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A while back, an important person wrote a piece for Last Turn Clubhouse under the nom de plume Katrina Flood, “Rating North American Sports Car Racing Events.”  Murphy highly recommends – in fact, it’s a course requirement – that you read it. If you haven’t already, that means now.

OK, class, that’s Kat’s view, and Murphy’s sure you’ve got your own “best.” But first, there’s one more item in our “Events 101” course syllabus, the Bear’s very own “Best North American Road Racing Events,” below. (more…)

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The two things Murphy likes most about the 24 Hours of Daytona (aside from the fact it’s 24 hours) are, one, it’s just when the Bear’s itching to get out of his cave for more racin’, and, two, he’s got no idea who’s going to win the blasted thing. The Bear’s first 24? Al’s last win. Next? Tony’s Jag-you-ares beat Poor-she. Who saw that coming? In most things, Murphy only knows what someone tells him, and nobody’s told him much of use about Daytona yet. Still, the Bear does have his favorites. He looked at the 25 Daytona Prototype entries and found five he thinks are most likely to be on the podium come Sunday.

01 Ganassi  Franchitti, Montoya, Pruett, Rojas - Lexus / Riley
02 Ganassi  Dixon, Duran, Lloyd, Wheldon - Lexus / Riley
2 SAMAX  Luhr, McNish, Rockenfeller, Zogaib Pontiac / Riley
9 Penske-Taylor Briscoe, Busch, Castroneves - Pontiac / Riley
99 GAINSCO   Fogarty, Gurney, Johnson, Vasser - Pontiac / Riley (more…)