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tomtom72 · 10-19-2009

Hey Rich, I envy your trip to 'dega! I've never been to a plate race. I've been to Pocono and Dover. I've been told that until you've been to a super speedway you haven't seen a cup race. I hope you and your friends have a great time!

I'm a Dale fan.....I didn't like some of the "liberties" that NASCAR used to let him get away with though. He could drive and a same aged Dale I think could keep up with the new stars. Heck, all of those guys can drive. It just seems that the sweet spot on these new cars is so small, if you miss it by a little, you are running 40th!

Tom

10-19-2009

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Originally Posted by gbrtng

Magnussen is a clean driver - he just dove into the last turn too hard and nudged Burgmeister, probably not on purpose. Burgmeister running the Corvette into the fence was payback but totally uncalled for.

Bergmeister chucked up more than he did for the final corner any time during the race. The front end of the Porsche is squatting hard.

Granted, there are a lot of things that should have been done differently, but I believe if you ran that race ten times over, they would both finish the race the same way. They are both fierce competitors and race for the win. Bergmeister was remembering back to Sebring 2007 when he lost to the Porsche because he was not as agressive as Melo was.

LGAFF · 10-26-2009

Porsche NA version of the race......

Bergmeister, who took over the driving chores from Long for the final stint in his #45 Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, ran nose-to-tail with the #3 Corvette’s Jan Magnussen for the lead during the last 20 minutes of the race, holding off the more powerful Corvette despite a vibration from a flat-spotted tire. Then, with three laps to go, the Corvette passed the Porsche, but used the pit lane entrance to do it, and the IMSA officials made him tuck back in behind Bergmeister. Then, with two laps to go, Magnussen got by Joerg again, and Bergmeister picks up the story.

“He got by me, but he went too far into the corner and put himself out of position, and I was able to retake the lead. This happened one more time during the lap, and I was in front going into the last turn, when he pushed me twice. We bumped a third time coming out of the corner, and he went into the wall and crashed. While I feel badly that Jan crashed, and I was glad to hear that he was okay, I felt we raced hard and fair, and that the entire Flying Lizard team and my co-driver Patrick earned this win,” said Bergmeister after the race.

gbrtng · 10-27-2009

What a steaming crock of sh*t - Bergmeister intentionally ran Jan into the wall on the left. A clever job of wordsmithing on Porsche's part:

"We bumped a third time coming out of the corner, and he went into the wall and crashed."

1990 415 · 10-28-2009

The saga will continue at Sebring in March. Corvette will get some payback there.

10-19-2009	#11
tomtom72 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Jacksonville, FL USA Posts: 4,645	Re: Magnussen unhurt Hey Rich, I envy your trip to 'dega! I've never been to a plate race. I've been to Pocono and Dover. I've been told that until you've been to a super speedway you haven't seen a cup race. I hope you and your friends have a great time! I'm a Dale fan.....I didn't like some of the "liberties" that NASCAR used to let him get away with though. He could drive and a same aged Dale I think could keep up with the new stars. Heck, all of those guys can drive. It just seems that the sweet spot on these new cars is so small, if you miss it by a little, you are running 40th! Tom __________________ 1990 ZR-1, Black/grey, #2233, stock. ZR-1 Net Reg Founding Member #316 & NCM member

10-26-2009	#13
LGAFF Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL Posts: 7,191	Re: Magnussen unhurt Porsche NA version of the race...... Bergmeister, who took over the driving chores from Long for the final stint in his #45 Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, ran nose-to-tail with the #3 Corvette’s Jan Magnussen for the lead during the last 20 minutes of the race, holding off the more powerful Corvette despite a vibration from a flat-spotted tire. Then, with three laps to go, the Corvette passed the Porsche, but used the pit lane entrance to do it, and the IMSA officials made him tuck back in behind Bergmeister. Then, with two laps to go, Magnussen got by Joerg again, and Bergmeister picks up the story. “He got by me, but he went too far into the corner and put himself out of position, and I was able to retake the lead. This happened one more time during the lap, and I was in front going into the last turn, when he pushed me twice. We bumped a third time coming out of the corner, and he went into the wall and crashed. While I feel badly that Jan crashed, and I was glad to hear that he was okay, I felt we raced hard and fair, and that the entire Flying Lizard team and my co-driver Patrick earned this win,” said Bergmeister after the race. __________________ LGAFF 90 #966-150K miles-sold 92 #234-sold 1987 Callaway TT #17 1991 ZR-1 #1359

10-27-2009	#14
gbrtng Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Antonio area Posts: 1,179	Re: Magnussen unhurt What a steaming crock of sh*t - Bergmeister intentionally ran Jan into the wall on the left. A clever job of wordsmithing on Porsche's part: "We bumped a third time coming out of the corner, and he went into the wall and crashed." __________________ “Buy the best example of what you want, and pay whatever it takes. That way, you cry only once.” ~ Bruce Meyer

10-28-2009	#15
1990 415 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 309	Re: Magnussen unhurt The saga will continue at Sebring in March. Corvette will get some payback there.