Rolex 24

[grantcharles]

In the upcoming Rolex 24, which team is going to be on top? The field is awesome, and the Daytona track is pretty challenging. I'm hoping for a win by these guys, even though they are up against some stiff competition.
http://www.motorsport.com/ferrari-chall ... in-austin/ (http://www.motorsport.com/ferrari-challenge/news/scott-tucker-level-5-set-to-make-history-in-austin/)
They put on a good show this last year, winning the ALMS, we'll see how the new cars and drivers perform.

[FormerFF]

Well, there are four classes. With the blended prototype class, I'll still go with one of the Ganassi cars, In GT LeMans, I've got to go with the Corvettes. Other than that, it's a 24 hour race, and a lot can happen. There will one team in each class that runs fast and pretty much trouble free, and that will be the winning car.

[grantcharles]

I agree with being a long race. The corvettes look stunning. But it will be down to the last car standing.

[FormerFF]

OK, here's my predictions:

Prototype - #01, Ganassi Racing
Prototype Challenge - #7, Starworks
GT LeMans - #56 BMW Team RLL
GT Daytona - #22, Alex Job Racing

There's a 5K footrace Saturday morning. I predict that I will finish it, but won't win my class (age group).

[FormerFF]

I got a call from the ticket office today. They wanted to make sure I knew the start time had been changed. I thought that was very nice of them.

[NaBUru38]

In the main prototype class, I think that Ganassi, Taylor, Spirit of Daytona, Extreme Speed and Pickett are the main contenders.

In GTLM, Corvette, Porsche and BMW have the best chances. But SRT, Falken, Risi and Aston Martin are also candidates.

Among those candidates, the race will be decided by reliability and crashes.

[takoch]

DP's faster than the P2's?

[steveaki13]

Nice to see the Delta wing there. Looking Good

[motorheadmadman]

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[steveaki13]

Some bizzare incidents at the chicane coming off the banking earlier. I guess there must have been some oil down.

Scott Dixon looking good, but only a 15 odd second lead so plenty of scope for some disasters.

[call_me_andrew]

Remember when we couldn't figure out how the DP's would keep up with the LMP2 cars?

[pcal226]

Yup, they kept talking about how they needed to make the DP's faster but they went overboard and also slowed down the LMP's too much. I really hope this isn't a preview of the rest of the season. Daytona is a fast track. If the DP's are still dominating like this at twistier tracks like Sebring and Long Beach than i'm afraid the United SportsCar Championship is gonna be dead before it even had a chance… (For ALMS fans at least…)

[zako85]

Yup, they kept talking about how they needed to make the DP's faster but they went overboard and also slowed down the LMP's too much. I really hope this isn't a preview of the rest of the season. Daytona is a fast track. If the DP's are still dominating like this at twistier tracks like Sebring and Long Beach than i'm afraid the United SportsCar Championship is gonna be dead before it even had a chance… (For ALMS fans at least…)

This is the first race of season, so some adjustments will be made inevitably. Besides, DPs were built to do well on r-ovals.

[pcal226]

This is the first race of season, so some adjustments will be made inevitably. Besides, DPs were built to do well on r-ovals.

Ya, but I feel like the fact that only one LMP (#6 Muscle Milk) was even sort of in contention ( finished 3 laps down. Next highest LMP was 17 laps down.) is sort of a problem. Like I said, i'm just afraid that they over compensated when they sped up the DP's and slowed down the LMP's. Are they allowed to change the technical regulations mid-season if there appears to be too much of a gap?