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Slow day at work? Here's a lap at Road Atlanta in the 458 GT3!

Discussion in 'Other Racing' started by Mike Hedlund, Jul 23, 2015.

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  1. Mike Hedlund

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    #1 Mike Hedlund, Jul 23, 2015
  2. GuyIncognito

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    #2 GuyIncognito, Jul 23, 2015
    :)

    doing NAEC next year in that bad boy?
     
  3. Jeffg11

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    #3 Jeffg11, Jul 23, 2015
    Pure Joy! :)
     
  4. BartonWorkman

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    #4 BartonWorkman, Jul 23, 2015
    Better than a shot of Cuban coffee!

    BHW
     
  5. Mike Hedlund

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    #5 Mike Hedlund, Jul 23, 2015
    I would like to, but the budget is too high for me. Might be able to work something out with the Scuderia Corsa guys but not very likely. I'll probably sell the car after the Laguna Seca PWC race (or before, if the new owner will let me drive it there.).

    458 will still be the car to have next year w/ the 488 being brand new (and also hard to get, there will only be a handful of them available by Daytona). And being a 24 Hour race followed by a 12 Hour race... if you want to win you might not want to use the new car even if you can get your hands on one. ;)

    -mike
     
  6. GuyIncognito

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    #6 GuyIncognito, Jul 23, 2015
    good luck with the sale! but not too much luck until after Laguna :)

    any buzz on the % increase on GTD/GT3 budgets for next year? I'm assuming a lot of the European teams will be eyeing Daytona and Sebring at least.

    agree on the 488, at least for the first two rounds.
     
  7. Mike Hedlund

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    #7 Mike Hedlund, Jul 23, 2015
    Budgets should be about the same as this year, but all the new cars have gone up about 25% in cost. They were already expensive before, but now they're all in the $750k USD range... not including spares. It's not sustainable for a "ProAm" class, so we'll see how it goes in a season or two.

    -mike
     
  8. IamRobG

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    #8 IamRobG, Jul 24, 2015
    Didn't see you in Canada with imsa or road America for pwc.
     
  9. NürScud

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    #9 NürScud, Jul 27, 2015
    Pure sound.
     
  10. Mike Hedlund

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    #10 Mike Hedlund, Jul 27, 2015
    I couldn't do the Road America PWC round because I was at the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, as much as I'd like to race a GT3 at Road America. We tested there for 2 days last year and were very fast.

    I wanted to do Mosport but couldn't find anything to drive.

    -mike
     

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