Congo

Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach

# 87 Farnbacher Loles race report

Drivers Alex Davison and Marc Basseng with Michelin tires

http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/04/...h-race-report/

# 5 Vici Racing race report

Drivers Nathan Swartzbaugh and Craig Stanton with new Kumho tires

http://www.viciracing.com/2008/news/...race/1904.html

wanna911

Bump.


Porsche RSR place 4 out of the top 6 and 6 out of the top ten in GT2.


1rst
2nd
4th
6th
9th
10th

ECS

Here, Here!

Congo

Lizards deny Ferrari superiority after 1-2-3-4 finish at Le Mans

76th 24 Hours of Le Mans - June 14-15, 2008

says Seth Neiman, principal of Flying Lizard Motorsports

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68357

More of Seth Neiman

bgiere

Sad day for Porsche...I couldn't believe it when I saw both Porsches taken out in one incident. They were definitely able to challenge the Ferrari's for the win. I wonder what the discussion at Weissach has been like.

wanna911

They shouldnt have to deny anything, the Porsches were faster, but if you crash two out of 3 in the first few hours of the race, you should expect not to win. I think ALMS and even now in Lemans, the RSR's are proving they can stick it to the Ferrari's. In fact they would have likely walked away from the RISI had they not screwed it up. But there were like 8 Ferraris and with that ratio, combined with that crash, there is nothing that can be done.

Spyderidol

One of the 997 Team's week points was that every Porsche 997 Team had one gentleman driver (that was substantially slower than the other two). The top Ferrari teams were made up of professional drivers.
This could have come into play if the two fastest 997 had not taken each other out.

Congo

IMSA Performance Matmut had the same winning drivers from 2007 in the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, but that endurance race had a lot of cars go out (5 finished out of 13). I think the Lizards should have all-pro drivers for 2009.

wanna911

Chalk another one up to the RSR's.

I wonder how many races Porsche has to win before people start urging Ferrari, Corvette, Ford, Dodge to make rear engine cars??????

Or is this a one way double standard?

analogmike

A pinto could have won at Lime Rock just by avoiding incidents. Or more likely come in 2nd, Wolf did avoid them and drove really well too.

DrJupeman

No chatter about the fact that the RSRs were running new 4.0 motors? I heard that from more than one person but haven't seen any discussion about it.

ew928

Porsche motorsports representative at Porsche Platz at Lime Rock (I walked into the talk late) affirmed the rumor that the RSR's were running 4.0 motors. 1st running of this new motor in US.
Power output is the same. Wider torque curve for better driveability. Especially helpful for the tight chicanes at the Lime Rock Option course.

Phokaioglaukos

Where can I read more about the 4.0? Different case than the 3.8?

pedsurg

yes, do tell

jack

wanna911

From beginning to end:


Flying Lizard have won ALMS GT2 this year, and with two new drivers no less. I think throughout the season, they have prooved more than competitive.

Without some luck for Tafel, and unluckiness for Pilet/Overbeek, could have very well went 1,2 in points for the RSR's this year.

I'm pretty sure the RSR's dont have DI yet either, and are still developing the 4.0 liter. Between getting the 4.0 sorted out and the DI going and sorted, there is still a lot left in the 911 RSR.

This makes 7 of 9 total GT2 championships. I doubt the RSR will be replaced anytime soon, and thus the 911 as the technology trickles down into the street cars.

Speaking of which, if the new DI motor that's coming to the GT3, TT and GT2 is largely based on what's in the spyders, and coming to the RSR and can produce more power and significantly reduce weight (~100 lbs), it will really strengthen the position of the 911 street cars by offering more flexibility with the front/rear weight ratio.


Congrats to Henzler/Bergmeister on the GT2 Class Championship.


For 2009 an even bigger test will come with the BMW M3 GTR returning and Corvette Racing being added to the mix after Lemans. Both wont settle for less than being at the front, so the melee wil continue. More like a royal rumble, cant wait to see this one!!!!!!!