skxf430

A little comparison from Brian Wong


http://www.youtube.com/user/BrianWon.../0/Ht_Ax8hSRNE

GolfTango3

Dumb question, but what was the can of Red Bull doing in the frunk?

Condor Man

Weird as!!

Maybe he get's sleepy when he drives??

aussie jimmy

when they need wings, the drivers can sip on redbull....
not a great idea methinks. i once went out for a session after a can of redbull and was having palpitations
when i came to pit. never again, for me anyway. maybe if you're endurance racing, a little sip keeps you alert?

skxf430

my guess is that it is the shock reservoir.

mklaskin

The stats are a little off. 200+ MPH for a Cup? I don't think so.

mooty

remote reseroir for shocks. my are filled with cheaper gatorade. explains why he's faster.
did race him with POC at LS in BSR, almost got him.

Carrera GT

That spec page was mostly wrong. I think the whole video was mostly wrong, but as an advertisement for a dealership, above average. Strangely zero sales and marketing effort -- no call to action, no information to raise awareness, no incentive to generate demand. A simple "follow me on twitter to win free tickets to Porsche races" does wonders ... for the advertisers relying upon their sponsorship of these cars to be worthwhile advertising ... : )

Condor Man

It's common practise for some drivers from Asia to go all out with their whole racing facade, whether they are professional or amateur. The only reasons that I can think of are;
1) They are trying to attract new sponsors.
2) They need to for tax purposes as they are claiming sponsorship from their own company.
3) They just love the idea of being a professional racing car driver and this just adds to the show.

Is he even fast in any of those series?

Is he an A driver or B driver in he Asia Carrera Cup?

mooty

He does some patron some pirelli orvwas it Yokohama challenge. He also races in other types of cars. Non porsches. I don't follow hid results but ibreally like the graphic on his trailer; thus I remember his name. Friendly chap when I met him in 2009

aussie jimmy

the world carrera cup at this year's n24 will be interesting......
hope craig baird will be there....

Condor Man

On Second thoughts.... I take the above back.

http://www.planetlemans.com/2011/03/...tc-at-sebring/

If he is racing with Leh Keen, the kid can drive!!

I tried to get some test times for the official testing day at Sepang in March and I couldn't find any.

I'm looking forward to seeing his progress this year in the series.

Condor Man

Yep!!

I'm going to be there!!

Carrera GT

I'm not questioning the guy driving the Cup car -- he's clearly having fun and racing a Cup ... color me green with envy! But I wonder why the "promo" video and yet not really promoting anything. Maybe just a spur of the moment thing to store the race car off season. As for taxes, hell, if only that was the most expensive aspect of a race team. I hate to think what it costs to take a recent model Cup to the grid -- that's expensive motoring. Mooty's right to point out that for hardly more than the tire and team budget of a Cup car, you can put a street GT3 on the grid as a privateer and put down competitive lap times. (Though we all know Moot is not familiar with the word "budget" when it comes to his 911 habit.)

Carrera GT

You know, in these teams, there's always someone paying the bills and sometimes he wants seat time, but I don't know, it's just usually the pro drivers don't carry that much form. So to speak.

As for the link to the AJR team interview quotes, it reminds me of ... cliche-riffic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F4W0R1Zr_8