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Old 08-04-2019, 02:43 PM
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Spend $40k for a two-race weekend in which roughly 50% of both races is spent under yellow, not to mention a good chance you get punted into the ever-present RA cement barriers. Made NASCAR look relatively tame. Feel bad for the drivers that had their cars binned through no fault of their own....
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Originally Posted by Nizer
Spend $40k for a two-race weekend in which roughly 50% of both races is spent under yellow, not to mention a good chance you get punted into the ever-present RA cement barriers. Made NASCAR look relatively tame. Feel bad for the drivers that had their cars binned through no fault of their own....
#whatdrivingstandards?
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Originally Posted by Nizer
Spend $40k for a two-race weekend in which roughly 50% of both races is spent under yellow, not to mention a good chance you get punted into the ever-present RA cement barriers. Made NASCAR look relatively tame. Feel bad for the drivers that had their cars binned through no fault of their own....
Every time I watch a GT3 Cup race like Mid-Ohio, I am thinking "this could be fun". Then I watch Watkins Glen or Road America and I'm thinking "not so much".
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Unreal.
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We came up with a new slogan for the series yesterday:

Porsche GT3 Cup.
The only series in which the race is won or lost in the first corner.
The only green corner.
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Originally Posted by Nizer
Spend $40k for a two-race weekend in which roughly 50% of both races is spent under yellow, not to mention a good chance you get punted into the ever-present RA cement barriers. Made NASCAR look relatively tame. Feel bad for the drivers that had their cars binned through no fault of their own....
Looks like the weekly demolition derby here
Old 08-04-2019, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ProCoach
#whatdrivingstandards?
seriously can anyone get through to these guys. I could understand one race but its every race you watch. Porsche must love the parts sales.

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Where can you find he race if you missed the live feed?
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Originally Posted by stujelly
Where can you find he race if you missed the live feed?
Broadcast on 8/15 1:00 PM NBCSN

Haven't found it online yet.
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Snippets are on YouTube.
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Seriously. If I wore a tinfoil hat I'd think they don't try to contain the bad driving to keep the PMNA money. Just like some "Pro" series, they're afraid of alienating the bad apples because of a reduction in entries. But, they don't think far enough ahead to imagine the entries they lose....

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Cup cars... no matter the series. Cup cars.
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Originally Posted by fleadh
Seriously. If I wore a tinfoil hat I'd think they don't try to contain the bad driving to keep the PMNA money. Just like some "Pro" series, they're afraid of alienating the bad apples because of a reduction in entries. But, they don't think far enough ahead to imagine the entries they lose....

-mike
Do you think porsche likes this type of advertising?
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Originally Posted by GT3DE
Cup cars... no matter the series. Cup cars.
I have watched a few Mobil 1 Supercup races here and they have been very good with a reasonable amount of contact..
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Was hard to watch those races this weekend the guys who lost control on their own is one thing but there seems to be very little regard for making a high risk move on another driver with expected bad results, sad.
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