IMSA Race 2018 Petit Le Mans - Page 2

**joeb** · 8 Oct 2018, 11:43 (Ref:3855407)

Porsche has a retro livery for their GTE cars at Petit:

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/p...petit-le-mans/

Looks good to me!

Akrapovic · 8 Oct 2018, 12:24 (Ref:3855413)

Best looking retro cars yet. But the last time the 911 GT1 raced at Petit, it flew down the back straight

fieldodreams79 · 8 Oct 2018, 14:00 (Ref:3855435)

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Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Best looking retro cars yet. But the last time the 911 GT1 raced at Petit, it flew down the back straight

That was my second when looking at the livery. After the BMW did the back flip, they shaved the hill down a little bit. Took a little fun out of bike racing

broadrun96 · 8 Oct 2018, 18:12 (Ref:3855492)

One yes please more of that, and one "come here and kick this car again Deklan" for demo laps this year at Petit. Why not have a rolling Panoz pack as they did with the Abruzzi "roll-out" IMSA?

broadrun96 · 8 Oct 2018, 19:19 (Ref:3855510)

Anyone remember what the IMSA restriction is on new drivers and required night practice for Petit? Looks like any drivers who need to run at night could be in for some fun Thursday night and potentially a pontoon requiring session. For some reason I recall IMSA just requiring those who hadn't raced before or had no night practice time could not run "night laps" in the race. I'm not sure but that sticks in my mind and I couldn't find the 2018 SR referenced on the schedule.

Either way we could be in for some fun practice sessions on Thursday and sadly potentially the drives mentioned above being cancelled, from the schedule:

1:55 pm - 2:15 pm On-track historic car check (hot track)

Of course Racer has more complete information and they will be running race day, and for those of you in Europe a treat as well:

"The recently restored Panoz GTR-1, chassis #7 that raced at Le Mans in 1998 (pictured below) and is scheduled to race in the Le Mans Historic Masters in 2019, will run a pre-race lap alongside the “Stars and Stripes” DeltaWing Coupe DWC13-003 (pictured, top). The GTR-1 will be driven by Jan Magnussen, while Johnny O’Connell will be behind the wheel of the DeltaWing."

TF110 · 8 Oct 2018, 20:57 (Ref:3855523)

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeb

Porsche has a retro livery for their GTE cars at Petit:

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/p...petit-le-mans/

Looks good to me!

Would look even better if it was the actual 911 GT1 '98 running around the race. But this is the next best thing

**joeb** · 8 Oct 2018, 21:17 (Ref:3855526)

Quote:

Originally Posted by broadrun96

One yes please more of that, and one "come here and kick this car again Deklan" for demo laps this year at Petit. Why not have a rolling Panoz pack as they did with the Abruzzi "roll-out" IMSA?

That is fantastic! I can't wait to see the GT1 on track, one of my favorite cars off all time.

**joeb** · 9 Oct 2018, 15:09 (Ref:3855692)

This isn't exactly new, but wanted to link to the BOP summary for this race:

https://racer.com/2018/10/08/imsa-co...petit-le-mans/

Main takehome is that the Acura DPi's get more boost.

MaskedRacer · 9 Oct 2018, 18:44 (Ref:3855734)

I like the Paul Miller Lambo color scheme. Never liked the red. That color just does not fit on a Lamborghini. Certain colors you can associate with certain makes now. For Lamborghini it is the lime green. So at least they got that trim going on with the black.

TRuss · 10 Oct 2018, 04:26 (Ref:3855827)

The last I heard it sounded like the storm was to blow through leaving a very nice weekend. Have there been any changes?

Victor_RO · 10 Oct 2018, 06:18 (Ref:3855835)

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Originally Posted by TRuss

The last I heard it sounded like the storm was to blow through leaving a very nice weekend. Have there been any changes?

Current forecast suggests all the rain will hit today and tomorrow, and it will apparently be sunny, cloudless and with 0% chances of rain on Fri/Sat.

fieldodreams79 · 10 Oct 2018, 11:36 (Ref:3855890)

Yup, after it blows through a little east and south of the Road Atlanta, it's going to be a beautiful weekend.

