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    Quote Originally Posted by Wouter Melissen View Post
    Loeb is on SPEED's Wind Tunnel this Sunday (11/9)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zytek_Fan View Post
    The new GT2 Corvette will debut at the Mid-Ohio round.
    Whoa... Corvette really is obsessed with dominating the GT class... They really have dominated GT1 class for quite some time...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bleeding Heart View Post
    Whoa... Corvette really is obsessed with dominating the GT class... They really have dominated GT1 class for quite some time...
    They will put more of an emphasis on customer cars compared to when the C6.R was launched for the GT1 class in 2005.
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    Will someone please explain to me why Dyson would want to leave Porsche for 2009.

    Is there bad blood between the two? I had assumed that Dyson would get more factory support with Penske out; is this not the case? With the top P2 teams out for 09 I would expect Dyson to be a shoe in for the P2 championship, especially with factory support.

    Thanks in advance

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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbo.Jenkens View Post
    Will someone please explain to me why Dyson would want to leave Porsche for 2009.

    Is there bad blood between the two? I had assumed that Dyson would get more factory support with Penske out; is this not the case? With the top P2 teams out for 09 I would expect Dyson to be a shoe in for the P2 championship, especially with factory support.

    Thanks in advance
    You have to keep in mind that the RS Spyders are ridiculously expensive when compared to its competitors, and the economic turmoil isn't helping at all.
    It may also have to do with Dyson's lack of support from the factory, whereas Penske was factory backed.
    Bad blood may be the reason as well.

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    Audi will announce their motorsports program at the Essen Motorshow on Nov. 28th-May the R15 rear it's head(it was about this time in '05 that the R10 was viewed in public)?

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    Video of the Formula Le Mans car in action: Formula Le Mans
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    Toyota go to Le Mans with Dome | All News | Racecar Engineering


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    The new Acura ARX-02a is due on U.S. shores in a matter of days, and while we don't have any further details, an anecdotal comment crossed our desk describing the car as, "...it is like nothing else that's out there. Very, very exciting." This couples with what Nick Wirth said at Petit, "You will be surprised." Amongst all the economic crisis bilge that we're hearing about, at least there's something to look forward to next year..

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    I'll take a slight guess and say the main powerplant in the Toyota will be based on the GT-One's.
    As far as who will be running it, it'd be safe to say Dome themselves will run it with some help from Cologne.

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    I think it'll be interesting if Toyota can make a Direct injection turbo with hybrid system...might just be a diesel killer...
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    Quote Originally Posted by RacingManiac View Post
    I think it'll be interesting if Toyota can make a Direct injection turbo with hybrid system...might just be a diesel killer...
    With the new regulations surely it would be.
    Though reliability is a question, of course.

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    Reiter will build a GT2 Gallardo!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wouter Melissen View Post
    Reiter will build a GT2 Gallardo!
    'bout damn time

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    News from LMS teams @ awards evening - EI
    Luc Alphand LMP project "dormant"
    Karim Ojjeh's Zytek will do LMS but not as Trading Performance (more Dec 20)
    Tokai Univesity will be back @ LM & may do Spa 1000 kms
    Kruse miss Vallelunga 6hrs - working on "une bonne surprise"
    My guess for Luc Alphand is they're waiting for approval from Corvette.
    Kruse's "une bonne surprise" is probably a coupe.
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    White Lightning for LMP2 Lola-Aston Martin in 2009 ALMS - forums (I assume Ten-Tenths)
    Flying Lizards (& Farnbacher?) to RS Spyders in 2009 ALMS - forums

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