WEC Race 2013 FIA WEC - Round 5 - 6 Hours of COTA - Page 9

TRspitfirefan · 22 Sep 2013, 15:41 (Ref:3307478)

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Originally Posted by ATLFalconsFAN

Awesome day at the track! I have a new favorite driver and I wanted to tell you guys why:

Martin Plowman has a charitable organization called snowball express:

http://www.snowballexpress.org

I donated some money to it and in return was promised a tour of the Oak Racing garage. What I did not expect was that Martin Plowman himself would be giving me a personal tour! I did the tour with him yesterday and he was so incredibly gracious and so friendly and so willing to give up as much of his time as he could! At the end of the tour I asked him if we could take a photo together near his car (I wish I was computer savvy enough to know how to post the photo here), he said yes and I handed my iphone to a gentleman who was standing nearby who nicely took the photo for us. Martin had another commitment and had to leave and I stuck around talking with the fellow who had taken the photo. I quickly realized that this was Mark Plowman (Martin's dad). His dad is an incredibly friendly, down to earth gentleman! I was worried the whole time that I was intruding on his time and on the activities of the garage, in fact the complete opposite, he welcomed me to stick around as long as I would like and also introduced me to his wife. They are really and truly a wonderful family! They even invited me to watch the race tomorrow with them from their pit box (I think I'll have to take them up on that!). Today after qualy I went back and hung out again, everyone remembered me and was just as nice as yesterday!

So...I have a new favorite driver. I am constantly reminded of why I am a fan of sports car racing and how the people associated with it are so much better to look up to and respect than many of the jerks who couldn't care less about the fans in the major US sports. So go Oak Racing! And go #35! I hope you win tomorrow!!!

Very cool!

cdsvg · 22 Sep 2013, 15:47 (Ref:3307484)

The dailymotion / live.fiawec stream seems to be HD or nothing - very annoying for those of us with less than stellar connections.

Ferrari333SP · 22 Sep 2013, 15:48 (Ref:3307486)

Them grid girls, oh la la....

maximus · 22 Sep 2013, 15:50 (Ref:3307488)

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Originally Posted by cdsvg

The dailymotion / live.fiawec stream seems to be HD or nothing - very annoying for those of us with less than stellar connections.

It's lovely when it isn't stuttering though but yes it's very annoying that you can't turn it down. As soon as I change to another window the stream packs in.

It's better if you open it in Dailymotion itself and shut down the stream on the WEC page it would seem however.

fanta4 · 22 Sep 2013, 15:53 (Ref:3307492)

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Originally Posted by maximus

Who on earth is this butchering the US national anthem right now!? Utterly dreadful.

The shot of the guys shaking their heads ready said it all, didn't it?

maximus · 22 Sep 2013, 15:55 (Ref:3307493)

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Originally Posted by fanta4

The shot of the guys shaking their heads ready said it all, didn't it?

The commentator said it all as well, an "interesting" interpretation lol! I honestly think I could have done better (although not being American it would just be weird!)

Lagunaseca_4life · 22 Sep 2013, 16:03 (Ref:3307497)

Safety car already,surprising for being wec.

Eryk03 · 22 Sep 2013, 16:03 (Ref:3307498)

Long race for the Lotus

TRspitfirefan · 22 Sep 2013, 16:03 (Ref:3307499)

The ALMS ran the whole race with no safety cars.
The WEC ran the whole first two minutes with no safety car.

fanta4 · 22 Sep 2013, 16:03 (Ref:3307500)

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Originally Posted by Lagunaseca_4life

Safety car already,surprising for being wec.

Well, it is a US track, so there is that.

maximus · 22 Sep 2013, 16:05 (Ref:3307502)

Was always expecting that in to the first corner if I'm honest but yeah the ALMS race managed no SC's!

pach233 · 22 Sep 2013, 16:06 (Ref:3307504)

Is Hindy not calling the race? Not that I mind Roller and Shaw but it's sorta weird to not hear Hindy after he's been there all week.

TRspitfirefan · 22 Sep 2013, 16:07 (Ref:3307506)

I really love the livery on that #99 Aston!

jsTrecu · 22 Sep 2013, 16:08 (Ref:3307507)

SC already...

Beetle · 22 Sep 2013, 16:10 (Ref:3307508)

They need to hurry up and get the Lotus OFF the track. The lack of urgency is very frustrating.

Edit: finally being hauled away. SC in this lap.

bentley speed 8 · 22 Sep 2013, 16:22 (Ref:3307513)

My slow connection can't take this stream. It's so frustating

Edit: Seems fixed

Eryk03 · 22 Sep 2013, 16:43 (Ref:3307515)

finally...

bentley speed 8 · 22 Sep 2013, 16:43 (Ref:3307517)

Buemo is a bit too aggressive

jsTrecu · 22 Sep 2013, 16:45 (Ref:3307518)

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Originally Posted by bentley speed 8

Buemo is a bit too aggressive

I thought that too, it's a 6h race. Not saying I didn't enjoy the fight, but...

Haha, that Audi was ready to come back to Europe on his own.

Acid09 · 22 Sep 2013, 16:47 (Ref:3307519)

Airborne Audi!

Toyota looking good so far, didn't expect that.

bentley speed 8 · 22 Sep 2013, 16:47 (Ref:3307520)

Yeah, great fight nevertheless
Meanwhile Fassler is trying to get airborne...

Eryk03 · 22 Sep 2013, 16:49 (Ref:3307521)

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Toyota looking good so far, didn't expect that.

Very good, they loses time systematically, but not that much... as for Toyota

Acid09 · 22 Sep 2013, 16:53 (Ref:3307522)

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Originally Posted by Eryk03

Very good, they loses time systematically, but not that much... as for Toyota

I have never seen a poster with three negative reputation dots around here before. Should get you thinking about the quality of your posts...

Eryk03 · 22 Sep 2013, 16:57 (Ref:3307523)

Thats because toyota is so bad

fanta4 · 22 Sep 2013, 16:59 (Ref:3307524)

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Originally Posted by Eryk03

Thats because toyota is so bad

Challenging Audi for the lead, forcing Fassler into making serious mistakes, I would disagree.

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