I think so...

 

Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring high on races to see in U.S.

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...for-us-race-f/

New Beginning for Corsa Motorsports with Hankook tires

# 48 Ferrari of Johnny Mowlem, Ralf Kelleners, and Gunnar Jeannette

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...ts-at-sebring/

http://www.gunnarjeannette.com/

Johnny Mowlem brings GT2 tire experience, success to ALMS round 1

Johnny has raced F430 GTCs with Dunlops, Michelins, and Pirellis.

http://www.johnnymowlem.com/

Johnny's round 1 ALMS preview:

http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=281562



# 28 LG Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette GT2 preview

leaving SWC for ALMS

http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=281800

Farnbacher Loles Adds Bryce Miller for # 87 Porsche

with Michelin tires

http://brycemiller.net/

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...-bryce-miller/

 

Audi
Penske Porsche
Corvette
Flying Lizard

 

Which car numbers?

Previews

2008 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida

Lola LMPs:

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=281814

Guy Smith

http://www.guysmith.com/

Driver change at # 8 B-K Motorsports

Gerardo Bonilla has replaced Jamie Bach in the No. 8 B-K Motorsports Lola Mazda. The IMSA Lites and Star Mazda Series graduate will team with Ben Devlin for the entire season in the E85 ethanol-fueled P2 car, with Raphael Matos joining them for this weekend. Bach has stepped aside to concentrate on his studies. (motorsport.com story)

http://www.gerardobonilla.com/

http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=3971

 

Near 180 mph before turn 1 turn in

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...rackside-blog/

 

more at

http://translate.google.com/translat...e.php?sid=5104

 

GT preview

two GT2 teams with just two drivers

# 77 Autoracing Club Bratislava 911

# 11 Primetime Race Group Viper

http://translate.google.com/translat...e.php?sid=5106

 

P1: Audi, McNish
P2: Penske Porsche, Dumas
GT1: Corvette, Don't care
GT2: Porsche, Bergmeister

Overall Winner: Penske Porsche, Dumas

 

Everyone seems to think the Audi's will win P1. It would be a major achievement in their first US race but I think the Peugeot is going to take it.

P1, the Acura's look fast but one of the Penske Spyders will win.

GT2, I think Darren Law and gang will pull it off in their RSR.

Overall, I'll be cheering for the Porsche but if I were betting it would be on a P1 car. So I guess it's the Peugeot.

 

The winning team may be the ones that best deal with the heat. The latest weather forecast is calling for temps to be a high of 87 F Saturday.

 

Is it me or is there more excitement here for Sebring than in past years? Good sign for ALMS if true...

 

IIRC, there may be more posts regarding the race and entrants, but I've seen very few on who is going, when, and links-ups to drive together.

Driving to Sebring on some of the backroads (some twisties, turns, stops, limited PoPo, etc) was a big part of the fun years back. I'm not seeing the excitement for that this year.

 

I told Food Angel that if I was going to go watch the race I should have left yesterday. Those who know the real lay-of-the-land will probably tell me I should have left a month ago... Oh well, maybe some year I'll make it down.

Overall, there just seems to be more excitement about the race this year. Perhaps I'm misinterpreting my own raised enthusiasm level?

 

GT2 Prediction: Risi Ferrari (Melo) 1:59.9 qualifying time.
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times

19. Jaime Melo, Brazil; Mika Salo, Finland; Gianmaria Bruni, Italy; Ferrari F430 GT (GT2), 2:01.184, 109.916
20. Dominik Farnbacher, Germany; Dirk Müller, Germany; Robert Bell, UK; Ferrari F430 GT (GT2), 2:01.800, 109.360
21. Jörg Bergmeister, Germany; Wolf Henzler, Germany; Marc Lieb, Germany; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 2:01.831, 109.332
22. Allan Simonsen, Australia; Jim Tafel, Alpharetta, GA; Pierre Ehret, Santa Rosa, CA; Ferrari F430 GT (GT2), 2:02.227, 108.987