Posts Tagged ‘Corvette Racing’

180. reCreation? Highcroft to P2? Milner to Corvette. Christmas Quiz Imminent.

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Those of you who believe – like one reader in a forum – that Murphy’s blogs have become ”a vacuum” (does he mean “less frequent?”) need to sign up for his tweets. The Bear may be a bit technology challenged (“disinterested” is closer) but when something is useful – as is Twitter, with its immediacy – Murphy uses it. When there’s more than can be done in 143 characters, the Bear will publish a Poop – like this 180th.  In the meantime, join the hundreds getting the Bear’s tweets here.

Creation or just more Wind (tunnel)?

Murphy was rather dismissive about a story that Atlas eFX would run a Panoz Abruzi in the LMS – or maybe the ILMC – and a Creation in LMP1 of the same series(s). But Kieron Salter was in Charlotte NC recently spending about $5,000 an hour testing an unidentified LMP in the WindShear wind tunnel. While in town he saw  Andrew Woolgar, recently Creation’s “man in North America.” So something is afoot. As far as Atlas is concerned it’s hard to take that team seriously, given its 2010 record of way more talk than action. (more…)

161. Selling Booze – or Not. Scoring Murphy. The Tucker Rule. Corvette Pilots.

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Sebring – Screwing on your Wheels

Falken sent three wheels bounding down the track. One took out the Flying Lizard’s defending champions. Does that trifecta wipe out a previous Robertson Racing record of two stray wheels in a single race?

Sebring – Competence (continued)

All excuses (and resigned shrugs) aside. The fact that the GT2 race was ended nearly five hours before the checkered flag by IMSA rules (or the sloppy implementation of same) is stupid. Murphy thinks the ALMS is in the entertainment business, not just for the ticket-buying public, but for the sponsors of Flying Lizards Motorsports and Rahal Letterman Racing, and the rest, struggling for sponsors, all of them. The Braselburg puzzle palace better figure out how to keep those competitors in the show until they lose (or win) the race through their own efforts. (more…)