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03-19-2009, 04:17 PM | #1 |
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M3 qualifies 7th for the 12 hours of Sebring..
first off congrats to my buddy Dirk Werner for grabbing GT2 pole.....
we will see how the M does.... This is always a good start for a new car because whatever will break on the car... WILL break.. so it shows its flaws sooner... obviously you wont finish well in the race tho.... i didn't see where the 92 car qualy'd #92 #90 |
03-19-2009, 04:40 PM | #7 |
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Awesome pics. Thanks for sharing!
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03-19-2009, 04:58 PM | #10 |
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Awesome pics, thanks! I'll be driving down to Road Atlanta in Sept to see this beast race...can't wait.
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03-19-2009, 05:12 PM | #13 |
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Found these results posted at
http://www.americanlemans.com/index_news.php?n=12579 I'm not sure how to read this because some faster times are ranked below slower ones (e.g. Mueller/Milner's time is faster than the 17th and 18th ranked cars), but it looks like one car qualified 6th for the GT2 class, while the other car qualified 8th. In any case, seems like a pretty good showing for the team's first race qualifying! 14. Wolf Henzler, Germany; Dirk Werner, Germany; Richard Lietz, Austria; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 2:03.051, 108.248 15. Jörg Bergmeister, Germany; Patrick Long, Oak Park, CA; Marc Lieb, Germany; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 2:03.433, 107.913 16. Luis Companc, Argentina; Gianmaria Bruni, Italy; Mathias Russo, Argentina; Ferrari 430 GT (GT2), 2:03.487, 107.866 17. Mika Salo, Finland; Jaime Melo, Brazil; Pierre Kaffer, Germany; Ferrari F430 GT (GT2), 2:03.829, 107.568 18. Andrea Robertson, Ray, MI; David Robertson, Ray, MI; David Murry, Cumming, GA; Doran Ford GT MK 7 (GT2), 2:04.333, 107.132 19. Dirk Mueller, Germany; Tom Milner, Leesburg, VA; BMW E92 M3 (GT2), 2:03.514, 20. Dominik Farnbacher, Germany; Ian James, England; Panoz Esperante GTLM Ford (GT2), 2:04.437, 107.042 21. Joey Hand, Sacramento, CA; Bill Auberlen, Hermosa Beach, CA; BMW E92 M3 (GT2), 2:04.566, 106.931 22. Joel Feinberg, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Chris Hall, Daytona, FL; Ritchie Holt, Davie, FL; Dodge Viper Comp Coupe (GT2), 2:05.619, 106.035 23. Paul Drayson, London, UK; Jonny Cocker, UK; Robert Bell, UK; Aston Martin Vantage GT2 (GT2), 2:05.692, 105.973 24. Nicky Pastorelli, Netherlands; Hans Stuck, Germany; Hans Joachim Stuck, Austria; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 2:05.805, 105.878 25. Lou Gigliotti, Dallas, TX; Eric Curran, Easthampton, MA; Lucas Molo, Brazil; Chevrolet Riley Corvette C6 (GT2), 2:06.678, 105.148 26. Tracy Krohn, Houston, TX; Nic Jonsson, Sweden; Eric van de Poele, Belgium; Ferrari F430 GT (GT2), 2:08.386, 103.750 27. Darren Law, Phoenix, AZ; Seth Neiman, Burlingame, CA; Johannes van Overbeek, San Francisco, CA; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), 2:10.912, 101.748 28. Richard Westbrook, England; Marc Basseng, Germany; Lance David, Germany; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (GT2), No Time |
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03-19-2009, 05:14 PM | #14 |
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I'm with footie - the R10 was a much prettier car. That being said, I'm curious to see how the R15 runs. Just as a PSA - Truth in 24 (truthin24.com) airs tonight on ESPN before Sebring starts. It covers Audi's '08 Le Mans effort, and is a great watch (just finished watching it in fact). Set your Tivos!
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03-19-2009, 05:20 PM | #15 |
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Ouch, they are 1.5 seconds off the pole. Geez.
Yeah, Sebring beats the holly hell out of cars. It will be interesting to see who can hold up. Side note: Being as they have car 90 and 92, they should made the 90 car an E90, and keep the 92 car as an E92. That would be pimp.
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Very Exciting!!! Great Sharp Photo Shot!!
thks for the post
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Sick pictures !
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looks like two plenums straight out of the kidneys. Not the big squarish ones there are two smaller tubes below those going to the motor The setup is much different than any street car the motor is pushed way back and if its anything like the 6cyl e46 GTR the radiator and other things use the ducting you see in there to cool down |
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This sure is different. They are facilitating the air flow for the radiator through those large ducts. Like you say, it seems like the two lines going to the intake plenum are it for the intake, which means they have eliminated the stock intake element in the bumper. I bet the two small openings down low to the sides in the ALMS bumper are for brake cooling then. And, I can't see any evidence of a third intake path such as the one on the stock hood. The function of that opening has been an item of discussion, and I've been meaning to take some airflow measurements there for the longest time... Do you know why they altered the initial ALMS splitter design? That had different aero elements on the sides to generate downforce. Are there any rules about how much downforce ALMS cars can generate? Did they have to reduce the downforce the original bumper would yield?
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03-19-2009, 09:12 PM | #20 |
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beat the vette!!!
The Corvette hands down dominates the ALMS GT1 class and 2009 is the first year they are running in the GT2 class. As much as I have tons of hope for the M3, I'm freakin out about the vette dominating GT2 as well. Go, M3, Go!
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http://www.imsaracing.net/2009/alms/...0ED%20V2.0.pdf Last edited by rzm3; 03-20-2009 at 01:36 AM.. |
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