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Wow, the last 15 minutes of the ALMS race were excellent!

I had F1 on the tv and ALMS on the computer (espn3 internet stream). It was hard to pay attention to both but I never had to watch only commercials! F1 ended first of course which meant I could devote my full attention to the great ALMS finish.

So, F1 was ok and the ALMS spoiler is below:










































Flying Lizard (Joerg Bergmeister and Patrick Long) got their (and Porsche's) second win in a row at Mosport. He held off the Corvette and Ferrari. On the last lap (which was actually about 3 minutes over how long they were supposed to run) the Ferrari dive-bombed the Corvette in Moss corner and got second. That gave Joerg some room but I was so nervous. They were running nose-to-tail in a 3 car train for the last 10 laps or so after a full course caution. It looked like that extra time might be their undoing but those guys are pros. Joerg raced clean. He was defensive at times but never swerved to block. Just stuck to his line and focused on being fast. The Corvette was fast on the straights but Bergmeister used the Porsche's rear weight bias to get the hole-shot out of Moss corner and just stay in front on the Andretti straight. This went on for laps. The Porsche looked to have the cornering speed to equal or surpass the others, which it should with the ginormous splitter and wing they have now. Great race!
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