'09 ALMS Round One Sebring Mar.18-21 - Page 2

Hugewally · 13 Mar 2009, 23:31 (Ref:2415257)

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Originally Posted by fjn356

David Brabham is supposed to drive Sir Jack's '59 championship car around the track, but I cannot find the time it is to occur. Does anyone know? I greatly admire them both, so I wanna see.

Thursday dinner break - 6pm-ish...

racerkeke · 14 Mar 2009, 13:26 (Ref:2415511)

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Originally Posted by andy_b

I am also, now involved in the official ALMS Spotter Guide as well

not sure if that will be online though.

Andy, is it small enough (ie max 2 pages) that ALMS can hand it out to the corner workers?
keke

WMUCarGuy · 14 Mar 2009, 16:35 (Ref:2415568)

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Originally Posted by racerkeke

Andy, is it small enough (ie max 2 pages) that ALMS can hand it out to the corner workers?
keke

He probably means that he's doing the spotter's guide poster for the series that you can buy at the merch trailers. The 07 one was great, last year's was just a bunch of random photos and looked pretty crummy. Andy's will no doubt look fantastic!

NightStalk3r · 14 Mar 2009, 19:10 (Ref:2415639)

Nice lineup for Vici Racing
Basseng, Pastorelli, Westbrook
Lance David Arnold, Hans and Johannes Stuck

Mad propz to DSC.

Audi Racer · 14 Mar 2009, 19:49 (Ref:2415656)

i can't figure out how the rear deck comes off because i cant find the breakline in the bodywork above the rear wheel well
also is this view symmetrcalhttp://www.autoblog.com/photos/audi-.../1429497/full/

The359 · 14 Mar 2009, 20:24 (Ref:2415676)

Looks like Primetime have finally decided to add a 3rd driver for the endurance races as they mentioned before. Ritchie Holt.

Is the Falken car going to actually appear anytime soon or what?

cmk · 14 Mar 2009, 20:34 (Ref:2415682)

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

Nice lineup for Vici Racing
Basseng, Pastorelli, Westbrook
Lance David Arnold, Hans and Johannes Stuck

Mad propz to DSC.

Just caught up with that myself. Great-sounding lineup (I called Johannes back when the first hint was dropped!) and on competitive rubber you have to believe both cars will be in the mix this weekend. Hope they can continue to field 2 cars for the season with strong lineups.

The359 · 14 Mar 2009, 20:45 (Ref:2415689)

IMSA's entry list has Pastorelli teaming with the Stucks, and Arnold in the Westbrook/Basseng #5.

cmk · 14 Mar 2009, 22:39 (Ref:2415733)

If true, fantastic lineup in the lead car. Basseng and Westbrook are known quantities to most, and Arnold has been very strong over the years in Cup and GT3 cars, including his Porsche Junior Team experience. Vici turned some decent times on Michelins in their '08 car in testing, too, so the car should match up to the drivers.

Dunlop Corner · 14 Mar 2009, 22:55 (Ref:2415738)

I may have missed something, but why is there no Tafel Ferrari this year?

cmk · 14 Mar 2009, 23:53 (Ref:2415761)

Yes, you definitely missed a lot. Jim Tafel has pulled out of racing completely. The physical team architecture under Tony Dowe remains and while they continue to try and find funding for a programme, that has not occurred to date.

HORNDAWG · 14 Mar 2009, 23:53 (Ref:2415762)

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Originally Posted by Dunlop Corner

I may have missed something, but why is there no Tafel Ferrari this year?

Because Tafel pulled out. Tony Dowe is working on fielding a car with the team that was Tafel, per se. As Tony was the man at Tafel.

L.P.

TWK · 15 Mar 2009, 00:18 (Ref:2415770)

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Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Because Tafel pulled out. Tony Dowe is working on fielding a car with the team that was Tafel, per se. As Tony was the man at Tafel.

L.P.

What you should know is that "Tafel" means nothing. "Tony Dowe" means a lot. Work to field a team sometime this season continues. There's a lot more to this story that's not to be told now.

Here is some reading on the topic:

http://www.sportscarpros.com/not-tha...st/default.htm

Audi Racer · 15 Mar 2009, 00:27 (Ref:2415771)

Audi test session for saturday
Saturday, March 14
10:15 – 11:45 Test session
13:30 – 14:45 Test session
15:45 – 17:00 Test session
maybe jourdain jr isn't on the list because during the acura 12 hour test he crashed the car. suffering from injury maybe? so the're not sure if he will drive maybe?

Stefvh · 15 Mar 2009, 01:23 (Ref:2415778)

No times from this test ?

cmk · 15 Mar 2009, 01:36 (Ref:2415781)

Private testing, so private timing.

Audi Racer · 15 Mar 2009, 02:04 (Ref:2415786)

1:39.765 Audi Sport North America No.2 Audi R15 TDI
1:40.844 Audi Sport North America No.1 Audi R15 TDI

chewymonster · 15 Mar 2009, 03:22 (Ref:2415797)

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Originally Posted by Audi Racer

1:39.765 Audi Sport North America No.2 Audi R15 TDI
1:40.844 Audi Sport North America No.1 Audi R15 TDI

For real, or are you just guessing?

WMUCarGuy · 15 Mar 2009, 03:40 (Ref:2415800)

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Originally Posted by chewymonster

For real, or are you just guessing?

Obviously they're real...

Audi Racer · 15 Mar 2009, 04:27 (Ref:2415809)

jk

chewymonster · 15 Mar 2009, 04:35 (Ref:2415811)

but I would be perfectly content with those times, or within a second

XJR14/WSC95 · 15 Mar 2009, 06:07 (Ref:2415825)

Given that the fastest time at the wheels down winter testing was in the 1:44s by the #66 Acura and the fastest time set at the 08 test day was a 1:42.8 the big question is what time can we expect from the #8 Peugeot in the coming week? I am sure the 908 has been heavily revises to suit the 09 regs with there new 2009 cars but they are only an evolution at best. This is one hell of a way to start a season!

sssssssss · 15 Mar 2009, 11:48 (Ref:2415924)

Honestly, I have serious doubts that times will be that low (around 1:40) with the new regs... I mean, remember what ACO claimed to be the times target for this year: getting the Le Mans lap back to around 3:30 (with the new, significantly faster Tetre Rouge, that is). Cars will almost surely be slower than last year. 2008 was the big year in terms of statistics

If the Acura did 1:44, I suppose Audi and Peugeot won't go under 1:42 either (of course, this is testing-pace, but anyhow). The ultra-mighty 908 of last year did a 1:42 lap at Sebring (true, it would have surely gone faster than that in qualifying, if the session wouldn't have been stopped) so I'd be surprised to see this year's cars better that.

JAG · 15 Mar 2009, 14:59 (Ref:2416006)

I don't think the new cars will be much more than 1 second slower this year, so a pole of 1.43, possibly 1.42 if you assume the 908 could have managed a 1.41 in qualifying last year.

At Le Mans the diesel power cut could knock those cars back 4 seconds, another 2 seconds for the aero change, so 3.24-3.25 pole, which is within the ACO's acceptable 'qualifying' pace range.

PS, Peugeot for the Sebring win by 5 laps.

The Badger · 15 Mar 2009, 15:36 (Ref:2416023)

Dad is driving with junior at Vici racing with Niki Pestorelli . ..... Stuck . Great to see the auld fella back again .

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