ALMS Round 8: Circuit of the Americas

**joeb** · 18 Sep 2013, 13:52 (Ref:3305763)

The ALMS will be making its one and only appearance at the new(ish) Circuit of the Americas. This will be double header weekend with the WEC folks in town as well. The week actually begins early with an ALMS test session on Tuesday, but the real action begins on Thursday. Qualifying will be on Friday 20 September beginning at 13:50 local track time and the race will be 2:45 starting on Saturday 21 September @ 15:45.

Schedule

Entry List

Timing & Scoring

ESPN3 Video Race is on ESPN2 the next day

ALMS Video

Track Map

Spotters Guide

Weather

andy_b · 18 Sep 2013, 19:12 (Ref:3305856)

The Ten-Tenths Supported Spotter Guide for CoTA has now been released with ALMS and WEC Guides available individually or as a combined PDF.

Download the guides on the ALMS and WEC Pages of www.spotterguides.com

* NOTE= The ALMS and WEC guides are different sizes as Europe uses ISO size paper and North America uses a different system, the PDF has been sized for North America proportions

TF110 · 19 Sep 2013, 03:26 (Ref:3305982)

From the test results so far, the Porsche teams are tops in GTE. The Delta was 8 seconds off pace of the leading lmp2 car from level 5.

Mechanic Z · 19 Sep 2013, 04:19 (Ref:3305996)

My guess is that a lot will change between the first test and raceday, this being a new track to all the teams.
Should be an interesting race.

Race and qualifying are both listed on the ESPN3 schedule!

FalkenALMS · 19 Sep 2013, 13:21 (Ref:3306179)

A lot will change before race day. On test days, teams aren't looking for speed, we're all just experimenting with set up and balance. Qualifying should be a better indicator of where teams will be for the race. So far, we're a little off the pace, but like everyone else, we're still finding the right settings and learning the track.

It's going to be a hot one! Thankfully, this track has decent cell phone service, so I'll be doing live twitter updates. If the internet works well too, I'll try to post a couple updates here.

isynge · 19 Sep 2013, 15:10 (Ref:3306229)

Word is no spectator access to Free Practice today, not sure how many friends that's going to win...

Edit

Apologies - this may have been better posted in the WEC thread.

**joeb** · 19 Sep 2013, 15:28 (Ref:3306236)

Quote:

Originally Posted by isynge

Word is no spectator access to Free Practice today, not sure how many friends that's going to win...

Edit

Apologies - this may have been better posted in the WEC thread.

No worries. I thiink it is applicable to ALMS as well. I agree, it is a pretty poor decision to not let spectators in today.

TRspitfirefan · 19 Sep 2013, 16:38 (Ref:3306267)

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy_b

The Ten-Tenths Supported Spotter Guide for CoTA has now been released with ALMS and WEC Guides available individually or as a combined PDF.

Download the guides on the ALMS and WEC Pages of www.spotterguides.com

* NOTE= The ALMS and WEC guides are different sizes as Europe uses ISO size paper and North America uses a different system, the PDF has been sized for North America proportions

Great work, as always.

The Falken car even has the 2010 rear aero!
Now that's attention to detail.

Mechanic Z · 19 Sep 2013, 17:35 (Ref:3306293)

Dagys article about the coupe Delta Wing debut:
http://sportscar365.com/alms/deltawi...ng-for-future/

FalkenALMS · 19 Sep 2013, 20:11 (Ref:3306333)

Boy is it hot here. Computers showed mid 90s with 55% humidity by the end of the session. It fees like 100.

We're still working on set up an balance (nice to have a couple days of testing do work on it), and finished the session in 10th. Not where we'd like to be, but we've got time to work it out.

Mechanic Z · 20 Sep 2013, 00:05 (Ref:3306388)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FalkenALMS

Boy is it hot here. Computers showed mid 90s with 55% humidity by the end of the session. It fees like 100.

We're still working on set up an balance (nice to have a couple days of testing do work on it), and finished the session in 10th. Not where we'd like to be, but we've got time to work it out.

The National Weather Service forecast for the next two days looks better!

Friday

Saturday

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...A#.UjuOpFMpiAa

Mechanic Z · 20 Sep 2013, 00:23 (Ref:3306392)

Has Muscle Milk been out for any of the practice sessions?

TF110 · 20 Sep 2013, 03:04 (Ref:3306424)

No. But they are at the track supposedly.

Beetle · 20 Sep 2013, 03:07 (Ref:3306425)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FalkenALMS

Boy is it hot here. Computers showed mid 90s with 55% humidity by the end of the session. It fees like 100.

Consider yourself lucky that a cold front should be pushing through by tomorrow, dropping the highs down into the mid 80s. Humidity will probably be lowered also.

**joeb** · 20 Sep 2013, 13:08 (Ref:3306594)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mechanic Z

Has Muscle Milk been out for any of the practice sessions?

Quote:

Originally Posted by TF110

No. But they are at the track supposedly.

They have done this in previous rounds this year as well. Sitting out the test sessions and just doing the official practice and qualy.

**joeb** · 20 Sep 2013, 13:41 (Ref:3306606)

Practice is currently in the wet this morning. I love wet sessions, they are a jumble of classes. 40 minutes into 60 min session and it goes:
1. Deltawing
2. ESM
3. BMW
4. BMW
5. Dragonspeed

HORNDAWG · 20 Sep 2013, 15:28 (Ref:3306632)

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeb

They have done this in previous rounds this year as well. Sitting out the test sessions and just doing the official practice and qualy.

Window shopping?...............

L.P.

fieldodreams79 · 20 Sep 2013, 15:40 (Ref:3306635)

^

Weather is going to make this one interesting. Plenty of run off will help but hope for very few SCs.

TRspitfirefan · 20 Sep 2013, 17:06 (Ref:3306671)

Quote:

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Window shopping?...............

L.P.

The C6R would look awesome in the Muscle Milk livery!

**joeb** · 20 Sep 2013, 17:40 (Ref:3306691)

Quote:

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Window shopping?...............

L.P.

What is going on there? Filling the corvette drinks bottles with some muscle milk perhaps?

andy_b · 20 Sep 2013, 17:42 (Ref:3306694)

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy_b

The Ten-Tenths Supported Spotter Guide for CoTA has now been released with ALMS and WEC Guides available individually or as a combined PDF.

Download the guides on the ALMS and WEC Pages of www.spotterguides.com

Final Update to the guide, just released with Oliver Gavin in the #97 Aston Martin for WEC!!!!! and updated BAR-1 livery on the ALMS Guide. Thanks for all the downloads. WEC guide leads the ALMS guide by just 3% in download figures!

TF110 · 20 Sep 2013, 18:35 (Ref:3306729)

Seems the track is still very wet. Rain all day? Those BMWs are very good in these conditions.

HJJ · 20 Sep 2013, 19:43 (Ref:3306754)

I noticed Tudor signage on the live stream.

EricS · 20 Sep 2013, 19:49 (Ref:3306759)

No rain at track for the gt and lmpc qualy, but track damp. PCs slower than gt so far.

**joeb** · 20 Sep 2013, 19:58 (Ref:3306761)

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricS

No rain at track for the gt and lmpc qualy, but track damp. PCs slower than gt so far.

that was unexpected, but the announcers thought it may be because of notraction control on the pc's.

and the 551 lost a tire on the out lap.....

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