Getting Ready for Daytona
January 21st, 2012 | 
Author: One week from today and we’ll be already well into the 50th Anniversary of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. We had a great 3-day test at the Roar Before the 24 with the Number 18 Porsche GT3 Cup Grand-Am by Muehlner Motorsport. One of our sponsors, GoPro Hero2 HD, had cameras in the car and we got some great video which is now on YouTube and Facebook.
The No. 18 Porsche ran like clockwork as usual…Bernhard and the boys had the car well prepped and it was balanced right out of the box. Read the rest of this entry »
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Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East – Rounds 1&2 Dubai and 3&4 Abu Dhabi
I kicked off my warm up for the 50th running of the Daytona 24hrs 2012 by running in Rounds 1&2 of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East at the Dubai Autodrome on Nov 3-4 and then following it up one week later for Rounds 3&4 at the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 weekend at Yas Marina circuit. This is the same series that I ran in April 2011 except the cars have been updated to 2012 spec which means FIA approved front petrol tank access through the bonnet and larger rear tyres. The car handles a bit different than the 2011 Cup car in the front is a little more loose with light fuel loads and you have to set up with a bit more oversteer to balance out the understeer front the front by the end of the race. That said, there really is nothing like sitting in a brand new race car and putting the first miles on the odometer. That new race car smell! Read the rest of this entry »