The Return of the Legend....

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This past weekend, Roger G. Mike S., and myself went to Laguna Seca for the ALMS races. Porsches debut of the NEW LMP 2 race car.

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[Gburner]

Nice trip Ray!
Thanks for the photos.
So was the new Porsche sand bagging a bit?

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here are some of the 911's

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Ray what did the Porsche camp think about the Speed Gt race where the Cadillac punted the Porsche?

Something like this...........
Wolf (Porsche) took the lead from the standing start on lap 1 and pulled out a lead until the crash in turn 2 on lap 2 which was a full course yellow. On the first restart Lou Galati (?) jumped the start and passed everyone on the straight from 4th (?) and stayed in front for a couple of green laps until another accident. The marshals decided that he had jumped the start by then and he was supposed to take a stop & go penalty, but he stayed out through the second restart and held up Wolf and allowed the Cadillac to take the lead until the next accident and on the third restart Wolf was taken out by I think the second Cadillac and allowed the other Cadillac to drive on to victory.

While the race was on the SPEED track announcer had said that if Wolf finished in second Porsche would win the Manufacturer's championship and that they needed a car to get ahead of the Porsche. They did by shunting him in turn 2 and finished him for the day.

[Cornpanzer]

Thanks for the pics Ray. Did it sound like all the rest of the LMP2 cars?

Mike, isnt that the third time that the Caddys have knocked a Porsche off in ALMS competition this year?
Dave