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Damn, the Bear hates this. No sooner does he post a poop than his phone starts ringing and the emails roll in.

Well, it’s not all bad if a poop brings the denizens of the paddock out of the wordwork, is it?

Murphy said that there was an “if” associated with each of the prototypes that had indicated they’d be at Road America. Read the rest of this entry »

A note from the Bear Cave

Murphy’s become just a little concerned that recent readers think the Bear has few interests beyond passing on paddock poop and patter (rumors and other stuff). That’s not how Murphy started. From the beginning, he’s commented on whatever he saw around him in his (mostly) sports car racing-related travels. Read the rest of this entry »

By A.C. Guillermo

Daytona’s second Rolex Sports Car Series race of the 2008 season was a quickie for sure. Practice, qualifying and the race on the same day. Every team I talked to said without hesitation that Daytona treats Grand-Am like royalty, with all the rights and privileges as enjoyed by NASCAR teams (as long as they get the hell out of the paddock as soon as the race is over). Read the rest of this entry »

The Bear wrote a quick Paddock Poop 89 before he left for Connecticut. There wasn’t a lot of news, but, well, it was, like, done, right? Wrong.

Murphy turned on his phone in Detroit between planes and it rang immediately. It was Connor the Beaver. “Have you talked to Myron?” he asked. (Referring to the Moose.) “No, should I?” answered the Bear. “Yup,” said Conner. The Bear was on a tight connect, so he had to wait until La Guardia to get the story. Read the rest of this entry »

Murphy thought he better get a little poop out there before heading off to Lime Rock Park.

We all know that through the past few years, the ALMS has been a bit “GT heavy,” or should the Bear say “prototype light.” We’ve had – still have actually, looking at the Lime Rock entry – as few as three regulars in LMP-1. And that sorry count was preceded by years in which the LM-P2 count was just as bad. (If you counted at the end of races, rather than at the beginning, that LM-P2 count was worse than awful – certainly not awesome, eh?)

Then along came Porsche, and it all started to change. The prototype count at Lime Rock will be 12, at Mid-Ohio, about 14. GT at Lime Rock, 16, and perhaps 18 at Mid-Ohio. Then it gets interesting. Read the rest of this entry »