TRG’s Spencer Pumpelly headed the team’s four cars in qualifying for the Grand-Am Rolex Series Porsche 250 presented by Legacy Credit Union to be run at Barber Motorsports Park tomorrow with an eighth place qualifying effort.
Pumpelly ran a time of 1:29.194 around the 2.3-mile, 16-turn picturesque road course this afternoon. In unseasonably cool weather Pumpelly and the team were focused on the race setup of the No. 66 AXA/Wealth Management Strategies/TRG Porsche GT3. Pumpelly will share the seat with John Potter.
“Qualifying was OK, we were really concentrating on our race setup,” Pumpelly said. “I am pretty happy with the way the car is handling for the race. The tires really go away after the first few laps. It is pretty much like a skating rink. We just hope to be the ones that are skating the least during the race.”
Justin Marks will start the No. 67 Construct Corps/Kartel Motorsports/No Fear Energy Drinks/Voodoo Ride/K1 Speed/Gemstone Winery/TRG Porsche GT3 from the fifth row based on his qualifying time of 1:30.293. Marks shares the No. 67 with Andy Lally.
“I am struggling a little this weekend, but it is getting better every session,” Marks said. “We were tight in qualifying which is what we expected. Everyone is planning on having the rear tires burning off and the car going looser, but we have a plan for the race…Â Details
Unlike the teams that have pumped millions in developing their Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) for the 2009 season, Williams F1 will likely benefit from their investments. And that’s because their flywheel mechanical-based system is compliant with a series of commercial applications outside of Formula One.
This is actually what Sir Frank Williams himself argued quite recently, as he confirmed the in-factory built KERS unit “ has got its own life in that direction. It has very useful and truly interesting commercial applications,†as quoted by the Reuters news agency… Details
Welcome all to a new series by yours truly, first came the Safety First series, and now I will teach you all on the ethics of Formula One. When we reach the end of this series, you should all have a thorough understanding of Formula One. Let’s begin with the first instalment, Aerodynamics.
Modern Formula One cars have as much in common with a jet fighter as they do with ordinary road cars. Nope, that isn’t a joke.
Aerodynamics have become vital to achieving meaningful success in the sport and teams spend hundreds of millions of pounds on research, development and analysis of aerodynamics each year.
The designer of the aerodynamic package has two concerns …Â Details
Danica Patrick on Friday rejected skeptics who say she is incapable of switching from driving lighter, aerodynamic Indy cars to the much bulkier and heavier stock cars used on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Patrick, 27, is in the last year of her contract with the IndyCar team Andretti Green Racing and is evaluating options for next season…Â Details