Congo

The GT2 class was a lot more exciting than last year.

The new Ferrari F430 GTC will prove tough for 911s to beat. Risi Competizione will have a second F430 at Lime Rock. The drivers are TBA.

I was suprised that one of the Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-Rs was running in the top three for so long.

Team LNT's Panoz did finish 2nd in the 1,000 km of Spa last month.

http://www.lmes.net/uk/spa/resultats.asp

p.s. a factory Corvette C6-R won GT1, but a privateer C5-R run by a team (Luc Alphand Adventures) that ran a 911 last year at Le Mans finished 3rd in GT1.

http://valeo-motor-sports.com/le_mans_home.html

full results

Dbltime

That would be RSRRacer on rennlist who finished 1st in GTC3 enduro (WG) in his HSR eligable GT3 cup. We better send him as a back up and make use Chris Cervelli. Cervelli and DeMan can argue over the set up

JCP911S

I'm also a Porsche fan, but sitting on the edge of my seat to see which Porsche team wins is not exciting... I want to see some more competitive cars in GT2... Ferrari particularly... and THEN see Porsche win... now thats fun..

BTW it would not surprise me if Audi spent $100M on their P1 Program... maybe more...

analogmike

Next year the 997 GT3RS(R?) will be out I think, then Porsche should be able to win GT2 unless they get choked down with regulations... They will need Chris Brown to help drive Leh's vintage HSR eligible RS to the win

Hey Bill are you going to post the videos?

Dbltime

Mike,

Yes, I will post the crash video and your spin but I have not copied it yet. I have been in therapy since I watched the film Saturday.

Leh Keens car is not HSR eligable, Chris B's 2002 is HSR eligable.

f1rocks

For the extra two ounces of weight, why would the drivers not have had a cell phone in the car to at least call if they were stranded. I'm assuming they could have talked them through getting it back in gear a little quicker.

AAA is slow in France but it would have been quicker than the painful wait the Farnbacher car had.

Cory M

With all Don Panoz has done for roadracing in the US and after coming to Lemans for 10 years I'm glad to see the Panoz team finally win there.

tchandler

Bummer, but thanks for the spoiler in the title of the thread. Will make wathcing tonight on TivO less exciting.

kingleh

BILL!.. you paying the bills? ..... well ok.. then lets GO!


and for Dominic.. im hangin with the Loles this weekend in CT.... u know.. FARNBACHER-LOLES... and we were pullin for them SOO HARD.... coulndt beleive they got 2nd... they deserved the win... i think Greg talked to Horst last nite maby... so i will see exactly what he had to say.....


but the lat it all went wrong... was a 35min lap.... and they STILL almost won.. 1 and a half min after 24 hours.....

seege

I don't think you would want to take off your helmet on track to have a cell phone conversation. Now if your radio inputs were compatible with cell phone jacks then that would work.

Dbltime

quote:[BILL!.. you paying the bills? ..... well ok]

hell I can't keep up with my own race bills. We need to get you a HUGE sponsor for next year. Maybe REDBULL... they like GT racing

f1rocks

Sounds like a good niche market. Forget these expensive track radios for club racing, use a cell phone wired into the helmet.

renvagn

F1 Rocks, If you ever have had the opportunity to watch some of the Rothman's cup races from 1989 and 1990 that is exactly what they did.

Greg Fishman

The team was not a factory effort. It was a privateer team from England.

Congo

Wouldn't that be 1990?

911s weren't racing then along with other GT cars.

http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-17-photo.html

Is Multimatic a full-factory team or a factory-supported team? Neither teams get money when they finish an ALMS race.