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The superball was last weekend, go Brumos!

RA is one of the best tracks in the country. I always liked going to that track.

They did it to keep cost down and competitive racing on the track. It's say it works pretty darn well.

Very historic day... the drought has lifted on Brumos, and a overall good day for Porsche. The DPs kind of grow on you. I used to hate the look of them too. JPM is a wanker, couldn't believe he was such a whiner in the winners circle. Donnon they musthave explained it a jillion times, plus all the DPs are labbled acrossed the upper windsheild what motor they are running.

Yes!!! Long Long over due. And a Porsche sweep in GT.

ALMS runs 4 at once.

Yup, this is pretty much bitting a rock. Not even Radio Lemans or anything and GA race notes are at least 2 hrs old

nope crashed hit the wall, currently 3 laps down actually there was another caution and picked up a lap on one postion, up to 8th The Pontiac was hit by a Mazda. only 2 GT cars on the lead lap now.

Yeah, the first time the driver just lost it and spun on the curb pucturing the tank and taking out the fuel pump. the second got into the back of a Porsche, and the last one the NASCAR guy stuffs it into the tires. Something happened. Up to speed now but lost a lot of time. the 59 Brumos car is leading! ??? The formerly leading 58 car must have had a long stop. Brakes pads?

Like I said... The Banner Pontiac just dropped 5 laps down now running 10th and falling... so something happened, looks to be back up to speed now.

Hobbs is something else. He always sounds like he's been drinking too much. Yeah, awesome racing. It's good to see in these long races there isn't anyone pulling miles out ahead Go Brumos! Told you so. Mistakes, and all three Mazdas are way way way way way behind 31, 34, and 51 laps behind all from diver errors. Chip got a car out front in DP right now, but I think it's pit sequence. Otherwise it's Brumos Penski Brumos. I am surprised to see Pontiac out front to, nobody was expecting that. Maybe they are running hard and the car wont last.

very interesting

BTW the sched was revised. Starting on Fox noon local fl time. I think the Porsche is a new car too. The Porsche guys were threatening to quite last year if they didn't do something about the Pontiacs. Can't blame them, there was a string of races where they could even crack the top ten, and when Porsche can't crack the top 3 race after race there is a problem with the series. Yeah, I think it will be a while before we see a finish like the last couple of laps of Sebring like the one between Melo and Bergmeister. That was good stuff, although Melo went a little over the top in the final straight.

ya gotta take one step further than that and thats where the savvy comes in... ya just need to know how to control it, which is an art in itself. You have to see into the future as well as know the past.

There is more problems than that with Hobby Town. Unless they changed drastically, it is real hard to make a good go of it with the HT Franchise... and that not a problem exclusive to franchise hobby stores. It seems to be a problem in virtually ever hobby store. The problem is like every other retail is no one thinks there is anything special about being a retail clerke. The attitude is anyone can do it, so they get paid on the mind set and hobby stores are the worst about paying people what they are worth. And most people get into because of their love for the hobby, but they also get burnned out because you cannot typically make a real living from it - and under increasing demands. It is also imperative to have an online wearhouse division with competent people to keep up with websites, inventory, emails and quick shipping. And if you are going to be a hobby shop be a hobby shop. Not whatever, toy, puzzles, and all the other non-related stuff that shows up in hobby stores. If you are the very best at it they will come regardless of the price or how big or small you are. Porsche was once one of the smallest, yet independant, and most profitable car manufacture in the world. Now one of the largest, independant, and still the most profitable - and successful. Wal Mart doesn't have the mentality for it. So I'd have a well stocked shop covering all the basis with good employees who were paid what they were worth and excel in customer service. I would not limit my inventory to the big distributors because it's easy. I would have the people on the pulse of the patrons be buyers for the store and give people choice, on the store front side. On the warehouse side, excellent communication, customer service and fast shipping. The rest will take care of itself. But that's what it comes down to. Is customer service, which most people who promote customer service are really quite clueless. It isn't always just tell someone what they want to hear, that always leads do bending the truth and lies - always. If you are honest, upfront and spell it out so they understand - that will go a lot further than some hotshot sales jickie who can sell the London Bridge. I would consider hosting clubs, events etc within the store itself. I have had some real good experiences with doing that and some not so good ones. I have found very little evidence that it does promote business growth, most of the time its more trouble and costly than its worth. Sorry. I would however, be very open to sponcering outside clubs and events. And the best thing I could do is just to listen, which none of these owners what to really listen. Last but not least dancing girls on Wednesdays

Best engineered kit TAMIYA Fujimi makes some awesome kits too. Accurate Miniture Italeri Revell Revell AG Hasegawa Are all good AMT is hit and miss.

