Posts Tagged ‘Mid-Ohio’

Petit Daytona and Lessons from Iran

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

by A.C. Guillermo

I missed the Mid-Ohio race, but I am primed and ready for my favorite series to return home to the World Center of Racing. It is going to be awesome, with Grand-Am and the Cup cars running on the same day!

Mid-Ohio was another fantastically officiated race.  All the team owners I talked with last week were absolutely thrilled with the event, and hopefully next year spectators will be allowed.  Although the entry list has been steadily shrinking to ALMS levels, the close competition gave me goose bumps! I don’t know about you, but that race made me want to go out and buy a Rolex and get a car loan at Sun Trust!  Not so sure about Kevin’s wine, however. (more…)

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128. Dear Max and Bernie; dumb idea returns; Lola bets on FOTA

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

F1 Follies

Alfie, the Alpine Field Mouse, resides in Switzerland. Murphy hadn’t thought much about his old friend in a long time, when along came a note. It seems ol’ Alfie’s right in the middle of the F1 tif. Actually, it was quite a bit more than just a note. (more…)

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Murphy’s Best North American Road Racing Events

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

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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89. Prototypes on the Rise. New Zytek soon? 2009 Schedule considered.

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Murphy thought he better get a little poop out there before heading off to Lime Rock Park.

We all know that through the past few years, the ALMS has been a bit “GT heavy,” or should the Bear say “prototype light.” We’ve had – still have actually, looking at the Lime Rock entry – as few as three regulars in LMP-1. And that sorry count was preceded by years in which the LM-P2 count was just as bad. (If you counted at the end of races, rather than at the beginning, that LM-P2 count was worse than awful – certainly not awesome, eh?)

Then along came Porsche, and it all started to change. The prototype count at Lime Rock will be 12, at Mid-Ohio, about 14. GT at Lime Rock, 16, and perhaps 18 at Mid-Ohio. Then it gets interesting. (more…)

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84. Auf Wiedersehen R10, 2009 Venues, A Murphy Top Ten Reasons

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Shared Events to Wane

Is this 2009 schedule stuff ALMS or IRL? Both, Murphy thinks. American Le Mans Series brass doesn’t see more than four shared events in 2009, and they aren’t bashful about identifying the races and the rationale. Long Beach and Detroit (Markets we have to be in.) Mid-Ohio (A spectacular racing show.) Tampa Bay (Some say it’s the same market, but we had a big attendance increase.). For those latter two, you can add H-O-N-D-A to the motivation. (more…)

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