Mar 18, 2009 3:16:28 PM
Mar 18, 2009 7:41:45 PM
Pos | Car | CL | Driver | Laps Comp |
Best Lap Lap Time |
Behind Leader |
Behind Position |
CP | Last Lap Lap Time |
BL Num |
Event Clock Last Lap |
|
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1 | P | 08 | P1 | Bourdais, Sarrazin | 26 | 1:44.719 | --- | --- | 1 | 1:49.849 | 23 | 0:56:16.335 |
2 | P | 2 | P1 | McNish, Capello/Kr | 22 | 1:44.933 | -0.214 | -0.214 | 2 | 1:57.592 | 14 | 0:56:52.210 |
3 | P | 1 | P1 | Werner, Luhr/Rocke | 21 | 1:45.894 | -1.175 | -0.961 | 3 | 1:57.971 | 11 | 0:55:22.821 |
4 | P | 66 | P1 | Dixon, de Ferran/P | 20 | 1:46.461 | -1.742 | -0.567 | 4 | 1:48.087 | 19 | 0:55:21.699 |
5 | P | 9 | P1 | Franchitti, Brabha | 20 | 1:46.872 | -2.153 | -0.411 | 5 | 1:49.151 | 3 | 0:55:54.183 |
6 | P | 16 | P2 | Lally, Dyson/Smith | 17 | 1:50.802 | -6.083 | -3.930 | 1 | 2:05.457 | 9 | 0:55:22.308 |
7 | P | 15 | P2 | , Fernandez/Diaz | 18 | 1:51.148 | -6.429 | -0.346 | 2 | 1:52.189 | 10 | 0:54:30.145 |
8 | 37 | P1 | Ducote, Field/Fiel | 19 | 1:53.069 | -8.350 | -1.921 | 6 | 1:59.262 | 6 | 0:56:27.727 | |
9 | 12 | P1 | McMurry, Burgess/W | 19 | 1:54.193 | -9.474 | -1.124 | 7 | 1:59.049 | 14 | 0:56:26.853 | |
10 | 3 | GT1 | Garcia, O'Connell/ | 21 | 1:56.907 | -12.188 | -2.714 | 1 | 2:01.110 | 5 | 0:56:26.237 | |
11 | P | 4 | GT1 | Fassler, Gavin/Ber | 19 | 1:57.069 | -12.350 | -0.162 | 2 | 2:11.511 | 5 | 0:53:30.810 |
12 | 87 | GT2 | Lietz, Henzler/Wer | 22 | 2:02.591 | -17.872 | -5.522 | 1 | 2:04.112 | 13 | 0:56:57.011 | |
13 | P | 45 | GT2 | Lieb, Bergmeister/ | 18 | 2:03.258 | -18.539 | -0.667 | 2 | 2:16.330 | 7 | 0:57:00.296 |
14 | P | 62 | GT2 | Kaffer, Melo/Salo/ | 13 | 2:03.303 | -18.584 | -0.045 | 3 | 2:15.128 | 8 | 0:56:45.365 |
15 | P | 95 | GT2 | Bruni, Companc/Rus | 22 | 2:03.710 | -18.991 | -0.407 | 4 | 2:05.604 | 10 | 0:55:05.997 |
16 | P | 90 | GT2 | , Auberlen/Hand | 18 | 2:03.737 | -19.018 | -0.027 | 5 | 2:05.090 | 13 | 0:54:23.951 |
17 | 21 | GT2 | , Farnbacher/James | 21 | 2:03.948 | -19.229 | -0.211 | 6 | 2:04.226 | 16 | 0:57:00.135 | |
18 | P | 92 | GT2 | , Mueller/Milner | 18 | 2:04.721 | -20.002 | -0.773 | 7 | 2:05.915 | 4 | 0:55:17.852 |
19 | 44 | GT2 | van Overbeek, Law/ | 19 | 2:05.089 | -20.370 | -0.368 | 8 | 2:05.089 | 19 | 0:56:54.841 | |
20 | 11 | GT2 | Feinberg, Holt/Hal | 14 | 2:05.100 | -20.381 | -0.011 | 9 | 2:12.151 | 10 | 0:56:35.734 | |
21 | 28 | GT2 | Molo, Gigliotti/Cu | 17 | 2:05.192 | -20.473 | -0.092 | 10 | 2:09.664 | 8 | 0:56:10.123 | |
22 | 40 | GT2 | Murry, Robertson/R | 22 | 2:05.512 | -20.793 | -0.320 | 11 | 2:10.039 | 5 | 0:56:20.065 | |
23 | 007 | GT2 | Cocker, Bell/Drays | 22 | 2:06.735 | -22.016 | -1.223 | 12 | 2:14.246 | 7 | 0:56:38.672 | |
reginos:
Spyderidol:
ed_moree:
And there is not even one Porsche RS Spyder?!?!?!?
