ALMS Round 10 - Laguna Seca - Practice #1

This has always been my favorite American track. I am excited for this race. The first practice just wrapped up, and this is what I think.

LMP1: Poor Dyson. Their car had a "slight fire" and ended up behind the wall - broken oil line: fixed. Audi is fastest, followed by the Creation "Blue Rocket", then the Zytek.

LMP2: The Porsche Can Be Beat! I swear it. Maybe not this weekend, but they will be beat. Team Bruichladdich starts their ALMS season this weekend, in the last race. They bring a second Radical SR9 to the track, the other one dropping out of its first race at Petit Le Mans. However, Bruichladdich is pacing only .721 seconds off Penske's time, and a mere one second off the overall leading Audi. This is the most promise we have seen about the pace of the Radicals yet. However, in the other Radical, Van Der Steur is fully two seconds off Penske. Porsche debuted their car here last year and won, so they may be racing for more than just a win.

GT1: Aston leads, but only by .1 seconds - 009 over #4. #3 is third, then the 007.

GT2: The #7 LMP2 Porsche ran into the back of the #23 GT2 Porsche of Alex Job Racing, causing a red flag five minutes into the practice. The #23 rebounded and took the top spot. Ferrari's #62 had it early on, but ended third behind the Porsche of Alex Job, and the Peterson/White Lightning Porsche. The top three are within .5 seconds though.