2012 Rolex 24

Know it's about a month out, but since our goold old buddy Antman makes race threads 3 months out (), might as well start this up as it will be something to look forward too.

http://www.grand-am.com/schedule/entrylist.cfm?series=r&eid=3428

Current entry list: (Noteables)
Ganassi with it's typical drivers of...
Hand/Preutt/Rahal/Rojas in the #01 BMW Riley
Dixon/Franchitti/McMurray/JPM in the #02 BMW Riley
Christian Fittipaldi in the Action Express #5 Corvette DP
Ex-Champ car Dalziel in the Starworks #8 Ford Riley
Boss Papis in the Action Express #9 Corvette DP
Briscoe in the SunTrust #10 Corvette DP
Colin Braun returns to the Krohn #76 Ford Lola along with former F1 driver Ricardo Zonta
Scott Sharp in the Extreme Speed #03 Ferrari in the GT class
Impressive Rookie of the Year Andy Lally in the Magus Racing #44 Porsche
Recipe for the disaster AKA #56 AF-Waltrip team of Aguas/Kaufmann/Pastrana/Waltrip
Raphael Matos in the #62 Risi Ferrari
Hinchy Hinchcliffe n the #70 Speedsource Mazda along with ALMS driver Marino Franchitti
Boris "I couldn't find Biffle's house" Said in the #94 Turner BMW
An armada of TRG Porsches

that was just the daytona 500 entry list. i never post anything until the week of.

Aguas/Kaufmann/Pastrana/Waltrip = NO. Maybe Pastrana could do something, but other than that, they'll be a waste of space.

Current list is 52, which is the biggest since 2008, when there were 66 cars. Currently 13 DPs and 39 GTs.

Andy Pappy driving for Magus Racing? When did you buy a Rolex car Tom?

Btw, Brian Johnson still racing? Lol

Kaufmann? Hells no. After what he did at Le Mans, he doesn't need to be driving anything. In fact:

Alta wrote:
Recipe for the disaster AKA Kaufmann

Fixed.

RACECAR wrote:Kaufman? Hells no. After what he did at Le Mans, he doesn't need to be driving anything.

That whole team is a ticking time bomb except Agaus.

Alta wrote:That whole team is a ticking time bomb except Agaus.

The worst Micheal will do is have off track moments (like at Le Mans). Kaufmann on the other hand is apparently under the impression that nothing applies to him (which the ACO reminded him that yes it does). Pastrana, I don't know. Good rally, decent at best in Stock cars so really he is the biggest question mark but even he will have more sense then Kaufmann.

bumping since the race is saturday.

Ganassi wins, I'm calling it.

I'm going to this race. My flight leaves tomorrow morning for Atlanta, then another plane to Daytona.

Is it bad that I've been training all week to stay up all night for this race?

flyingturns89 wrote:Is it bad that I've been training all week to stay up all night for this race?

Yes because Speed only shows coverage till ten or eleven, unless they changed it.

they are showing the overnight hours online i believe.

This seems to be the starting line-up. Starworks takes DP, while Brumos takes GT.

http://www.grand-am.com/schedule/results.cfm?series=r&eid=3428&sid=2394

Wow, only 14 DP cars this year. I remember when it was like 20. But, to make up for it, there are like 45 GT cars. Ganassi got 3rd. I thought they would get the pole. This is going to be an exciting race, and I will most definitely watch it.

Are there DNQ's for this race?

I would assume the 2nd Rick Ware car just on the fact no one was announced for it.

Alta wrote:I would assume the 2nd Rick Ware car just on the fact no one was announced for it.

Lol, you're probably right......

I'm pretty much rooting for anyone in the new DPs to win, especially the Corvettes (Except the Red Dragon). As for GT, I really do not want a Porsche or Mazda to win. I've grown tired of seeing either of them.

No one posted qualifying results, so I guess I'm doing it.