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ALL PORSCHE ARE REAL PORSCHE!!!
No RS Spyders in the ALMS this year.
RS Spyder is already 4 years old car and its development has stopped. So I prefer no RS Spyders on the grid than a half-hearted private effort that would leave a bad taste for this car.
Better to leave when you are on top after 3 magnificent ALMS seasons.
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It's not where you're going, it's how you get there that counts
I agree, but as a kid I remember the 956 and latter the 962 in LeMans... and I wish Porsche starts a real official, factory supported program for racing again....
Mar 18, 2009 7:56:14 PM
Mar 19, 2009 11:02:35 AM
Mar 19, 2009 2:29:58 PM
Mar 19, 2009 3:19:18 PM
Results from Morning practice:
00:57:43 American Le Mans Series Scoring Flag: Checkered 00:00:00
Pos | Car | CL | Driver | Laps Comp |
Best Lap Lap Time |
Behind Leader |
Behind Position |
CP | Last Lap Lap Time |
BL Num |
Event Clock Last Lap |
|
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1 | 1 | P1 | Mike Rockenfeller | 15 | 1:45.678 | --- | --- | 1 | 1:48.217 | 14 | 0:56:01.895 | |
2 | 2 | P1 | Tom Kristensen | 12 | 1:45.830 | -0.152 | -0.152 | 2 | 1:45.830 | 12 | 0:55:58.351 | |
3 | P | 66 | P1 | Scott Dixon | 22 | 1:46.305 | -0.627 | -0.475 | 3 | 1:46.825 | 11 | 0:55:14.717 |
4 | P | 9 | P1 | David Brabham | 21 | 1:46.457 | -0.779 | -0.152 | 4 | 2:02.032 | 21 | 0:55:29.832 |
5 | 08 | P1 | Sebastien Bourdais | 21 | 1:46.537 | -0.859 | -0.080 | 5 | 1:46.580 | 12 | 0:56:32.033 | |
6 | P | 07 | P1 | Nicolas Minassian | 17 | 1:46.693 | -1.015 | -0.156 | 6 | 2:04.356 | 14 | 0:52:23.177 |
7 | P | 15 | P2 | Adrian Fernandez | 20 | 1:48.640 | -2.962 | -1.947 | 1 | 1:48.640 | 20 | 0:54:06.742 |
8 | P | 16 | P2 | Chris Dyson | 24 | 1:51.454 | -5.776 | -2.814 | 2 | 2:09.639 | 19 | 0:55:16.755 |
9 | P | 37 | P1 | Chapman Ducote | 18 | 1:52.323 | -6.645 | -0.869 | 7 | 3:42.173 | 13 | 0:56:32.701 |
10 | P | 12 | P1 | Chris McMurry | 20 | 1:52.983 | -7.305 | -0.660 | 8 | 2:11.758 | 13 | 0:48:21.023 |
11 | 20 | P2 | Butch Leitzinger | 7 | 1:57.300 | -11.622 | -4.317 | 3 | 27:10.132 | 4 | 0:56:38.651 | |
12 | 3 | GT1 | Johnny O'Connell | 24 | 1:57.431 | -11.753 | -0.131 | 1 | 1:59.221 | 10 | 0:56:26.884 | |
