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Originally Posted by DougW
It's simple just like I learned in IMSA Super Car years ago if you want to win you spend money with the sanctioning body they love that so you get to win until another team spends more money. Remember racers are just clowns in the parade. Cup team is TPC Racing
DougW
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Originally Posted by dradernh
Umm...no. See:
Mike Levitas is a great guy. I am always pulling for him when he's in the race.
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He doesn't race in GTD so I really don't care. That being said the paddock is universally full of great guys from what I've seen at event and from what I hear from my friend who works in the paddock and pits every single race.
That being said, the #94 hasn't been winning because they spent money with IMSA, they are a small privateer team. They're winning because the Z4 GT3 is an exceptionally good car that's easy on it's tires and reasonable on fuel being backed up by a team that's incredibly seasoned with a consistent driver team.
It really says something about how good your team is when your car keeps winning races despite not setting the fastest in class laps. The Ferrari's and Porsche's have the Z4 in straight line speed but just can't quite hang in the corners. Meanwhile the Turner team nails it home with some of the fastest pit stops in pit lane (as fast as the proto teams).
The race at COTA is going to be very interesting because I suspect it'll be a new track for most of the field, it's going to really come down to which drivers learn the fastest. I expect markus is going to do great because he's been having to learn new track all year and he's still been competitive. This race is really going to show just how much better, if any, the gold/platinum drivers are vs. the silver "novice" rated drivers really are.
Or it'll end up like Sebring and be wreck filled carnage fest because moneyed idiots in prototypes don't have any damn common sense
