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2011 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona ****Spoilers****

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  1. Isobel

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    #76 Isobel, Jan 30, 2011
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    Nice layout, I'm betting there is a minimum height restriction for entry...;).

    Go Brundell!!!
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    #77 Cornbread, Jan 30, 2011
    ^^^ If JPM doesn't win, I would like the fat old Limeys to do it.

    I have met Blundell quite a few times when he was in CART.

    Good dude.
     
  3. GuyIncognito

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    #78 GuyIncognito, Jan 30, 2011
    as a fat old limey, I agree :)
     
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    #79 ProCoach, Jan 30, 2011
    Awesome quote from MS. When the SpeedTV folks remarked to Mike about how well the #23 was doing, he replied about Blundell and Brundle that "they still have gas left in the tank!"

    Hoping for a top six and the car in the running for a podium!
     
  5. GuyIncognito

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    #80 GuyIncognito, Jan 30, 2011
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    Flying Lizard DP done blowed up :(

    edit: unless he oiled down the track, seems like a silly reason for a full-course caution.
     
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    #81 GuyIncognito, Jan 30, 2011
    say what you will about the contrived, NASCAR-ization of road racing that Grand Am is...this is a hell of a battle with less than an hour to go in a 24 hour race... :eek:
     
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    +1!
     
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    #83 rob lay, Jan 30, 2011
    no doubt going along the thinking end justifies the means. there are simply higher field turnouts and closer racing. the means are spec cars and yellow flags.
     
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    #84 GuyIncognito, Jan 30, 2011
    yep.
     
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    #85 FarmerDave, Jan 30, 2011
    was walter payton a racer or did he just go broke?
     
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    #86 GuyIncognito, Jan 30, 2011
    maybe a little of both? :)

    after he retired from football, Payton ran TransAm and some other stuff for a while, then was a co-owner of Dale Coyne's Indycar team until his death.
     
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    #87 yzee, Jan 30, 2011
    That was a hell of a jump for Pruett on the restart.
     
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    #88 Cornbread, Jan 30, 2011
    True, but the Prototurtles and Chip Ganassi can slurp my butt.


    Good win for Pruett.
     
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    #89 FarmerDave, Jan 30, 2011
    Wow, never knew that.
     
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    #90 yzee, Jan 30, 2011
    In the mid 80's we had a motorhome trackside at Mid-Ohio. Payton was then running S2000 as a support race for Cart. The kids made a banner that said "Sweetness" and they cheered for him every time he went past. After the race he came over in his golf cart. Hung out, had a couple beers, signed everything for the kids. Very humble man.
     
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    #91 Cornbread, Jan 30, 2011
    Met Walter at many CART races. Quiet a gentleman and one hell of a race fan.
     
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    #92 FarmerDave, Jan 30, 2011
    Lol "str8edgeracer: Dear @SPEED my name is cj wilson, not cj lewis but hey thanks for the mention on air during the Rolex 24."
    --http://twitter.com/str8edgeracer/status/31819418082217984
     
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    They did get some air time on the final lap and they were FAF...First Among Ferraris...that should count for something. :)

    Please thank him for giving Fcar fans something to watch.
     
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    #96 drewmar, Jan 30, 2011
    yes, that last lap footage was nice, i'll be sure to tell Cort, thanks
     
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    #97 Gilles27, Jan 30, 2011
    True that. However, it's still sad that as one of the most important road races in the world, only a handful of people show up to watch it every year. I was last there 10 years ago before they NASCAR-ed the formula, the year the Earnhardts raced and--I believe--was the final year for the 333. This race is the victim of a couple things: 1) Uninspiring cookie cutter Prototype equipment that looks like the love child between NASCAR & IRL and 2) the effect over-saturation and under-saturation NASCAR & Indy racing respectively have had over the past couple decades. NASCAR fans don't care about watching any of their heroes in the 24 hour race when their very own Super Bowl is held in the same location 3 weeks later. And the best of America's open wheel racing world are a bag of nobodies thanks to a series rendered irrelevant.

    I know the DP cars are cheaper, but they possess ZERO relevance to the casual fan. Dallara, Coyote, Riley and Crawford hardly swizzle the racing drink the same way as Porsche, Ferrari, Peugeot, Audi etal.
     
  23. GuyIncognito

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    #98 GuyIncognito, Jan 30, 2011
    nail, meet head :)
     
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    #99 4re Nut, Jan 30, 2011
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    I'm somewhere b/w a casual fan and a hardcore racing nut and I can't get into the DP cars. I watched Rolex this weekend primarily to see the GT action. Heck, I'd rather watch the Continental cars than DP.

    I much prefer ALMS and this was re-enforced when I just went to their site and was greeted with a 458; can't wait to see 'em in both series.
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    #100 yzee, Jan 31, 2011
    Behold the 1st person to wad up a pristine 458 racing car.
     
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