13 | 4 | GT1 | Oliver Gavin | 23 | 1:58.507 | -12.829 | -1.076 | 2 | 1:59.439 | 17 | 0:56:00.915 | |
14 | 45 | GT2 | Joerg Bergmeister | 22 | 2:02.654 | -16.976 | -4.147 | 1 | 2:02.759 | 15 | 0:56:20.408 | |
15 | P | 87 | GT2 | Wolf Henzler | 19 | 2:02.915 | -17.237 | -0.261 | 2 | 2:25.305 | 17 | 0:55:32.438 |
16 | P | 95 | GT2 | Gianmaria Bruni | 20 | 2:02.986 | -17.308 | -0.071 | 3 | 5:19.957 | 16 | 0:52:52.117 |
17 | P | 92 | GT2 | Dirk Mueller | 19 | 2:03.514 | -17.836 | -0.528 | 4 | 2:04.520 | 14 | 0:55:14.168 |
18 | 62 | GT2 | Mika Salo | 21 | 2:03.599 | -17.921 | -0.085 | 5 | 2:03.599 | 21 | 0:56:58.382 | |
19 | 11 | GT2 | Ritchie Holt | 20 | 2:03.602 | -17.924 | -0.003 | 6 | 2:11.882 | 13 | 0:56:08.530 | |
20 | 21 | GT2 | Dominik Farnbacher | 22 | 2:03.708 | -18.030 | -0.106 | 7 | 2:04.712 | 10 | 0:55:51.933 | |
21 | P | 90 | GT2 | Bill Auberlen | 14 | 2:03.818 | -18.140 | -0.110 | 8 | 6:09.648 | 13 | 0:47:04.693 |
22 | P | 007 | GT2 | Jonny Cocker | 18 | 2:05.032 | -19.354 | -1.214 | 9 | 5:51.339 | 5 | 0:52:31.579 |
23 | 61 | GT2 | Tracy Krohn | 21 | 2:05.679 | -20.001 | -0.647 | 10 | 2:07.120 | 3 | 0:55:29.835 | |
24 | 28 | GT2 | Lou Gigliotti | 20 | 2:07.126 | -21.448 | -1.447 | 11 | 2:07.776 | 6 | 0:56:10.652 | |
25 | P | 44 | GT2 | Seth Neiman | 21 | 2:08.843 | -23.165 | -1.717 | 12 | 2:20.561 | 6 | 0:55:10.172 |
Mar 19, 2009 7:19:52 PM
Mar 19, 2009 7:46:14 PM
Mar 19, 2009 7:48:16 PM
00:59:59 American Le Mans Series Scoring Flag: 00:30:00
Pos | Car | CL | Driver | Laps Comp |
Best Lap Lap Time |
Behind Leader |
Behind Position |
CP | Last Lap Lap Time |
BL Num |
Event Clock Last Lap |
|
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1 | P | 66 | P1 | Dixon, de Ferran/P | 11 | 1:45.278 | --- | --- | 1 | 1:45.278 | 11 | 0:53:54.149 |
2 | P | 2 | P1 | McNish, Capello/Kr | 9 | 1:45.360 | -0.082 | -0.082 | 2 | 1:58.256 | 7 | 0:55:27.012 |
3 | P | 07 | P1 | Klein, Minassian/L | 3 | 1:45.462 | -0.184 | -0.102 | 3 | 2:01.498 | 2 | 0:53:35.226 |
4 | P | 1 | P1 | Werner, Luhr/Rocke | 5 | 1:45.551 | -0.273 | -0.089 | 4 | 2:02.621 | 4 | 0:47:11.038 |
5 | P | 08 | P1 | Bourdais, Sarrazin | 2 | 1:45.559 | -0.281 | -0.008 | 5 | 2:00.183 | 1 | 0:49:10.712 |
6 | P | 9 | P1 | Franchitti, Brabha | 11 | 1:46.504 | -1.226 | -0.945 | 6 | 2:02.675 | 10 | 0:56:04.528 |
7 | P | 15 | P2 | , Fernandez/Diaz | 4 | 1:49.686 | -4.408 | -3.182 | 1 | 1:49.955 | 2 | 0:41:06.131 |
