ALMS 2013 Round 3: Laguna Seca - Page 4

FalkenALMS · 10 May 2013, 03:23 (Ref:3245086)

Day one on track at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is complete! We completed 55 laps in the the hour and a half test session, landing in third place with a best time of 1:24.191. We're really happy with the progress from last year, and hope to dial in on a good set up tomorrow.

Wolf Henzler, @Wolf_Henzler
We had a good session today and ended up 3rd in the GT class. Bryan did a long run and did good, consistent lap times. It was very cold today and I guess everybody is having a grip problem. We know Laguna is not high grip level track, and because it was so cold, it was just missing a little bit today. Maybe tomorrow when we do more laps and there are more cars on the track we will get more grip. Of course we will work on the setup and adjust more for tomorrow.

Bryan Sellers, @BryanSellers
We have a pretty good start to the weekend. It’s a long day sitting and waiting to go on track for an hour and a half, but it was good. We had some new stuff on the tire aspect to test and try today, which is very important. We were able to get that accomplished and run some pretty good lap times for a pretty long amount of time. Things are pretty encouraging. Certainly, we still feel like we have a long way to go to get to where we need to be to get to where the car is raceable. But we rolled off the truck better than we have the last couple years here. we just keep moving forward.

gregtummer · 10 May 2013, 03:36 (Ref:3245089)

I was wondering why everything but the P1 times seemed a little slow.

FalkenALMS · 10 May 2013, 03:37 (Ref:3245090)

Yeah ambient temperature was down in the 50s by the end of the session. Brrr!

cbbrit · 10 May 2013, 04:34 (Ref:3245104)

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Originally Posted by cbbrit

Hey Andy B! Great job as always. One thing that I'll check on when I get to the track today is whether Joe Foster or Andy Lally is driving the #27 Porsche GTC with Patrick Dempsey. The entry list still shows Andy Lally.

I was told by Patrick that even though Joe Foster is listed on the car's roof, that he won't in fact be driving as there is no need for three drivers in a four hour race, particularly when you have to take into consideration minimum driving times!

John Edwards · 10 May 2013, 04:46 (Ref:3245109)

Hi wveryone. Kelly updating for John. He's in between meetings and asked me to do a post for you:

"The car wasn’t perfect and it been two months since I’ve been in it. Being tough to drive, I struggled more than I should have. I think we’ve got a good direction and I’m driving a full session tomorrow morning and should have time to dust off the cobwebs and get used to the breaking. "

gregtummer · 10 May 2013, 04:49 (Ref:3245111)

I hope for the team's sake, you mean braking

seanyb505 · 10 May 2013, 16:56 (Ref:3245353)

Maybe I'm remembering this incorrectly, but I think someone from SRT made mention that the Vipers are very good with bumps. This would definitely explain their relative pace at Sebring and Long Beach. Coupled with having not raced at Laguna before...

Mechanic Z · 10 May 2013, 17:25 (Ref:3245358)

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Originally Posted by TF110

The AJR 458 is quick. I hope Viper is slower because its their first visit with this car.

Great to see AJR do well in practice!

andy_b · 10 May 2013, 18:16 (Ref:3245367)

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Originally Posted by andy_b

The official ALMS Spotter Guide, supported by Ten-Tenths, is now live.

http://www.spotterguides.com/2013-alms/

36 entries this weekend including the return of the Chrome 'thingie' with Katherine Legge behind the wheel. Core Autosports also make their debut in GT ranks with their 997 GT3 RSR.

A number of liveries have been tweaked and most of the missing helmets have now been filled in.

As per usual, just TRG to confirm drivers for the #68 car.

Anyway, enjoy the guide. If you want to support me, read the note about Twitter on the Spotter Guide webpage

Thanks

Few driver addition in GTC released today + Level 5 551 and 552 have swapped their drivers. Wont get to this until the EOD. Sorry.

In Summary:
P2:
Car # 551: now Tucker and Franchitti
Car # 552: now Tucker and Briscoe

GTC:
Car # 10: Bob Faieta as 3rd driver

Car # 27: Andy Lally as 3rd driver

Car # 68: Drivers confirmed as Craig Stanton and Andrew Novich

**joeb** · 10 May 2013, 18:17 (Ref:3245369)

Just a reminder to everyone that Qualifying starts in about 5 hours. So there is still time if you plan on entering the Fantasy Racing Challenge this round.

