02-01-2016, 10:41 AM
Great racing! I loved watching the GTLM battle. The armchair QB in me says the Deltawing crash was driver fault. As DJ said - local yellow, yellow lights, traffic bunching up, radio (that may or may not have been working/listening). I know that driver caught major shit for that mistake.
I really like that Corvette told the guys to RACE to the end. Naturally they risked crashing after 24 hours but it was great for the fans. It also forced them to keep up the pace, sort out the drivers, and make for one hell of an authentic photo finish.
I wish the Ford GTs had done better on reliability, and it was interesting that even the CGR Prototypes had problems. I wonder how thin CGR spread themselves with the GTLM GT series or if that had anything to do with it? It looked like the GTs could get a pretty good pace going (I think one of them had the 2nd fastest lap of all the GTLM cars).
I like Scott Pruett, and was bummed to see him not get his record breaking win. I chatted with him at a Rolex race I was crewing one time - he kicked ass in the late 80s in a Trans Am XR4Ti and we talked for 5 minutes about the car, and then he signed a pic I had of him in his Trans-Am XR (/fanboy). Not many drivers are that approachable.
I liked all the media coverage too. Most of the manufacturers had both/either live twitter feeds or private chats going on. Ford did a great job with the private chat by giving pretty specific details on what was going on. Really engaging.
I really like that Corvette told the guys to RACE to the end. Naturally they risked crashing after 24 hours but it was great for the fans. It also forced them to keep up the pace, sort out the drivers, and make for one hell of an authentic photo finish.
I wish the Ford GTs had done better on reliability, and it was interesting that even the CGR Prototypes had problems. I wonder how thin CGR spread themselves with the GTLM GT series or if that had anything to do with it? It looked like the GTs could get a pretty good pace going (I think one of them had the 2nd fastest lap of all the GTLM cars).
I like Scott Pruett, and was bummed to see him not get his record breaking win. I chatted with him at a Rolex race I was crewing one time - he kicked ass in the late 80s in a Trans Am XR4Ti and we talked for 5 minutes about the car, and then he signed a pic I had of him in his Trans-Am XR (/fanboy). Not many drivers are that approachable.
I liked all the media coverage too. Most of the manufacturers had both/either live twitter feeds or private chats going on. Ford did a great job with the private chat by giving pretty specific details on what was going on. Really engaging.
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1985 Merkur XR4Ti Track Car
2013 Ford F-150 FX4 Ecoboost
E46 BMW 330Ci Sport 5spd
1973 Honda CL125S
1985 Honda CX500
2013 Arctic Cat 700 ATV
2017 Onewheel +
1985 Merkur XR4Ti Track Car
2013 Ford F-150 FX4 Ecoboost
E46 BMW 330Ci Sport 5spd
1973 Honda CL125S
1985 Honda CX500
2013 Arctic Cat 700 ATV
2017 Onewheel +