8 | P | 16 | P2 | Lally, Dyson/Smith | 10 | 1:51.534 | -6.256 | -1.848 | 2 | 2:05.695 | 8 | 0:50:29.276 |
9 | P | 12 | P1 | McMurry, Burgess/W | 11 | 1:51.598 | -6.320 | -0.064 | 7 | 2:25.342 | 10 | 0:56:18.615 |
10 | P | 20 | P2 | Devlin, Leitzinger | 11 | 1:51.840 | -6.562 | -0.242 | 3 | 2:21.639 | 8 | 0:52:27.636 |
11 | P | 4 | GT1 | Fassler, Gavin/Ber | 4 | 1:57.882 | -12.604 | -6.042 | 1 | 2:24.376 | 2 | 0:10:56.755 |
12 | P | 3 | GT1 | Garcia, O'Connell/ | 4 | 1:58.203 | -12.925 | -0.321 | 2 | 2:12.960 | 3 | 0:10:59.447 |
13 | P | 87 | GT2 | Lietz, Henzler/Wer | 6 | 2:03.051 | -17.773 | -4.848 | 1 | 14:42.874 | 2 | 0:31:25.802 |
14 | P | 45 | GT2 | Lieb, Bergmeister/ | 5 | 2:03.433 | -18.155 | -0.382 | 2 | 2:15.788 | 3 | 0:13:24.934 |
15 | P | 95 | GT2 | Bruni, Companc/Rus | 7 | 2:03.487 | -18.209 | -0.054 | 3 | 15:58.375 | 5 | 0:31:16.271 |
16 | P | 62 | GT2 | Kaffer, Melo/Salo/ | 9 | 2:03.829 | -18.551 | -0.342 | 4 | 2:22.828 | 8 | 0:23:20.162 |
17 | P | 40 | GT2 | Murry, Robertson/R | 5 | 2:04.333 | -19.055 | -0.504 | 5 | 13:33.299 | 3 | 0:31:18.360 |
18 | P | 21 | GT2 | , Farnbacher/James | 8 | 2:04.437 | -19.159 | -0.104 | 6 | 2:38.594 | 7 | 0:21:01.635 |
19 | P | 90 | GT2 | , Auberlen/Hand | 6 | 2:04.566 | -19.288 | -0.129 | 7 | 16:29.884 | 4 | 0:29:20.537 |
20 | P | 11 | GT2 | Feinberg, Holt/Hal | 6 | 2:05.619 | -20.341 | -1.053 | 8 | 12:12.957 | 5 | 0:31:03.064 |
21 | P | 007 | GT2 | Cocker, Bell/Drays | 7 | 2:05.692 | -20.414 | -0.073 | 9 | 6:02.479 | 4 | 0:29:39.928 |
22 | 18 | GT2 | Stuck, Pastorelli/ | 8 | 2:05.805 | -20.527 | -0.113 | 10 | 11:48.336 | 7 | 0:29:46.103 | |
23 | P | 28 | GT2 | Molo, Gigliotti/Cu | 10 | 2:06.678 | -21.400 | -0.873 | 11 | 6:29.650 | 9 | 0:29:55.713 |
24 | P | 61 | GT2 | van de Poele, Kroh | 8 | 2:08.386 | -23.108 | -1.708 | 12 | 3:08.459 | 6 | 0:21:47.822 |
25 | P | 44 | GT2 | van Overbeek, Law/ | 10 | 2:10.912 | -25.634 | -2.526 | 13 | 2:22.566 | 2 | 0:28:10.999 |
Mar 19, 2009 7:49:57 PM
Mar 20, 2009 1:04:11 PM
The pole position for Acura is indeed surprising, for some reason the Audi but especially the Peugeot are not as dominating as in the past.
Porsche was very successful in GT2 but I am curious how everybody will perform over the long distance. BMW placed 7th and DNF with the second car.
GT2 class in detail:
