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OP:Grand-Am...
Therefore, does anyone discuss Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge here?
Therefore, does anyone discuss Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge here?
Anybody out there following the Grand Am?
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Its under the Grand-am name and the guy who started the thread clearly refferences both series so its ok. However because most of the time we don't manage to catch the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, not really. I did see the race from last week at indy so it appears the races are severly delayed a week after.
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Jealousy is cruel.
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VERY BIG NEWS
I thought that I didn't like the events with Juan Pablo Montoya, but, even I didn't foresee the above link's results.
What do you guys think of this?
I thought that I didn't like the events with Juan Pablo Montoya, but, even I didn't foresee the above link's results.
What do you guys think of this?
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Starworks has fought hard with a car that is on the back foot. But it sounds like he's sick of the BS officiating by Grand-Am.
Watch as they spend the money saved here on another LMP2 car, or start an LMP1 program.
I think Grand-Am lost probably the most.
Watch as they spend the money saved here on another LMP2 car, or start an LMP1 program.
I think Grand-Am lost probably the most.
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Lets not forget that theirs the supposed Disadvantage the Riley has against the Corvette DP (More Downforce or something), which is funny considering Ganassi, ironically the team they are mad at, is actually keeping up with them.
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I'm disappointed. Ganassi really needs to lose, just once, so that they'll stop being the bloody elephant in the room. I think Grand-Am officials are too scared to penalize Ganassi.
I'm starting to see why NASCAR is so competitive. They give penalties to anyone, because they use a different slant on the windows, etc., so Grand Am could take note. Not to mention Formula 1...
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That comment was for someone else. I agree with though. It does seem like Grand Am is afraid to penalize Ganassi. In reality, the FIA would have made Montoya park the car.
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I hope Bourdais is back in the car this weekend. I love seeing him race.
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Vicente Potolicchio, Ryan Dalziel, Thomas Kimber-Smith. Google is your friend.
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I think the whole "Ganassi Conspiracy" is blown way out of proportion by people who just hate seeing Ganassi win (where are these same people in indycar?). Once gain, both crashes are not solely Montoya's fault. Fans are only blame Montoya because they already hate him just for being there all the while forgetting that ironically enough, both the drivers involved aren't exactly any less aggressive (does no one recall detroit?). Hell, it even seems everyone forgets Barber too where a certain Italian driver couldn't pass a guy without just shoving him off the road. And lets not forget the 24 where a certain Scotsman (driving ironically the same car involved) also got into a shoving match himself (and I believe AJ can back me up on that one). It seems to me a case of people who don't like having dose of their own medicine.
Correction, Genassi runs the Dinan BMW powerplant in their riley.
Correction, Genassi runs the Dinan BMW powerplant in their riley.
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Hmmm, Ryan Dalziel is also a driver in the Rolex Series; I'm surprised that he can run both series. If he can, then it probably means that Thomas Kimber-Smith can too, (perhaps) and that he might actually be the replacement driver for Enzo Potolicchio.
If he is, that'd be cool, because I've seen some other races with Thomas Kimber-Smith in them. He's a good driver.
And, what happened at Detroit and Barber, if I remember correctly, were penalized by damage to the cars OR a drive-through penalty.
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At Barber, Angelleli basically ran I believe the 9 car of Darren Law straight off the track and ended up causing them to hit a ditch and braking I believe the front suspension and taking out of the race. At Detroit, Joao made a pass basically cutting his teammate (ironcally, the 9 car again) off and almsot sending him into the wall.
And one thing I just remembered from last year: Grand-Am did Penalize Ganassi by stripping them 10 points (or was it 20?) AND took alot of their Horsepower away. Despite that, they still kept winning.
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I don't know. Imagining the funds that Ganassi probably brings into the competition, I think it'd be too hard for Grand-Am to penalize them. The last thing a series organizer wants to do, is chase away funding.
As for what happened at Barber, and Detroit, I'm aware. I don't mean to be blunt, but, as I said, I'm pretty sure that Angelelli was penalized, which cost Ricky Taylor the race.
Ricky's already better than Angelelli, IMO.
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Actually, Stephane Sarazin is Starworks' driver. Tom Kimber-Smith was called in when Sarazin did Le Mans for Toyota. Tom usually drives for Nissan.
Sarazin in a DP could be good...
Tom Kimber-Smith dropped off a cliff... He was running ALMS in LMPC, and all of a sudden he's gone.
Sarazin in a DP could be good...
Tom Kimber-Smith dropped off a cliff... He was running ALMS in LMPC, and all of a sudden he's gone.
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This is news to me. Oh well, I know of, and approve of, both of these drivers, so I'm okay with either.
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It's more likely that you'll see Bourdais, as he has recent experience in such cars. Unless Indy gets in the way.
Doesnt Lucas Luhr also run for Starworks occasionally? He's fairly good.
Doesnt Lucas Luhr also run for Starworks occasionally? He's fairly good.
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All of the names we've mentioned, though, have firm seats in other series. Luhr is in the ALMS, right? As for Bourdais, I don't think he'd even consider giving up too much time from Indy for Rolex.
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Yeah. But Grand Am, Indy, and ALMS run on different weekends.
And at Baltimore... they could run in BOTH series!
I dont think it will be full time. Just any spare time they have, they pop over and run the Riley.
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Starworks is looking for a full-time solution; they want to win the championship. They want to beat Ganassi.
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Then all they need is Dalziel. He's still in it. Any of the aforementioned drivers could alternate helping him, and get the job done.
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Yes, but, that doesn't really help with team chemistry...
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