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Old 06-16-2012, 03:06 PM
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I don't think he ever saw him. They can quit showing that now. Scary!
Old 06-16-2012, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by sbelles
I don't think he ever saw him.
I call BS. GT cars need to always assume there is a P1 or P2 up their rear within a blink of an eye especially coming down the longest straights on the whole circuit.
Old 06-16-2012, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by tetzlafh
I call BS. GT cars need to always assume there is a P1 or P2 up their rear within a blink of an eye especially coming down the longest straights on the whole circuit.
There is no excuse for it. He certainly should have seen him but he wasn't "wandering", he was turning in so it seems evident that he wasn't paying attention. Now it's possible that something coincidentally broke right at place where he would have tuned in but I doubt it.
Old 06-16-2012, 03:20 PM
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All I wanted was the Toyota team to keep the pressure on Audi making for good racing since it's hard to rely on Porsche to really fight off Ferrari and Corvette in GT.
Old 06-16-2012, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by sbelles
I don't think he ever saw him. They can quit showing that now. Scary!
I wish they'd stop showing it too. It's painful to watch.
Old 06-16-2012, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Coochas
I wish they'd stop showing it too. It's painful to watch.
As Scary as the Porsche GT1 backflip at Road Atlanta. And this was a hard ht into the tires.
Old 06-16-2012, 04:22 PM
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Ok I'm certain Japanese drivers are only successful on Pikes Peak because I have no clue why that driver was pushing as hard as he was with that much traffic in the Porsche Curves shunting his car.
Old 06-16-2012, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by tetzlafh
Ok I'm certain Japanese drivers are only successful on Pikes Peak because I have no clue why that driver was pushing as hard as he was with that much traffic in the Porsche Curves shunting his car.
wow, you certainly have a lot of "wisdom" to share
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Originally Posted by MarkD
wow, you certainly have a lot of "wisdom" to share
Hey that guy is just a straight up idiot, he's the X factor on that squad. Calling it how I see it.
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Originally Posted by tetzlafh
Hey that guy is just a straight up idiot, he's the X factor on that squad. Calling it how I see it.
agree it was a bad move
seems like there have been many so far

"calling it how you see it" seems to consistently include broad, sweeping statements based on mimimal data
Calling it how I see it too

enjoy the race!

meanwhile, Holzer has a leg cramp and the Lizard crew seems to have a hard time understanding him. Lizard radio is so dang cool...
Old 06-16-2012, 04:54 PM
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Damn...some GREAT battles within the classes. Le Mans has truly turned into a 24 Hour Sprint race. Great stuff...

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Originally Posted by tetzlafh
Ok I'm certain Japanese drivers are only successful on Pikes Peak because I have no clue why that driver was pushing as hard as he was with that much traffic in the Porsche Curves shunting his car.
Wasn't that the end of the Mulsanne -- the shallow right before the hard right?

(Only have the youtube vid of the incident -- am traveling and don't have the Speed feed)
Old 06-16-2012, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike in Chi
Wasn't that the end of the Mulsanne -- the shallow right before the hard right?

(Only have the youtube vid of the incident -- am traveling and don't have the Speed feed)
Actually I'm not sure, I thought it was definitely just entering into Porsche curves.

So Toyota went from pushing Audi fighting for 1st overall to becoming just another car in the field and sadly #80 Lizard is OUT of the race...
Old 06-16-2012, 08:21 PM
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If anyone made picks, the current standings are now updated when the scoring does. It would have been working at the start but the timing and scoring page it pulls data from changed the format. Daron had to find a new source and rewrite some code.
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Team owners should watch from the grandstand from now on...poor Lizards...Lemans is just not their race.


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