Ergebnis Qualifying GT2-Klasse
1. Dirk Werner (D), Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 2.03,051 Min.
2. Jörg Bergmeister (D), Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 2.03,433
3. Gianmaria Bruni (I), Ferrari 430 GT, 2.03,487
4. Mika Salo (SF), Ferrari 430 GT, 2.03,829
5. David Murry (USA), Ford GT, 2:04,333
6. Dominik Farnbacher (D), Panoz Esperante, 2.04,437
7. Bill Auberlen (USA), BMW E92 M3, 2.04,566
8. Chris Hall (USA), Dodge Viper, 2.05,619
9. Johnny Cocker (GB), Aston Martin Vantage, 2.05,692
10. Nicky Pastorelli (NL), Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 2.05,805
Mar 20, 2009 1:31:18 PM
“Obviously, qualifying went well and I’m really happy with the pole. But I didn’t think my time would be good enough. The track felt pretty slippery and the team asked me at one point if everything was okay. It wasn’t until I came into the pits that they told me I had the fastest time. But I really didn’t have to push hard. The car felt that good.This is our first race supported by Porsche Motorsport so I think it shows the capabilities of the team and why we have that support. The team has done such a great job with the set-up, I feel really good for the race.” - Dirk Werner
“I think we are very close to our race setup, but it wasn’t quite the right balance for qualifying today. We’ve made a lot of progress during this week’s testing and practice: overall the car is performing very well.” Jorg Bergmeister
Mar 20, 2009 3:01:31 PM
Friday Practice Times:
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Pos | Car | CL | Driver | Laps Comp |
Best Lap Lap Time |
Behind Leader |
Behind Position |
CP | Last Lap Lap Time |
BL Num |
Event Clock Last Lap |
|
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1 | 2 | P1 | Tom Kristensen | 21 | 1:45.200 | --- | --- | 1 | 1:47.769 | 20 | 0:59:05.661 | |
2 | 1 | P1 | Lucas Luhr | 21 | 1:45.289 | -0.089 | -0.089 | 2 | 1:46.205 | 15 | 0:59:32.630 | |
3 | P | 08 | P1 | Sebastien Bourdais | 19 | 1:45.674 | -0.474 | -0.385 | 3 | 2:00.488 | 11 | 0:39:08.925 |
4 | 66 | P1 | Dixon, de Ferran/P | 21 | 1:46.449 | -1.249 | -0.775 | 4 | 1:47.438 | 13 | 0:58:17.192 | |
5 | 07 | P1 | Pedro Lamy | 18 | 1:46.755 | -1.555 | -0.306 | 5 | 1:48.224 | 10 | 0:58:58.781 | |
6 | 9 | P1 | Scott Sharp | 18 | 1:47.412 | -2.212 | -0.657 | 6 | 3:54.293 | 9 | 0:58:42.133 | |
7 | 15 | P2 | Adrian Fernandez | 18 | 1:50.292 | -5.092 | -2.880 | 1 | 1:51.086 | 17 | 0:58:27.668 | |
8 | 16 | P2 | Andy Lally | 18 | 1:50.905 | -5.705 | -0.613 | 2 | 1:53.469 | 13 | 0:58:37.633 | |
9 | 37 | P1 | Jon Field | 14 | 1:51.620 | -6.420 | -0.715 | 7 | 12:09.140 | 4 | 0:52:46.951 | |
10 | 20 | P2 | Ben Devlin | 14 | 1:51.654 | -6.454 | -0.034 | 3 | 1:53.609 | 9 | 0:58:39.137 | |
11 | P | 4 | GT1 | Marcel Fassler | 17 | 1:58.627 | -13.427 | -6.973 | 1 | 2:07.647 | 5 | 0:38:14.076 |
12 | P | 3 | GT1 | Jan Magnussen | 18 | 1:58.864 | -13.664 | -0.237 | 2 | 2:10.289 | 4 | 0:56:58.889 |
13 | 45 | GT2 | Marc Lieb | 19 | 2:03.722 | -18.522 | -4.858 | 1 | 2:04.623 | 8 | 0:59:04.327 | |
14 | P | 87 | GT2 | Lietz, Henzler/Wer | 16 | 2:03.725 | -18.525 | -0.003 | 2 | 14:20.119 | 9 | 0:53:48.760 |
15 | 44 | GT2 | Johannes van Overb | 20 | 2:03.988 | -18.788 | -0.263 | 3 | 2:05.498 | 6 | 0:59:12.028 | |
16 | 62 | GT2 | Jaime Melo | 19 | 2:04.251 | -19.051 | -0.263 | 4 | 2:04.287 | 4 | 0:59:37.637 | |
17 | 21 | GT2 | Ian James | 19 | 2:05.258 | -20.058 | -1.007 | 5 | 2:05.573 | 18 | 0:59:19.827 | |
18 | P | 11 | GT2 | Chris Hall | 12 | 2:05.925 | -20.725 | -0.667 | 6 | 9:10.491 | 12 | 0:35:01.216 |
19 | P | 28 | GT2 | Lucas Molo | 11 | 2:08.017 | -22.817 | -2.092 | 7 | 2:38.741 | 6 | 0:54:54.914 |
Mar 20, 2009 3:03:31 PM
Ferdie:
The pole position for Acura is indeed surprising, for some reason the Audi but especially the Peugeot are not as dominating as in the past.
Porsche was very successful in GT2 but I am curious how everybody will perform over the long distance. BMW placed 7th and DNF with the second car.
