Grand-Am Random Discussion

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:12 pm

Westbrook being overoptermistic

codename_47 · PostPosted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:12 pm

Final Grand Am caution.... :8:

Speedworx · PostPosted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:20 pm

Taylor/Angelelli win Lime Rock and the title.

Goodbye Grand-Am and Rolex Sportscar Series.

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:20 pm

Jordan and Max win the race and the championship.

codename_47 · PostPosted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:25 pm

Goodbye Grand-Am, won't miss you or your boxy, manufactured prototypes.

(What do you mean they'll still be around next year? *Sigh* Oh well, hopefully they'll get shown up...)

Dead thread. :wave:

Tom · PostPosted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 11:49 pm

I really liked Grand Am.

And I'm glad they're back next year under a different name.

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 11:59 pm

At least the current DP cars are an improvement over the ugly old ones.

hedgey666 · PostPosted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 1:08 am

For all the things Grand Am did wrong (nonsensical yellows for nothing that lasted forever, weird technical regs etc,) I'm still going to miss it. It did produce some pretty good racing from time to time if you were capable of getting beyond the "OMG ACO REGS ONLY" mindset and I really enjoy going to the 6 Hours Of The Glen.

codename_47 · PostPosted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 1:40 am

Tom wrote:

I really liked Grand Am.

And I'm glad they're back next year under a different name.

You logged into the wrong account there, Speedworx!

Tom · PostPosted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:55 pm

Hmm.

Give me 2hr 45m and a choice between a NASCAR race at a 1.5 mile cookie-cutter or a Grand Am race at a tight and twisty street circuit and it's a rather easy choice.

Obviously I would watch both anyway, but the Grand Am races were more often than not rather hairy to watch, even if this was a little artificial due to lapped traffic.

Grand Am sounded very nice too.

StanV · PostPosted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:03 pm

I love(d) Grand-Am. Fantastic cars in the final generation as well. I'm a bit sad to see it go, but hopefully the ALMS combo works out. Giving them a chance at least!

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:08 pm

Best thing about the final Grand Am race is that Ganassi didn't win

RIP Grand Am & Lime Rock with sports cars

Ferrari · PostPosted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:28 am

Getting financial help

Quote:

Ganassi’s sports car team got its start in 2004 due to a $1 million boost from Bill France Jr., the former head of NASCAR, the Charlotte Observer reported Sunday.

Details of the deal, including guaranteed profit of $400,000 annually, were revealed during a divorce case involving Ganassi’s NASCAR partner, Felix Sabates.

A Ganassi Racing spokesman declined comment pending the Sabates litigation. The payments stopped after France died in 2007, the Observer reported.

http://www.indystar.com/article/2013100 ... ill-up-air

Shane · PostPosted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:33 pm

Nothing new there.

FHgrad99 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 11:37 pm

Today at Daytona, Michael Shank Racing with Driver Colin Braun attempted to break Bill Elliott's record for the fastest lap ever turned at Daytona. They succeeded with an official lap of 222.014 MPH in a DP car with a Ford Ecoboost engine in it.

Juihi · PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 7:49 am

0.854mph faster than Mark Donohue's lap at Talladega (carbon copy of Daytona?) in a Porsche 917/30 in 1974

SBan83 · PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:17 am

Dega is actually banked two degrees more and .166 miles longer than Daytona.

Somehow, I don't find it that impressive to beat a 26 year old record set by a big, heavy stock car by only that much in a modern day sports car.

zippy · PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:11 pm

I think a Cup car minus the restrictor plate would run very close to that lap, if not faster.

Still would be cool to see video of the lap. Initially a friend and I were going to drive over to watch (they said the Oldfield grandstands would be open) but turns out they decided to close it to the public.

Here's a short clip through the tri-oval. That's definitely hauling ass.

[youtubeidiot]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZY9VtHSTgc[/youtubeidiot]

SBan83 · PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:24 pm

Back in 2004 when Rusty drove around Dega unrestricted, he ran 216 mph average without much tweaking. I bet they could touch 230 with today's cars easily.

dr dog · PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:27 pm

IIRC, Rusty was topping out at around 228 at dega but was backing off in the turns because he was afraid the tires wouldn't handle it.

I'm sure a properly tweaked cup car could easily beat that lap.

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