This Is It

The final two races are here. The last race was so depressing for a Dyson fan that I didn't want to recap it. Dyson lost. Audi won. There. This weekend is the Petit Le Mans. American teams come out of the woodwork to compete as the winners in each class get an automatic invite to Le Mans 2007. It will be a packed course for ten hours.

I recently found a claim on the ALMS website that the Petit Le Mans is the third crown in Endurance racing. At first I thought it was ludicrous, the Daytona 24 Hours is, but then I realized that my tense was wrong, the Daytona 24 was. After taking a look at the purse for the Petit Le Mans I agree with the anonymous writer. I hope the Daytona can get back up there sometime - I've watched it a few times and it is exciting.

As far as Petit Le Mans predictions go:

LMP1: I hope Dyson wins. Since Salt Lake they have been stunning - faster then the Audis - but some bad luck has held them from beating the R10. I also want Zytek to do well.

LMP2: That new Radical is a beautiful car! It doesn't have the pace of the Porsche, but it will be interesting to see it in its first race. I hope it gets up there. Intersport is fighting uphill and a win here would be awesome. This will be Porsche's first endurance race for the RS Spyder which was quite unreliable earlier in the season, and even as recently as Portland. I am not sure the car will last the ten hours. A breakdown would be catastrophic just days after the 2007 model's release for customer purchase.

GT1: Aston is looking strong, but I will again cast my lot with the Vette, #4.


GT2: I say Risi, Lizard, Risi, Lightning for the top four because I want it that way, well, I want #45 to win, but Risi has two fast cars now, and at Portland (above) they hunted down everybody and won. A lap after the above picture was taken, the Risi was ahead.