"3 C6R officially on the Pole!!!!!!!" ...that was the last line of the team's field report back to the US! But, don't misjudge the 7 exclamation points as an expression of unexpected surprise. This is a team IN THE ZONE, right now.
Fastest in Day 1. Pole position on Day 2. New GT1 Lap Record.
* All the assignments on all the session work plans are checked off and accomplished.
* Both C6R's are set up where the team and drivers want them to be.
* Both cars are ready to run the 24, as per the Corvette plan.
* All strategies checked and practiced.
Corvette Racing 2008 may be the best prepared [and in their best mindset EVER] going into the 24. As Godug alluded in an earlier BBV post, the Corvette team cares about no one else- just THEIR plan, THEIR job.
But, something else is going on.
It feels like we are watching a baseball team in the middle of a brilliant no-hitter performance. Everyone on the team knows it's going well BUT, the job is not done. So, there are no cross-comments about what's happening [don't jinx the vibe].....no self-aggrandizing compliments. Just a narrow-eyed, quietly intense focus.
There are no guarantees in sports, in racing, in life.
But, with Corvette @ Le Mans this year, you can feel that this team is intensely fighting to control its destiny to recapture a crown lost last year to mechanicals, a final hour yellow flag, and a worthy foe that they may have 'let off the hook'.
But, not this year. Victory will have to be taken FROM Corvette. Game on? BATTLE on!
Best wishes to the Corvette Racing Team for a successful and a safe race and a special thank you to the Badboyvette crew for giving us all this great info.
--- Ken from Philadelphia, PA on 06.13.08 at 7:18am
Game On Wayne-- Game On Garth...
--- ride250s from Fully Submerged Iowa on 06.13.08 at 8:55am
great job guys!!!!!!!!
....by the way whats the top speed of the vettes on the straights???
--- waldo from chile on 06.13.08 at 10:42am
Thanks again to everyone on the team, and this site especially, for letting us be a part of the action. Yesterday was awesome chatting with everyone and being able to watch the eurovision sat feed too.
--- JerryL from MIami on 06.13.08 at 10:43am
TAKE NO PRISONERS
--- BFisch06 from Flint, MI on 06.13.08 at 4:37pm
Last comment: TAKE NO PRISONERS --- BFisch06 from Flint, MI on 06.13.08 at 4:37pm
TAKE NO PRISONERS
--- BFisch06 from Flint, MI on 06.13.08 at 4:37pm