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Racing on TV-12hrs of Sebring

Post by grovefromnh » Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:23 am

SPEED Channel Sat March 21st. 10am to Noon, then 2pm to 10pm finish+. Finally some racing on TV worth watching!!
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Re: Racing on TV-12hrs of Sebring

Post by Dave_G » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:16 am

This is one of the few times of the year that I wish I got Speed TV. Oh well.

Everybody remember the GT2 finish from 2 years ago? 8) :!:
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Re: Racing on TV-12hrs of Sebring

Post by breakaway500 » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:21 am

I watched a special on the building of the Acura car.Simply amazing.I will be pulling for them.
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Re: Racing on TV-12hrs of Sebring

Post by chaos4NH » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:40 am

They actually have Speed TV up in VT? :shock: Amazing! And they just got indoor plumbing last year! :D
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Re: Racing on TV-12hrs of Sebring

Post by Dave_G » Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:37 pm

chaos4NH wrote:They actually have Speed TV up in VT? :shock: Amazing! And they just got indoor plumbing last year! :D
Yeah, yeah... where's that finger smiley when I need it?

I'm actually watching the race online from speedtv.com -- we have the Internet here too!
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Re: Racing on TV-12hrs of Sebring

Post by cuda6666 » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:57 am

26 car starting grid? Check out the 1970 entry list to see how bad things have gotten.
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/S ... photo.html
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Re: Racing on TV-12hrs of Sebring

Post by chaos4NH » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:06 am

cuda6666 wrote:26 car starting grid? Check out the 1970 entry list to see how bad things have gotten.
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/S ... photo.html
That is pretty sad for sure. Only 3 in GT1, and the Corvette drivers were proud of their win? Announcers kept trying to convince us that the P1 class has 5 contenders. Only problem is, they will only run some of them at LeMans.
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Re: Racing on TV-12hrs of Sebring

Post by breakaway500 » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:21 pm

If there was only one car on track,I would watch. Maybe not for 12hrs...

Those LMP cars are so nice...I miss the Porsche Spyders. They were handsome,fast cars.
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Re: Racing on TV-12hrs of Sebring

Post by RyanC » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:01 pm

I was at the race and have some photos here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/rcatucci/12 ... ebring2009#

Not many are 'great' but it was a $200 camera and I am not much of a photographer, so if you don't like 'em , suck it! ;) The Audi/Pew-got battle was fun to watch, as was the battle between the #21 Panoz of Ian James and #45 Porsche of Lieb during the last hour. Too bad the Rahal/Letterman M3s didn't last the race, one was a second up on Gigliotti's Vette (read FAST!) and looked/sounded great. Maybe that's what happens when BMW lets PTG go as PTG finished 3rd with the Panoz and BMW didn't finish at all with Rahal/Letterman?

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Re: Racing on TV-12hrs of Sebring

Post by chaos4NH » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:14 pm

Those pics really suck Ryan! But only because I wasn't there! Looks like great fun. Hhhhmmm, tight pants, hey!
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Re: Racing on TV-12hrs of Sebring

Post by breakaway500 » Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:09 am

Is this official pointing to a safety violation? Image
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Re: Racing on TV-12hrs of Sebring

Post by 6PAK72 » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:57 pm

Great shots. We saw "The Car" at Watkins this summer - he was racing it.

Just think about calling your insurance agent..."ah, yah, I uh, well, I Damaged my car...no, it was only a single-car collision...well, yes, kind of at speed....No, I was far ahead of any other car on the trac///eh, roadway....no, really, I'm a very safe driver.....the body shop tells me that the custom panels and nose are about 4 million......hello...hello...????"

Nice photo of the streamlined tail option..... :D
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