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ALMS, Petit Le Mans
- Hour 8
We start the eighth hour of
this year's Petit le mans with the track under an extended full course
yellow, forty minutes after Patrick Dempsey went into the wall at
Turn 7.
18:37 RACING RESUMES
Thank God. Green. At
least for a moment. Murphy into the tires in Turn 1 - Warren Hughes at the
wheel. Also the #24 GTC into the tires and off in the Esses. Yellow
again, just as Hughes gets back on track. The Murphy had a down left
front tire.
18:42
Hughes into the
pits - tire changed. Also the #24 GTC back on track. Still
yellow...
18:51
Still
yellow...
18:54 RACING RESUMES
Green!!! We like green
racing. It's much better than yellow racing.
18:55
It's getting
darkish here - the headlights are becoming visible on the pavement.
18:58
GTC is very tight -
Mario Farnbacher leading Leh Keen, then pulling away in traffic
conditions.
19:00
Mags closes in a
big way on JvO in #01, but not able to make a move. Traffic gives JvO an
advantage, then takes it right away. It's tight again, but it looks at this
point to be advantage JvO Ferrari over Mags Corvette.
19:04
The #56 BMW pits -
penalty for passing under the yellow.
19:06
Conquest to the
lead in P2 and second overall - DHH passing Tucker into Turn 1. Colin
Braun to the pits - drops down the PC order.
19:13
Corvette #3 to the
pits as is the leading ESM Ferrari. JvO stays in - Garcia in for
Mags. Mueller to the lead for the moment.
19:18
Pretty much dark
here, with 2:14 or 79 laps to go.
19:21
Major development
in P2 - #055 2:26 penalty stop-go for improper wave by and passing under the
yellow. That drops them 2 laps and out of contention.
19:23
For those that
care, Rebellion is just cruising, leading overall by 3 laps. The Lola pits
- Jani in, Belicchi out.
19:27
Viper #93 back to
it's den again.
19:28
After the penalty
for #055, it has dropped to 5th in class.
19:30
Pickett Racing hits
the 70% and takes the 2012 P1 Championship. Congrats to the team.
You deserve it.
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