Pos No. Class Pic Drivers Team/Car Time Speed Sponsors
1 8 DP 1 Dalziel / Luhr / McNish / Popow / Potolicchio Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley 1:41.119 126.741 Motorola
2 10 DP 2 Angelelli / Briscoe / Taylor SunTrust Racing / Corvette DP 1:41.240 126.590 Suntrust
3 02 DP 3 Dixon / Franchitti / McMurray / Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley 1:41.463 126.312 Target Telmex
4 99 DP 4 Fogarty / Gidley / Gurney GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing / Corvette DP 1:41.519 126.242 GAINSCO Auto Insurance
5 90 DP 5 Garcia / Gavin / Magnussen / Westbrook Spirit of Daytona / Corvette DP 1:41.611 126.128
6 60 DP 6 Allmendinger / Negri / Pew / Wilson Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian / Ford Riley 1:41.662 126.064 Liveon.com
7 9 DP 7 Barbosa / Borcheller / France / Papis Action Express Racing / Corvette DP 1:42.074 125.555
8 6 DP 8 Goncalvez / McDowell / Nasr / Yacaman Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian / Ford Riley 1:42.414 125.139
9 2 DP 9 Hunter-Reay / Mayer / Potolicchio / Potolicchio / Valiante Starworks Motorsport / Ford Riley 1:42.657 124.842 Motorola
10 77 DP 10 Frisselle / Frisselle / Lowe / Tracy Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 1:42.773 124.702 COMBOS, Circle K
11 50 DP 11 Defoor / Forbes-Robinson / Johnson / Pace / de Quesada 50+Predator/Alegra / BMW Riley 1:43.723 123.559
12 76 DP 12 Braun / Jonsson / Krohn / Zonta Krohn Racing / Ford Lola 1:44.433 122.719
13 59 GT 1 Davis / Haywood / Keen / Lieb Brumos Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.342 117.210 The Brumos Companies
14 69 GT 2 Assentato / Lazzaro / Longhi / Segal AIM Autosport Team FXDD Racing with Ferrari / Ferrari 458 1:49.357 117.194 FXDD
15 44 GT 3 Lally / Lietz / Potter / Rast Magnus Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.388 117.160 Magnus Racing
16 45 GT 4 Bergmeister / Long / Neiman / Rockenfeller Flying Lizard Motorsports with Wright Motorsports / Porsche GT3 1:49.550 116.987
17 62 GT 5 Bruni / Fisichella / Matos Risi Competizione / Ferrari 458 1:49.661 116.869
18 42 GT 6 Cameron / Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 1:49.700 116.827 Theracesite.com
19 23 GT 7 Collard / Holzer / Leitzinger / MacNeil Alex Job Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.766 116.757 WeatherTech
20 88 GT 8 Edwards / Marsh / Milner / Taylor Autohaus Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:49.773 116.750 Autohaus, Flex-Box
21 17 GT 9 Asch / Baldwin / Burtin / Ragginger / Sellers Burtin Racing with Goldcrest Motorsports / Porsche GT3 1:49.891 116.624 Foametix
22 48 GT 10 Bell / Maassen / Miller Paul Miller Racing / Porsche GT3 1:50.044 116.462 Chopard
23 63 GT 11 Beretta / Bertolini / Vilander Risi Competizione / Ferrari 458 1:50.191 116.307
24 03 GT 12 Brown / Cosmo / Sharp / van Overbeek Extreme Speed Motorsports / Ferrari 458 1:50.197 116.300 Tequila Patron
25 75 GT 13 Bell / Carter / Curran / Plumb Stevenson Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:50.273 116.220 Stevenson Auto Group
26 26 GT 14 Cisneros / Edwards / Kauffmann / Tandy NGT Motorsport / Porsche GT3 1:50.298 116.194 MOMO
27 74 GT 15 Al Masaood / Al Mehairi / Kane Oryx Racing / Audi R8 Grand-Am 1:50.312 116.179
28 57 GT 16 Bremer / Edwards / Liddell Stevenson Motorsports / Camaro GT.R 1:50.426 116.059 Stevenson Auto Group
29 4 GT 17 Bell / Eversley / Graeff / Yarab Jr. Magnus Racing / Porsche GT3 1:50.456 116.028 eBay Motors, Children's Tumor Foundation, Racing4Research
30 66 GT 18 Farnbacher / Keating / Pilet / Simonsen TRG / Porsche GT3 1:50.557 115.922 Viper Exchange
31 22 GT 19 Blaylock / O'Young / Roush / Van Blankers / White Bullet Racing / Porsche GT3 1:50.572 115.906 The Ridge Motorsport Park, Guard Transmission
