I found articles listing top 3, but I can't find full results. Tucker? Matus?
it wasn't GT3 Cup, it was Pirelli Trophy Cup West. their website is crap (still doesn't even say that the race was at COTA!) http://www.pirelli.com/tire/us/en/motorsport-world/motorsport_hp/car/pirelli-drivers-cup not sure where the full results are
I'm going to organize a Scott tucker vs Rob Lay grudge match. I pick the car and track. I'll get SPEED to cover it.
I'm retired or just tired, but I wouldn't want Scott to Shuey me anyway. 10 years of racing the 355 Challenge hard and I never made contact except a little bump drafting. Before I was a ***** I wasn't a *****, here was VIR last year, that white 355 is Onofrio Triarsi who will win the North American Ferrari Challenge series this year. I finished 2nd to Onofrio in the 355 class last year, all I had to do was make either of the last two weekends and I would have won the series (although I admit Onofrio is better driver and better car). [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q4hCNieKuU[/ame]
Those GT3 guys were insane! Lots of car contact Sunday morning, I have a spin on video that I'll upload later today. Here is the vantage point I had from turn 11W. Image Unavailable, Please Login
amateurs on a big stage, always happens. Challenge Club Racing was the same way, the drivers so afraid of contact and preaching the 13/13 rules were the ones that made the worst contact!
thank you to anonymous that sent me the results. Scott was 19th of 30, 4 seconds a lap back, but reading into the results I believe there were two classes 'P' and 'G'. If true, Scott's 'G' times were on pace and finished 4th. I have raced with a couple guys on there besides Scott. Michael Mills in 3rd is a Houston local who is one bad ass driver, very talented who has turned several pro laps. Jay Matus was former owner of NASA Texas and a very very good amateur driver. I'm not sure on his equipment, if he used his NASA car and not a full Cup car he would have been at a huge disadvantage. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Winner was Madison Snow- a 16 yr old racer from Utah! Impressive. Supported by Wright Motorsports right here in Cincinnati- congrats to all of them.
me too. he has significant advantages in that a) BOTH his parents race(d) and b) his dad has some seriously deep pockets. that said he's a great driver, did very well in IMSA GT3 Cup this year, and as far as I can tell is a pretty good kid too.
sounds very similar to Onofrio in Ferrari Challenge, winning series as rookie and barely out of High School (if even that). a very very talented driver and nice kid, deserves everything.
Cooper McNeil too (son of the WeatherTech guy), he's a pay driver but very talented and very grounded.
The GT3 Cup has a Platinum and Gold class running simultaneously. Either last year or the year before Madison won Gold class and was bumped up to Platinum where he continues to do well. His mother Melanie races too and is competitive. A couple weekends ago I watched her and Madison race together in a local 3-hour endurance race at Miller Motorsports Park that they won. And the Youtube channel Drive covers the Porsche Cup way better than the Pirelli website including results at the end of the video, they should release a video like this from COTA soon: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLk2l30Aank[/ame]
There are a lot of skilled drivers in this world, and I've pretty well decided rich guys can be fast, especially with dedication and coaching. Also, on any given day your car can have issues from setup, to power, to tires and so on. The very young probably had the considerable benefit of karting, something I have at most dabbled in. Karting is extremely physical, and the kart is short wheelbase with rotation that makes a sports car seem slow motion. So combine great young reflexes and physical conditioning with the very real experience of karting and teenagers can really fly. In these types of series, the older driver tends to be the guy who was busy making the $ to be able to do this, not learning to drive, so he has a short and step learning curve. Seat time, coaching, age and treachery have to make up for youth. And I've raced with guys just getting into it who I thought were hopeless only to get my ass kicked after they studied hard and practiced for a year or so. These classes present huge barriers to entry for most drivers, so you have a broad spectrum of talent. I have started to shy away from too much derision at the wealthy gentleman driver, in part because there go I but for the grace of god and in larger part because it is just plain unsportsmanlike to deride someone else with the guts and enthusiasm to get out and race. So what if I am faster on a given day? At worst they make me look good! So Kudos to all the participants!
