2009 Sebring 12 Hour Thread

[EJ25RUN]

AUDI WINS SEBRING 12 HOUR !!!!!

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Speedtv is showing the race till the end



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Race Day Updates


2009 Entry List (http://www.imsaracing.net/2009/events/sebring/2009%20ALMS%20Sebring%20Entries.pdf)

Track Map (http://www.imsaracing.net/2009/events/Sebring/TrackMap-2008.pdf)

Radio Le Mans Stream (http://raceradio.octopusmt.com/)

Live Timing & Scoring (http://americanlemans.com/index_live.php)

Justin.tv Chatroom (http://www.justin.tv/sportzone4)

[EJ25RUN]

Click here for the FULL SIZE spotters guide (done by Andy Blackmore (http://www.spotterguides.com/)

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[Elbow]

Yesssss I am looking forward to this, will have Le Mans Radio on starting today! GO PEUGEOT.

Robinson racing and Drayson Racing were up at Road Atlanta last week from what I saw.

[81911SC]

Don't tell me it's this weekend.

[Elbow]

It's this weekend.

[81911SC]

I'll be at Road Atlanta, shit.

[Elbow]

All weekend? I will be there Friday for the test day working $$ and Sunday spectating maybe on track if I get this part in I am registered for PDX but...

Why are you going? Just spectating?

[81911SC]

Yea, just watching. I have a few buddies going so I said I'll come. I'll be there late Friday till sometime Sunday.

[Elbow]

Just go to a bar or something Saturday evening and watch the finish of it lol, someone will probably have a TV at Road Atlanta watching it. I was camping as usual but forgot it's Sebring weekend so am skipping Saturday.

[81911SC]

Yea, I may have to. So, where is the best place to view from? Also, what's a good bar to go to?

[blacknightteg]

fuck, i didnt know it was this weekend, im going to miss the start! ugh! oh well. i cant wait to see the new r15's go.

[Elbow]

Yea, I may have to. So, where is the best place to view from? Also, what's a good bar to go to?

There is a sports bar if you turn right out of RA it's on your left when you get close to 85, right after you pass the BMW place.

Best place to watch racing at RA? We always setup camp and stuff at T3.

[dazn]

There is a sports bar if you turn right out of RA it's on your left when you get close to 85, right after you pass the BMW place.

Best place to watch racing at RA? We always setup camp and stuff at T3.

for petit...
turn 5 is a great spot to see the downforce and corner speed of the p-cars
then turn 10 and 7 at night. 7 is a good spot to get really close to the cars and watch some off-throttle flames.
10 is a good place to see some rotors glowing and nice passing.
if your looking for outright speed, then turn 9 is where its at.

for scca, turn one, thats where the mayhem usually is. but I like 5,7, and 10.

[dazn]

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http://www.americanlemans.com/index_news.php?n=12579

wwwwwoooooooo!!!!!!
Acura on top! with Gil de Farren no less. Scott Dixon driving the car to beat the Audis and the Peugots. Awesome effort by the whole team, that is a program that was put together really quickly and has done extremely well. I really hope the cars stay together for the whole race. I know they have had some hydraulic steering issues.
Pretty soon, everyone is gonna have 4 rear tires on their cars, hahaha.

[blacknightteg]

haha, nevermind i spoke to soon.

EDIT: One thing i didnt know about and that my dad told me was that the acura lmp1 team is running the same size tires on the care in front and rear. for quicker cornering and such, thats pretty diffferent. it hasnt been done in years.

[EJ25RUN]

Ok, who's ready?

I'm about to go get some shopping done to enjoy the race in full!

Anyone else on lockdown tommarow?

[Elbow]

^me me me.

I will be skipping SCCA at RA tomorrow to watch it lol.

[EJ25RUN]

Post 2 will be updated as the race reports happen.

Acura steals pole position from Audi, Peugeot at 12 Hours of Sebring qualifying!

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Autoblog...


Tuesday's first official day of testing for the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race saw the new Audi R15 dominate its long-time foes from Peugeot and two new entries from Acura in the fastest LMP1 class. Peugeot bounced back in Wednesday's testing session, however, with the quickest lap times of the day. We fully expected today's official qualifying session to be a knock down, drag out battle between the Europeans for pole position. No one saw this coming.

