Pre Daytona pic's .. Testing pic's...

[Eric Mckenna]

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1111880

[einreb]

Nice! Looks a bit warmer than it is here in Chicago... uh, road trip!?!?!?!

-Bernie

[Doug&Julie]

So when does the 997 GT3 cup car debut? I noticed a 997 racer for the...what do they call them? Grand Sports?

[jluetjen]

Is this the 997 GS car that you were referring to?



I think that this is a piture of another GS class 997.
http://www.gscdownloads.com/leh/rolexpr/daytonatesting037.jpg

[rexav8r]

So are the 2 white un-marked GT-3s , with a$$loads of neg camber just spares or what.....

Whatever you gotta do to have the cash around for 2 SPARE Cup cars is definitely the line of work I need to get into!!!

[Chuck Moreland]

Those protos are not so easy on the eyes

[masraum]

You're right, Chuck, that's darn ugly.

The GT3's are awesome looking cars, I can't wait until the 997 versions are out.

The new mustang is an awesome looking car, and the new vettes look pretty cool.

[Doug&Julie]

Originally posted by jluetjen
[B]Is this the 997 GS car that you were referring to?

Yep, but what I'm looking for on track are these...

[Hoffman912]

thats Rod Emory's car (from parts obsolete fame)



from the parts obsolete website

Rod Emory will be driving with Team Seattle in the 2005 24 hours of Daytona.

Support Rod by pledging for Children's Hospital. Rod's goal is $25 per lap.

http://partsobsolete.com/

[jluetjen]

Those protos are not so easy on the eyes

I have to agree Chuck, with one exception. The Crawford is a pretty cool looking car in my book. This says something given the way that the rules tend to drive the designs to be top-heavy and bulky.





The interesting thing is that within the class, the car isn't just "eye candy", it's also very effective.

[cegerer]

I'll never figure out why NASCAR - being the supposed marketing geniuses that they are - came up with rules resulting in such a buttugly design for the GTP's??!! Had they come up with something that looked even half as good as say an Audi R8, they would have won over many more fans despite the 'spec-racer' nature of the series.

[cegerer]

BTW: I read something a few weeks ago that said Porsche is now HEAVILY involved in factory support of the Porsche-powered Brumos GTP car.

[Doug&Julie]

Originally posted by cegerer
BTW: I read something a few weeks ago that said Porsche is now HEAVILY involved in factory support of the Porsche-powered Brumos GTP car.

I think that's more out of embarassment for the program in it's current state than Porsche's desire to be in the series.

I watch Grand Am for the production based cars, not the Matchbox cars. At least last year's 24 at Daytona had some drama toward the end. It was a good race, even if the cars were fugly!



(how do you spell embarassment?)

[cegerer]

I think you're right Doug. I remember Porsche was not happy about the way the series decided to name the cars "Porsche-Fabcar" or "Porsche-Riley" or "Porsche-Whatever", implying some kind of manufacturer involvement, much less the spec-car rules. Sebring is the race to be at these days .....

[Doug&Julie]

Let's hope the "factory help" does some good this year!

I'd love to do Sebring. I've never done either of the big Florida races. Someday...