I'm unfortunately east and south of Road Atlanta so hoping there's no repeat of Irma last year and I can get out of town once everything clears out mid day Thursday.

fieldodreams79 · 10 Oct 2018, 14:43 (Ref:3855922)

Ahead of hurricane Michael, just about the only place it's raining in Georgia is at Road Atlanta. It's a soupy mess but they still have some green sessions with all the WeatherTech team haulers currently arriving.

Everybody coming in today drive safe and batten down the hatches tonight!

**joeb** · 10 Oct 2018, 17:10 (Ref:3855950)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Ahead of hurricane Michael, just about the only place it's raining in Georgia is at Road Atlanta. It's a soupy mess but they still have some green sessions with all the WeatherTech team haulers currently arriving.

Everybody coming in today drive safe and batten down the hatches tonight!

I don't know how to batten things, but luckily my tent has zippers

chernaudi · 10 Oct 2018, 19:49 (Ref:3855974)

If anyone has an hour to kill, Marshall Pruett caught up with Allan McNish about PLM '08:

https://marshallpruett.podbean.com/e...petit-le-mans/

fieldodreams79 · 10 Oct 2018, 20:04 (Ref:3855983)

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Originally Posted by joeb

I don't know how to batten things, but luckily my tent has zippers

Close enough!

Areas just south and east of Jackson and Hall Counties are now under a state of emergency. Tornado watch until 2AM for Athens-Clarke County. Hopefully all that stuff misses the track and me! There were already tons of people there when I left late morning.

jimclark · 11 Oct 2018, 10:42 (Ref:3856089)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Close enough!

Areas just south and east of Jackson and Hall Counties are now under a state of emergency. Tornado watch until 2AM for Athens-Clarke County. Hopefully all that stuff misses the track and me! There were already tons of people there when I left late morning.

Instead of naming counties, for those very few of us that haven't a clue what they mean in regard to RA, how about just giving us an idea how far and what directions it is from the circuit.

Anywho, try to stay earthbound and dry.....

fieldodreams79 · 11 Oct 2018, 11:42 (Ref:3856102)

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Originally Posted by jimclark

Instead of naming counties, for those very few of us that haven't a clue what they mean in regard to RA, how about just giving us an idea how far and what directions it is from the circuit.

Anywho, try to stay earthbound and dry.....

https://www.google.com/search?q=jack...hrome&ie=UTF-8

MaskedRacer · 11 Oct 2018, 12:42 (Ref:3856117)

From 1998 Petit Le Mans qualifying times:

Porsche GT1 98: 1:13.7
Porsche GT1 (champion): 1:16.3
Panoz GTR1: 1:16.9

The GT1 98 would fit just behind the DPI grid today. The Champion car and hte Panoz are still faster than the GTLMs.

jimclark · 11 Oct 2018, 13:24 (Ref:3856121)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

https://www.google.com/search?q=jack...hrome&ie=UTF-8

'Been doing that and Weather Chanel but I thought you were "on location" reportin' for us.

CyberMotor · 11 Oct 2018, 13:40 (Ref:3856123)

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Originally Posted by chernaudi

If anyone has an hour to kill, Marshall Pruett caught up with Allan McNish about PLM '08:

https://marshallpruett.podbean.com/e...petit-le-mans/

Thanks!!! That was great. I had never heard these stories and I was feet away from them when they were occurring.

I flipped through the photos I had taken of the action happening while listening to Marshall's interview of McNish. Great stuff!

http://www.lasersol.com/CyberMotor/p...mans_2008.html

**joeb** · 11 Oct 2018, 16:53 (Ref:3856133)

Session 1 is in the books with little drama. Track was pretty green after the rain last night, but getting rubbered in with the support series as we speak.

The panoz display is pretty nice in the paddock

fieldodreams79 · 11 Oct 2018, 20:40 (Ref:3856166)

Helio waiting to go out for P2.

**joeb** · 11 Oct 2018, 20:43 (Ref:3856167)

Paul Miller stole the Magnus livery this weekend

deggis · 12 Oct 2018, 01:02 (Ref:3856179)

Apparently there were live feeds from practice sessions (just stationary camera).

https://www.facebook.com/pg/IMSA/videos/

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