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2023 Sportscar Discussion - WEC/ELMS/AsLMS
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Author:  Brendan Kaczmarek [ Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 2009 American Le Mans Series Discussion
It's on iTunes for free as well...
Author:  Gimsai [ Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:15 pm ]
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The film is waiting on my HD! 8)

Meanwhile the ALMS have a new rival.... The Google Street View Car! :lol:

http://jalopnik.com/5185062/google-stre ... -race-cars
Author:  Joe A [ Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 2009 American Le Mans Series Discussion
A Flying Lizard Porsche, a C6-R and the BP Mazda are leading the Street View car. Cool stuff.
Author:  deggis [ Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 2009 American Le Mans Series Discussion
Porsche GT3 Cup cars from the Patrón Challenge support series can participate starting from Miller Motorsports Park and will form some kind of own Challenge Class.

http://www.americanlemans.com/index_news.php?n=12677

Nicely done press release, one might even get the idea this was not done because 15 car grid does not look good
Author:  Boxy Brown [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 2009 American Le Mans Series Discussion
3 P1, 3 P2, 11 GT2

This is what we have to look forward to at St. Pete. Amazing compared to last year.

GT2 battle should be epic at least. :)
Author:  Petrick [ Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 2009 American Le Mans Series Discussion
Darn, no stream for this race. Only ABC source http://iptv.tsinghua.edu.cn/p/watch?cid=62 that i know shows ABC kids channel at the moment, doh... :x

Edit: ABC Stream -> http://www.justin.tv/races_tv
Author:  Petrick [ Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:56 pm ]
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To be honest, St.Pete race was sad to see. Start grid lowest ever? plus we lost Risi and another BMW so early.
Author:  Michael R. [ Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 2009 American Le Mans Series Discussion
No Audi's in the race? :?
Author:  Petrick [ Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:54 pm ]
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No more Audis until (maybe) Petit Lemans. And no Porsche Spyders anymore.. LMP1, LMP2 and GT1 are just big jokes.
Author:  Raikkon [ Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:04 pm ]
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Catalunya 1000km stream anyone???? The one posted does not work....
Author:  Mercedes5CLR [ Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:21 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 2009 American Le Mans Series Discussion
i think the ALMS is the most efficted series by the finacial crisis. but sports car as a whole is in big danger.. very sad to say.. i love sports cars.
Author:  tommy84 [ Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 2009 American Le Mans Series Discussion
I don't see the sportscars in danger
82 cars applied for 55 spots at Le Mans - enough cars on reserve for the withdrawals
LMS season opener at Barcelona had 40+ cars
More will come to Spa to prepare for Le Mans
Audi launched the R8 GT3 car which will race in at least 3 championships
BMW launched a new GT2 car
Nissan and Ford launched a new GT1 car

The only problem we have is that we have a year between two very different rules - you can only check the health status of sportscar racing in 2010
We have only lost Embassy Racing and Essex because of reasons directly related to the economic crisis.
For example Audi does only Sebring and Le Mans, but they have a GT3 programme running as well as DTM
Todays GT1 is dead by the rulebook

ALMS is in a bad condition I have to admit, but ALMS is not everything in sportscar racing and they will recover when we have stable rules again
Author:  Shane [ Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:27 am ]
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I know Nissan launched the GTR for GT1 class racing, but when did Ford bring a car up to GT1?
Author:  smokyburnout [ Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:15 am ]
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Shane wrote:
I know Nissan launched the GTR for GT1 class racing, but when did Ford bring a car up to GT1?

Ford doesn't really have much to do with it... Matech built a GT1 version of the Ford GT (kind of like what Doran did with it in ALMS GT2).
Author:  deggis [ Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 2009 American Le Mans Series Discussion
tommy84 wrote:
The only problem we have is that we have a year between two very different rules - you can only check the health status of sportscar racing in 2010

New rules are for 2011.

And should be postponed to 2012, imo.
Author:  smokyburnout [ Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 2009 American Le Mans Series Discussion
GT2 Corvette (the new, Pratt & Miller one) spotted testing...
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Author:  Shane [ Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:24 pm ]
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:thumbsup: Ballin'
Author:  Andy [ Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:03 am ]
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thats a badass car that one :)
Author:  deggis [ Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:36 am ]
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Audi of America president: “The intention is to come back”

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20090421/ALMS/904219983
Author:  Mattzel89 [ Sat May 09, 2009 8:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 2009 American Le Mans Series Discussion
fuck, no more Live ALMS on Motors

Quote:
Dear all,
ALMS definitely stays on the channel, but considering the current economic climate and the cost of satellite feeds and the lack of support from the industry, we've decided to move our "Live & as-Live" coverage to a fully delayed show one week after the events.
The races will obvioulsy be shown in full, using all the footage we get from the US.
Petit Le Mans remains as a fully LIVE event.
F. Viger
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