Rolex 24 Hours... Open invitation

[OldSchool+]

I will warn any potential newbies:

Count on hearing sports cars in your head for a couple of days afterwards.

Not like imagination, like they are there.

Think Kawasaki doing 100mph or better as it blows by you on the interstate.

[Phil Jacques]

Plans are for a KARNAC/SUDS meeting at the 07 Sportsman RV at the 4 hr mark (6:30 pm Saturday). PM me if you'd like to join us and I'll give you details.

There will also be a secondary meeting of the minds on the infield in the turn 4 gieco tent camping area around 9 or 10pm and will last as long as we can stand on two feet!

[OldSchool+]

Lineup

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2015 Daytona Rolex 24: Qualifying Results
Daytona International Speedway / 3.56 miles
TUDOR United SportsCar Championship
January 21 - 25, 2015 / Daytona Beach, Florida
Pos ClassPos CarNo Class Drivers Best Speed InLap Diff Laps Make
1 1 60 P Pew/Negri Jr./Allmendinger/McMurry 1:39.194 129.201 9 Honda HPD Ligier JS P2 9
2 2 02 P Dixon/Kanaan/Larson/McMurray 1:39.302 129.061 9 Ford EcoBoost DP 0.108 9
3 3 01 P Pruett/Hand/Kimball/Karam 1:39.309 129.052 8 Ford EcoBoost DP 0.115 8
4 4 5 P Barbosa/Fittipaldi/Bourdais 1:39.568 128.716 5 CORVETTE DP 0.374 7
5 5 0 P Rojas/Legge/Chaves/Meyrick 1:39.625 128.642 9 DELTAWING DWC13 0.431 9
6 6 57 P T.Krohn/Pla/Jonsson/Brundle 1:39.683 128.568 6 Ligier JS P2 Judd 0.489 9
7 7 10 P J.Taylor/R.Taylor/Angelelli 1:39.888 128.304 8 CORVETTE DP 0.694 8
8 8 7 P Hartley/Barrichello/Hunter-Reay/Graves 1:40.260 127.828 9 BWM Power Riley DP 1.066 9
9 9 31 P Curran/Cameron/Papis/P.Keen 1:40.322 127.749 5 CORVETTE DP 1.128 8
10 10 90 P Westbrook/Valiante/Rockenfeller 1:40.330 127.738 6 CORVETTE DP 1.136 7
11 11 66 P Gewirtz/S.Lewis/Kvamme/D.Cheng 1:42.070 125.561 8 BMW Power Riley DP 2.876 9
12 1 16 PC Mowlem/Papadopoulos/Drissi/Alder/Plo 1:42.318 125.257 9 Oreca FLM09 3.124 10
13 12 2 P Brown/van Overbeek/Fogarty 1:42.390 125.168 6 Honda HPD ARX 3.196 7
14 2 54 PC Bennett/Braun/Wilkins/Gue 1:42.498 125.037 8 Oreca FLM09 3.304 8
15 3 52 PC Guasch/Novich/Palmer/Kimber-Smith 1:42.829 124.634 8 Oreca FLM09 3.635 9
16 4 8 PC Schultis/van der Zande/Popow/Hedlund 1:43.322 124.039 5 Oreca FLM09 4.128 10
17 5 61 PC Plowman/Drumwright/Breukers/Blackst 1:43.442 123.896 8 Oreca FLM09 4.248 10
18 1 4 GTLM Gavin/Milner/Pagenaud 1:43.488 123.840 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R 4.294 8
19 6 85 PC Goikhberg/C.Miller/Simpson/Mitchell 1:43.514 123.809 7 Oreca FLM09 4.320 9
20 13 70 P Bomarito/Nunez/Hinchcliffe/Tremblay 1:43.782 123.490 6 Mazda Prototype 4.588 9
21 2 51 GTLM Perrodo/Collard/Bruni/Vilander 1:43.830 123.433 6 Ferrari 458 Italia 4.636 9
22 3 98 GTLM Lamy/Dalla Lana/Turner/Mucke/Lauda 1:43.960 123.278 6 Aston Martin Vantage V8 4.766 7
23 4 24 GTLM J.Edwards/Luhr/Klingmann/Rahal 1:43.966 123.271 4 BMW Z4 GTE 4.772 6
24 5 3 GTLM Magnussen/Garcia/Briscoe 1:43.976 123.259 8 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R 4.782 8