That was crazy stuff. Mazda's are fast there, however, the Porsche teams have more experience. They have the car, the drivers, and the team. If Mazda is to win they will have to work for it. I doubt there will be a GT overall winner, the only way would be if some weather comes in and a bunch of DPs crash out or break.

yeah but they have to finish without summersulting in the main straight.

I hope so, but Penski might put a kink in that. GT Mazda Porsche Mazda Porsche Porsche Porsche Porsche Porsche Pontiac Porsche Porsche Porsche Porsche Ford Ferrari Pontiac Mazda Corvette Porsche Doesn't look good for Corvette or Ferrari.

Brumos on the pole.

Grand Am Live Timing. Race schd 12:00 Sat to 8 pm MST tv break picks up again sun 5 am to the end. On speed. No Mero no producion no race.

Q1 POS NO. CLASS PIC DRIVER TEAM/CAR TIME SPEED SPONSORS 1 58 DP 1 Donohue / Garcia / Law / Rice Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 1:40.540 127.471 Brumos Porsche, Kendall 2 16 DP 2 Bernhard / Briscoe / Dumas Penske Racing / Porsche Riley 1:40.541 127.470 3 6 DP 3 Allmendinger / James / Pew / Valiante Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:40.651 127.331 4 76 DP 4 Jonsson / Turner / Zonta Krohn Racing / Ford Lola 1:40.892 127.026 Krohn Racing 5 22 DP 5 Dalziel / de Quesada / Ducote / Dumoulin / Enge Alegra Motorsports / BMW Riley 1:40.915 126.997 Gatorade, TodayMD, Strategic Air, Assist Card 6 01 DP 6 Dixon / Montoya / Pruett / Rojas Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / Lexus Riley 1:41.016 126.870 7 10 DP 7 Angelelli / Frisselle / Lamy / Taylor SunTrust Racing / Ford Dallara 1:41.311 126.501 Sun Trust 8 02 DP 8 Dixon / Franchitti / Lloyd / Pruett Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates / Lexus Riley 1:41.316 126.495 9 59 DP 9 Barbosa / Borcheller / France / Haywood Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 1:41.375 126.421 Brumos Porsche, Kendall 10 55 DP 10 Bouchut / Matos / Tucker / Zabinski Level 5 Motorsports / BMW Riley 1:41.569 126.180 Edata Solutions, Super Car Life, Ecomm Link, US Bank 11 99 DP 11 Fogarty / Gurney / Johnson / Vasser GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing / Pontiac Riley 1:41.666 126.059 GAINSCO Auto Insurance 12 60 DP 12 Braun / Hunter-Reay / Negri / Patterson Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:41.796 125.898 13 13 DP 13 Beyer / Martinez / Taylor / Taylor Beyer Racing / Pontiac Riley 1:42.058 125.575 14 61 DP 14 Empringham / Farano / Figge / Frisselle / Wilkins AIM Autosport / Ford Riley 1:42.086 125.541 15 09 DP 15 Cosmo / Pridmore / Russell / Ward Spirit of Daytona Racing / Porsche Coyote 1:42.475 125.064 16 77 DP 16 Bobbi / Gidley / Gollin / Jaeger Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 1:42.740 124.742 17 75 DP 17 Gavin / Krohn / van de Poele Krohn Racing / Ford Lola 1:44.041 123.182 Krohn Racing 18 70 GT 1 Bomarito / Ham / Haskell / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:49.445 117.099 Castrol Syntec, Mazda 19 67 GT 2 Bergmeister / Lally / Long / Marks / Valentine TRG / Porsche GT3 1:49.540 116.998 Construct Corps, CRG, No Fear Energy Drink, K1 Speed, Voodoo Ride, Gemstone Winery 20 14 GT 3 Baldwin / Burtin / Friedman / McGehee / Ragginger Autometrics Motorsports / Porsche GT3 1:49.634 116.898 Foametix, Mac Papers 21 69 GT 4 Assentato / Longhi / Plumb / Segal SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:49.822 116.697 FXDD 22 85 GT 5 Campollo / Gomez / Graeff / Henzler / Yarab Jr. Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.865 116.652 Children's Tumor Foundation 23 87 GT 6 Farnbacher / Henzler / Keen / Werner / Westbrook Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 1:49.946 116.566 PowerPlus, Oakley Design, Shock Doctor, 0-60 24 66 GT 7 Ballou / Collard / George Jr / Lietz / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 1:50.109 116.393 AXA, Mitchell Rubber, Wealth Management Strategies 25 26 GT 8 Bonilla / Jacalone / Jacalone / Lewis / Pobst Gotham Competition / Porsche GT3 1:50.206 116.291 Jacalone Fine Art, Bernard Goldberg Fine Art, www.BFGA.com, www.Center44.com 26 86 GT 9 Farnbacher / Lux / Marsh / Roush Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 1:50.234 116.261 Flex Box, Wheel Enhancement 27 65 GT 10 Holzer / Miller / Potter / Stanton Riegel/ Stanton/ TRG / Porsche GT3 1:50.455 116.029 Riegel-Stanton, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 65 Roses, Magnus Racing, Marquis Jet, Resorts International, IPC, Total Lubricants 28 33 GT 11 Maassen / Martien / Pilet / Zacharias Wright Motorsports / Porsche GT3 1:50.517 115.964 29 64 GT 12 Lowe / Pace / Sugden / van Overbeek JLowe Racing / Porsche GT3 1:50.573 115.905 Porsche of the Main Line, SRS, Think First 30 52 GT 13 Bertuzzi / Castellano / Swartzbaugh / Wagner / Wilton Mastercar-Coast 2 Costa Racing / Ferrari 430 Challenge 1:50.649 115.825 HANDMADEFILMS, CJR Logistics, Ferrari Owners Club, Wilton Partners, LA Dodgers 31 15 GT 14 Morris / Nastasi / Said Blackforest Motorsports / Ford Mustang 1:51.036 115.422 32 07 GT 15 Collins / Edwards / Magnussen Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 1:51.236 115.214 Pontiac 33 89 GT 16 Kaffer / Petrobelli / Rosa / Rosa / Simonsen Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 1:51.254 115.195 Orsogril, Rofinco 34 30 GT 17 Cameron / Peterson / Sellers / von Moltke Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 1:51.290 115.158 3-Dimensional.com, IDEMITSU, P1 Groupe, South African Airlines 35 88 GT 18 Johnson / Lacey / Nearn / Sofronas / Westbrook Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 1:51.376 115.069 Johnson Commercial Development, Doncaster Racing, GMG, Lowe's, Verizon Wireless, Food City 36 57 GT 19 Bucknum / Davis / Liddell Stevenson Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 1:51.481 114.961 BryanMark Fiancial, Stevenson Automotive Group 37 42 GT 20 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Corvette 1:51.482 114.960 38 32 GT 21 Barrett / Forest / Merrill / Salvo / Westphal PR1 Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 1:51.629 114.808 Miralce Sealants 39 97 GT 22 Bieker / Eversley / Gue / Long Stevenson Motorsports / Corvette 1:51.780 114.653 Stevenson Automotive Group 40 35 GT 23 Aschenbach / Cruz / Rodriguez / Valverde / Willsey Orbit Racing / Porsche GT3 1:52.050 114.377 41 21 GT 24 Daskalos / Stout Battery Tender/ MCM Racing / Pontiac GTO.R 1:52.062 114.365 Battery Tender, Coastal Pet Products, P1 Groupe, Find.com, Pacific Teaze 42 45 DP 18 Hindery Jr. / Lester / Manning / Petty Victory Junction-Orbit Racing / BMW Riley 1:52.108 114.318 43 56 GT 25 Campanico / Drudi / Montanari / Papis / Pirri Mastercar-Coast 2 Costa Racing / Ferrari 430 Challenge 1:52.402 114.019 Ferrari Owners Club, Wilton Partners 44 44 GT 26 Bentley / Carter / Harrington / Nixon / Paquette Bullet Racing / Porsche GT3 1:52.568 113.851 45 68 GT 27 Ende / Gutierrez / Miller / Pallis / Schroeder TRG / Porsche GT3 1:52.571 113.848 James Farrell & Co., Pallis Properties, Inc., COLO Columbia River Logistics, Cohen Financial 46 40 GT 28 Dempsey / Espenlaub / Foster / Lewis Jr / Thornton Dempsey Racing / Mazda RX-8 1:52.944 113.472 Mazda Speed 47 63 GT 29 Kossmann / Ledoux / Quinlan / Watkins / Zadig TRG / Porsche GT3 1:53.366 113.049 Guardian Angel Motorsports, Children's Hospital Boston, jetblue.com 48 43 GT 0 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Corvette - - 49 31 GT 0 Kapudija / Lewis / Michaelian / Michaelian / Montano Battery Tender/ MCM Racing / Porsche GT3 - - Battery Tender, P1 Groupe, Find.com, Bizrate.com 50 34 GT 0 Aschenbach / Cruz / Rodriguez / Valverde / Willsey Orbit Racing / Porsche GT3 - - 51 2 DP 0 Finlay / Mears / Patrick / Wallace Childress-Howard Motorsports / Pontiac Crawford - - 52 7 DP 0 Bernhard / Briscoe Penske Racing / Porsche Riley - -

Qualifying just started. Penski and Burmos trading fast times.

With the with practice and first round of qualifying.