Grand-Am Rolex Series 24 Hours of Daytona Open Thread
by 4ever3 on Jan 30, 2010 12:00 PM EST
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Grand-Am Rolex Series Starting Grid
Pos No Class Car Time Name
1 10 DP Ford Dallara 1:40.681 Max Angelelli
2 60 DP Ford Riley 1:41.100 Oswaldo Negri Jr
3 6 DP Ford Riley 1:41.110 Michael Valiante
4 02 DP BMW Riley 1:41.147 Scott Dixon
5 01 DP BMW Riley 1:41.164 Scott Pruett
6 55 DP BMW Riley 1:41.463 Christophe Bouch
7 59 DP Porsche Riley 1:41.513 Darren Law
8 9 DP Porsche Riley 1:41.603 Joao Barbosa
9 75 DP Ford Lola 1:42.060 Ricardo Zonta
10 90 DP Porsche Coyote 1:42.074 Buddy Rice
11 77 DP Ford Dallara 1:42.606 Memo Gidley
12 7 DP BMW Riley 1:43.322 Ian James
13 2 DP Chevrolet Crawford Dane Cameron
14 95 DP BMW Riley Scott Tucker
15 99 DP Chevrolet Riley Johnson/ Gurney/
16 69 GT Mazda RX-8 1:49.282 Jeff Segal
17 30 GT Mazda RX-8 1:49.371 Jordan Taylor
18 70 GT Mazda RX-8 1:49.462 Sylvain Tremblay
19 07 GT Corvette 1:49.474 Paul Edwards
20 66 GT Porsche GT3 Cup 1:49.637 Andy Lally
21 88 GT Porsche GT3 Cup 1:49.831 Johnny Mowlem
22 67 GT Porsche GT3 Cup 1:49.855 Patrick Long
23 32 GT BMW M6 1:49.968 Max Hyatt
24 41 GT Mazda RX-8 1:49.971 Leh Keen
25 94 GT BMW M6 1:50.063 Joey Hand
26 71 GT Porsche GT3 Cup 1:50.271 Spencer Pumpelly
27 57 GT Camaro GT.R 1:50.274 Robin Liddell
28 48 GT Porsche GT3 Cup 1:50.662 Bryce Miller
29 43 GT Mazda RX-8 1:51.033 Wayne Nonnama
30 40 GT Mazda RX-8 1:51.122 Joe Foster
31 22 GT Porsche GT3 Cup 1:51.199 Darryl O'Young
32 64 GT Porsche GT3 Cup 1:51.449 Eric Lux
33 46 GT Pontiac GXP.R 1:51.816 Shane Lewis
34 20 GT Porsche GT3 Cup 1:52.235 Jos Menten
35 97 GT Camaro GT.R 1:52.321 Mike Borkowski
36 23 GT Porsche GT3 Cup 1:50.298 Martin Ragginger
37 44 GT Porsche GT3 Cup 1:50.722 Craig Stanton
38 14 GT Porsche GT3 Cup 1:52.580 Cory Friedman
39 63 GT Porsche GT3 Cup 1:53.004 Henri Richard
40 52 GT Ferrari F430 CH 1:53.088 Bob Michaelian
41 42 GT Mazda RX-8 1:54.393 Joe Sahlen
42 21 GT Pontiac GTO.R 1:55.482 Jim Briody
43 19 GT Corvette 1:57.357 Sean Paul Breslin
44 18 GT Porsche GT3 Cup 1:58.932 Dan Watkins
I thought I'd put this up so that people would have a place to go and speak about whatever is on their minds while watching The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. I myself won't be here the whole time, nor do I expect anyone else to be either, but I will be dropping in from time to time over the next 30 hours to check up on everyone and post a comment or two while I'm here.
I hope to see some of you in the comment area - talk with you later!
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Soo ...
you made the jump to the comment section, good for you! Here is the first item of conversation:
What do you think made the Rolex 24 Hour Race at Daytona more mainstream over the last decade?
Personally I think it was Dale Earnhardt’s participation in it back in 2001. His presence brought people to their TVs in droves to watch who probably wouldn’t have watched in the first place and they’ve been hooked ever since.
I can honestly say I’m one of them.
by 4ever3 on Jan 30, 2010 12:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. After Dale came a whole bunch of other well-known NASCAR drivers, too. I hope it can go off. I check in and out, but I’m always interested in finding out who wins.
The season’s gonna start soon!!!!
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by GreenEyedLilo on Jan 30, 2010 3:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
re 24 Hour Race more mainstream
I think what has increased the exposure is the numbers of media outlets that need content and the fact that the Rolex is relatively inexpensive to produce , so it is used as filler between NASCAR seasons. I do not think it would stand independently and it is the rare NASCAR neanderthal that can understand sports car racing.
by Daniel61 on Jan 30, 2010 6:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
NASCAR Neanderthal? Well ...
I’ll get to that in a sec, but first;
By inexpensive you’re not talking from a team owner’s perspecive are you? Because I think you’ll find a lot of people in disagreement with you. And as far as filler between seasons then the powers that be should be running this race 3 weeks earlier.
Unfortunately you might be right to some degree about a fan of NASCAR not understanding sports car racing, but those are the fans that only go to the races to watch the crashes anyway. A person who is a true motorsports fan will appreciate all forms of car racing, including NASCAR and sports car racing, and look upon school bus train races with distaste … well then again it is pretty fun to watch – I wonder if they would do train races with the DPs?
by 4ever3 on Jan 30, 2010 7:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Watchin' the Irwindale race right now, but I'm falling asleep
will post about it later today after I watch the DVR recording – must get some sleep. I hope Andrew Ranger gets a top 10!
by 4ever3 on Jan 30, 2010 11:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Things are looking good for the leader ...
but all it takes is one mistake, or a mistake by someone else to get that much needed caution for Pruett to catch up!
I’m hoping for a caution!
by 4ever3 on Jan 31, 2010 3:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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