Diesels win

At sports car race Atlanta, Petit Leman, overall winners were,, Yup! 1st four finnishers , Diesels. Peugeot, 1 and 2, Audi 3 and 4.

not bad for oil burners,, $2.50 per gal. fuel

except it should have been Audi Peugot Peugot, McNish was getting a little aggressive on the uphill at turn 10 behind the pace car to keep his tires scrubbed and ended up in the gravel. Watching all those cars spin like crazy the last 2 laps should have indicated they needed to stop, that and the fact that it wasn't raining out, it was simply pouring water should have clued in the race officials...

"Ask any racer, any real racer. It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning's winning"

You don't really believe diesels are superior to petrol engines just because of IMSA/ACO regulations heavily favor diesels do you?

I don't care if it runs on Wolf Urine if it puts me in the winner's circle.

YaNi wrote: You don't really believe diesels are superior to petrol engines just because of IMSA/ACO regulations heavily favor diesels do you?

ugh. here we go.

And v twins are superior to I-4's (nevermind that you can have a 1200 cc v twin vs a 1000cc four?

And rotaries are superior to pistons when you can have a 1.3 beating 3.0 liters? (nevermind that the rotary's actual "displacement" would have to count 2 combustion events at a time resulting in a 2.6 liter displacement to some... some argue 3).

you can tailer the rules to make whoever you want win.

andrave wrote: you can tailer the rules to make whoever you want win.

Which, I believe, was YaNi's point in the first place.

Man, I wasn't saying anything about one finishing in front of another except for McNish's stupidity there at the end which goes to show you even the best of drivers can make a mistake that costs him/her dearly, I didn't mean this thread to get so out of hand

as long as the change the rules periodically to change the winners!

Duke wrote:

andrave wrote: you can tailer the rules to make whoever you want win.

Which, I believe, was YaNi's point in the first place.

Exactly. the ACO has made it clear that they want diesels to win the top class, so the rules are very slanted in their favor.

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