daytona practice seccions best time 1:52.704 for gt class

speedsource # 70 rx-8 1:54.299
golding bros # 08 rx-8 1:58.650

looks like the guys at speed source are doing really good!!!!

 

Is practice over? what are the golding bros doing? what type of problems are they having. Is the 1:52 a Porsche time?

 

practice was january 5-7, dont have a lot of info, just saw the times today

 

tafel racing porche gt3 cup

 

I hope Pettit gets their car ready in time, having 3 new GT cars to shoot pics of would be awesome! I'll be there week of the 24hours btw if anybody wants to meet up.

 

and hope the golding bros car gets up to speed

 

Well, looks like Pettit won't have their car ready in time ... Cam said that they've been set back by rules changes, and have really been having a tough time making the sanctioning body happy. But the car is ready he says, on the dyno right now. I'll try to get him to at least bring the car up to Daytona and maybe do a few practice laps. I know a lot of people would like to see what they've done.

 

boost7 got any pictures of cam's car? hope they can make it if only for a few practice laps

I heard of the guys at tamborine working on a car? any info on this?

if only I could be there

 

There is a rumor that there one or two more RX-8 GT's being prepp'd for Daytona beyond these mentioned... let's hope this happens!

Kudos to SpeedSpource!

-Bern

 

some pics from testing:

 

YUP...

Wolf Henzler made it three days in-a-row for the No. 74 Tafel Racing Porsche GT3 atop the GT time charts after posting a class-best lap at 1:52.704 (113.714 mph) The No. 74 machine will be driven by Andrew Davis, Eric Lux, Graham Rahal and Charles Espenlaub in the Rolex 24 At Daytona

 

Practice 1 (01-05-2006)
-Tremblay/ Haskell SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 1:58.347 108.292
-Goldin/ Goldin/ Finlay Goldin Brothers Racing Mazda RX-8 No Time
-TBA Team Spencer Motorsports Mazda RX-8 No Time

Practice 2 (01-05-2006)
-Tremblay/ Haskell SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 1:58.347 108.292
-Goldin/ Goldin/ Finlay Goldin Brothers Racing Mazda RX-8 No Time
-TBA Team Spencer Motorsports Mazda RX-8 No Time

Practice 3 (01-05-2006)
-Tremblay/ Haskell SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 1:57.017 109.523
-Goldin/ Goldin/ Finlay Goldin Brothers Racing Mazda RX-8 2:03.368 103.884
-TBA Team Spencer Motorsports Mazda RX-8 No Time

Practice 4 (01-05-2006)
-Tremblay/ Haskell SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 1:59.066 107.638
-Goldin/ Goldin/ Finlay Goldin Brothers Racing Mazda RX-8 2:03.266 103.970
-TBA Team Spencer Motorsports Mazda RX-8 No Time

Practice 5 (01-06-2006)
-Tremblay/ Haskell SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 1:56.059 110.427
-Goldin/ Goldin/ Finlay Goldin Brothers Racing Mazda RX-8 2:07.229 100.732
-TBA Team Spencer Motorsports Mazda RX-8 No Time

Practice 6 (01-06-2006)
-Tremblay/ Haskell SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 1:55.543 110.920
-Goldin/ Goldin/ Finlay Goldin Brothers Racing Mazda RX-8 2:07.031 100.889
-TBA Team Spencer Motorsports Mazda RX-8 No Time

Practice 7 (01-07-2006)
-Tremblay/ Haskell SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 1:54.299 112.127
-Goldin/ Goldin/ Finlay Goldin Brothers Racing Mazda RX-8 1:58.650 108.015
-TBA Team Spencer Motorsports Mazda RX-8 No Time

Practice 8 (01-07-2006)
-Tremblay/ Haskell SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 1:56.234 110.260
-Goldin/ Goldin/ Finlay Goldin Brothers Racing Mazda RX-8 2:06.038 101.684
-TBA Team Spencer Motorsports Mazda RX-8 No Time


-Bern

 

It's Dannis Spencers car ready? was it on the track?

thanks for all the info Bern!

 

These RX-8 GT cars are running under the new prep2 rules with tubeframe chasis?

And they have the 20B powerplant?

 

Yes. Tubeframe and 20B.

 

holy cow, that's awesome!

 

I heard they can make 400+ rwhp :rock

with this performance if they can last the 24 hrs they will be in the top 10

 

If you mean Dennis Spencer, yes it is ready and Team Spencer will be there for sure. Be prepared to see areal contender. I am heading down on Friday am for the Grand Am cup race and will stay for the duration of the 24.

 

I just noticed the little article in GRM that talks about the Speedsource cars. It mentions that it has carbon fiber body panels and that you can buy a complete car from Speedsource from $280,000.

 

sorry I meant Dennis!

thats great news so we are going to see 3 rx-8!

wish I could be there

 

It may be awesome, but, they are hardly rx-8's anymore. And they are competing against unibody cars, which is lame.

 

true, but it still promotes the rotary engine and mazda. what i wonder is whether they will still run the regular 8 in the ST class.

 

too bad the TV coverage always focusses on the Daytona Prototypes. But hopefully with a 24 hour race, we can get some nice action of the RX-8.

How about a rotary powered Daytona Prototype? That would be sweet.
Can a 20B be tuned to produce 500 hp without a turbo or supercharger?


Manufacturers are welcome to submit any production-based engine for approval in the series but turbos and superchargers are not permitted. Engines that are currently approved for competition include powerplants from Pontiac (5-liter V-8), Lexus (4.3 liter V-8), BMW (5-liter V-8), Porsche (3.9 liter flat six), Ford (5-liter V-8) and Infiniti (4.3 liter V-8). All engines are tuned to produce around 500 horsepower and each is capable of being mated to any of the approved Daytona Prototype chassis which creates an interesting variety of chassis/engine combinations

 

Maybe you didn't look carefully at which cars it runs against:
Pontiac GTO-R - :The car is designed around a GM LS2 small-block V-8 engine, and is comprised of a purpose-built tube-frame chassis. " Link.
The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car looks to be based on a 911 but it is a thoroughbred racer. Keep in mind Porsche has been building and racing and developing this beast for many more years than Mazda RX8s, Pontiac GTOs etc. It aint a street car.
The same can be said of all the cars in the GT class. Rolex is run by Nascar so there are rules to equalize the field. Specs are specs and this is a reality in racing. Ever watch Speed World Challenge? Those cars are not even close to the production version.
In Grand Am Cup, the cars are closest to stock and there will be plenty of RX-8s to support.

 

Watched, among other things.

I know all about the cars competing in GAC, and there organizing body. I don't like that Porsche runs unibody while everyone else gets to skip the hard part and slap together a tube frame car.