Oz-ATL

I was watching "BMW: A Driving Obsession" on CNBC tonight as they went on and on about the "Ultimate Driving Machine" and then they show a brief race clip.....I couldn't resist the ironic screenshot.....

Arena993

911 out front. How fitting.

mike

Ed Burdell

That's hilarious.

kjr914

This is the first thing I thought about when I saw your screen capture.
Here's what the BMW sees.....


Shamelessly borrowed from eBayer dphiloxon who has tons of Pcar posters and stuff. Nice guy who loves to talk about pcars.

911Dave

Maybe the Bimmer was preparing to overtake...

Cactus

The driver was actually getting ready to pit so he could read the owners manual. He was hot and wanted to learn how to turn on the A/C with iFail (iDrive)........

Opo

Lol

nile13

Anyone notice that in that "great" documentary the Darwinian-challenged journalist drives on a bun at triple digits speeds without seat belt?

Dan V

Heh heh

BMW: the Ultimate Driving Machine

PORSCHE: the Ultimate Track Machine

01coccobet

they were racing in reverse!!!

Slow Guy

and a 17 - 21 YO Porsche at that.

ilko

Looks like the front straight at Lime Rock.

The Brewmeister

^Correct track, wrong location. They're heading into the downhill.

95C4VanIsle

Looks like the Porsche was braking. Maybe to even up the odds.

ilko

You're right. Here's the same spot, different angle from this year's ALMS race:



Initially I thought it was this one, since it also has the stewards' "out house" with the billboards next to it:



He wouldn't be braking there. It's a Porsche, therefore goes FLAT OUT!!