mid ohio ALMS pics

[NAZCA C2]

pics of Mid-Ohio ALMS race and support races

[NAZCA C2]

I'll post more pics later, after I resize the them.

[Sweeney921]

i dont know anything about ALMS, so what's with the huge spoilers?

[NAZCA C2]

They are race cars, the spoilers add downforce. Without the spoilers the cars would'nt be nearly as fast in the corners and would'nt be stable on the high speed straights. Unlike ricer car airplane wing spoilers these cars actually use spoilers that work.

[Sweeney921]

well, i know how what a spoiler does, it's just that not every kind of race car has a huge spoiler like that (I can only think of NASCAR at the moment, though)

[NAZCA C2]

More pics, these are pics of the speed gt race.

[NAZCA C2]

ALMS race, I'll add more tomorrow.

[Renesis]

it would be a bad move to be racing without spoiling systems. Without downforce your car has too much lift, even at the 180 mph nascar goes. Result: tires lose grip with the road and you piss yourself as you're careening out of control


last time i checked nascar does have spoilers... in fact i think theres some sort of regulation on them. They're very small and located at the back end of the exoskeleton. I think they're kept at a 70 degree angle or something...

[Renesis]

by the way thats a good pic of the saleen s7r

[Karrmann]

looks like there are a lot of hairpins.

[NAZCA C2]

In most race cars u want the spoiler to be as tall as possible so that the spoiler isn't affected by air coming off of cars in front of u. Spoiler height is usually regulated. Some old Can-Am and F1 cars used really high spoilers so that the spoilers would be in clean air and produce max downforce.

[NAZCA C2]

looks like there are a lot of hairpins.

Here's the track, it's a good technical track.

[bk4uyeah]

beautiful saleen s7r, i cant wait until the ALMS hits Road America - you know i'll be there

[NAZCA C2]

beautiful saleen s7r, i cant wait until the ALMS hits Road America - you know i'll be there

The Saleen was cool, not as loud as I thought it would be. The Vette's and the Murcielago were much louder.

[Matra et Alpine]

.....race car........ NASCAR
oxymoron :)

[Matra et Alpine]

In most race cars u want the spoiler to be as tall as possible so that the spoiler isn't affected by air coming off of cars in front of u. Spoiler height is usually regulated. Some old Can-Am and F1 cars used really high spoilers so that the spoilers would be in clean air and produce max downforce.
70s theory.

Fluid dynamics are better understood and creating an integral lift from the body proved more effective than separate wings. Combining the body flow and the wing gave a better over result.

BUT, the real reason the tall wings were made illegal was the willingness for the supports to break - no mater HOW strong they made them, they were breaking. Losing THAT amount of downforce was VERY dangerous back then as the understanding of under-body airflow was so crude that these things were flying wings ( unlike todays inverted wings :) )

[Coventrysucks]

Here's the track, it's a good technical track.

Clockwise or anti clockwise?

[nescar23]

The race was awesome.Although it was dissapointing that there were no 550's (Prodrive) and only one 360. Oh and one Audi R8. No Panoz lmp not even the Batmobile. But watching the Dyson lead the Champion Audi early in the race was good stuff. The audi couldn't pass him, I thought we had an upset coming. The murcielago was awsome, but no match for the Super vettes. The panoz Gt look really good in 2nd till it retired. Well I got some pictures too, I' ll try post later as it will be my first try ;)

[SIMPLETON]

Did you get any pics of the Viper going up in smoke?

[Matra et Alpine]

But watching the Dyson lead the Champion Audi early in the race was good stuff.
THAT made me do a double take and had to go check the ALMS website.

I thought at first it was THIS (mms://windows.streamuk.com/dyson/dc07_lan.wmv) Dyson cleaning up at the track :)
45% more power has to make it competitive :)

[NAZCA C2]

Did you get any pics of the Viper going up in smoke?

Are u talkin bout the car in the Speed GT race???

[SIMPLETON]

Are u talkin bout the car in the Speed GT race???


I might have been. I have a terrible memory and I watched the touring cars, GT and the ALMS race so it's all jumbled up in my mind

[RJ 21]

THAT made me do a double take and had to go check the ALMS website.

I thought at first it was THIS (mms://windows.streamuk.com/dyson/dc07_lan.wmv) Dyson cleaning up at the track :)
45% more power has to make it competitive :)
Good stuff bro. I was like what kind of engine is that!! ;) Quite good (45% more power!!)

[johnnyperl]

The race was awesome.Although it was dissapointing that there were no 550's (Prodrive) and only one 360. Oh and one Audi R8. No Panoz lmp not even the Batmobile. But watching the Dyson lead the Champion Audi early in the race was good stuff. The audi couldn't pass him, I thought we had an upset coming. The murcielago was awsome, but no match for the Super vettes. The panoz Gt look really good in 2nd till it retired. Well I got some pictures too, I' ll try post later as it will be my first try ;)
does anyone know if the Prodrive 550s will be competeing in the ALMS this year? also, they really f---ed up the lambo with that stupid-ass paint job.

[Matt]

well, i know how what a spoiler does, it's just that not every kind of race car has a huge spoiler like that (I can only think of NASCAR at the moment, though)

Nascar racers don't have big spoilers.

[Matt]

i dont know anything about ALMS, so what's with the huge spoilers?

I don't think anyone has said it yet, but ALMS stands for American LeMans Series ( I think ) :)

[NAZCA C2]

I don't think anyone has said it yet, but ALMS stands for American LeMans Series ( I think ) :)

You are correct.

[Matra et Alpine]

Good stuff bro. I was like what kind of engine is that!! ;) Quite good (45% more power!!)
Yeah, the 8 cylinder version is a special for the US market.
They couldnt' convince people to buy the smaller more efficient ones.
So they sell it as an 8-cylinder and planning to bring out a SUV version next year :)

[NAZCA C2]

more mid ohio pics. these are from the speed gt race. all the smoke is from a viper, i don't know what happened.

[NAZCA C2]

pics of pro miata race, formula fords, and alms race.

[NAZCA C2]

more pics, the murcielago is loud!

[NAZCA C2]

The new Panoz Esperante and the Corvette C5-R. The Panoz led it's class for a little while.

[WMUCarGuy]

I was at that race and I'll be at it again this year, as well as at Road America, Lime Rock, Mosport, and possibly Infineon.

GO PANOZ!!

[Fumacher]

those cars seem to crash very often lol

Edit: woow...old thread