GT2 class in detail:
Ergebnis Qualifying GT2-Klasse
1. Dirk Werner (D), Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 2.03,051 Min.
2. Jörg Bergmeister (D), Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 2.03,433
3. Gianmaria Bruni (I), Ferrari 430 GT, 2.03,487
4. Mika Salo (SF), Ferrari 430 GT, 2.03,829
5. David Murry (USA), Ford GT, 2:04,333
6. Dominik Farnbacher (D), Panoz Esperante, 2.04,437
7. Bill Auberlen (USA), BMW E92 M3, 2.04,566
8. Chris Hall (USA), Dodge Viper, 2.05,619
9. Johnny Cocker (GB), Aston Martin Vantage, 2.05,692
10. Nicky Pastorelli (NL), Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 2.05,805
The times are quite close... so it will be interesting to see the race.. Go Porsche!!!!
Mar 20, 2009 6:55:05 PM
Heist:
^^^Wow! I knew nothing about that documentary.
They contracted NFL Films shoot it ... and everyone here knows NFL Films is THE BEST in the business when it comes to shooting and editing sports films!
Really looking forward to seeing it on Friday night. It'll probably hit YouTube / Google Video in 2-3 days.
Heist,did you see and record last evening the film Truth in 24?
What a disaster for Porsche, it was.
A comment from Salo (winning Ferrari): "Some laps the new Porsches could not keep it consistent, but we saw in the week they can do really quick laps but in the long run we can beat them.”
Audi gave another virtuoso performance with a car "out of the box"
Mar 22, 2009 1:35:20 PM
I have just arrived back from SA and have just seen the awful results.
The Porsche's were much quicker than the Ferrari's. Fastest lap times:
2:02.494 for the #45 Flying Lizard, and 2:02.623 for the # 87 Frnbacher Loles.
2:03.087 for the Risi Ferrari (Fastest Ferrari)
"With Joerg Bergmeister in the No. 45 starting second and Seth Neiman in the
No. 44 starting 13th on the GT2 grid, both Porsches ran into trouble within
the first ten minutes. The clean race start quickly turned ugly for the
Lizards when on the fourth lap the No. 45 was hit by another GT2 car,
causing rear suspension damage to the No. 45. The Lizard crew made the repair
in the pits but the lengthy stop dropped the No. 45 from third to 13th.
Meanwhile, the No. 44 had its own issues with an early race spin which sent
it back to the pits for an unscheduled pit stop and fresh tires."- Flying Lizard's
andrea:
Heist:
^^^Wow! I knew nothing about that documentary.
They contracted NFL Films shoot it ... and everyone here knows NFL Films is THE BEST in the business when it comes to shooting and editing sports films!
Really looking forward to seeing it on Friday night. It'll probably hit YouTube / Google Video in 2-3 days.
Heist,did you see and record last evening the film Truth in 24?
I did. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a solid 8.
TiVo started acting crazy and I couldn't record it. I've been searching Google Video for someone who uploaded it and I don't see it yet.
I'm sure it'll pop up in the next few days ...
Heist:
andrea:
Heist:
^^^Wow! I knew nothing about that documentary.
They contracted NFL Films shoot it ... and everyone here knows NFL Films is THE BEST in the business when it comes to shooting and editing sports films!
Really looking forward to seeing it on Friday night. It'll probably hit YouTube / Google Video in 2-3 days.
Heist,did you see and record last evening the film Truth in 24?
I did. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a solid 8.
TiVo started acting crazy and I couldn't record it. I've been searching Google Video for someone who uploaded it and I don't see it yet.
I'm sure it'll pop up in the next few days ...
ok thanks!
Mar 25, 2009 5:55:36 AM
Mar 25, 2009 8:52:34 AM
Are you sure it was Lieb's fault?
An incident like this in F1 would have been the subject of protests, deliberations and discussions for the next month or so! Here it's just a racing accident which is good for the sport.
Mar 25, 2009 9:25:28 AM
Mar 25, 2009 11:13:51 AM
Spyderidol:
No , not Lieb's fault IMO. He was at least half a car length in front. He had basically completed the overtaking maneuver. Remember however, that the ALMS is owned by Don Panoz.
no surprise! The commendators very absolutely wrong too.
The way I saw it, was that the Panoz although being definitely passed just didn't give enough space and the contact was an inevitability.