highgrovemanor
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Ah yesss! I remember the Flying Lizard well.
So many great drivers in the ALMS, and also in the various support races. In the SCCA Speed World Challenge in 2004, I watched Cadillac CTS-V driver Andy Pilgrim get punted off the track from near the front in the opening laps, pulling back onto the tarmac in last place. He steadily passed car after car and finished fourth. That was breathtaking driving.
I still have part of the fender from the sister CTS-V that crashed right in front of me in that same race. PIR's front straight chicane is always an entertaining place to be.
ALL ALMS/IMSA and WEC endurance racing is 1000% better than the F1 Sunday parades IMO. Watch the opening 20 laps of Sebring and you will see more passing than an entire season of F1.
Multiclass endurance racing has you seeing a prototype zigging and zagging between slower Ferraris and Corvettes to keep another prototype behind. These "slower" cars top our at 160, btw.
Oh yea - a "sprint" race is just under 3 hours. 6 / 12 / 24 hour races are also out there.
So y'all must excuse me now, I'm all horny for car racing so gotta go watch some more of the Sebring race I never finished. My home town team Ferrari won Daytona, so I gotta see how Sebring went - no spoilers please. Hahaha