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United StatesConnecticut
Mar 18 2012, 10:49 AM #381
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I like BMW a whole lot more now, and dislike that Ferrari What an amazing finish.
   
 
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MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
Mar 18 2012, 10:54 AM #382
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Laughed at the end...
GT Battle, GT Battle, GT Battle, GT Battle, GT Battle, GT Battle, meanwhile Audi have won, meanwhile GT Battle, GT Battle, GT Battle, GT Battle, GT Battle, GT Battle, GT Battle! Joey Hand Takes it!!!
Yeah, I watched through Eurosport and one of the commentator mentioned something in the lines of ''Forget ???, forget ???, forget about the Audi, all I want to see now is the GT battle!'' That's a real laugh

I didn't like how the TV director manage the footage because after the BMW got spun around, everything was headed back to Audi and never anything about the crazy GT battle. Very dissapointed as I wanted to know what actually happened...
   
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United StatesOrlandoFL GMT-5
Mar 18 2012, 11:19 AM #383
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Moving on...Nothing to see...
Last edited by Jav; Mar 18 2012 at 12:20 PM.
   
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CanadaOntario,Canada
Mar 18 2012, 11:29 AM #384
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Damn! I missed pole on my split by .017!! Starting second and this grid is pretty damn close! Less than 1 second covering the whole 10 Vettes! 20 HPDs wich makes me a bit nervous and surprised to only see 8 Fords!
Iracing I'm guessing?
   
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United StatesOrlandoFL GMT-5
Mar 18 2012, 12:19 PM #385
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Lol!! Wrong thread! I could've sworn I was on the correct one! What a dummy!
   
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No Country SpecifiedTampa FL USA
Mar 18 2012, 1:16 PM #386
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Small question, what's the reasoning behind the legality (cheese wedges) panels?
   
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Mar 18 2012, 1:21 PM #387
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Small question, what's the reasoning behind the legality (cheese wedges) panels?
I thought it was so you didn;t spray bits of tyre at the people behind you if you had a blowout. I'm probably wrong.
   
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No Country SpecifiedTampa FL USA
Mar 18 2012, 2:02 PM #388
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I figured the tires had to be hidden from view since seeing anything mechanical was a regulation no no.

But all it did was add downforce, something which the ACO desires to cut.
   
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United StatesDallas,Texas
Mar 18 2012, 3:17 PM #389
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sumbrownkid View Post
Small question, what's the reasoning behind the legality (cheese wedges) panels?
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I thought it was so you didn;t spray bits of tyre at the people behind you if you had a blowout. I'm probably wrong.
If memory serves me correctly, those panels were put their as a physical means of stopping the cars from taking off like the Mercedes did at Le Mans.
   
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No Country SpecifiedTampa FL USA
Mar 18 2012, 3:57 PM #390
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If memory serves me correctly, those panels were put their as a physical means of stopping the cars from taking off like the Mercedes did at Le Mans.
Then didn't the ACO make the effect much more likely with such devices? As it does look like it added rear downforce.

Those CLRs lacked downforce in the front end, leading to those flips.
   
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United StatesDallas,Texas
Mar 18 2012, 4:06 PM #391
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Then didn't the ACO make the effect much more likely with such devices? As it does look like it added rear downforce
Those CLRs lacked downforce in the front end, leading to those flips.
Wasn't just the CLR thought that took off on the straight. The BMW LMR did as well as the Porsche 911 GT1(Both at Petit Le Mans). Those panels stop the car from lifting off after drafting behind another car.
   
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No Country SpecifiedTampa FL USA
Mar 18 2012, 4:11 PM #392
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That's right I forgot those other incidents.

I'm gonna go on a google journey to read up on this.
   
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Mar 18 2012, 6:40 PM #393
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Eh, is there now some confusion what sumbrownkid originally meant? These, right?



   
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No Country SpecifiedTampa FL USA
Mar 18 2012, 6:53 PM #394
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Yeah that's what I'm talking about.
   
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United StatesDallas,Texas
Mar 19 2012, 12:39 AM #395
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Eh, is there now some confusion what sumbrownkid originally meant?

Not on my end, I pretty much knew what he meant.
   
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No Country SpecifiedSaint Petersburg, FL
Mar 21 2012, 9:25 PM #396
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I FINALLY finished watching the 12 hours replay on americanlemans.com.

Wow. Even though I accidentally already saw who won GT, the last two laps did not disappoint. After Melo dropped out, I was glad to see 71 get that close to winning it. To recover from that lockup earlier, and then come back for that incredible pass, just to get passed again, that was probably one of the most entertaining moments of the entire race.

Great, great race continuing a great tradition.
   
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No Country SpecifiedThe Sun
Mar 22 2012, 11:29 PM #397
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Af Corse ferrari's look awkwardly similar in the dark.
   
Tower Turn 13's Avatar
No Country SpecifiedSaint Petersburg, FL
Mar 23 2012, 1:06 AM #398
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Af Corse ferrari's look awkwardly similar in the dark.
So confusing that there are 458s in GTAm that have almost the same paint job as GT2.
   

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