ALMS Round 7: Baltimore

[fanta4]

Originally Posted by Fogelhund

People are making assumptions as to how and why this has occurred. Look, I'm no fan of Tucker on multiple levels, but unless you know all the facts in this, commenting as if you do is ridiculous. Do we know if there were issues at ESM for Cosmo, leading him to look elsewhere?

Simple answer, no. At this point, do these things even matter anymore anyway?

[Maelochs]

To some people, and to differing degrees and for different reasons, but judging by the fact that there were responses ... I'd say "Yes."

[Beetle]

Cosmo's move is completely valid. Morally, it may seem like a backstab, but when you are in the field of racing you have to bite the bullet sometimes and make the choice that is best for your career.

Originally Posted by TF110

Well I hope Viper continue their success. That 25kg might say otherwise though.

BoP is a b*tch. But the Vipers generally behave better than any other over the street course bumps. I'll say with confidence that the SRT GTS-R will be the fastest car overall, shortly followed by BMW.

Originally Posted by Fogelhund

People are making assumptions as to how and why this has occurred. Look, I'm no fan of Tucker on multiple levels, but unless you know all the facts in this, commenting as if you do is ridiculous. Do we know if there were issues at ESM for Cosmo, leading him to look elsewhere?

And you know what happens when you "assume"... you make an ass out of u and me. But I can live with that...

[extramundane]

I kinda wish Guy would've announced he was leaving to join a DP team. The Great Ten-Tenths Sportscar Forum Meltdown of Two-Aught-Thirteen would've been one for the ages.

But take heart, fellow Moral Crusaders: I understand Federal prosecutors have added "Driver Theft" to the list of charges against Tucker, so justice will be served.

[Purist]

BullMan, the Champ Car ski jump was at San Jose in 2005, but thankfully, it was fixed for 2006. Baltimore is hardly the first street circuit to have to deal with rail lines, and clearly, solutions do exist. Heck, there isn't an issue on the other side of the course, where those same light rail tracks cross.

[Christian Mogami]

Cosmo had a falling out with Brown/Sharp and got released from his contract.

Tucker didn't steal him.

P5's manager(Cosmo called him) jump on it right away because they been looking for a silver/bronze driver all year.

[fanta4]

Originally Posted by Christian Mogami

Cosmo had a falling out with Brown/Sharp and got released from his contract.

Tucker didn't steal him.

P5's manager(Cosmo called him) jump on it right away because they been looking for a silver/bronze driver all year.

Seriously, stop posting facts. It's ruining the vibe of the forum.

http://msn.foxsports.com/speed/sport...joins-level-5/

[Mechanic Z]

Originally Posted by Maelochs

I won't condemn either Scott Tucker or Guy Cosmo until I know all the details there. Glad to see Guy has a good ride, glad to see Anthony Lazarro with ESM, glad ESM filled the seat with a good driver.

You are right, I should give them the benefit of the doubt.

[Fogelhund]

The only thing worthy of discussion IMO, is that they ranked Lazarro a Silver driver, which really is a joke... though I understand they did this because Cosmo was silver as well, and they needed to even things up. The Driver rankings for P2 are going away for next year, why not just drop them entirely instead of this farce.

[Lanky Turtle]

Originally Posted by Fogelhund

The only thing worthy of discussion IMO, is that they ranked Lazarro a Silver driver, which really is a joke... though I understand they did this because Cosmo was silver as well, and they needed to even things up. The Driver rankings for P2 are going away for next year, why not just drop them entirely instead of this farce.

I really dislike the driver ranking system, just the idea of it even, much less the implementation of it.
But next year won't all of the drivers have to be ranked anyway, regardless of which class they usually run, in case they decide to run a race in PC, GTD, or Conti Challenge?

[extramundane]

Originally Posted by Fogelhund

The only thing worthy of discussion IMO, is that they ranked Lazarro a Silver driver, which really is a joke...

While I'm fully aware of the ridiculousness of the ratings system, I can't argue very hard that a 50 year old guy whose most consistent ride the last decade+ has been in Prototype Lites shouldn't be a silver.

[Articus]

Originally Posted by fanta4

Seriously, stop posting facts. It's ruining the vibe of the forum.

http://msn.foxsports.com/speed/sport...joins-level-5/

Christian Mogami is one the most insightful and knowledgeable people we have on our forum. He is in the know in every sense of the word. He always know's more than we are ever privy to. Most things he says, you cannot find on any motorsport news site and they have been true more often than not. I would love for him to keep doing his thing without interference.

[Maelochs]

Obviously the invisible sarcasm emoticon went undetected here.

