Every sport worth a damn is bet on. Punters are the wretches who can’t resist laying a quid or two on a favorite pilot or marque. A lot of the Bear’s Sebring friends aren’t likely to be conscious to collect if they win. Whatever, we ain’t about to be taken seriously as a sport unless there’s some serious money laid. So take Murphy’s guide, and make a little book amongst yourselves. Odds are for the class wins in GT2.
Punter’s Guide to GT at Sebring
|
No. |
Car |
Team |
Comment |
The Line |
|
5 |
Porsche |
VICI |
Factory pilots, Michelin tires. |
7-1 |
|
11 |
Viper Competition Coupe |
PrimeTime |
Too heavy, too undeveloped, too…are we sure this team isn’t from La Mancha? |
50-1 |
|
18 |
Porsche |
VICI |
Fan favorite, but a real long shot. Dad is 58. Remember Mario at Le Mans? |
25-1 |
|
21 |
Panoz Esperante GTLM |
Panoz PTG |
95 liters fuel, two restrictor steps, 1220 kilos, Dominik Farnbacher, and the Panoz STILL has no chance. |
35-1 |
|
28 |
Corvette C6 |
LG Motorsport |
Dumblops, a Brazilian unknown, Eric Curan, and Lou. Entertaining stuff. Murphy’s working on a photo op. |
35-1 |
|
40 |
Doran |
Robertson |
If David (not Murry, the other one) can keep up with Andrea, they’ll have something |
50-1 |
|
44 |
Porsche |
Flying Lizard |
Steady, front of mid-pack. Ready to pounce on the misfortune of others? |
20-1 |
|
45 |
Porsche |
Flying Lizard |
The lang and the kurz, and jungen, too. These guys are the Bear’s favorites. |
3-2 |
|
61 |
Ferrari |
Krohn Risi |
The Houston oilman…well, what can Murphy say? |
75-1 |
|
62 |
Ferrari |
Risi Competizione |
Kaffer replaces Salo as a regular. Melo will have to try not to hit stuff. |
3-1 |
|
87 |
Porsche |
Farnbacher Loles |
They started 2008 getting run over by a Brazilian, and ended it excluded at Monterey. In between they were pretty good. They’ll be pretty good here, too. |
5-1 |
|
90 |
BMW |
Rahal Letterman |
BMW’s old hands (hehehehehe). Murphy made a sort-of pun. More Dumblops, test times ok, but racing will be a different thing. |
15-1 |
|
92 |
BMW |
Rahal Letterman |
The alt and the jung – or is that Norwegian? As above, the Bear likes the pilots. The rest has a way to go. |
15-1 |
|
95 |
Ferrari |
Pecom Racing |
Gianmaria Bruni is best in this Ferrari, and the Argentineans are ok. Still at the front of the middle. |
12-1 |
|
007 |
Aston Martin Vantage GT2 |
Drayson Racing |
So this they have a GT2 instead of a GT3. Still not a good car. Murphy’s been told Aston’s GT program is window dressing. So far, he sees no reason to question that take. |
75-1 |
The Panoz will be better than you think. Robinson has added a lot of talent on the mechanical side since last year. You can thank DB for that. But it will still be a Lizzard victory.