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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 12:41 PM
We camped for the weekend at Laguna Seca for the Petit Lemans and had a great time. The Porsche LMP2 car finished second overall beating BOTH the Audi's! I let my son take the C4s for two parade laps Saturday. I rather think he enjoyed that experience.
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 12:42 PM
Here is the pcar in the hot pits
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pit2 penske team
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:24 PM
porscheplatz 914gt
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:24 PM
rear view
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:26 PM
orange
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:27 PM
917
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:27 PM
imabigfan
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:28 PM
RS
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porscheplatz
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:30 PM
scary1
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p car lead
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:31 PM
rear
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:31 PM
corkscrew1
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:32 PM
screw2
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screw3
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:33 PM
screw4
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:34 PM
jimtab's sweet zambezi 914. Nice talking to ya!
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:34 PM
rgruppeblack
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:35 PM
nice pair
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:36 PM
f-mazda meltdown
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:36 PM
again
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:37 PM
he said she said
what finger am I holding up? You want a Danica Patrick smack up side o yer head?
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:38 PM
The Porsche lmp2 had a pit incident and the extra cowl had to be hung
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:38 PM
cowl2, the boy cops a carbon fiber feel
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:40 PM
hairpin as night falls
maserati (dropped out early, angry sounding car)
aston martin (Great sounding car!)
vette (Vettes were very steady and FAST)
saleen (collided with vette in the hairpin)
vette
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:40 PM
my b-inlaw Bob Dylan as temps start to drop
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:41 PM
My son shivering on the hairpin hill
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:41 PM
a little nacht music
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Posted by: ppickerell Oct 17 2005, 01:41 PM
and the winner, the number 15 zytec car.
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Posted by: olav Oct 17 2005, 01:55 PM
Nice, looks like a lot of fun.
Posted by: Racer Chris Oct 17 2005, 04:32 PM
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: trekkor Oct 17 2005, 04:54 PM
Thanks for the shots.
See you at Infineon on the 13th.
KT
Posted by: Sparky Oct 18 2005, 06:27 AM
Awesome pics, Thanks for sharing!!
Posted by: Sammy Oct 18 2005, 10:37 AM
The Porsche spyder RS finished first in the P2 class, but finished 5th overall. Not second.
1st was the zytek car, 2nd went to audi R8, 3rd was a dyson lola, 4th to the other Audi R8, and 5th to Massen and Luhr in the Porsche RS.
The Penske Porsche surprisingly pitted for fuel with 3 minutes left in the race. It has been speculated that they didn't really need fuel.
A couple of reasons might be that they didn't want to show up the P1 cars and get the rules changed to slow them down (as has happened many times in the past), or that Penske was sandbagging and didn't want the competition to know how good of fuel mileage they were actually getting.
They had no chance of catching the 1st place overall P1 Zytek car and there was no way that the second place car in P2 could catch them so pitting didn't hurt them at all in class.
It like a chess match with lots O'politics thrown in.
Next year the Porsche RS spyder will kick ass and take names, as long as they don't get penalized for being too fast. Deja Vu.
Posted by: ppickerell Oct 18 2005, 10:39 AM
We thought second overall, oh well must have been the reposado.
Posted by: 9146R Oct 18 2005, 11:10 AM
Patrick,
Great shots and commentary....THANKS for sharing with those of us who couldnt be there. Did Dylan sing ?
Greg
Posted by: ppickerell Oct 18 2005, 01:51 PM
No, he had a frog in his throat....for the past twenty years!
Posted by: richardL Oct 18 2005, 03:42 PM
| QUOTE (Sammy @ Oct 18 2005, 09:37 AM) |
| A couple of reasons might be that they didn't want to show up the P1 cars and get the rules changed to slow them down |
It certainly looked to me, throughout most of the race that the Porsche was just cruising along behind the P1 cars - didn't want to go by, but certainly no slower...
I expect it will be a LOT faster next year
Richard
Posted by: Scott Carlberg Oct 18 2005, 03:51 PM
http://homepage.mac.com/lepprd/PCA_GGR_Z7/PhotoAlbum242.html
Posted by: SGB Oct 18 2005, 07:35 PM
me so jellious....
that LMP-2 is just developmental. Porsche apparently will have to field an LMP-1 car soon. You KNOW they aren't supposed to see Mazda (no slur intended, really) as the competition. Lookout Audi- you guys better get that R-10 out!
ALMS racing is the best racing in America!
Posted by: Sammy Oct 18 2005, 08:00 PM
OK, ponder this: they run this car and kick butt in 2006 and sell a whole bunch of cars, then they take a couple of them and add some weight down low, and turbocharge them fior the 2007 season. Boom, instant P-1 and overall winners.
I can dream, can't i?
Posted by: jimtab Oct 18 2005, 11:48 PM
| QUOTE (ppickerell @ Oct 17 2005, 11:34 AM) |
| jimtab's sweet zambezi 914. Nice talking to ya! |
THANKS....it works for me....
Posted by: carreraguy Oct 19 2005, 01:18 AM
Nice pics Scott! Atttached is one of yours in the Corkscrew to which I applied some Photoshop tricks; now I've got a nice wallpaper!
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Posted by: Scott Carlberg Oct 20 2005, 03:36 PM
| QUOTE (Scott Carlberg @ Oct 18 2005, 01:51 PM) |
| http://homepage.mac.com/lepprd/PCA_GGR_Z7/PhotoAlbum242.html |
from a 6speedonline.com thread: Here She is....doing the screw
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35273
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OUCH, for you Aston Martin fans, look out!
Posted by: ppickerell Oct 20 2005, 03:49 PM
Saw that one of the Aston Drivers was female.
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