ALMS 2013 Round 3: Laguna Seca

[skeeskirrt]

Anyone know if there will be FM radio broadcast of the commentary at the track? Radio Le Mans or otherwise?

[gregtummer]

Originally Posted by rich07

Thankyou!

And thankyou also to ALMS for continually putting these older races up on youtube for us to enjoy-some of us for the first time (I didnt really get into sportscars until about 2002).

Varsha Varsha Varsha!

Download them while you can, because once NASCAR gets a hold of them, I bet they will be gone.

[Purist]

I'm not so sure. I've seen plenty of very recent NASCAR races getting uploaded unofficially to YouTube, and they're still on there.

F1 on the other hand, that's an entirely different story.

Regardless, I have been collecting those ALMS broadcasts.

[broadrun96]

Also think NASCAR, unlike FOM, understands that leaving them on Youtube doesn't cost them anything and earns them points with fans and potentially new fans. And everything that's done this year in both series is most likely discussed and considered by both sides beforehand. And both series are adding their races to free online access in the current season so why would old races be dropped?

[gregtummer]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Also think NASCAR, unlike FOM, understands that leaving them on Youtube doesn't cost them anything and earns them points with fans and potentially new fans. And everything that's done this year in both series is most likely discussed and considered by both sides beforehand. And both series are adding their races to free online access in the current season so why would old races be dropped?

Because they might want to delete anything that reflects badly on them.

NASCAR tried to get a personal video deleted off you-tube of a tire in the stands at the Nationawide Daytona race even though the footage was taken by a fan in the stands.

So for example, they might want to delete the 2011 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans because they had such incredible grids and fast exotic cars that anything else is going to look bad by comparison.

[rwindle]

Originally Posted by skeeskirrt

Anyone know if there will be FM radio broadcast of the commentary at the track? Radio Le Mans or otherwise?

For the Long Beach race there was a live radio feed on the ALMS website in addition to live timing & scoring. I assume it was the audio feed for the TV coverage since it was Jeremy Shaw, Greg Creamer and the pit reporters.

[Mechanic Z]

Originally Posted by rwindle

For the Long Beach race there was a live radio feed on the ALMS website in addition to live timing & scoring. I assume it was the audio feed for the TV coverage since it was Jeremy Shaw, Greg Creamer and the pit reporters.

Hopefully that isn't full season. Not a big fan of JH but Greg Creamer just didn't work.

[Mechanic Z]

Originally Posted by Beetle

That silence about the Porsche on the CORE site is worrying me... a lot. I don't think we'll be seeing it.

Someone asked Pat Long about it on Twitter, and he said to keep checking CORE's site. Hopefully that's good...

[Canada ALMS fan]

Hindy and GG just confirmed Laguna Seca for CORE on MWM. Press release tomorrow apparently.

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by Canada ALMS fan

Hindy and GG just confirmed Laguna Seca for CORE on MWM. Press release tomorrow apparently.

And, as expected, here is the press release: http://www.coreautosport.com/2013/05...alms-gt-debut/

Car delivered shortly before Sebring and has done some test runs, most recently one day at Barber.

[Mechanic Z]

The team has welcomed several new members to help support the GT program, but the lead engineer for the No. 06 Porsche will be the familiar face of Gary Davies, who moves over from the PC program.

Ex Flying Lizard team members, perhaps?
TRG could learn from CORE about making good on their word!

[MitchZ06]

TRG could do with a sponsor to make good on their intent to race in GTE with Aston.

Ignorance.

[pederb]

Good looking car

[Mechanic Z]

Originally Posted by MitchZ06

TRG could do with a sponsor to make good on their intent to race in GTE with Aston.

Ignorance.

I didn't mean that TRG never intended to race the Vantage GTE. As a Corvette fan, I was looking forward to seeing Aston's current car at Road America. Needless to say, I was more than a little bummed to find out that it isn't likely to happen. I do think they should have waited to announce their intended presence in GT until after they had found a sponsor. Perhaps it was connected to Dalla Lana, or some other Am driver who went elsewhere, who knows?
So many teams over the years have had big announcements and press releases that came to nothing or caused less of an impact than intended over the years, I'm just really glad to see the CORE car arrive when it was supposed to, with the pro team it was supposed to have.

[Pandamasque]

Core Porsche http://youtu.be/X2G6YKtu7lo

[NightStalk3r]

Originally Posted by Pandamasque

Core Porsche http://youtu.be/X2G6YKtu7lo

Another video from Barber http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odMf2...layer_embedded

[cbbrit]

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

And, as expected, here is the press release: http://www.coreautosport.com/2013/05...alms-gt-debut/

Car delivered shortly before Sebring and has done some test runs, most recently one day at Barber.

The car is the ex-Flying Lizard Motorsports #45 from last year for those who keep track!

[joeb]

Originally Posted by cbbrit

The car is the ex-Flying Lizard Motorsports #45 from last year for those who keep track!

Thanks,I was wondering about that.

[Mechanic Z]

Tom Kimber-Smith and The Amateur had a bit of a feud last year.
It might be interesting to see what will happen now that Cosmo is in the Prototype and Kimber-Smith is in the GT!

[FAS33]

Originally Posted by rich07

Well thats good news, hope they for sure be at Laguna.

Cant wait for Laguna, awesome track

agreed, nevermind the cars, this track is one of the best in the world.

[MitchZ06]

Need some cars racing to make the track worth it

[rich07]

2005 Laguna Seca race is up on youtube. As is 2002, 2003, 2004

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txi3toZTNjY

[Mechanic Z]

Originally Posted by rich07

2005 Laguna Seca race is up on youtube. As is 2002, 2003, 2004

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txi3toZTNjY

'05 was a really good race! Corvette, Aston, Saleen and Maserati all led at some point. P1 was pretty interesting, too.

[Ephaeton]

It's nice they're uploading old stuff.

Then partially they have ridiculously bad video editing, sound quality, ads left in, an hour simply missing from the '04 Laguna Seca race etc.

And finally, they hide behind google+ and facebook. No, Sir, I do NOT want to create an account on two of the proven world leaders of breaching privacy, data-mining in your personal data, ruthlessly sharing and re-selling the computed personal ad preferences etc. I just wanna write you an email about the things you were/are doing great and the things you aren't. Sadly I have to use facebook to comment ALMS news; or a google+ signup to post a comment on youtu.be, or send ALMSOfficialVideos a message.

Anybody ever had the nerve to continue navigating the ALMS site until a contact email emerged? (people don't seem to do this nowadays. It's a bit strange for me, being german, where by law you are required to have a point of contact that ultimately resolves to a human being; by telephone, address and email; signing up for a death cult first to contact somebody would be deemed inappropriate and inacceptable)

Mind sharing it? Alternatively, if you've joined one of the death cults, feel free to ask AOV on the tube what happened to 1h16 min to go until 19 min to go timeframe.

[Fogelhund]

I find it somewhat entertaining that a series that didn't care so much about it's history, providing yearbooks, access to prior races etc., suddenly does so in it's final year, when it is history itself.