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eh? 1 GT1 entry

Heh, you guys wondering whether you're going to be there and I don't even know if I'll even have net access to be able to watch the thing - it's the day I move in to my new place in Coventry and I still haven't heard back from my flatmates about whether they've got net access, or even electricity...

Talking of which, I take it TBK Radio for this would be pretty much a non-starter given that some of the main contributors are going to be at the race itself...

I'm going to be bringing my camera, so we might do a bit of a "what was your experience like" video while we're doing dinner, assuming we all can get together for dinner one night.

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I can dig that! Like I said I won't be around most of race day unless you come to visit (or I get an hour or so off to wander around a bit), but if you're willing to stick around after the race is over for a little bit and we can find some light, we might be able to pull something together, love the idea.

Could you tell me how you got the marshaling job? I'm really interested in becoming one myself, but don't know how.



And I believe that one was dropped due to their crash in Budapest. Besides, no one pays attention to GT1 anyways, most of the cars (and action) will be at GT2.

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I find it kind of interesting that there is one GTH entry as well. That's a team of three fairly good drivers who will essentially be doing a 12-hour test session/race simulation.

That I can understand. I'm in for innovation, they just need to be competitive. I believe one of the Porsche 911 hybrids did really well in the Nurburgring before having mechanical problems, if my memory serves me right.

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The car is only being run as a technical demonstration in a race setting. It's a serious exercise by Porsche, don't get me wrong, but it was only ever going to be run unclassified. IMSA just sorta created their own class so that the hybrid designation gets a little more airtime. The car, at Nurburgring, came upon the lead around halfway in the race after some incidents with other leading Audis and Porsches. It ended up leading for about 10 hours, until about 1h40m left when it suffered a mechanical issue totally unrelated to the hybrid system, ironically.

As for marshaling Tommy, give me a shout next time you see me on MSN, I'll let you know the details, help you find your SCCA region, and get you in touch with the right people. Really glad you're interested... The number of younger folks like us is seriously lacking and marshals are getting harder to come by in general.

I'd love to get into marshaling as well, but I had to find a ride to go to Petit and that's only two or so hours away. I wouldn't be able to make a whole lot of races.

I do have an autocross spot 5 minutes away from my house. Thank God Petit is a week later, I haven't been to an autocross in months.

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Hmm, yeah if you haven't got reliable transportation it's a bit of a setback, but you can still volunteer at autocrosses and things like that to get involved if you like.

Priaulx and Werner are confirmed as third drivers in the #90 and #92 BMWs.

http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=3948

Werner? The article clearly says Jörg Müller.

The article is pulled from a Touring Car site, so thats why they highlight Muller and Prilaux. On the official entry list, these two drivers had not been announced, Werner already was.

Old article anyway, I just missed it.

Entry list updated; quite a few driver additions etc. The sole GT1 entry has been withdrawn and replaced with another GTC entry.

MotorsTV will be interrupting the live coverage for an hour of WRC coverage between 10 and 11pm

Sounds bass-ackwards from normal then, as Speed has the entire race in full.

Perhaps this bodes well for the other ILMC events next year.

I just got the word not 10 minutes ago that I will be attending the Petit Le Mans this year.

This is gonna be a fun trip.

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Yep, another speed streaming in prevision.

For the race, I think Audi will be back in the top on podium, hope for a 2008 remake. for ALMS title, Simon and Brabs should win it, but it will be hard with the RS Spyder with Graf, Maassen and Luhr. in GT2, BMW for Constructors and Teams, Bergmeister-Long for Drivers Title, and Corvette for the Win. and i will be very attending to performance of the Porsche GT3-R Hybrid.

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Some testing at the track yesterday and today. Participants including Audi, Peugeot, OAK, Risi, Robertson/Ford, Level 5, and Corvette, among others. There wasn't any official timing (that we'll ever see, anyway). Only big news of the weekend was that at some point Kristensen took the #7 car off coming down the hill towards the start/finish line, to the point that he deposited bits of his car on track. Not sure if he actually hit anything hard enough to do significant damage, but that was the only incident of note anyway.

Before I forget, a note to all those coming to PLM:

Bring old clothes and shoes. This is me speaking from experience. There is red clay as far as the eye can see at Road Atlanta, and I have ruined two new pairs of shoes this way. There is still red clay on the legs of the pants I wore at last year's race, and I'm sure there's still some in Brendan's car. Red clay does not get out of things very easily, so you've been warned.

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