24 hours of Daytona - 2015

[Ron Sutton]

We're 5:40 hours into the event. I have 4 buddies running in DP cars. Joey Hand took the Lead for Ganassi & AJ Allmendinger is 4th for Michael Shank Racing. Correction: Hand in Ford/Riley DP. AJ is in the new Honda/Ligier combo. My other buddies are not doing so well. Dane Cameron is running 42nd in the #31 Whelen Corvette DP & Joel Miller is 37th (not driving this stint) in the Speedsource Mazda Daytona Prototype.

Love to see Joey or AJ win it. But pulling just as hard for Dane & Joel to rebound & have good finishes. Who are you pulling for?

:cheers:

[glassman]

Ron, is it on FS1? now that speed is gone, i'm having a tough time "tuning in" (now theres four stations to watch when there use'd to be one).....

[Track Junky]

I caught a couple hours earlier today and then the next segment went to another channel. Flipped through with the remote but couldn't find where it went. Hate when that happens.

[Sieg]

I've been watching on and off all day! Will the TT EcoBoost motors last is my question.

Though last night I also read the Javelin chapter in Mark Donahue's Unfair Advantage discussing all the oiling issues they had with that AMX motor in the first season. :_paranoid

Good luck to all of them! It's a major commitment to field a team in Daytona let alone finish. :thumbsup:

[Ron Sutton]

Ron, is it on FS1? now that speed is gone, i'm having a tough time "tuning in" (now theres four stations to watch when there use'd to be one).....

Gosh, I don't know. I'm watching it online at http://www.imsa.com/

[Ron Sutton]

I've been watching on and off all day! Will the TT EcoBoost motors last is my question.

Though last night I also read the Javelin chapter in Mark Donahue's Unfair Advantage discussing all the oiling issues they had with that AMX motor in the first season. :_paranoid

Good luck to all of them! It's a major commitment to field a team in Daytona let alone finish. :thumbsup:

You know it. Running 24 hours hard is brutal.


:popcorn2:

[Sieg]

I caught a couple hours earlier today and then the next segment went to another channel. Flipped through with the remote but couldn't find where it went. Hate when that happens.

It's on Fox Sports till 7 pm PST.......then Supercross racin! :)

[glassman]

It's on Fox Sports till 7 pm PST.......then Supercross racin! :)

In Oakland, and i forgot to get ticks! first year in ten i'm not there. But Santa Clara is in April, so i'm goin to that....Dungey, Canard, and Tomac fan here

[Ron Sutton]

In Oakland, and i forgot to get ticks! first year in ten i'm not there. But Santa Clara is in April, so i'm goin to that....Dungey, Canard, and Tomac fan here

Sweet. I love watching Supercross & Motocross.

[Ron Sutton]

Under 3 hours to go, with 4 powerful teams on the lead lap. The time that is left is still a pretty long race.

As they say, "anything can happen" ... but the odds are all 4 of those teams won't crash/break, so our winner is "probably" from that group of four:

#10 Wayne Taylor Corvette - Jordan Taylor, Ricky Taylor & Mad Max Angelelli
#02 Ganassi Riley/Ford - Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Kyle Larson & Jamie McMurray
#01 - Ganassi Riley/Ford - Joey Hand, Scott Pruett, Charlie Kimball & Sage Karam
#5 Action Express Corvette - Christian Fittipaldi, Joao Barbosa & Sebastian Bourdais

:popcorn2:

[Ron Sutton]

Ford & Chevy the top 6 cars. Cool to see.

:flag2:

[Sieg]

01 Ford.....clutch failure :shakehead:

[Ron Sutton]

01 Ford.....clutch failure :shakehead:

Crap, crap, CRAP! Was pulling for Joey.

[Ron Sutton]

30 minutes to go. Just a little while ago, it looked like it was going to be a Shoot-Out to the end between:
#02 Ganassi Riley/Ford - Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Kyle Larson & Jamie McMurray
#10 Wayne Taylor Corvette - Jordan Taylor, Ricky Taylor & Mad Max Angelelli

But the #02 team made a much quicker final pit stop than the #10 team. Jordan trailing Scott by 3.5 & closing, but can he both run down the Ganassi car & pass it? Earlier in the event Ricky Taylor was blazing the track in the #10 of his Dad's team. Not sure he left much car for brother Jordan to close out the deal.

[Sieg]

........and the #10 team just made a real DOH!

[Che70velle]

This finish should be exciting...

[Ron Sutton]

Congrats to #02 Ganassi Riley/Ford with Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Kyle Larson & Jamie McMurray

Sad the #10 Wayne Taylor Corvette with Jordan Taylor, Ricky Taylor & Mad Max Angelelli had an opportunity to win it all & made a driver time calculation error.

For those that don't understand this part. The team made an error & miscalculated. They put Jordan in the car with too much time left. Had he drove the last 11 minutes, he would have been disqualified & that team would have rec'd no points for the race, which would have killed them in the championship chase. The #02 team isn't running for the championship.

[GrabberGT]

Congrats to #02 Ganassi Riley/Ford with Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Kyle Larson & Jamie McMurray

Sad the #10 Wayne Taylor Corvette with Jordan Taylor, Ricky Taylor & Mad Max Angelelli had an opportunity to win it all & made a driver time calculation error.

For those that don't understand this part. The team made an error & miscalculated. They put Jordan in the car with too much time left. Had he drove the last 11 minutes, he would have been disqualified & that team would have rec'd no points for the race, which would have killed them in the championship chase. The #02 team isn't running for the championship.

I thought I heard that the 02 was running on lower boost to conserve fuel and try to ensure engine life. How much do you think they had left in reserve? Enough to keep Jordan at bay had he been able to stay in the car?

I wished the 01 could have made it to the end as well.