Thursday, August 7, 2008

Road America - Test Day Aug 7

*** Checkered flag on the session - we'll see you all here tomorrow for morning practice, starting at 10 am CT. ***

3:37 pm - Joerg radios in that the No. 45 is in the gravel at Turn 12 and he can't get out. Red flag and this will probably be the end of the session. They will have to pull Joerg out. Since the session is nearly over, the No. 46 and the No. 44 are heading back to the paddock.

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A reminder that the race is broadcast on SpeedTV - it is tape delayed. The race is Saturday, the broadcast will be the following day, Sunday Aug 10 at 1 pm CT (11 am PT).

Lizards will broadcast their team radio live on raceday - both morning warmup and the race. For details see www.lizardms.com.
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3:20 pm - 20 minutes left in the session. The next on track session will be tomorrow,Friday, starting at 10:00 am. There are two practice sessions on Friday, then morning warmup on Saturday, then the race. The race begins at 4 pm Central Time on Saturday, and lasts 4 hours.

All three cars are out in today's session. The No. 45 and No. 46 are both reporting a strong understeer and the engineers have worked most of the session on adjustments. Darren Law (Seth's codriver for the race in the No. 44) will not be here until Friday because of conflicts with a Grand-Am race so Seth Neiman will be doing setup solo on that car.

3:10 - Seth radios in that a car is off in the Kink. May go red shortly.

3:08 pm - No. 45 is currently P1 in the session (I think this was Wolf's time). No. 46 is P2. No. 44 now P 10. Green flag

3:01 pm - Red flag to pick up more debris.

2:48 pm CT - We are 40 minutes into the 90-minute test session. Red flag right now to pick up some debris in Turn 10. The No. 45 is P2 in the session, No. 46 is P4, and No. 44 is P 11.

2:30 pm CT - Good Afternoon from Road America. We are on track for today's test session in advance of Saturday's race. It's a very pleasant day here today - low humidity and a light breeze. It makes a nice change from the scorching temperatures at Mid-Ohio a few weeks ago.

All three cars are on track for the session. The engineers are running through basic setup changes right now - getting the cars adjusted to the high speed, 4 plus mile track.

Drivers this weekend will be Joerg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler in the No. 45; Seth Neiman and Darren Law in the No. 44; Patrick Pilet and Johannes van Overbeek in the No. 46.

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