First On Race Day

[MaSonZ]

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thats yours 

[Reaper90]

Corvette Racing won the GT class today at the Grand Prix of Mosport,
beating Ferrari, Porsche and BMW to score its ninth win on the legendary Canadian road course. Oliver Gavin and Jan Magnussen scored the team's first American Le Mans Series victory of the season with a 4.4 sec. margin of victory. Teammates Tommy Milner and Olivier Beretta finished 6th in the sister Corvette C6.R. Congratulations to Corvette Racing!

GE aka Frank - Just Sayin

Shhhh, GE, let CAP keep talking about the Little League game. 

We both saw the big boys run at Mosport, and hey, the Ford GTs did get some TV time in that race..... when the Vettes were lapping them. 

[MaSonZ]

Shhhh, GE, let CAP keep talking about the Little League game. 

We both saw the big boys run at Mosport, and hey, the Ford GTs did get some TV time in that race..... when the Vettes were lapping them. 

may i ask... where were the Corvettes when the GT40's were spanking the Ferraris?

[CAP1]

may i ask... where were the Corvettes when the GT40's were spanking the Ferraris?

they were with their fluffers. 

trans am ain't little league....or maybe it is.

 the point to it is, that it is a car that is very close to what you can walk into the showroom and buy. in the case of the mustangs, and i think the beemers, you CAN buy them right from the manufacturer, in race ready trim, and it'll be competitive, presuming that you've got a good driver, and a good team.

 i guess i'll post this link again......
http://www.jcs-group.com/racin/aims/ford1.html
Bill Elliott's remarkable '85 season gained national attention and established Ford as a legitimate force in Winston Cup Racing. It was also the spark that brought more and more teams into the Ford fold in the coming years, which also led to Ford winning the NASCAR manufacturers' Championship in 1992 - it's first since 1969. In that same year Alan Kulwicki won Ford's second drivers' title of the SVO era. Ford cars won 20 of 31 Winston Cup races in 1994, locking up Ford's 11th NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship. By this time Ford was the leading race winner in the series' 45-year history, with a victory total of 431.

Greater success followed, as the new Taurus carried Dale Jarrett to his 1999 Winston Cup title, and won NASCAR Manufacturers' Championships for Ford in 1999 and 2000. Also in 2000, Jeff Burton drove a Taurus to the 500th win by a Ford car in the history of NASCAR's premier series. Ford was the first manufacturer to reach that milestone.

and this one.....
http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=9137

is F1 good enough for ya?

1994

    * Ford introduces the Zetec R V8 Formula One engine. Michael Schumacher drives a Benetton-Ford to F1 World Championship, Ford’s first since 1982. Schumacher’s eight wins push Ford’s all-time F1 victory total to 174, higher than any other engine manufacturer in the history of F1 racing.
    * Ford wins its 11th NASCAR Manufacturers’ Championship.

[KgB]

Pride for 4(?) years of GT40  triumph out of over 100 years of racing, you gotta be kidding me. You do know that Senna died in 1994 right?  BTW it was  Cosworth but badged as a Ford.

[CAP1]

Pride for 4(?) years of GT40  triumph out of over 100 years of racing, you gotta be kidding me. You do know that Senna died in 1994 right?

it's not how long. ford wanted to beat them, and did. once the point's been proven..............

by the way......what exactly is the advantage of independent rear suspension again? over a live axle? 'cause whatever it is, it doesn't show as the mustangs go cruisin' on by the beemers and camaros. 

[KgB]

it's not how long. ford wanted to beat them, and did. once the point's been proven..............

Doesnt work that way.

[KgB]

by the way......what exactly is the advantage of independent rear suspension again? over a live axle? 'cause whatever it is, it doesn't show as the mustangs go cruisin' on by the beemers and camaros. 

Have you been drinking again Cap:)?

[CAP1]

Have you been drinking again Cap:)?

nope. i'd like to have it explained to me as to why a car with a "whacking big girder with tires on the ends" is out running the best bavaria and canada have to offer, both of which have the latest independent rear suspension in them....in the case of the canadian car, it's even got a bigger, more powerful engine. 

oh yea......i don't know why i haven't seen any dodges, 'cause i know they build cars for this.......



and here's one for the chevy guys.....

[CAP1]

a proclaimed stock boss302, on drag radials. note the announcer calls out a 1.59 60 ft time. that's pretty dam good for a street car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLmXeUflf4I

[KgB]

Like Ford always did, giant engine maybe:)? Little vague on models there Cap, could you provdie link  please?

[KgB]

a proclaimed stock boss302, on drag radials. note the announcer calls out a 1.59 60 ft time. that's pretty dam good for a street car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLmXeUflf4I

It truly is.

[CAP1]

Like Ford always did, giant engine maybe:)? Little vague on models there Cap, could you provdie link  please?

models from which series?

 and BTW.....what do you mean have I been drinking? if you recall, it wasn't me that didn't understand how/why air was/is allowed into the fuel tank of a modern automobile. 

[KgB]

models from which series?

 and BTW.....what do you mean have I been drinking? if you recall, it wasn't me that didn't understand how/why air was/is allowed into the fuel tank of a modern automobile. 

Oh yeah Ford got it right, lets all switch back to solid rear end

It wasn't the point of argument.You said fuel pump is there for cooling, and i said its there for safety, there is no (not enough) oxygen to make fumes flamable. And then you manipulated argument into different direction:)

[CAP1]

Oh yeah Ford got it right, lets all switch back to solid rear end

It wasn't the point of argument.You said fuel pump is there for cooling, and i said its there for safety, there is no (not enough) oxygen to make fumes flamable. And then you manipulated argument into different direction:)

you really wanna take any bets on that? there is plenty of air in there....you tried to claim there was no air in the tank. this is wrong. and if there's air in a half full tank, there's plenty to let fumes ignite.

 and for the solid rear axle......well....it's working rather nicely, i'd say....wouldn't you?