NOPSTNS
07-15-2007, 08:15 AM
The best street cars make the best race cars!.....er.....with another rotor added on.......heh heh
chalk one more up to the boys at mazdaspeed for crushing pontiac and porsche at daytona....rx8 takes first place by multiple seconds, after qualifying first, the rx8s that run in this series are 3 rotor renesis engines displacing 2 liters and making over 400 hp.....cliff notes from mazda forum....
""""........In GT class competition, the No. 70 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 of Nick Ham and Sylvain Tremblay won from the pole, pulling a 9.514 second gap over the No. 07 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R of Kelly Collins and Paul Edwards at the finish. Ham and Tremblay combined to lead 45 laps of the 70 lap battle.
Collins and Edwards used the second place finish to take over the GT championship lead (255-253) after entering the night's race in a three-way tie with Dirk Werner, who finished third with co-driver Bryce Miller in the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup.
Tremblay and Ham used the win to pull within seven and 16 points of the Banner Racing duo, respectively.
"It was a good day's work," said Ham, who qualified the car on the pole and started the race before passing the car off to Tremblay on lap 42. "We had confidence coming here; we had the team, the car, the driving, it was meant to be. Everybody did their job today and when you do that, you win races."
"We had a great beginning of the season, and then had a few unfortunate events that put us back but the team put on a tremendous performance and I think our season is back on track," said Tremblay, happy to be within reach of the championship again. "We have a great car, a great team, and we have everything we need to get to the finish line first at the end of the race. It was great racing with Paul (Edwards). The traffic was difficult but the team told me to just keep doing the numbers and he made a little mistake which gave us a good gap and we were able to take the finish."
SpeedSource RX-8 at Daytona:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCuAEYkyJ0g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMHNurb8r0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-MuAqUI7Gw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eneD-NsZeNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6kVbcKQqGM
^Ha! Only time you'll hear that an RX-8 "... is fast in a straight line."
of course with a 3-rotor..."""""""""""""""""""""
chalk one more up to the boys at mazdaspeed for crushing pontiac and porsche at daytona....rx8 takes first place by multiple seconds, after qualifying first, the rx8s that run in this series are 3 rotor renesis engines displacing 2 liters and making over 400 hp.....cliff notes from mazda forum....
""""........In GT class competition, the No. 70 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 of Nick Ham and Sylvain Tremblay won from the pole, pulling a 9.514 second gap over the No. 07 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R of Kelly Collins and Paul Edwards at the finish. Ham and Tremblay combined to lead 45 laps of the 70 lap battle.
Collins and Edwards used the second place finish to take over the GT championship lead (255-253) after entering the night's race in a three-way tie with Dirk Werner, who finished third with co-driver Bryce Miller in the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup.
Tremblay and Ham used the win to pull within seven and 16 points of the Banner Racing duo, respectively.
"It was a good day's work," said Ham, who qualified the car on the pole and started the race before passing the car off to Tremblay on lap 42. "We had confidence coming here; we had the team, the car, the driving, it was meant to be. Everybody did their job today and when you do that, you win races."
"We had a great beginning of the season, and then had a few unfortunate events that put us back but the team put on a tremendous performance and I think our season is back on track," said Tremblay, happy to be within reach of the championship again. "We have a great car, a great team, and we have everything we need to get to the finish line first at the end of the race. It was great racing with Paul (Edwards). The traffic was difficult but the team told me to just keep doing the numbers and he made a little mistake which gave us a good gap and we were able to take the finish."
SpeedSource RX-8 at Daytona:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCuAEYkyJ0g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMHNurb8r0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-MuAqUI7Gw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eneD-NsZeNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6kVbcKQqGM
^Ha! Only time you'll hear that an RX-8 "... is fast in a straight line."
of course with a 3-rotor..."""""""""""""""""""""