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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 03:57 PM
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I spent last weekend at the 12 hours of Sebring and had tickets to the Corvette Corral. I took a little over 600 pictures, mostly of the race, but I did take some in the corral, so here are a few.















Here are few of the Team cars showing some of the new changes, like the new wider body, the new exhaust position to get a little more down force and the new aero mirrors.



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Cool i missed the races this year cuz i had to go to Georgia for my best friends wedding! Cool pics so how did the Vettes run this year?
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Thanks for sharing! Glad to see the new changes to the c6r this year helped in their podium win. Been very frustrating these past few years, dealing with the likes of Porsche, BMW, Ferrari....
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 06:42 PM
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Great pics! Thanks for posting.
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 08:30 PM
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Cool i missed the races this year cuz i had to go to Georgia for my best friends wedding! Cool pics so how did the Vettes run this year?
They ran second and third in the GT class.
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 08:46 PM
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WOW! really excellent pics!

Thanks,Matt
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The race was amazing, the first time I had actually been able to sit and watch a majority of the race.

Corvette was owning the race for quite a while until the end, BMW and Ferrari had a good presence at the end.

Didn't see any Mustangs...
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 09:51 PM
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Great pics! Thanks for posting.
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I enjoyed your pictures!
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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 12:19 AM
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Nice pics, thanks for sharing, I personally can't wait for them to get to Laguna Seca, always a great time!
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Very nice pics of the event - thanks for posting them up.
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Nice pics thanks for sharing
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Thanks again TR6speed for the pics and the update on Corvettes finish in the race.
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Originally Posted by needdlex
The race was amazing, the first time I had actually been able to sit and watch a majority of the race.

Corvette was owning the race for quite a while until the end, BMW and Ferrari had a good presence at the end.

Didn't see any Mustangs...
No you won't see Mustang's in ALMS GT. If you want to see Mustangs, you will need to watch the Grand AM (NASCAR's version of sports car racing).
ALMS is true sports car racing, Corvette, Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin and some how a BMW got in.
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Originally Posted by needdlex
The race was amazing, the first time I had actually been able to sit and watch a majority of the race.

Corvette was owning the race for quite a while until the end, BMW and Ferrari had a good presence at the end.

Didn't see any Mustangs...
The BMW RLL team did a quite a job using their pit stalls just in front of the Corvettes to take the lead on two occasions in the closing hours. Leaving their take off tires in front of the "3" car was pure sportsmanship. That was probably Letterman's contribution to the race plan.

It was a great race and a testament to the durability of the cars and the Pratt Miller people.
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Nice pics. Are you using that Topaz Adjust plug in I suggested a couple of months ago?
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Originally Posted by JW@JWMotoring.com
Nice pics. Are you using that Topaz Adjust plug in I suggested a couple of months ago?
Yes I am, in fact I have all of the Topaz plugins. I also have Photoshop CS5.1 now to go along with them.

Thanks for letting me know of these.
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Ditto, great pics & tks for taking the time to post them!
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Originally Posted by JW@JWMotoring.com
Nice pics. Are you using that Topaz Adjust plug in I suggested a couple of months ago?
That answered my question! I was just going to post a question as to how the yellows and reds were so saturated! I'm going to have to check out Topaz Adjust...
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