32 93 GT 20 Auberlen / Dalla Lana / Marsal / Muller / Werner Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 1:50.582 115.895 Turner Motorsport
33 32 GT 21 Armindo / Curtis / Lewis / Sofronas / Willsey Orbit/GMG / Porsche GT3 1:50.605 115.871 GMG, Orbit, Spectra Resources
34 51 GT 22 Baas / Canache / Norman / Pirro / von Moltke APR Motorsport / Audi R8 Grand-Am 1:50.749 115.721 APR Tuned, Parathyroid.com, PR Newswire, South African Airways, Motul
35 15 GT 23 Cook / Earnhardt / Harrington / Hill / Ware Rick Ware Racing / Ford Mustang 1:50.762 115.707 POYNT
36 24 GT 24 Avenatti / Faieta / Poordad / Sweedler / Wagner Alex Job Racing / Porsche GT3 1:50.824 115.642 McKenna Porsche, Battery Tender, Kensington, Koss Stereophones
37 70 GT 25 Bomarito / Franchitti / Hinchcliffe / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:51.022 115.436 Mazda, Mazdaspeed, ModSpace, Castrol
38 56 GT 26 Aguas / Kauffman / Pastrana / Waltrip AF - Waltrip / Ferrari 458 1:51.105 115.350 RK Motors
39 40 GT 27 Dempsey / Espenlaub / Foster / Long / Putman Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 1:51.416 115.028 Visit Florida
40 87 GT 28 Ave / Heylen / Peterson / Soulet / Valverde Racers Edge Motorsports / Dodge Viper 1:51.555 114.885 3dimensional.com
41 55 GT 29 Del Vecchio / Grunnet / Kester / McKee / Pobst Acumen Motorsport / Porsche GT3 1:51.575 114.864 ALM Matericals Handling
42 94 GT 30 Auberlen / Dalla Lana / Johnson / Muller / Said Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 1:51.680 114.756 Turner Motorsport
43 12 GT 31 Miller / Prewitt / Rettich / Schneider / Shoff Alliance Autosport / Porsche GT3 1:51.727 114.708 PDI Communication Systems
44 18 GT 32 Jones / Lester / McCutchen / Thomas Muehlner Motorsports America, LLC / Porsche GT3 1:52.250 114.173
45 43 GT 33 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 1:52.541 113.878 Theracesite.com
46 20 GT 34 Buford / Englster / Murry / Schaldach Liqui Moly Team Englster/Mitchum Motorsports Porsche / Porsche GT3 1:52.641 113.777 Liqui Moly
47 64 GT 35 Ardagna / Costabal / Di Guida / Orjuela / Salazar TRG / Porsche GT3 1:52.679 113.739
48 41 GT 36 James / Johnson / Kitch Jr / Maxwell / Rogers Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 1:52.998 113.417 FishingCapital.com, Bass2BillFish, Team Seattle
49 82 GT 37 Fergus / Finger / Greer / Hotchkis / Trinkler Dick Greer Racing / Porsche GT3 1:53.161 113.254 Wendy's
50 36 GT 38 Andretti / Andretti / Hacquard / Krohn Yellow Dragon Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 1:53.202 113.213 Window World, PMFirst.com, Mazdaspeed
51 65 GT 39 Castellano / Cox / Hedlund / McCarthy / Michaelian TRG / Porsche GT3 1:53.919 112.500
52 67 GT 40 Bertheau / Bleekemolen / Goossens / Henzler / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 1:54.347 112.079 Sargent & Lundy
53 34 GT 41 DeFontes / Fogg / Konopka / Vonka / van de Laar Orbit/GMG / Porsche GT3 1:54.402 112.026 GlobalBarterCorp.com
54 46 GT 42 Baughman / Breukers / Fumal / Mason / Nowicki Michael Baughman Racing / Corvette 1:55.577 110.887 Dynamat, Hub Garage, Columbus Truck and Equipment Co., Alliance Pole Supply, Mobile 1, Design Engineering, SKF Bearings
55 68 GT 43 Cumming / Estre / Faulkner / Gomez / Keating TRG / Porsche GT3 - -
56 49 GT 44 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Mazda RX-8 - - Western New York Flash
57 19 GT 45 Dollahite / Nater / O'Doski / Seefried / Whitis Muehlner Motorsports America, LLC / Porsche GT3 - -
58 16 GT 46 TBA Rick Ware Racing / Porsche GT3 - - POYNT
59 5 DP 13 Donohue / Fittipaldi / Law Action Express Racing / Corvette DP - -
60 01 DP 14 Hand / Pruett / Rahal / Rojas Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / BMW Riley - - Telmex, Target

