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After suggesting Ferrari teams wouldn’t field 2009 F430’s while waiting for new cars, Murphy was told to expect the Italian cars on the Sebring grid. (The Bear doesn’t bury his corrections.)
2010 Schedule and other Relevant Stuff
Murphy wrote about schedule rumors in his last Poop. Did you connect the dots? (more…)
The Bear was told the Stud Farm will abandon (or significantly reduce) support and development for its Grand Am cars in 2010. That doesn’t mean they will all be gone, since some privateers will likely continue to field GT cars, but the two “big” DP teams – to which Porsche has provided significant assistance – will depart. The two cars belonging to the North Florida team will go into other hands, but will likely remain Porsche powered – Porsche truck, that is. The boxer six has reached the end of the line as a prototype race motor. If Penske can’t win with it…. (more…)
By A.C. Guillermo
Ever since I stepped in that Clydesdale poop on the Sebring grid, things have not been going my way. My daughter was planning on attending Duke, but it looks like it will be Daytona Community College instead, thanks to Henri Zogaib. Unless she gets a golf scholarship, or Henri finds that sack full of money I gave him to invest, it is not looking good. Even my part-time job polishing motorcycles for a friend of mine has fallen through. (more…)
Porker Rools?
The Bear wrote in his last Poop that Porsche had been “reigned in” by a reduction of 5 kilos, because that change to 1245 Kg reduced its restrictor – at least that was an engineer’s reasoning. Now it’s said that Porsche had 25 Kg added to its minimum weight. The illegal engine thing, you know. The Porker’s been illegal since it introduced the 4.0 engine. Fünfundzwanzig kilo? Vir lachen bie Sie! (more…)
Restrictor Stealth
IMSA Memo 9-13 reduces the minimum weight of Porsche’s GT3 RSR to 1245 kilos. That should raise eyebrows, since it’s previous minimum was 1250. Five Kg? A reduction for the car that’s won four in a row? Murphy’s smarter friends think they have it figured out. The ACO’s restrictor table breaks at 1245, meaning that a car running that minimum is required to use smaller restrictors (28.6 versus 29.1). So by taking off weight, the Porsche loses power. Everybody else – including Corvette – gets closer to the leader on the track. (more…)