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pchall
08-30-05, 03:36 PM
They really must be afraid of losing to Milka Duno. :gomer:

link (http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?NewsID=1436)
extramundane
08-30-05, 04:44 PM
By all accounts, the car's been both ridiculously fast and fragile in testing, so this isn't terribly surprising. It's possible they could be at Laguna, but they'd probably be better served to hold off 'til Sebring.
NismoZ
08-30-05, 04:49 PM
So...Porsche pulled out, not Penske, right? Tough race to make a debut, but Sebring will be any easier? I just wonder if it's because the car in testing has proven to be too fragile, or too fast!? Oh, well, a couple of Aston's are back, correct?
NismoZ
08-30-05, 04:50 PM
PS...losing to Duno, or getting hit by her?
BobN
08-30-05, 04:52 PM
Who is Duno driving with?
nissan gtp
08-30-05, 05:18 PM
bummer, i was looking forward to seeing the car and heckling pimpski
extramundane
08-30-05, 07:24 PM
So...Porsche pulled out, not Penske, right? Tough race to make a debut, but Sebring will be any easier? I just wonder if it's because the car in testing has proven to be too fragile, or too fast!?

Porsche made the call. Sebring won't be an easier race, but they'll have several more months of testing and development on the car. I had predicted that, at PLM, it would be far faster than the other P2s before failing far more spectacularly than any other P2 this year. By debuting at Sebring instead, they may just be far faster.


Oh, well, a couple of Aston's are back, correct?

A couple of Astons, a couple of Zyteks, a Dallara or two, at least 1 more Saleen, and some other possibilities.
NismoZ
08-30-05, 10:27 PM
That's what ALMS needs...more possibilities.
Steve99
08-30-05, 11:24 PM
So its fragile. Welcome to the P2 class.

Are they planning on going to Le Mans next year?
Easy
08-31-05, 10:32 AM
So its fragile. Welcome to the P2 class.

Are they planning on going to Le Mans next year?

They'll need an invite.
Steve99
08-31-05, 11:10 AM
They'll need an invite.
Kinda my point. To get an invite you need to do well at PLM or Sebring. I see Sebring being a much tougher test of a "fragile" car. I guess no Le Mans in '06.
Sean O'Gorman
08-31-05, 11:33 AM
Who is to say the factory Porsche team wouldn't get invited?
extramundane
08-31-05, 11:57 AM
Who is to say the factory Porsche team wouldn't get invited?

They aren't French.
Sean O'Gorman
08-31-05, 11:59 AM
All the more reason for the ACO to surrender and allow the Porsche in. :laugh:
Rogue Leader
08-31-05, 05:35 PM
All the more reason for the ACO to surrender and allow the Porsche in. :laugh:

The french.... surrender to the germans!!! NO WAY!! :laugh:
pchall
09-02-05, 10:55 AM
PS...losing to Duno, or getting hit by her?

Would you object to being hit on by Milka? :p