911 RSR already starting to stretch it's legs...

[Tilikum Turbo]

The win last year at Le Mans and this year at the 24 hours of Daytona was no fluke.

Part of America's success over the past decade with the Vipers and Vette's was Porsche simply was too focused on making profit margins and let privateers do the "development". Now returning to it's roots, it may also become a victim of it's own success.

In testing at Sebring over the last week, the two RSR's are clearly showing their heals to the rest of the competition. At almost 1.5 seconds faster than the nearest competition(Ferrari) and almost 2 seconds faster than the Vipers and Vettes...I wonder how long it will be before IMSA will penalize the cars for being too fast.

IMSA | TUDOR United SportsCar Championship | Scoring

[swbstudios]

Originally Posted by Tilikum Turbo

The win last year at Le Mans and this year at the 24 hours of Daytona was no fluke.

Part of America's success over the past decade with the Vipers and Vette's was Porsche simply was too focused on making profit margins and let privateers do the "development". Now returning to it's roots, it may also become a victim of it's own success.

In testing at Sebring over the last week, the two RSR's are clearly showing their heals to the rest of the competition. At almost 1.5 seconds faster than the nearest competition(Ferrari) and almost 2 seconds faster than the Vipers and Vettes...I wonder how long it will be before IMSA will penalize the cars for being too fast.

IMSA | TUDOR United SportsCar Championship | Scoring

Uh..not so much. The Corvettes ran the Porsches out of town years ago and have themselves been heavily "equalized" by the rules makers over the years. They have been one of the best GT racing teams in history over the last decade+
The Viper success was also well earned and had nothing to do with the 911 being penalized. Give credit where credit is due.
Both American companies produced well run teams with reliable and fast cars. period.

[Tilikum Turbo]

"Uh..not so much. The Corvettes ran the Porsches out of town years ago and have themselves been heavily "equalized" by the rules makers over the years. They have been one of the best GT racing teams in history over the last decade+
The Viper success was also well earned and had nothing to do with the 911 being penalized. Give credit where credit is due.
Both American companies produced well run teams with reliable and fast cars. period."

I don't think Porsche was penalized as so much they didn't even show up to the race. Customers campaigning dated cars against full factory efforts were no match for the Vette and the Vipers. The sleeping giant-killer finally woke up, and now has Aston, Ferrari, GM and Chrysler on notice.

I lost any and all "loyalty" to US automobile manufacturers when they pawned off that garbage sold between the 70's and 90's as "automobiles". The only variable that forced their hand was the Japanese, who put quality as a priority first, and then the profits came as a function of that.

The bailout of GM and Chrysler(at which the US taxpayer took a massive hit/loss after the sale of the GM stock was completed) shows they never learned anything beyond short-term vision which didn't go past the next fiscal quarter.

Do I want to buy American..yes, if I were buying a Space Shuttle or F-16.
Automobiles? They burned that bridge with me a long time ago.

A real irony is a Japanese Honda Accord assembled in Ohio has more American sourced parts in it than a Ford F-150. Go figure.