The #5 and #01 cars both had engine troubles and couldn't change engines in time to qualify. They'll start at the rear of their classes field, all the way back in 13th and 14th. Thinking at least two of the four GT's that didn't make a lap are withdrawing. As traditional, the DP will start, and receive a half lap advantage on the much slower GT cars.

Rick Ware trash out-paced Waltrip.

Here's to hoping Anders Khron is a Better driver then Tracey Khron.


and Holy Crap that is THE Brian Johnson!

Are my eyes deceiving me or is Kaufmann Listed twice? I guess he can't just crash one team's car with doing to to another. I'm calling it now, Kaufmann will do one of the following:

*Take a car out in a dangerous way and get parked himself
*DNF the car he's driving.


Also, I hope Krohn doesn't finish. I despise him

ETA two hours until the race! Getcha popcorn ready! However, if you are watchinh Speed rihht now like me, you can see some good ol' touring car racing! I can't believe Speed is bringing it back! Remiscing my childhood again, all I would do is stay up late and watch the BTCC/DTM and keep my parents up.

Alright back on topic. Am I the only one here predicting a Gordon Smiley-esque wreck out of Brian Johnson? Hells Bells may be ringing, and not in a good way. Of course, we all know that Michael Waltrip is going to give us a seminar in how NOT to drive a Ferrari (let alone drive period). There's going to be a poor Ferrari worker kill himself as he sees the Italia he worked on driven straight into a tire barrier!

Once again, this is why I completely disagree with the "waltrip will crash" bandwagon.

Watching the Rolex 24 race from my laptop. The only thing that could make this weekend better is if the Toyota All-Star Showdown race was running. :/

Corvette's dropping like flies.

Live stream from speedtv.com: http://stream.speedtv.com/rolex24

Kauffman's in the #65 Ferrari! DUCK AND COVER!

For those of you that are tired of seeing Speed channel commercials, you can watch the race from MotorTV. MUCH fewer commercials than what you get from the crappy speed channel. http://www.justin.tv/thunderbunnies#/w/2527933312

And unsurprisingly, Kauffman cuts off one of the BMWs while making contact. Point proven yet again. What an ass.

This livestream lag B.S. is starting to piss me off.

Officially confirmed that the SunTrust Racing team is done after 14 laps. Gotta feel bad for those guys.

I need a stream for the night.

pepsibottle1 wrote:I need a stream for the night.

If you look at the previous posts I have under this forum, you can watch the race from there. I think by 9 PM Eastern, Speed's going to move their broadcast online.

pepsibottle1 wrote:I need a stream for the night.

This or this?

Saw those links but didnt know they were 24 hr. Thanks

Oh lord. Pastrana is failing before he left the pit...

Not to mention. 2 of the Ganassi drivers that were on the track almost wrecked themselves out of the race.

RealRacer4 wrote:Not to mention. 2 of the Ganassi drivers that were on the track almost wrecked themselves out of the race.

Those two being Memo Rojas and Jamie McMurray, nonetheless not sure what was going on there.

BBoy wrote:

RealRacer4 wrote:Not to mention. 2 of the Ganassi drivers that were on the track almost wrecked themselves out of the race.

Those two being Memo Rojas and Jamie McMurray, nonetheless not sure what was going on there.

Yeah. I heard McMurray saying in the interview that he thought Rojas was going to let him off easy when Rojas was thinking differently. Also, the lapped car (Rick Ware Racing car, I might add) sort of got in the way. Then again, hard racing isn't exactly a bad thing at all, to a certain extent.

BBoy wrote:

RealRacer4 wrote:Not to mention. 2 of the Ganassi drivers that were on the track almost wrecked themselves out of the race.

Those two being Memo Rojas and Jamie McMurray, nonetheless not sure what was going on there.

Memo driving like an ass, plain and simple. He's just topped Montoya in the "Overly aggressive" category.

RACECAR wrote:

pepsibottle1 wrote:I need a stream for the night.

This or this?

Unfortunately, I can't get any of those links to work. My Android isn't compatible with Flash. Story of my life.

Sun Trust pulled in on lap 14 and never came out

Go Brumos!

5th full course yellow of the event after the 15 has damage to the left front rim of the tire and stopped right near the race track.

That 74 car gets Reject of the Race.

Just after midnight, 260 laps complete. #8 car domination continues.

UPDATE: Still awake at 2 AM, think my dad's done though. 328 laps complete. DP Top 5: 02, 01, 60, 6, 8; GT Top 5: 44, 23, 59, 88, 67.

02 Broke a shifter and is now 5 Laps Down.

8 now leads dp about 30 mins before halfway.

3:21 AM Officially hit the point where I say to myself, "What the heck am I doing with my life?"

Still alive.

Allmendinger being a boss.