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Old 06-03-2012, 05:02 PM
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The Delta Wing is "only" 23seconds off of the lead pace.

Audi's ran well, Corvettes ran well, should be a good race in a few weeks!

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http://www.lemans.org/fr/courses/jou...s/photos.html#
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Originally Posted by davidfarmer
The Delta Wing is "only" 23seconds off of the lead pace.

Audi's ran well, Corvettes ran well, should be a good race in a few weeks!

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http://www.lemans.org/fr/courses/jou...s/photos.html#


Only 23 seconds...with 1/2 the horsepower of the big dogs.

I hope they do well...be nice to have them confirm their theories and prove that thinking outside the box is actually a good thing for the sport.
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Originally Posted by davidfarmer
The Delta Wing is "only" 23seconds off of the lead pace.
First in class though...
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David, off Audi R18's time? For how many laps?
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Originally Posted by TNTC4VETTE
David, off Audi R18's time? For how many laps?
They did 31 laps...ended up 20 seconds back from the leader (Audi)...

http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers/...practice-1.pdf

Not bad for the first outing...
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Plus the Delta Wing won't be doing any pit stops for fuel.

They should win easily!

(I know, maybe I exaggerated just a bit)

One of my favorite races of the year.

Anybody know if it's going to have full 24 hour coverage this year?

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Looks like coverage on SpeedTV is broken up again. 8:30-1:00pm, 2:30-7:00pm, 7:30pm-9:30pm, 12:00midnight to the finish, if I read it correct.
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Delta wing will have same pit stop intervals per "request"
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Fastest Laps
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P1 = Audi = 3:25.92
P2 = Morgan = 3:41.291
GTE-Pro = Luxury Racing Ferrari = 3:58.86
(Gavin Corvette = 3:58.97)
Delta Wing = 3:47.98

Pretty impressive for the Delta Wing especially when you consider they did 59 laps on the same set of tires

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