Petit Le Mans: Road Atlanta 2012 – Thursday Afternoon practice session
Back with the day 2 practice session of the 2012 Petit Le Mans @ Road Atlanta. As the big race draws closer, things get a lot more tense and the pressure is on to get the cars dialed in so it can be ready for Saturday.
Catch up on the previous days:
The big story of the day was if the Delta Wing team was gonna be able to get the car back out to practice or not. AS you can see from the video above, the wreck was pretty violent, and we can only imagine how much worse it could have been if it was not for the safety equipment. I could not even imagine sliding upside down on my head down a race track @ around 100+ mph.
The Delta Wing was back in showroom condition ready to hit the track like yesterday never happen.
The #035 HPD ARX-03b finished the session with a 1:13.182 , powered by the Honda HR28TT motor which is a 2.8l Twin Turbo v6.
Inside shot of one of the #22 GT3 Cup cars
# 46 P2 Beche/Thiriet/Tinseau Oreca car finished with a 1:14.252
Backstage shot of the Corvette Racing Team collecting their track data from the practice session. This is part of the racing that is seldom seen, these guys work just as hard as the drivers to make sure their team gets the victory. All this equipment also puts a lot of pressure on the drivers, being that every movement they make on the track is calculated and brought to the teams eyes for observation.
One of the Cup cars doing s transmission change..
Patrick Dempsey about to head out for some practice runs.
Most of you all may or may not know that Mr. Dempsey is a pretty accomplished actor but still finds time to have a very successful racing career. Something about actors that spend their free time racing just seems like the coolest thing in the world. It maybe because most of us would more than likely do the same if we were actors.
Both drivers Joe Foster & Patrick Dempsey pictured
By the look of Mr. Dempsey’s face it did not look like the team was having a good practice session.
The team did finish the practice last with a 1:15.763 in the #27 P2 Lola B12/87 car, hopefully they can do better in qualifying today.
Cool shot of the GT3 Cup Car race that went on before qualifying.
#17 GT Porsche 911 GT3 RSR ran a 1:21.187
#45 GT Porsche 911 GT3 RSR ran a 1:19.531 22
#60 GTE-AM Ferrari F458 Italia ran a 1:22.157 12
#GT Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 ran a 1:19.388
#4 GT Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 1:19.609
#93 GT SRT Viper GTSR 1:20.076
#01 GT Ferrari F458 Italia ran the FASTEST time in the class of 1:18.766 27
#02 GT Ferrari F458 Italia ran a 1:19.822 35
#56 GT BMW E92 M3 ran a 1:19.485
#37 P2 Morgan ran a 1:13.570 33
#9 PC Oreca FLM09 ran a 1:15.700
#6 P1 HPD ARX-03a ran the SECOND FASTEST time for P1 @ 1:10.967
#35 P2 Morgan ran the SECOND FASTEST TIME for P2 @ 1:13.193 26
#06 PC Oreca FLM09 ran a 1:15.560 29
#0 UNC Nissan Delta Wing managed to return and run 9th fastest time overall in the unclassified class @ 1:13.835
#118 P2 Oreca ran a 1:14.440
#95 P2 HPD ARX-03b 1:14.100
That is all for today, we will try our hardest to get today’s coverage up of Qualifying tomorrow. Thanks for looking!
