BTW the Rolex GT races is on the speed channel right now.
        Nick Ham went from sixth to 2nd in the RX8 passing a bunch of V8
   Pontiac's
        before the first turn :)

        Paul Lamar




   All I see is Pontiac and Porsche. What # are the Mazda's

   Dan


   69 70 and 30. There may be another one or two in there.
   Patrick Dempsey RX8 was leading the GT class for awhile.
   The leading RX8 points car, the Ham /Tremblay # 70, is having trouble.
   That race is pandemonium with all the dust.

   They just put a rev limit on the RX8 race cars of 8600 RPM which is 400 RPM below
   the red line of my street RX8. They also added some more ballast weight.
   They are currently running only 3 points behind in a total of 316 points for
   the championship.  No way are they going to let a rotary take the Championship.

   Paul Lamar


I guess you have to watch more to know the cars. The Porsche and
Pontiac's are easy to see. I saw a corvette spin out.

Dan

Bad day in NJ. Apparently the #70 Ham/Tremblay RX8 car got a rock through an oil cooler. Should have had a spare with dry break fittings. Something about the
lower RPM causing higher EGT's and cracking the exhaust header.
Strange. Usually higher RPM/power causes higher EGT's. I would double
the thickness of the header material and trade off some of that useless penalty ballast weight they are required to carry for better reliability. They have got to win the next one in Utah.

Paul Lamar