| Mr. Ford95 |
01-26-2014 08:23 PM |
Rolex 24
Anyone catch it? Close finishes all around in the multiple classes. Can't believe the Ferrari guys got called in the GTD class. They were called on a rule about avoidable contact. Thing was, they never touched on the final lap. NASCAR fans would have called it great, close quarter action. Turns out the rule has an expansion that includes forcing another car off the track which was why the avoidable contact rule was called. Thing is, the outside move was a bonsai attempt that was going to always end with the Audi going off track even if the Ferrari backed out at the last second. The Ferrari crossed the line first in the class but the Audi boys took the class victory due to a time penalty applied after the race finish.
Also, nasty crash early in the race yesterday, Memo Gidley has a LONG road for recovery. Already been thru arm and leg surgeries with a back surgery still to come but he is looking like he will survive. Apparently the sun was right in his eyes and he never saw a car that had slowed to a crawl as he popped out from behind another car to pass. Slammed into the slower car at about 160 mph in his Daytona Prototype of which he had to be cut out of.
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