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  1. Ney

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    Ney, Apr 15, 2011
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  2. 4re Nut

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  3. b-mak

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    Which flag goes on the car next to his name?
     
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  6. BartonWorkman

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    Wow! Just wow...

    Seems like a pretty steep learning curve. Has he even done
    GrandAM?

    It will be interesting to hear his reactions to the performance
    of the car versus what he's used to and what he's been
    missing all these years.

    BHW
     
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  7. Gilles27

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    Haha--F'nLMAO
     
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    He's gonna race for AF Corse!? There's got to be more drivers with better experience at Le Mans than him for such a great team. Why would they risk that?
     
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    No, that will be a transparency on his visor.
     
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    texasmr2 Two Time F1 World Champ BANNED

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    If MW can wrestle a 3500lb 850hp Nascar pig around a track I think he knows how to drive just about anything.
     
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    he's pretty tall. can he fit?
     
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    the guy who co-owns MWR (Robert Kauffman) also owns a piece of AF Corse.
     
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    How did Waltrip do?

    Haven't seen or heard any news, not that I'm looking
    that much.

    It's always interesting to hear NASCAR driver's reactions
    when they drive a real racing car.

    BHW
     
    BartonWorkman, Apr 26, 2011
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    Rob's a nice guy and he posts here. Michael can fit and he can drive.
     
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    Hello now lets not have a prejudicial bias against a good Ole southern boy, he can turn right as well as most anyone in a car. I wish I had his talent, he and his business partner Rob Kaufmann have entered various GT endurance races, participating in the Dubai 24 Hours and also the 24 Hours of Spa, driving a Ferrari F430 GTE for Italian team AF Corse in both races. Waltrip, Kaufmann, and the AF Corse team finished 5th overall and 3rd in class at Spa, clinching a podium spot. So hes not just running white lightening, LOL.
     
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    http://michaelwaltripracing.com/news/246/

    Mikey is the tall guy in the middle. :D
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    Thanks for posting.

    All Waltrip has to do now is find another 10 seconds. That
    oughtta be easy, wind in a little wedge, put a rubber
    doughtnut in the springs, drop the lead bearings from
    under the running boards and pound on the bodywork
    with a sledgehammer til the car does what it's supposed
    to do. JK.

    It will be interesting to watch how it works out for them.

    BHW
     
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    May be different, but a NASCAR car is a real race car. Just ask Steve Hallum, former McLaren Chief Engineer. I would believe he has more credibility than anyone here.
     
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    I'm no NASCAR fan either, but he's a driver - give the guy a chance.
     
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    Sixteen seconds off the pace.

    Blue flags can turn to black quickly at Le Mans
    especially with Audis and Peugeots 70-80MPH
    faster than top GT cars on the straights.

    BHW
     
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    If you've never seen a NASCAR cup car in person, not on TV, on a track like Charlotte or Atlanta, you're in for a real surprise. They are on the very scary edge of adhesion, moving constantly even when by themselves. I'm not a big NASCAR fan, growing up in road racing, but they are definitely a race car. A fellow showed up at Summit Point WV for an SCCA regional race a few years ago and asked if he could run his Craftsman truck. They put him in with the GT1/groundpounders. That guy/truck was fast, staying right up with the leaders all the way around the track!

    As for Michael Waltrip, just a plain nice guy and fun to listen to. I wish him well and if you have to chose a car, what better than a 458.
     
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    I thought Waltrip was funny. nothing like a good old southern boy in France.
     
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