Scott Dixon of De Ferran Motorsports driving one of the new Acura ARX-02a cars set the fastest lap time in qualifying and has earned a spot ahead of the big boys on the starting grid. Dixon managed a 1:45.278 lap time that just barely edged out legendary Le Mans racer Tom Kristensen in a brand spanking new Audi R15 by 0.082 seconds. Following the Acura and Audi will be the #7 Peugeot 908 HDi, which qualified 0.184 seconds behind the fastest Acura with Christian Klein at the wheel. Our kudos go to Acura and the De Ferran Motorsports team for achieving such a big victory before the 12 Hours of Sebring even begins. Of course, the hard part starts on Saturday and lasts a lot longer than just one lap.


For those that did not see qualifing.

[nsany(atl)]

Peaugot starts on pit lane w hydaulic trans problem

[EJ25RUN]

Peaugot starts on pit lane w hydaulic trans problem

Saw that. I think i overheard car #18 (Hans Stuck Porsche) is out completly.

Anyone following on ten-tenths.com as well?

[tron]

GO ACURA!!!!!im pulling for them. lets see what happens

[EJ25RUN]

Problems for a lot of people.

McNish is gone out front. We still have a long race to see the R15 prove itself.

BMW #90 is having trouble.

[Elbow]

PEUGEOT > ALL

GT2 Robertson ;) They are the underdog so I route for them, and they test a lot at RA.

[EJ25RUN]

I wonder if Audi #2 will be pulling those insane quad stints. I think Florida is to stressing on the driver to do it. Maybe 2.5-3.0 stints.

We'll see. McNish is an iron man in the car.

[EJ25RUN]

McNish's pass on Lamy...OMG!

He is the man!

[EJ25RUN]

I feel dumb.....it just now hit me what BMW's use of #90 and #92 comes from lol

[Elbow]

McNish's pass on Lamy...OMG!

He is the man!

As much as a Peugeot fan I am that was a great pass.

[EJ25RUN]

I'm looking for the Motorstv stream.

WTF is Speedtv thinking showing fucking Nascar? :2up:

[EJ25RUN]

http://almsacura.globalmediaservices.tv/




I found the SPEED TV STREAM CHECK IT ^^^^

[EJ25RUN]

sux that the BMW M3 is in second in GT2 but a full lap behind Risi.

[EJ25RUN]

Alright Simon.....1st & 2nd for the Pugs :rolleyes:


FOR NOW! lol

[Elbow]

Alright Simon.....1st & 2nd for the Pugs :rolleyes:


FOR NOW! lol

:boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies:

[EJ25RUN]

:boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies:

Rain is possible at 4pm..... ;)

[Elbow]

My god HOW BOUT THIS RACE?!?!

[AFSil80]

Pretty good fight between Audi and Peugeot. That was a daring pass when they came up on the #44 car.

[EJ25RUN]

Its almost half way!

[Elbow]

6 hours into it and it's a 1-2 second gap lol...insane.

COME ON PEUGEOT

[EJ25RUN]

6 hours into it and it's a 1-2 second gap lol...insane.

COME ON PEUGEOT

Pssh....McNish is driving. WONT HAPPEN!

[blacknightteg]

booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo lol lol then again i wish acura would would. but i doubt they will. i dont really like the front of the R15 that much, but its fast as hell1

[EJ25RUN]

I just realized the Corvettes in GT1 have 2 onboard position lights instead of 3 like everyone else. That GT2 car cant come any faster can it?

[Elbow]

Radio Le Mans said weather may go to the north..but those clouds look scary.

[EJ25RUN]

damn tire change :rolleyes:


McNish will catch him.

[EJ25RUN]

I went to the facebook Midweek Motorsport Listeners Collective page and joined the group. This is the radio Le Mans people.

[Elbow]

Yeah I am on there.

[EJ25RUN]

Yeah I am on there.
Do they have a discussion group? Ten-tenths forum is taking forever to update. I'd rather it be a chatroom like deal.

[EJ25RUN]

Consider this. The regs were supposed to make the cars slower with worse aero and restrictors. The R15 is a V10 vs the R10's V12.

With all that, Allen McNish has broken the lap record. :crazy:

[mshii]

Doesn't look like Acura is having a good day so far.

