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Thread: Rolex 24 at Daytona
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31st January 2010, 04:14 #21
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Originally Posted by FormerFF
Also watch out for A. J, he just took the lead from JPM's teammate, McMurray..
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31st January 2010, 06:55 #22
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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Personally this race is about as interesting as watching a slot car race. zzzzzzzzzzzz
How long till Sebring?
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31st January 2010, 21:04 #23
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Originally Posted by SportscarBruce
AS for interesting, while it is a 24 hour race. Rarely do you get any serious duels in those....."Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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31st January 2010, 22:24 #24
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I thought it was interesting today, last night's yellow fest wasn't much though.
As far as attendance goes, it's always hard to estimate Daytona becayse there are no obvious gathering spots. I've been there a number of times, and it's not the best place to watch a road race."Risk sweetens everything" - Peter Revson (1939 - 1974)
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1st February 2010, 23:18 #25
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Originally Posted by FormerFF"Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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12th February 2010, 17:18 #26
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I'm also wondering about some team's attitudes towards the series now that NASCAR is actively involved in it's management. Sounds like soome pretty high profile DP teams are jumping to ALMS to run GT cars. NASCAR ownership has pretty much already ruined the AMA, will do the same to Grand AM? It's 100% because I now have a GA race local to me I can attend, but I actually find the Grand Am races quite entertaining, but sI wish GA would get together with existing ALMS classes and compete together in some more endurance racing. Maybe The Glen 6 hours, a 12-24 hour at Road America and a 6 hour at Miller. They really need to run these races on the longest courses we have available. It's a shame they didn't build the linked courses at NJMSP as I believe it would have been something like 4.5 miles combined and I think a good track for endurance racing
Damn it's really hard to find much discussion on Grand Am.!!HINCHTOWN!!
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13th February 2010, 02:48 #27
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Yeah, Grand Am doesn't seem to have all that many fans. I remember tuning into the Homestead race last year, and the place was nearly empty, despite the IRL show being later that day. I realize that the IRL crowd wasn't huge, but it dwarfed the Grand Am one.
Tune into Homestead in a couple weeks. I'd be surprises if there are a thousand fans. It also seems like Grand Am is shying away from pairing up with other series now, some of the events that were previously a doubleheader with another series are now standalone.
Most of the Grand Am races I've seen have fairly close finishes, but way too many yellows."Risk sweetens everything" - Peter Revson (1939 - 1974)
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13th February 2010, 16:35 #28Originally Posted by FormerFF"Every generation's memory is exactly as long as its own experience." --John Kenneth Galbraith
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14th February 2010, 03:09 #29
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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior"Risk sweetens everything" - Peter Revson (1939 - 1974)
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