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  1. waltk88

    waltk88 Formula Junior

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    #1 waltk88, Jul 13, 2008
    What an incredible race. The Highcroft boys drove beautifully, and the Brabs-Bernhard duel was a real nail biter. Congrats to Acura for its first overall win.
     
  2. GuyIncognito

    GuyIncognito Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    #2 GuyIncognito, Jul 13, 2008
    Great race! Good to see a local team and driver (Sharp is originally from CT) take an overall victory.

    Was suprirsed to hear that was the first overall victory by an American driver since 2005, kind of a shame there aren't more Americans in the P1/P2 classes.
     
  3. Gatorrari

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    #3 Gatorrari, Jul 13, 2008
    As a Honda owner as well, congrats to Acura for the first overall win, but curses to that Flying Lizard bunch for beating the Ferraris again! :mad:
     
  4. BigTex

    BigTex Seven Time F1 World Champ
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    #4 BigTex, Jul 14, 2008
    Strange our Fchatter that posted from Tafel Racing Team never returned to chat with us, those cars looked good..
     
  5. jknight

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    #5 jknight, Jul 15, 2008
    It was a great one - has to rank as the best of the ALMS races we've attended thus far this year. Not really sold on the new chicane - sorta a "mickey mouse thing". The tire barrier to keep from cutting it was weird. Great beginning run from Mika on the first lap as he came past us. Unfortunately, lots of carnage over the weekend from qualifying and the race. Probably the worst of the bunch was the Dyson spyder requiring a complete replacement after suffering a broken tub in the race. It was awesome to see the 962 there and on the track! The Ferraris did well but this was a bit more of a Porsche circuit. I wish IMSA would look at allowing a bit more time for us on the grid than they do - 30 minutes would suffice. Mika did another helluva job of driving to bring the car to the podium!

    Great win for Highcroft - they were really celebrating on the podium! Glad to see Brabs sock it to the yellow cars, hope he can do a repeat at Mid-Ohio this weekend. de Ferran's car looked a bit weird with all the grass coming out of the air intake on the left - it took quite a while for it to get out of there. Only one of the Lizard's cars was unscathed from the event - Wolfe/Jorge had no battle scars. One had a large crack on the windshield and numerous other bruises and one was worse than appeared, comment made to us about finding a place to straighten the frame before this weekend. The Farnbacher/Loles GT2 polesitter was parked in the grass across from the Risi transporters - it has lots of bodywork damage on the driver's rear.

    On to Mid-Ohio . . .

    Carol
     

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