NightStalk3r · 10 May 2013, 18:36 (Ref:3245380)

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy_b

Few driver addition in GTC released today + Level 5 551 and 552 have swapped their drivers. Wont get to this until the EOD. Sorry.

In Summary:
P2:
Car # 551: now Tucker and Franchitti
Car # 552: now Tucker and Briscoe

GTC:
Car # 10: Bob Faieta as 3rd driver

Car # 27: Andy Lally as 3rd driver

Car # 68: Drivers confirmed as Craig Stanton and Andrew Novich

Shouldnt the 99 be Cort Wagner?

andy_b · 10 May 2013, 18:38 (Ref:3245381)

yes, will be updated as well

TF110 · 10 May 2013, 21:08 (Ref:3245433)

Nevermind...

Beetle · 10 May 2013, 21:12 (Ref:3245434)

Odd GT running order for practice. The Vipers occupy the last 2 positions and the CORE #06 Porsche set the fastest time. I think the Vipers are sandbagging a bit, though. One second a lap still isn't that much... after 10 laps, that's only 10 seconds behind, probably just the amount of time it took you to read up to here.

It just shows you how close the field is, again, at least in GT.

ger80 · 10 May 2013, 21:41 (Ref:3245447)

The DW didnt drive in the first practice today?

jsTrecu · 10 May 2013, 21:54 (Ref:3245451)

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Originally Posted by ger80

The DW didnt drive in the first practice today?

No times set, not sure about installation laps tho.

http://www.alms.com/results/practice?year[value][year]=2013&race=12001

andy_b · 10 May 2013, 22:18 (Ref:3245459)

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy_b

Few driver addition in GTC released today + Level 5 551 and 552 have swapped their drivers. Wont get to this until the EOD. Sorry.

In Summary:
P2:
Car # 551: now Tucker and Franchitti
Car # 552: now Tucker and Briscoe

GTC:
Car # 10: Bob Faieta as 3rd driver

Car # 27: Andy Lally as 3rd driver

Car # 68: Drivers confirmed as Craig Stanton and Andrew Novich

Spotter Guide now updated

jsTrecu · 10 May 2013, 22:34 (Ref:3245468)

Thanks for the update, those guides are really helpful

Practice goes green, then goes red, now it's green again

Mechanic Z · 10 May 2013, 23:11 (Ref:3245485)

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy_b

Spotter Guide now updated

Thanks!

jsTrecu · 10 May 2013, 23:38 (Ref:3245496)

Q session just started.

Video streaming is up : http://www.alms.com/camera/live-broadcast
Live Timing : http://scoring.alms.com/

rich07 · 11 May 2013, 00:54 (Ref:3245514)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsTrecu

Q session just started.

Video streaming is up : http://www.alms.com/camera/live-broadcast
Live Timing : http://scoring.alms.com/

Many thanks, didnt realise quali was streamed..

TF110 · 11 May 2013, 01:04 (Ref:3245515)

Nice to see Dyson up there right ahead of MMilk. Funny thing I recognized is its an all Japanese lmp1. Toyota followed by Mazda then Honda.

rich07 · 11 May 2013, 01:11 (Ref:3245517)

Well that was a nice few minutes of quali. I'll have to keep that mind for next time.

Congrats to Rebellion and also to Risi. Hope they both win tomorrow

. Cant wait for the race on such a wonderful track.

John Edwards · 11 May 2013, 01:55 (Ref:3245529)

We qualified P8 in the GT class for tomorrow's race. We were expecting be a bit quicker than where we ended up in qualifying, but we had to save our tires a little bit. I think we’ve made a lot of progress from where the car was yesterday. We weren’t too pleased with the qualifying result, but it’s not our ultimate pace for the race. We should be better tomorrow.

NightStalk3r · 11 May 2013, 02:39 (Ref:3245538)

Great qualifying performance from CORE Autosport and Falken in GT, Porsche looking strong here again.

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