[EJ25RUN]

Montagne is a beast......on second stint tires: he did a 1:43.978.....Lap Record :eek:

[EJ25RUN]

Dindo is catching Sarrizan.

Session Time: 07:09:49 American Le Mans Series: Race Remaining Time: 04:50:10


1 08 P1 Stephane Sarrazin 222 --- 1 --- 1:46.056 1:43.978 202 7:08:33.582
2 2 P1 Rinaldo Capello 222 -1.473 2 -1.473 1:46.060 1:44.164 202 7:08:35.055
3 1 P1 Lucas Luhr 222 -3.460 3 -1.987 1:46.421 1:44.751 165 7:08:37.042
4 66 P1 Gil de Ferran 220 -2 lap 4 -2 lap

[EJ25RUN]

Damn Frenchies.....Decoy tires lol

[EJ25RUN]

Minassian is blocking Dindo....bastard.

[EJ25RUN]

Dindo Capello really kicked ass on that stint......Now the Great Dane will extend it.

[EJ25RUN]

Pug is a lap down due to puncture of Bourdais chasing Tom.

[mshii]

This is a really good race--at least for the P1 class.

[EJ25RUN]

This is what its coming down to.

Allen McNish will need a splash of fuel and no tires.

Frank is good till the end. (As of prediction)

Allen is getting 1 sec a lap on Frank right now. A splash should take about 48 secs. So....It is on the line right now for P1.

Don't miss the end. I'm so nervous right now.

GO PANOZ (Budget podium FTW)

[EJ25RUN]

Not the Panoz's fault.

Flying Lizard boxed him out and the options were wall or hit Porsche (Not a hard decision)

[mshii]

The Panoz wasn't getting squeezed THAT badly, but I do agree that the Lizard should have given him a little more room. It sucks that their day ended like that after so many hours down.

[EJ25RUN]

New update

Audi: Mcnish is stuck at +22 secs and will need a splash of fuel before the end unless a long yellow will come out.

Pugs: Monatgne will be pitting for his final fuel stop....Montagne is in the pits. ..............He will get tires...No No tires.

Gap is closer.

[nreggie454]

TURN IT ON NOW!!! LAST HALF HOUR AND CRAZY 1-2 BATTLE!!!

[EJ25RUN]

TURN IT ON NOW!!! LAST HALF HOUR AND CRAZY 1-2 BATTLE!!!

Hell Yeah!


I'll remember this one for a while. Go McNish!

[EJ25RUN]

AUDI WINS SEBRING 12 HOUR !!!!!

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[nreggie454]

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[EJ25RUN]

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!
YAYAYAYYAYAYYAYAYYAY


Where's Simon :taun:

[Alan®]

got to watch the last few hours and it was absolutely spectacular. Audi's new car is going to do very well this season.

[mshii]

Audi builds spectacular endurance cars, and the teams they form are legendary. LeMans should be a good race this year.

[EJ25RUN]

Audi builds spectacular endurance cars, and the teams they form are legendary. LeMans should be a good race this year.

To be honest, i do feel bad for the Peugeot team and in any other situation i'd chear for them. I just feel that Tom, Dindo, and Allan are a team unparralled can only be compared to Ickx and Bell in greatness.

[Elbow]

I spent the rest of the night crying myself to sleep. :( lol

Good job Audi though, they never fail to amaze. I think Le Mans this year is going to go down as one of the best, a true all out battle.

[Elbow]

BY THE WAY...

What was that Dr. Ulrich licked near the end of the race while standing behind the drivers watching the tv screams talking to some crew members, may have been when they got in an argument, anyone else see that?????????????

[EJ25RUN]

I spent the rest of the night crying myself to sleep. :( lol

Good job Audi though, they never fail to amaze. I think Le Mans this year is going to go down as one of the best, a true all out battle.
That was the night of the Brazilian GP for me.

Le Man 2009 cant come fast enough.

[EJ25RUN]

BY THE WAY...

What was that Dr. Ulrich licked near the end of the race while standing behind the drivers watching the tv screams talking to some crew members, may have been when they got in an argument, anyone else see that?????????????

video?....a lot of the time i was arguing on the justin.tv chatroom so i might have missed it.

[RUFFIAN]

TDI's FTMFW!!!!!!!!!! Audi kicked all their asses!!!

[Elbow]

FAP FTW