The Official ALMS Thread

[Moberg12]

An hour and a half to go. This is going to be close.

Beer+Recliner+8 1/2 hrs. of road racing= Awesome Saturday!!!

[E-Thirty]

And both of the Dyson cars. =( Not to mention the Acura's can't keep up with the pace of the diesels. Now I'm just rooting for the Audi's.

[TDE30]

Both E92's are out.

[E-Thirty]

2nd restart and the 66 Acura is in 3rd with a new front body piece. Lets see if they can hold that position.

Edit: Nope, not even for one lap.

[Super Sedan]

Race is currently underway, will be on SPEED at 2PM. Auberlen/Hand BMW has retired after taking 40 minutes to get started at the beginning of the race. Milner/Mueller are 3rd place in class, one lap back. The Audi and Peugeot battle has also been pretty good thus far.

[CleanAzzE30z]

No California Speedway, you poor guys will have to make do with Laguna Seca and Long Beach. Not fair at all.

Wait, ALMS is going to Long Beach?? I didnt know that. Awesome. I just wanted something in Southern Cali. I may even go up to Laguna Seca.



Mariano

[Hallen]

No California Speedway, you poor guys will have to make do with Laguna Seca and Long Beach. Not fair at all.

That's one of the "locked out" NASCAR tracks like Watkins Glenn and Daytona. No ALMS races will be held at those tracks unless NASCAR gives the OK, which they won't.

The closest race to me now is Laguna since they stopped coming to Portland.

I dunno about the Acura, I suspect it will do better on the street courses and tighter tracks than it will at Sebring.

[E-Thirty]

Yeah, we'll see. They say they are sill having to compensate for the disparity between diesel and petrol power. It seems petty common for the cars that corner really well to do well in quali. But for race pace, it is much harder on them if they don't have the power or straight line speed to clear traffic efficiently.

I also think the Acura is better suited for a track like sebring.

[E-Thirty]

Huh? They're two seconds off the pace of the P2 Acuras, and 7 seconds off of the P1 cars. The car is a dud.

-Charlie

Well, for now I'm just comparing them to how BK was running the car and I like to root for the underdog team.

[BillBrasky]

I'm psyched for Saturday's race, make sure you guys remember to check ESPN tonight at 9:00 PM EST.

What was on ESPN? I didn't see this thread until 11:50p


I'll be at the race at Mid-Ohio again this year. I'm glad to see BMW back in it again.

[norcalE30]

im stoked for the new season acuras cars look really strong and i like the different approach they took. cant wait for the race

[TDE30]

No California Speedway, you poor guys will have to make do with Laguna Seca and Long Beach. Not fair at all.

[CleanAzzE30z]

Did they add Cali SPeedway to the schedule??? please please please?? I went to all of them out here and it was the baddest ass of experiences.



Mariano

[Hallen]

I'm still unsure of how Acura (LMP1) will do tomorrow, they put up solid qualifying results, but after watching a program on their LMP2 to LMP1 move and learning that their secret to success is to use four rear tires I am a bit skeptical. Having a larger contact patch is great in theory, but will it win them races instantly?

More info on the ARX-02A located here.

Yeah, we'll see. They say they are sill having to compensate for the disparity between diesel and petrol power. It seems petty common for the cars that corner really well to do well in quali. But for race pace, it is much harder on them if they don't have the power or straight line speed to clear traffic efficiently.

[Hallen]

I am looking forward to the race tomorrow. I hope the BMW's can keep up and finish the race. They ran some lower times earlier in the week, mid 2:03's. I wonder what happened during qualifying. I just wish they could manage these speeds without using the GT2S specs. Bill Auberlen is the man though. He is a master and Joey isn't far behind.

The Audi will be tough to beat, even in a new car. I am sure they learned a lot from the R-10 and have applied it to the R-15. But they went with a longer wheel base which implies to me that they may have never planned on running a full ALMS season. They might just be ticked about getting beat by P2 cars for the last two years.

If the BMW can't win GT2, then I am rooting for the Lizards. Long/Bergmeister are great drivers and you just have to love the 911, even if you hate it, if you know what I mean.