entry in P-2 should score points if they make the 70%.

L.P.

The Badger · 3 Sep 2010, 15:47 (Ref:2754082)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Looks like MIK will run a Lola Judd. And yes Oak are competing in P2, and a lot of us are excited to see the Pesca in person for the first time!

Ive seen it lots of times , and I reckon you wont be disapointed . The dayglo pink works brilliantly too . Looks good , sounds good . Any word on who is doing the driving ?

Mik looks cool too , and sounds good also .

The Badger · 3 Sep 2010, 15:50 (Ref:2754084)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

Banking on the American P2 teams blowing Oak out of the water?

That would depend on who Oak has doing the driving . That car is a good solid and quick little beast , but I expect Highcroft and Cytasport will show them a thing or two ..... but dont expect them to have it all their own way .

Im hoping Moreau will be teamed with 2 other quick drivers , then sparks should fly .

**joeb** · 3 Sep 2010, 17:34 (Ref:2754147)

I think the only thing going against Oak for the Petit round is inexperience at Road Atlanta, but I'm sure they will get the hang of it quickly. I agree, solid drivers make that car fast, but they have been pretty reliable with all drivers the past few years. So I hope they can keep the car in one piece with the traffic and put in a good result.

fieldodreams79 · 3 Sep 2010, 19:54 (Ref:2754211)

I ASSume that the Pesca was built with LM in mind...

Just about every "new team" and drivers to Road ATL struggle for the first few sessions or they are just easing their way into it. Surely OAK has some set ups in mind but the others have logged many a mile there.

Worrisome, as always and as discussed in this thread before, trying to push the limits too early at Road ATL usually ends in a disaster and tears.

chernaudi · 3 Sep 2010, 20:37 (Ref:2754238)

Peugeot seemed to do just fine during the day practices at Road Atlanta during the debut in '08.

dj4monie · 3 Sep 2010, 23:22 (Ref:2754303)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

Banking on the American P2 teams blowing Oak out of the water?

As long as the balance issues are sorted out, I fully expect Oak to be racing for maybe 3rd in class, if not lower. Graf proved he can pedal that Porsche quickly and I don't care about the feel good moment of Oak finishing on the podium at Le Mans, those cars are not the Wirth or the Porsche who went toe to toe for two straight seasons.

An ALMS white-wash in LMP2 is very likely with only Strakka being the other car threatening for class victory.

What I wanna know is if Dyson are going to switch to ACO spec to qualify for Auto-Invite and run the smaller rear wing?

WMUCarGuy · 3 Sep 2010, 23:54 (Ref:2754308)

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Originally Posted by dj4monie

As long as the balance issues are sorted out, I fully expect Oak to be racing for maybe 3rd in class, if not lower. Graf proved he can pedal that Porsche quickly and I don't care about the feel good moment of Oak finishing on the podium at Le Mans, those cars are not the Wirth or the Porsche who went toe to toe for two straight seasons.

An ALMS white-wash in LMP2 is very likely with only Strakka being the other car threatening for class victory.

What I wanna know is if Dyson are going to switch to ACO spec to qualify for Auto-Invite and run the smaller rear wing?

Strakka won't be at Petit.

fieldodreams79 · 4 Sep 2010, 02:08 (Ref:2754322)

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Originally Posted by chernaudi

Peugeot seemed to do just fine during the day practices at Road Atlanta during the debut in '08.

I'm sure the factory team did...

**joeb** · 4 Sep 2010, 15:51 (Ref:2754476)

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Originally Posted by chernaudi

Peugeot seemed to do just fine during the day practices at Road Atlanta during the debut in '08.

I thought they wrecked a car in testing the week before the race, or was that last year?

Dead-Eye · 4 Sep 2010, 17:07 (Ref:2754489)

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Originally Posted by joeb

I thought they wrecked a car in testing the week before the race, or was that last year?

I don't remember, but even if they did: They pretty much wrecked a car whenever they went testing in 2008, so they wouldn't have been doing worse at Petit than anywhere else.

**joeb** · 4 Sep 2010, 21:10 (Ref:2754563)

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Originally Posted by Dead-Eye

I don't remember, but even if they did: They pretty much wrecked a car whenever they went testing in 2008, so they wouldn't have been doing worse at Petit than anywhere else.

Ouch!

chernaudi · 4 Sep 2010, 21:28 (Ref:2754571)

Peugeot wrecked their car during a promoter's test day the Saturday before PLM when it tried to avoid an other wrecked car. Peugeot had only a few spare parts because of all the wrecks in testing, at Le Mans and at Silverstone in '08. At least they now bring a spare tub with them to most races-something learned from Audi, Porsche and Acura, who usually brought one if not two to most ALMS races back then.

Captain Spyro · 5 Sep 2010, 03:55 (Ref:2754636)

I know it has been unlikely, but I was personally hoping for the Rebellion Lolas to make an appearance, but maybe next year, I hope. Ah well.

The Badger · 5 Sep 2010, 07:05 (Ref:2754649)

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Originally Posted by Captain Spyro

but I was personally hoping for the Rebellion Lolas to make an appearance

Nice idea , but with the luck they have been having this year , I suspect they cant wait for 2010 to be over !!!

06pony · 7 Sep 2010, 03:15 (Ref:2755475)

The last I heard the Aston Martin P1's were not coming over correct ? On the radio today there was a commercial for Petit and it mentioned P1's Audi, Peugeot, Aston Martin. I know it's a commercial but I find it strange the Aston being mentioned since it's never run at Petit. Any thoughts or rumors about this ? Mariantic still shows them on their list on the ALMS tab but not the Petit tab.

nissangtrfan · 7 Sep 2010, 03:40 (Ref:2755477)

I think is was an oversight. Commercial was more than likely made before Aston Martin decided not to make the trip. I had wished to see a P1 Aston at Petit as well. Maybe next year....

courageous · 7 Sep 2010, 06:08 (Ref:2755493)

Signature plus were planning to come & recent rumours put them in zuhai as well - personally I'll not bank on it, but you never know

Deleted · 7 Sep 2010, 14:17 (Ref:2755718)

According to IMSA regulations, the maximum number of cars running on the track at the same time was 50 anyways, so 48 entries is not a bad at all. Now if we could just see them.

HORNDAWG · 7 Sep 2010, 20:45 (Ref:2755920)

It will be Graf, Maassen and Luhr in the Cytosport Spyder.

L.P.

**joeb** · 7 Sep 2010, 20:59 (Ref:2755927)

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Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

It will be Graf, Maassen and Luhr in the Cytosport Spyder.

L.P.

That should get the job done! Looks like we will see a good scrap with Brabs, Simon and Marino.

carsten66 · 7 Sep 2010, 21:20 (Ref:2755940)

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Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

It will be Graf, Maassen and Luhr in the Cytosport Spyder.

L.P.

Great news. The joint venture of Porsche and Audi delegating their works drivers works very well...

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