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Old 09-17-2011 | 07:05 PM
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Leh Keen and Andrew Davis win the GT Driver's title for Porsche!
Old 09-17-2011 | 07:21 PM
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Really exciting race!
Old 09-17-2011 | 07:54 PM
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Very fun to watch.
Great job Leh.
I thought the black Mazda would have been more aggressive in pushing the issue.
Leh just kept driving away.
Old 09-17-2011 | 11:35 PM
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Indeed! Very exciting down to the wire.

CONGRATS KING LEH!
Old 09-17-2011 | 11:46 PM
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Great race, & lots of fun at the track.
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Congrats, and Great Job to Leh Keen!!!
Old 09-18-2011 | 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by flatsics
Very fun to watch.
Great job Leh.
I thought the black Mazda would have been more aggressive in pushing the issue.
Leh just kept driving away.
Agreed. I was waiting for an aggressive move but Leh was really on his game. After all the success of the Mazdas, and what appears to favoritism for the tube frame cars, it's great to see Porsche get the win.

Great work by Leh and Andrew to take it down to the wire!!!

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Old 09-18-2011 | 11:04 AM
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Did anyone else see the #30 car take out the #28 Vette? #30 spun over a blind hill, was rolling slowly backwards towards the grass and instead of rolling to a safe spot it STOPPED on the track. The first car over the hill was lucky to miss him, but the next car ended up hitting him. When I saw him rolling backwards I was thinking, "you should just roll off the track to be safe, it's grass out there."

I'm not driving on TV, but I thought it was a bush league move. And it's easy to arm chair quaterback from the couch

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Old 09-18-2011 | 12:24 PM
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Did anyone else see the #30 car take out the #28 Vette? #30 spun over a blind hill, was rolling slowly backwards towards the grass and instead of rolling to a safe spot it STOPPED on the track.
I thought the #30 got high-sided on the track-out curbing.
Old 09-18-2011 | 07:50 PM
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I thought it was great. Congrats to those guys.

But for all the things I usually hear here on the board I am surprised that we dont have more than a few people calling for the Brumos 59 to be penalized or something for some rubs and bumps.
Old 09-18-2011 | 09:21 PM
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I thought it was great. Congrats to those guys.

But for all the things I usually hear here on the board I am surprised that we dont have more than a few people calling for the Brumos 59 to be penalized or something for some rubs and bumps.
Why? The 59 car, in that incident, was on the inside and had overlap all the way around the corner and the BMW tried to push the Porsche off the track. Davis tried to give all the room he could. It was a dumb move by the BMW driver.

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Hey everyone!

It was a fantastic year for Andrew and I with Brumos racing... Brumos is really a special group of people and a Heck of a race team... Really means alot to help them add another Championship to their history.. And they help me add another one to mine also!!!

Thanks for all the support from the awesome Porsche community!!!

Leh
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You misunderstood me. I like it!

I personally think it was a great finish and just good racing and appluad the team, the drivers, and the outcome.

Just that many times on this Forum, I have seen all kinds of complaints about "blocking" or aggressive driving or passing , or other similar comments, in this situation that look like just racing to me. What I said above is that I am surprised, that some of those other people, did not bring it up and contest or raise issue with the pass and or outcome.

The issue was decided out there on the track and pits - with one excellent pit stop and pit strategy.

Or maybe I misunderstood you ! Either way I like the race and finish and no more negs by me.

Congrats again to the winning Porsche guys! Good job and good racing and excellent win!
Old 09-18-2011 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by kingleh
Hey everyone!

It was a fantastic year for Andrew and I with Brumos racing... Brumos is really a special group of people and a Heck of a race team... Really means alot to help them add another Championship to their history.. And they help me add another one to mine also!!!

Thanks for all the support from the awesome Porsche community!!!

Leh
Congratulations Leh for another great year. Think you'll be back with Brumos next year?....


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