Well done, PK racing-team
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Congrats:-)))) They won the 24h Spa GT1 race :-))
First to falter was the nr 8 Sangari Team Brazil Corvette, which destroyed itself against the tyre wall at Raidillon in the fourth hour; then, a heavy rain shower seemed to shift the balance in favour of Vitaphone Racing Team. But just before midnight the nr 1 Maserati hit the barriers hard at Fagnes; the car was brought back to the pits but repairs took several hours, the car returning to the track at around 3.00. Repairing the barriers also required an hour-long safety car period.
The nr 33 Vitaphone car then lost time to repairs after colliding with a backmarker – but the remaining three cars, the nr 2 Maserati and the nr 3 and 4 Corvettes, put on a terrific show, lapping incredibly quickly with only seconds between them.
At first it was the nr 3 SRT Corvette which spent most time in the lead, but then the nr 4 PK Racing car pulled out a small advantage. It then seemed the nr 2 Vitaphone Maserati had the pace to pull clear – until disaster struck. A high-speed blow-out did huge damage and left the car stranded out on the track and out of the race.
And so we were down to two Corvettes – and then there was one. In the final three hours, the nr 3 SRT Corvette developed an oil leak, which could not be fixed; the team were forced to park in the garage, only appearing for the final laps.
This left the nr 4 PK Carsport Corvette, which had run a virtually faultless race and took a fine victory as a result. The nr 33 Vitaphone Maserati ran solidly after being repaired, and steadily climbed back to second overall.
The third GT1 finisher was the nr 35 Nissan Motorsport Nissan GT-R; however, the car is not eligible for points in the FIA GT Championship, so the points for third went to the nr 1 Vitaphone Maserati.
SRT was classified fifth and took points for fourth, while the nr 2 Vitaphone Maserati was classified sixth and took points for fifth.
With two consecutive wins, Hezemans and Kumpen now have a slender one-point lead over Bartels and Bertolini going into the second half of the season. Vitaphone Racing Team still retains a healthy lead in the Teams classification.
27.07.2009
http://www.racb.com/total24hours/pdf/results/FIA%2...
Regards to all Corvette-Drivers.
Rainer-CH
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First to falter was the nr 8 Sangari Team Brazil Corvette, which destroyed itself against the tyre wall at Raidillon in the fourth hour; then, a heavy rain shower seemed to shift the balance in favour of Vitaphone Racing Team. But just before midnight the nr 1 Maserati hit the barriers hard at Fagnes; the car was brought back to the pits but repairs took several hours, the car returning to the track at around 3.00. Repairing the barriers also required an hour-long safety car period.
The nr 33 Vitaphone car then lost time to repairs after colliding with a backmarker – but the remaining three cars, the nr 2 Maserati and the nr 3 and 4 Corvettes, put on a terrific show, lapping incredibly quickly with only seconds between them.
At first it was the nr 3 SRT Corvette which spent most time in the lead, but then the nr 4 PK Racing car pulled out a small advantage. It then seemed the nr 2 Vitaphone Maserati had the pace to pull clear – until disaster struck. A high-speed blow-out did huge damage and left the car stranded out on the track and out of the race.
And so we were down to two Corvettes – and then there was one. In the final three hours, the nr 3 SRT Corvette developed an oil leak, which could not be fixed; the team were forced to park in the garage, only appearing for the final laps.
This left the nr 4 PK Carsport Corvette, which had run a virtually faultless race and took a fine victory as a result. The nr 33 Vitaphone Maserati ran solidly after being repaired, and steadily climbed back to second overall.
The third GT1 finisher was the nr 35 Nissan Motorsport Nissan GT-R; however, the car is not eligible for points in the FIA GT Championship, so the points for third went to the nr 1 Vitaphone Maserati.
SRT was classified fifth and took points for fourth, while the nr 2 Vitaphone Maserati was classified sixth and took points for fifth.
With two consecutive wins, Hezemans and Kumpen now have a slender one-point lead over Bartels and Bertolini going into the second half of the season. Vitaphone Racing Team still retains a healthy lead in the Teams classification.
27.07.2009
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http://www.racb.com/total24hours/pdf/results/FIA%2...
Regards to all Corvette-Drivers.
Rainer-CH
I was there for the race and it was fantastic, for example the top three were racing flat out at one point and just a second covered all three of them. Over night the gap was never more than about 15 seconds and the lead kept changing at every pit stop. It took an hour to repair the barriers after the #1 Maserati crashed, if that safety car period had been about 5 minutes less the SRT Corvette would have finished 3rd in the GT1 classification as the #1 Maserati only overtook it in the classification in the last twenty minutes of the race.
Well done indeed.
2 galleries with a few pictures of the event are now online on my new website, still at www.frozenspeed.com
2 galleries with a few pictures of the event are now online on my new website, still at www.frozenspeed.com
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