25 6 62 GTLM Kaffer/Rigon/Fisichella/O.Beretta 1:43.986 123.247 7 Ferrari F458 Italia 4.792 8
26 7 11 PC Cumming/Junqueira/Hawksworth/Mene 1:43.992 123.240 9 Oreca FLM09 4.798 9
27 7 25 GTLM Auberlen/Werner/Farfus/Spengler 1:44.024 123.202 5 BMW Z4 GTE 4.830 7
28 8 911 GTLM Tandy/Pilet/Lieb/Christensen 1:44.082 123.134 8 PORSCHE 911 RSR 4.888 8
29 14 50 P Pace/DeFoor/Hinton/Schroeder 1:44.423 122.732 5 BMW Power Riley DP 5.229 8
30 9 17 GTLM Henzler/Sellers/P.Long 1:44.465 122.682 7 Porsche 991 RSR 5.271 9
31 8 38 PC French/Mee/Vance/Johnston 1:44.473 122.673 9 Oreca FLM09 5.279 10
32 10 912 GTLM Bergmeister/Bamber/Makowiecki/Christ 1:44.759 122.338 8 PORSCHE 911 RSR 5.565 9
33 1 007 GTD Nielsen/J.Davison/Nygaard/B.Davis 1:47.272 119.472 3 ASTON MARTIN V12 VANTAGE 8.078 4
34 15 07 P Joel.Miller/T.Long/Devlin/Tremblay 1:47.320 119.419 3 Mazda Prototype 8.126 3
35 2 33 GTD Keating/J.Bleekemolen/Carter/Goossen 1:47.424 119.303 2 Dodge Viper SRT 8.230 6
36 3 28 GTD Bachler/Zoechling/Engelhart/Willsey/Ine 1:47.451 119.273 5 PORSCHE 911 GT AMERICA 8.257 6
37 4 58 GTD Ma.Snow/Heylen/Dempsey/Eng 1:47.535 119.180 3 PORSCHE 911 GT AMERICA 8.341 4
38 5 64 GTD Longo/Serra/Gomes/Bertolini 1:47.805 118.881 4 Ferrari 458 Italia 8.611 6
39 6 45 GTD Winkelhock/Thorne/Hoshino/Fujii 1:47.813 118.872 4 AUDI R8 LMS 8.619 5
40 7 73 GTD Lindsey/Pumpelly/Norman/Canache Jr./ 1:47.860 118.821 5 PORSCHE 911 GT AMERICA 8.666 6
41 8 44 GTD Potter/Lally/Seefried/Ragginger 1:48.099 118.558 4 PORSCHE 911 GT AMERICA 8.905 6
42 9 63 GTD Sweedler/To.Bell/Lazzaro/Segal 1:48.117 118.538 4 Ferrari 458 Italia 8.923 5
43 10 22 GTD MacNeil/L.Keen/A.Davis/van Gisbergen 1:48.200 118.447 6 PORSCHE 911 GT AMERICA 9.006 6
44 11 48 GTD Haase/B.Miller/von Moltke/Rast 1:48.202 118.445 3 AUDI R8 LMS 9.008 5
45 12 49 GTD Lathouras/Rugolo/Aguas/Griffin 1:48.614 117.996 4 Ferrari 458 Italia 9.420 5
46 13 23 GTD James/M.Farnbacher/Riberas 1:48.683 117.921 3 PORSCHE 911 GT AMERICA 9.489 6
47 14 19 GTD J.Michaelian/Lira/Flores/De Phillippi/Ma 1:49.035 117.540 3 PORSCHE 911 GT AMERICA 9.841 6
48 15 18 GTD Basseng/M.Beretta/OYoung/De Phillipp 1:49.291 117.265 5 PORSCHE 911 GT AMERICA 10.097 6
**49 16 93 GTD Keating/D.Farnbacher/Carter/Wittmer/L 1:49.512 117.028 2 Dodge Viper SRT 10.318 3
50 17 97 GTD Marsal/Palttala/Priaulx/Said 1:50.213 116.284 6 BMW Z4 11.019 6
51 18 81 GTD Faulkner/Giermaziak/Skeen/Butcher/Av - - 0 PORSCHE 911 GT AMERICA - 1
52 16 1 P Sharp/Dalziel/Heinemeier Hansson - 0 Honda HPD ARX - 0
53 19 009 GTD DeBoer/Riddle/Salazar/K.Wilson - - 0 ASTON MARTIN V12 VANTAGE

[lmracer]

Live tv from Daytona: http://www.imsa.com/camera/imsatv

[OldSchool+]

Rolex Update Somewhere around the 9 hour mark...

Reflections in no particular order, and possibly of no particular importance, and totally without TV or other rational coverage:

>The Corvettes--all of them in both the Prototype and "GTLM" class are exceptionally beautiful racecars.

