Rolex 24 at Daytona

[Simon Tibbett]

Hey,

Today is the day. Who is all watching it? Speed is not showing all of it, they cut off at 9p.m. eatsern time. It sucks! I love the night and at around 3a.m., I love to be up and watching! Oh well, I will have to live with what I have.

I also saw there is no more Sports Racer class, only SP2, AGT, DM, and the GT classes. It should be interesting with the new Fabcars racing. I posted some pics of a couple cars in the field.

 

[Simon Tibbett]

A Red Bull Fabcar

 

[Gran Turismo7058]

That Must be the Toyota Fab car, I think Brumos is gonna win this, cause they have a reputation when they compete.

 

[Simon Tibbett]

Yeah, probably. The Ford was very quick as well.

 

[Gran Turismo7058]

Im watching it and both Brumos cars are leading 1-2.

 

[F094/H]

Hey, what time is the race?

 

[Simon Tibbett]

It started at 12:30 eastern time. I want the Ford DP car to win with David Brabham. The field seems slower then last year.

 

[Gran Turismo7058]

Yeah, the feild is suppose to be safer and cheaper. That #66 GT3R has it won, the Ford DP car is 6 or 7 laps behind. We'll see some better action at Miami in Febuary.

 

[Simon Tibbett]

Yeah, maybe. I still want the Ford to win though with Brabham!!!! Here is what I look like right now. I have been watching all of it!

 

[GT40racer]

in 1 minute the porsche has it won

 

[GT40racer]

I give you the winner of the Rolex 24

 

[GT40racer]

And second....

 

[Matrixhasu77]

Its about time a car other than a LMP or SRPI or II won the Daytona 24hrs. Its pretty cool how those cars can run for 24 hrs straight and not have many problems(I noticed there were only about 25 cars left at the end of the race when it started with around 40.)

 

[Simon Tibbett]

I still wanted Brabham to win... oh well he won in class.

 

[freerider]

Does anybody else find the Daytona Prototypes a little to generic looking?

 

[Simon Tibbett]

yes sadly......

 

[RobweenerPI]

DP's are a complete Joke. They are an absolute insult to sportsracing cars. I noticed somebody mentioned the feild seemed slower. DP's are about 10 seconds slower than the old SRP cars. SRP cars are about 8 seconds slower than LMP 900 cars. Basically what i'm telling you is the fastest DP lap time was about 1:51. An Audi R8 could run about 1:35 according to an engineer on another board i'm on. A GT car winning a race like that is pathetic. Also, note that GTS cars in grand am are merely rebadged year old Trans Am cars. GT cars and SRP2 car are heavily weighted to keep the speed down. Why you might ask, because Grand Am is the worst sanctioning body on earth.

 

[advanR]

Im going to the skip barber 3day school at daytona this spring break. It utilizes the 24-hour course. I have searched for a good map of the 24-hour track but cant find one. Does anyone knoe the location of one? It would be even better if it had suggested lines.

Thanks.

 

[Simon Tibbett]

Sounds cool, have you looked at the website? I am doing one at Sebring.

 

[Gran Turismo7058]

Are you going or reviewing?

 

[GilesGuthrie]

With the declining Prototypes field, I've always thought that the GT3s were due a win at Daytona.

I'm pleased for Johnny Mowlem (a Brit driving the 2nd placed Ferrari). I've been following his career for a few years now, and he's moving on, working hard. It's nice to see.