[nkoske]

Originally Posted by Articus

Christian Mogami is one the most insightful and knowledgeable people we have on our forum. He is in the know in every sense of the word. He always know's more than we are ever privy to. Most things he says, you cannot find on any motorsport news site and they have been true more often than not. I would love for him to keep doing his thing without interference.

Think yours is broken.

[andy_b]

http://bit.ly/YiLORw

The Ten-Tenths supported Official ALMS Spotter Guide for Baltimore is now available to download. As you will have read, changes at RSR, Level 5 and ESM this week are included (although L5's driver roster is still TBC).

Also, as some of you may have seen on John Dagys Speed/Fox Sports Blog, there have been some small changes at Dempsey Del Piero resulting in a small updated livery with new sponsor.

Dempsey Del Piero have kindly allowed me to release this change, so thanks to them.

WEC guide also available (will be updated later this week.......)


You can download the guide here:- http://bit.ly/YiLORw

[WolfsburgRS]

Thanks Andy!

Good to see Marc Bunting will be back in with a Baltimore-backed TRG car.

Anyone else from the forums going to be there?

[Bicknell55]

Originally Posted by Purist

BullMan, the Champ Car ski jump was at San Jose in 2005, but thankfully, it was fixed for 2006. Baltimore is hardly the first street circuit to have to deal with rail lines, and clearly, solutions do exist. Heck, there isn't an issue on the other side of the course, where those same light rail tracks cross.

The tracks on the back side of the course are crossed at a greatly reduced speed compared to the front stretch. I'd imagine the same problems would exist if the speed was higher.

The track map on the IMSA website doesn't show a chicane so maybe they're going to try again or some work was done this past year to improve the situation.

[Bicknell55]

Originally Posted by WolfsburgRS

Thanks Andy!

Good to see Marc Bunting will be back in with a Baltimore-backed TRG car.

Anyone else from the forums going to be there?

I'll be there.

[dxk1]

Originally Posted by Bicknell55

I'll be there.

I will also be there as I have the past two years since I only live about 20 minutes away.

DK

[Mechanic Z]

Originally Posted by Bicknell55

The tracks on the back side of the course are crossed at a greatly reduced speed compared to the front stretch. I'd imagine the same problems would exist if the speed was higher.

The track map on the IMSA website doesn't show a chicane so maybe they're going to try again or some work was done this past year to improve the situation.

Indy Car map doesn't have a chicane either.
http://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2013...x-Of-Baltimore

Should be interesting to see what they do with the tracks this year.

[fanta4]

The OFFICIAL Baltimore Grand Prix website does show a chicane right after the SRT bridge, in front of the "Chicane Suites". It's designated on the map by a squiggly line.

Track map
http://www.grandprixofbaltimore.com/.../map-track.jpg

[Beetle]

Originally Posted by fanta4

The OFFICIAL Baltimore Grand Prix website does show a chicane right after the SRT bridge, in front of the "Chicane Suites". It's designated on the map by a squiggly line.

Track map
http://www.grandprixofbaltimore.com/.../map-track.jpg

But very poorly rendered.

[mdaro]

I took a look at the track section before they started putting barriers up and the rail lines looked the same to me so I would guess chicane.

The tracks on the back half of the circuit are in asphalt (tarmac), the front straight are concrete and set differantly.

Any other 10 Tenthers going to be there? I'm in Grandstand 7 again at Turn 3. I'll be the semi fat, semi grey, semi old guy in the Flying Lizard shirt and Rothmans hat on Friday.

[andy_b]

Originally Posted by andy_b

http://bit.ly/YiLORw

The Ten-Tenths supported Official ALMS Spotter Guide for Baltimore is now available to download. As you will have read, changes at RSR, Level 5 and ESM this week are included (although L5's driver roster is still TBC).

Also, as some of you may have seen on John Dagys Speed/Fox Sports Blog, there have been some small changes at Dempsey Del Piero resulting in a small updated livery with new sponsor.

Dempsey Del Piero have kindly allowed me to release this change, so thanks to them.

WEC guide also available (will be updated later this week.......)


You can download the guide here:- http://bit.ly/YiLORw

Updated with known Driver Arrangements with Level 5 and new liveries for #7 and #18 PC Cars. RSR/Starworks still an unknown at the moment

[Brownj]

Originally Posted by andy_b

Updated with known Driver Arrangements with Level 5 and new liveries for #7 and #18 PC Cars. RSR/Starworks still an unknown at the moment

Thanks for that, Andy! The official entry list still has not been updated, so I'm going by your work. Outstanding as usual.