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2017 Rolex Daytona 24 Hour: Results Inside
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Ricky Taylor had an opening, and he went for it. Alb tried to close the gap, and it was just too late to protect the inside. A late, reactive block. There wouldn't have been contact if the #5 just gave a bit more room instead of driving into his door.
Karma is a bitch, ain't it, AXR? Brake checking the #10 on the restart wasn't worth it in the end, I see..
Karma is a bitch, ain't it, AXR? Brake checking the #10 on the restart wasn't worth it in the end, I see..
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Okay, I gotta get some sleep, great race, see you guys.
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Nope. Ford dive to the inside in Turn 1 and the Ferrari made a late block, hitting the Ford.
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Call it karma for the #5 and all the crap they've pulled over the years. If the Ford got away with it, Corvette got away with it on a Porsche last year, so why would it be different now?
Could care less about Jeff Gordon. I'm just happy for Jordan, Ricky and Max. They've finished 2nd so many times, you'dbe an idiot to think they weren't gling to be aggressive.
Ford will be (hopefully) BoP'd into an oblivion as always throughout the season. Honestly they felt pretty balanced in the corners; they just had a slight top end advantage.
At the end of the day, it is what it is. Nobody can change it. On to Sebring!
Could care less about Jeff Gordon. I'm just happy for Jordan, Ricky and Max. They've finished 2nd so many times, you'dbe an idiot to think they weren't gling to be aggressive.
Ford will be (hopefully) BoP'd into an oblivion as always throughout the season. Honestly they felt pretty balanced in the corners; they just had a slight top end advantage.
At the end of the day, it is what it is. Nobody can change it. On to Sebring!
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We better see a picture of Rodney Sandstorm with a Rolex soon.
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Where have you been the past 24 hours with this awesome banter? Should've seen the stuff last night.
Oh, please tell me the banter! I bet you all were trying to find a way to hate the old DPs somehow!
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Because it's a curved braking zone, it's tricky to say what is "moving in the braking zone," but it definitely looked like the #5 squeezed the #10. I think the #10 saw an opening, put the nose in, saw that the door was closing, but had no where to go. Car on the right, wall on the left, on the braking limit.
You see stuff like this in V8SC a lot, and the lead car usually never turns in like that, even with minimal overlap.
Racing incident in my opinion, no penalty required. I do like what Albequerque said though. He didn't seem all that mad about the spin, but said Ricky could have held up a touch so they could resume a fair scrap to the line.
You see stuff like this in V8SC a lot, and the lead car usually never turns in like that, even with minimal overlap.
Racing incident in my opinion, no penalty required. I do like what Albequerque said though. He didn't seem all that mad about the spin, but said Ricky could have held up a touch so they could resume a fair scrap to the line.
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From my perspective, it looked like the Ford was not the fastest top end (at least it seemed that way in last couple of hours of the race) compared to the Corvette, Ferrari and Porsche. Porsche was a rocket in a straight line.
Overall I thought the race was pretty even and close in GTLM.
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That's because most of us aren't pro racers. A good pro knows the risk of turning in like that, and putting it in the official's hands. Like I mentioned before, watch some Aussie V8SC. Because of the massive braking distances, it's a hard rule that you don't turn in on a guy, even with minimal overlap. Reason being, because the guy on the inside is usually on the limit, and the guy on the outside ends up tbe loser. Safer to just not turn in, and is why it's so important to never open the door in the first place.
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From the onboard, Taylor saw a huge opening. They have very limited visibility in those prototype cars. Albuquerque probably didn't see Taylor in his mirror either.
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I'm a fan of GM. I'm a massive fan of Jeff Gordon. I'm typically a fan of WTR. I don't agree with that call at all. I am willing to bet that if that had happened with any other car during any other time of any race, it would have constituted a penalty.
As for the rest of the prototypes, I felt that there was almost no coverage for the non - Caddies. That being said, GM was on its own planet, so that's probably why.
I do think there is promise for DPi going into the rest of the season. Daytona is sort of a special case, let's see what happens at Sebring.
For the rest of the classes for me:
PC - Nothing of note happened outside of some yellow flags.
GTLM - Great run by the group as a whole. I thought it was a fair win for the Ford.
GTD - Though I'm typically an Audi fan, the Alegra Motorsports entry is a great story and a well deserved win. Acura and Lexus had a few surprising moments (Acura more so than Lexus), which bodes well for the new cars. This class will be fun to watch moving forward.
The only other problem is that we have wait almost 2 months between now and Sebring. On to the 12 hour!
As for the rest of the prototypes, I felt that there was almost no coverage for the non - Caddies. That being said, GM was on its own planet, so that's probably why.
I do think there is promise for DPi going into the rest of the season. Daytona is sort of a special case, let's see what happens at Sebring.
For the rest of the classes for me:
PC - Nothing of note happened outside of some yellow flags.
GTLM - Great run by the group as a whole. I thought it was a fair win for the Ford.
GTD - Though I'm typically an Audi fan, the Alegra Motorsports entry is a great story and a well deserved win. Acura and Lexus had a few surprising moments (Acura more so than Lexus), which bodes well for the new cars. This class will be fun to watch moving forward.
The only other problem is that we have wait almost 2 months between now and Sebring. On to the 12 hour!
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