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De La Torre is pretty beat up, but it sounds fairly promising.
They haven't said much on Palmer though other than "head injuries", which could mean quite a few different things. Hopefully we'll get some good news on him sometime during the day.
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No matter what the latest news is regarding these drivers, this is just a reminder that motorsports are incredibly dangerous. Regardless of who your favorite drivers are, and regardless of whether you love or loathe certain drivers, they all deserve our love and support for their fearlessness and their bravery. Again- hope for the best for all parties involved.
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The only new news about the accident with Palmer and DeLa Torre that I know of is that the local Police are investigating. I would guess it's normal procedure.
I feel for all involved, the drivers, families and teams. I was there at Lime Rock and after the accident the atmosphere was certainly surreal. It was very quiet, though a lot of activity was still happening. There was no sound from any cars, the public address system, the crowd, I think even mother nature was waiting for an answer, any answer to what had just happened.
The first rumour I heard was the worst and my heart sank right away as I had just seen the Bentley being covered with a blue tarp. Seeing tarps on cars are never a good sign. I am relieved to know the rumour was incorrect. Reports from fans were starting to make a little more sense as social media had the first reports about the drivers being transported to the local hospital and then air-lifted to a trauma center. We all have heard the rest.
I think I'm glad to have not seen the actual accident but the Bentley paddock was directly in full view of what happened. I can only imagine what the range of emotions were throughout the paddock.
I hope the drivers make a full recovery.
Here a couple pics from the weekend.
I feel for all involved, the drivers, families and teams. I was there at Lime Rock and after the accident the atmosphere was certainly surreal. It was very quiet, though a lot of activity was still happening. There was no sound from any cars, the public address system, the crowd, I think even mother nature was waiting for an answer, any answer to what had just happened.
The first rumour I heard was the worst and my heart sank right away as I had just seen the Bentley being covered with a blue tarp. Seeing tarps on cars are never a good sign. I am relieved to know the rumour was incorrect. Reports from fans were starting to make a little more sense as social media had the first reports about the drivers being transported to the local hospital and then air-lifted to a trauma center. We all have heard the rest.
I think I'm glad to have not seen the actual accident but the Bentley paddock was directly in full view of what happened. I can only imagine what the range of emotions were throughout the paddock.
I hope the drivers make a full recovery.
Here a couple pics from the weekend.
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PWC Lime Rock aired today on CBSSN and of course the PR piece at the beginning of the show has about Bentley. Of course they shot that before the 1st race. Palmer's car had multiple onboards in race 1 so hopefully the series will be able to learn what happened to the car.
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Here's something interesting, the return of the battle of the single make cars. http://sportscar365.com/blancpain/sro-resurrects-group-n-for-24h-spa/
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Is that expected to grow the grid? Its very short notice for some people who run those cars,
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Where do the plan to put them? Because one thing Spa 24 isn't lacking is cars.
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But, wait, there's more...
http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/06/10/renault-raid-planned-bathurst-12-hour/
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Obviously SRO have one eye on the inevitable self destruction of GT3 within 5 years. Still bizarre move imo.
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IMO spa should have 60 cars minimum, the price hike on entry seen the field dwindling over the last 3 years, I dont get I either but I'm not hating seeing more cars,
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Its busy, but there's no excuse,
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GT teams are back to work this weekend. Blancpain endurance series is running in the Paul Ricard 6hr/1000km, race starts Saturday evening 1800 local/1600 GMT. Lets hope that they do a better job with the track limits than last year. Also PWC will support Indycar this weekend at Road America with 2-1hr rounds, Sat. 4:30 pm CT and Sun. 9:55 am CT.
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Someone doesn't watch a lot of GT racing
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COTA attitude track limits. A strip of grass on corner exits would solve everything.
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I propose a big strip of thumb tacks.
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Wow I've never seen a BBQ Porsche.
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Bringing a water pistol to a burning skycraper pretty much...
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How?
