The 2012 Baltimore Grand Prix Discussion Thread
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Link to webshots album of pics from Saturday. Pics and video of the Indycar qualifying and the ALMS race.
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You post the videos online and then post links to them as you would for pictures.
Nice videos! I was paying attention to the difference in the race line of various cars and drivers on turn 10 during the ALMS race. I wondered how the Indy cars did and your videos showed me what I expected. Even in the rain they turned in much earlier and were on the throttle much earlier. Those indy cars are scary fast! That said, my heart still lies with the GT Class !
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Link to webshots album of pics from Saturday. Pics and video of the Indycar qualifying and the ALMS race.
webshots.com album
webshots.com album
Thanks
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I was paying attention to the difference in the race line of various cars and drivers on turn 10 during the ALMS race. I wondered how the Indy cars did and your videos showed me what I expected. Even in the rain they turned in much earlier and were on the throttle much earlier. Those indy cars are scary fast!
It is amazing the diference of line choice, braking, accel, and overall speed beween the ALMS classes and between those and the Indy cars.
Having met Al Carter with the TRG Racing 911 GT3 in the GTC class, I had someone to root for, so it made it all the more enjoyable.
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^^^ Lines can alter based on chassis. Indy cars are downforce cars so wing adjustment and chassis fins make a difference. You drive downforce cars differently then you would a prototype, and you drive a prototype differently then a GT car. Both mechanical grio and aero grip are much better in the Indy car and that also effects line, braking, etc..The open wheel cars will always be much faster. In this case roughly 10 secs a lap faster which is an ocean of time in racing. That gap would have been wider at say Road American, Watkins Glen, or VIR...track configuraitons that favor open wheel cars as opposed to a circuit which was tight and technical where aero grip is not as much of a factor.
...kinda, and also made me with I was there even more 
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Ok, time to blow up this thread.
For the full album in higher resolution, CLICK HERE.
*just a warning, the pics will start to look repetitive. I apologize in advance but I couldn't pick out just a few.*
For the full album in higher resolution, CLICK HERE.
*just a warning, the pics will start to look repetitive. I apologize in advance but I couldn't pick out just a few.*
