Porsche Wins a Doube Header !!

[cas951]

Those last few hrs was intense specially the last 30 min. Great driving by both Donahue and Montoya. It was down to Porsche speed on the straights and Montoya's driving in the corners that made it such a close race. In the end it was the Legs of the Porsche that won the race.

[Jaxonalden]

Great race, really shows how good the race teams are. It looks like it's the first time that more than two cars (in this case four) were on the lead lap at the end of 2,600 miles/24 hours of racing. Team Brumos Porsche took 1st and 3rd and the fourth place car was only 7.5 sec behind the leader!! Incredible.

Makes me feel proud to be an owner. Cheers teammates.

[kabel]

Haven't had a chance to watch the last few hours, but I did spend most of Saturday at the race. Snapped about 700 pics, only have been able to get through and post about a third of them. Here are some from after the sun went down:

2009 Rolex 24 hr at Daytona photo collection

[941MXVET]

One of the best races I've seen in a long time!!!!

[941MXVET]

Oh and to Kabel, thanks for the photos, I loved looking at them!

[jmatta]

Too bad JPM had to cry about Porsche's "unfair advantage" at the post race interview. The Porsches ran 3.99 ltr sixes which were unrestricted to the TRD 5.0 ltr restricted. Everyone knew the rules before the race and chose their powerplants accordingly.

Bravo Brumos...though I am not a big fan of Grand AM (too Nascar like for me), I enjoyed watching the DPs and the GT3s (Cup cars, not even RSRs) run away from the competition.

[Topless]

Congrats to all the boys from Brumos and TRG for the Porsche sweep. Great racing, great wins. My home town boy (Kevin Roush) was leading the GT class for a long time but fell back at the end due to mechanical problems. They finished 6th in GT. Tough day for the teams with Ford motors .

Some compare the Rolex 24 to the Superbowl of auto racing, drawing drivers from every discipline. To win surely requires extraordinary organization, preparation, talent and luck.

[70Sixter]

Originally Posted by jmatta

Too bad JPM had to cry about Porsche's "unfair advantage" at the post race interview. The Porsches ran 3.99 ltr sixes which were unrestricted to the TRD 5.0 ltr restricted. Everyone knew the rules before the race and chose their powerplants accordingly.

Bravo Brumos...though I am not a big fan of Grand AM (too Nascar like for me), I enjoyed watching the DPs and the GT3s (Cup cars, not even RSRs) run away from the competition.

Agree on both counts. Juan Pablo spoiled the memory of a great run at 1st place.

And the prototypes are just too ugly. And smell of NASCAR - even the JC France commercial with a NASCAR-type pit fight.

And it was good to see Brumos livery in the winners circle again.

I also had a problem with the coverage. Too much banter. It was like watching the race and having chit-chatters detract. A little is okay, but why not concentrate on battles for positions (not just for 1st), braking points, driving styles and pit strategy?

And the banners running constantly from first to last in several formats were too much. Give me top five in each class on a split screen when there is a change. And then run down the field every 20 or 30 minutes.