Posts Tagged ‘Flying Lizard Motorsports’
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Murphy was just killin’ time here waiting for the Rolex start, doin’ nuttin’ much, and realized he’s been doin’ nuttin’ much for like a long time. Of course, wit da Braselburgers doin nuttin much lately, he’s gotten a little bored with the whole scene.
He’s been thinkin, how much can you rip the gang that can’t shoot straight before it’s just same ol’ same ol’? Which it has been for a long time. When The Bear launched this thing – way back in 2005 – he was documenting exciting and fun stuff. That started fading about three years later, and the whole damn thing’s turned pretty dark. Which Murphy doesn’t really like. At all. (more…)
Tags: Action Express Racing, Alex Job Racing, ALMS, Chip Ganassi Racing, Flying Lizard Motorsports, Gabriel Cadringher, Grand Am, Ken Breslauer, Peter Baron, Peugeot, Risi Competizione, Roku, Rolex 24 at Daytona, Sebring, Seth Neiman, Spirit of Daytona, Sun Trust Racing, TRG, Turner Motorsport, WEC, World's Greatest Race Car Driver
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
Porsche and Audi Racing
Porsche announced a prototype to race at Le Mans in 2014. That took even the Bear by surprise. Oh, there had been rumblings, but Murphy – and just about everyone else – filed them away for future reference; what debt-burdened Porsche does with a few hundred million Euros is not (regardless of protestations) independent of Volkswagen Group in general and – if in racing – of Audi in particular. Nor is it this time. (more…)
Tags: Abruzzi, ACO, American Le Mans Series, Andy Lally, Audi, Austin F1, BMW, Colin Kolles, Corvette, Edward Sandstrom, Ferrari, Flying Lizard Motorsports, Formula 1, Gary Horrocks, Hispania Racing, Jaguar, Jerry Pyman, Nick Wirth, Porsche, Renault, RLR, Rod Benoist, Signature Motorsports, The Boss, The Cat, The Don, Tommy Milner, Toto Wolff, TWR USA/Jaguar, Williams, World Endurance Championship
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
The new ILMC schedule drops Petit. Murphy’s sources said immediately that Petit is NOT “in contention” for the vacant October round. Some now think it there might in fact be a “date squeeze” in which the ALMS is asked to change its PLM date a second time. Most however – including those best placed to know – believe that PLM is truly dead as an Intercontinental Le Mans Cup stop in 2011. Was it a dispute over TV rights? (That’s not certain given the story about the new TV schedule below.) Does the ACO want a monster sanction fee, beyond what’s in the current ACO/ALMS contract? Something else? (more…)
Tags: ABC, Abruzzi, ACS Express Robertson Racing, Arrows F1, Baron Drayson, BMW, Chip Ganassi, Corvette, Cytosport Racing, ESPN3, Extreme Speed Motorsports, Ferrari, Flying Lizard Motorsports, Ford, GT3, Lamborghini, Porsche, Rahal Letterman Racing, Risi Competizione, Team Falken, Versus, West Racing
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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…)
Tags: Abruzzi, Alex Job Racing, American Le Mans Series, Aston Martin, BMW, Butch Leitzinger, Corvette, Corvette Racing, Cytosport, Doug Fehan, Falken Tire, Ferrari, FIA, Flying Lizard Motorsports, Graham Rahal, GT1, Highcroft Racing, Kohler, Lola, Lord Drayson, Nissan, Paul Edwards, Porsche, Rahal Letterman Racing, Risi Competizione, Scott Tucker, Sebring, Stephane Ratel, Taquila Patron, World Center of Racing
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
Thank someone (S.A.?) for Peugeot. Otherwise, there’d be little of interest in this LMP1 entry. Of course, the rumor was (and Murphy is big on rumors) that Peugeot is the reason there’s no Audi, the Frog firm having nixed an ACO plan to approve a “transitional R15.”
Six cars will race in three packs as (different than three six packs), the first of which will be comprised of two Peugeots. (more…)
Tags: AF Corse, Alex Job Racing, Aston Martin Racing, Autocon, BMW, Comprent, Ferrari, Flying Lizard Motorsports, Green Earth Team Gunnar, Gus the Gator, Intersport, Jaguar, Level 5, Mercedes, Peugeot, Porsche, Prime Time Race Group, Risi Competizione, Tracey Krohn
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