We close at 7, was going to walk across the street to watch the final portion of the race.
My wife and daughter are sick, so I'm heading home. Good luck, and thanks for the updates.
We close at 7, was going to walk across the street to watch the final portion of the race.
My wife and daughter are sick, so I'm heading home. Good luck, and thanks for the updates.
Tom Suddard said:Update: they just pushed the Maserati off pit row.
you cursed them
I love these threads.
Headlights are on... well, most of them anyway.
So this is about to happen. Tom just got in the car. Still in third.
That'll separate the men from the other men.
Red flag again for lightning.
They Red flagged the race as soon as I was starting to get in my groove. :(
I just drove through it, barely raining in DeLand.
Heading back out on track now.
Wow! That was an awesome stint. As our photographer just said: “I saw you pass just about everybody.” Our car is gooooooood in the rain, and we consistently picked up 15 seconds per lap to catch second in class.
Wayne just hopped in with a fresh tank of gas, hoping for a podium finish!
Ed just went out after our last pit stop of the day. Looks like P2 in our class is out with a mechanical failure, so we’re expecting to move up a position shortly.
2nd place!!! C’mon car! Hold together for 35 more minutes!
I love Daytona, to finish first you must first finish and endurance racing can be grueling. It's not what you got its what you bring.
It’s official: Second place in class B! Success!!
What is the thing in the background that looks like a VW bug mated with a Porsche 356?
Pete
Tom Suddard said:It’s official: Second place in class B! Success!!
Congrats!
Where did you finish in the race? Who won?
Good job surviving!
How'd you lose so many laps, what issues did you face?
Watching the live stream and trying to keep up with everyone was difficult with all the weather interruptions!
I want this SO Badly I am Squirming in my seat Just reading this.
Looks like the car that won the class can run 10 seconds a lap Faster... Is that Normal 'Grouping'.
GTXVette said:
I want this SO Badly I am Squirming in my seat Just reading this.
Looks like the car that won the class can run 10 seconds a lap Faster... Is that Normal 'Grouping'.
There is no real grouping... it's based on engine size and is pretty arbitrary. The smallest engine sizes have won a bunch of races and the largest engine sizes rarely do.
In other words, there is only 1 set of rules for ALL cars, and an overall podium.
There can be a huge difference in laptime between the slowest and fastest even within the same "class".
I think I saw there was a team that did a 2:13 in the race and the slowest I saw was around 2:35.
NOHOME said:What is the thing in the background that looks like a VW bug mated with a Porsche 356?
Pete
It was a VW Bug all decked out in aero and Martini livery. It was one of the cooler looking cars there, but it was also one of the slowest.
wvumtnbkr said:Where did you finish in the race? Who won?
Good job surviving!
How'd you lose so many laps, what issues did you face?
Watching the live stream and trying to keep up with everyone was difficult with all the weather interruptions!
Thanks! We finished in 46th overall. We didn't really have many major issues. Our wastegate had some issues, but other than that we had a solid car the whole time. The weather was definitely an inconvenience with two red flags, but there's nothing anybody can do about that. That first place car was 20 laps ahead because, well, it was faaaaast. It was a convertible FC Mazda RX-7.
Cool.
BTW, that beetle is a center driving position car (if it the same car from WGI last year). It was a racecar in some other series and has some SERIOUS development.
46th and finishing at a track like Daytona is AWESOME for a Miata (even turbocharged).
Good Work!
P.S. FC's are a terrific platform for this type of racing..... 
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