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Old Dec 6, 2013 | 05:58 PM
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Old Dec 6, 2013 | 06:01 PM
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Friday practice. One bent $500K GMG Audi R8LM

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Old Dec 6, 2013 | 06:47 PM
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Looks like you´re racing some local friends of mine in the #36 car. Good luck
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Looks like Sonny put it on pole. Nicely done sir.
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Old Dec 6, 2013 | 09:47 PM
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whoa thanks for sharing the mazda livestream, I am definitely going to what that on and off after chumpcar.
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Originally Posted by emilio700
Looks like Sonny put it on pole. Nicely done sir.
In two laps only!!!!!
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The audio quality for endurance-radio this year is pretty bad. Hopefully they will fix it.
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Congrats to Sonny!

Was the R8 a "cold tires are cold" problem or did someone help him off?
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Taken about 20 minutes before the start today

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From NASA's facebook page:
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Live race calling
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the mazda USA youtube for their 6 diesels is mostly 949 talk
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the mazda USA youtube for their 6 diesels is mostly 949 talk
Bombing it
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Mark got in about an hour ago in P3. Promptly set fast lap at a 2:03.545, possibly lap record. He's backed off to 2:06's and still managed to pass the leader. No other E3 car in this stint is even close to his lap times so he's opening up a gap while in cruise mode. I can step away from the computer and go get some work done now..
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Kitty leading both E3 and E2 by the same margin.
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P9 overall now. Kitty (E3) would be P2 in E1 and E0. Ahead of every factory team, including Mazda.
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SCCA would give you a 200# trophy for that win margin.
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Last lap was 29:45 and now 5 laps down in E3. I assume had to do some repairs in the pits?

edit: Last lap was a 2:06 now, 3 seconds quicker than E3 leader. Putting in some work.
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That would be ~8 minutes to make up in 2.5 hours?



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