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No. GT2.
Just to piggyback off this thread, here's a very interesting read about why Tafel switched from Porsche to Ferrari. Explains a lot about why there is only ONE team signed up to run Porsches this year.
Personally I think the 911's time at the top is done. Ferrari's were faster all year last year and have gained 1-2 secs already in winter testing. Porsche keeps preaching that their small aero tweaks and new tranny are going to get them back on top. Hmmm, I wonder why NO porsches were at Sebring during testing? Loyalities aside, I think the E92 will be quicker as well in '09.Leave a comment:
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The car is deff bad ass, I cant decide if I like the rear bumper or not, it fills out the car nicley but i just dont know. Made this of what I would wrather see. but it still has huge porsche vents behind the rear tires.
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Ahh, SPEED Channel... Yeah, I kind of noticed that the World Challenge favored The Acuras and the Mazdas. Which is too bad because there are other cars that I would like to see in that series. Maybe, just maybe, if we put our collective minds (and bank accounts) together, we here at R3V could make a 1 series racer. Not the greatest idea but, come on, it'd be fun.Leave a comment:
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They could possibly race it in the SPEED World Challenge. But somebody needs to take it on. BMW won't be providing any help on it. To top it off, Turner Motorsports, Bimmerworld and others have found out that World Challenge favors Mazda, Acura, and GM over all others. As soon as the BMW's start kicking butt, they get thwacked with handicaps. Not many teams will put up with that for long. I suspect that is why Turner no longer races World Challenge.
The 1 series might do well in the Grand AM "Street Tuner" class (God, I hate that name... why don't they go ahead and say it??? "The Ricer class")
But again, somebody has to take it on and develop it for racing from the ground up. That is not easy. It will take somebody like Turner or Bimmerworld or maybe TC Kline to do it. I think Bimmerworld has their hands full trying to get their E90's working well.
But, I too would love to see the 1 race. I think it would be a successful car. It weighs the same or more than my E46, but it is smaller. In race trim, it should be easier to get the weight out of it. With the mondo twin turbo or even just the 2.8, it will be a quick car for sure. I am thinking about buying one in about 10 years :D
Of course, the 1 has been racing in Europe for a few years now. Unfortunately, we don't get to see any of those races here. SPEED must spend 14 hours a day covering NASCAR so that barely leaves time for the infomercials.Leave a comment:
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Totally bad ass. I wonder if there's series where they could race the new 1 series? I'd love to see the tii concept turned into a race car. Well, more so than it already is...Leave a comment:
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Or last year. Yeah, I was extremely bummed. Portland just didn't draw the crowds that the ALMS wanted to see. Bad advertising and brutally hot weather were the major part of the problem in my mind.
And, it looks like CHAMP car is falling apart and will be absorbed by the IRL. I would suspect that that means there won't even be a CHAMP car race here this year.Leave a comment:
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