>The ligiers, not so much .

>The Segway, er, Deltawing, seems to have retired early. Emotionally, I seem to be fine with that...

>The Wayne Taylor car and the Ganassi cars (including one driven in part by K Larson & J McMurray) are very strong.

>The field, front to back, is the closest I can recall in speed & quality of equipment.

>I briefly attended the Rolex Suds-a-thon, met Scott Garrity & Boneman, two very gracious and interesting fellers.

Now a few hours sleep and back to the cold in the AM.

[OldSchool+]

Well, another Rolex is in the books.

At the end, the fastest car & the best pit strategy won the race.

Congrats to the Ganassi team & Scott Dixon & his co-drivers Kyle Larson, Jamie Mac& Tony Kanaan.

Final thoughts: Anybody know if we need to raise bail money for Mr Jacques or did he make it out of the place intact?

[Phil Jacques]

Well, another Rolex is in the books.

At the end, the fastest car & the best pit strategy won the race.

Congrats to the Ganassi team & Scott Dixon & his co-drivers Kyle Larson, Jamie Mac& Tony Kanaan.

Final thoughts: Anybody know if we need to raise bail money for Mr Jacques or did he make it out of the place intact?

I made it out fine haha I spent a bit of time in the stands at the finish with Scott, just couldn't make it to his gig sadly. Wish I could have met you man, next time. It's looking like I may be down for 2 of the 3 ACT races. Will know more for certain next week. I thought it was set in stone but things are changing cause of the added race.

[scottgarrity07]

What a great time had by all at the Rolex 24. For a few on my crew it was their first time and I made sure they got the full experience (including a pre dawn trip to the garage to see the few teams thrashing at fixing their wounded and tired rides in hopes of completing the whole 24 hours, a victory in itself). Amazing competition this year in the Prototype and GTLM classes with cars battling in packs for a good bunch of the 24 hours and 2-3 cars in each of those classes within striking distance of one another right up to the checkers! The new grandstands and improvements at DIS are awesome. Anyone sitting in the new top third of the grandstand will easily be able to see the racing around the entire track! The bathrooms have been remodeled and by their design should handle the immense traffic a yellow in the 500 would cause and easily get guys in and out while relieving the used SUDS. I am most appreciative of the new ESCALATORS! These babies easily whisk you to the top level granstands without that heart attack gonna die before I get to my seat feeling.

Had a great time at the Karnac/SUDS meet n greet with Old School, his son, Rex (Boneman) Hollinger and the next generation, Steven Hollinger who at 12 yrs of age is wise beyond his years and kept up and even added to the old dogs bench racing conversation. Watch out for this kid, he's gonna be a great racer with the wise Boneman guiding him. We had a few beers and discussed TBARA and other local short track points of view. A veritable KARNAC LIVE! Thanks for coming by guys! And sorry we missed you Joe Jacalone, but we'll catch up to you one day. I was anticipating your views on the Rolex24, since you have had the pleasure of actually competing in it!

And what about my friend Phil Jacques? He was having a well deserved R rated time out with his friends and the party animals in the turn 4 campground and we kept missing each other. Finally met up with him way atop the turn one grandstand for the finish of the race. Good to see you, brother. And hopefully Rocco and co. bring that car down for the extra ACT race and I'll see ya at NSS next month. Thanks everyone!

[Matt Albee]

It was a good race on tv. Looked like the 5 car didn't get going on that last restart, but might not have made any difference.
Didn't look like the stands had many people in them, no " clogged injectors " . Hey, might be a possible sponsor tie in for STP Fuel Injector Cleaner.

[jacko241]

Sounds like you guys all had a great time, sorry I missed it. I just totally chickened out when I saw the weather forcast, and decided to stay home, watch in on TV and internet, and make the wife happy, LOL. Scott, we will do some bench racing when I see you at the track, hopefully soon.

[Boneman]

Scotty, thanks for the hospitality. The fire was warm, the beer was cold, night fell to the sounds of racecars, and best of all I enjoyed the company. We were supposed to meet some friends at New Smyrna, so we had to run off, but I will have a lighter schedule next time, and not leave until I get thrown out.

Matt, the new injectors are great! I wandered around the new Daytona Rising addition, and was very impressed. Although the heavy construction is completed and the area was in use, the finish and details are not yet in place, but it will be nothing short of spectacular when it is done.

I also hiked to the top of the new grandstands and was treated to a completely unobstructed view of the entire track. Those seats are going to entertain generations of race fans. Even though you will not find a more dedicated short tracker than me, I have to admit that I love Daytona Speedway, and consider myself very fortunate to live only 50 miles away.