2009 Rolex 24 At Daytona (FINISH)

Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series
Rolex 24 At Daytona

Daytona International Speedway
Daytona, Florida
January 25, 2009

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[JPachon88]

ese final no fue lexus Vs. Porsche,

fue Montoya Vs Porsche, incredible race of Montoya, simply the best of all the 24 hours

[mgarofano]

All the great job Montoya made in the mixed it vanished in the rectilinear.He made a great jod getting very different trajectory in the mixed part , he is just in the back of the Porche.

[fsurainman]

@KingSnowman That margin was measured down in Turn 1 and not at the actual start/finish line.

[KingSnowman]

@hobble34

How was it 0.167 seconds? It was about 1.5

[bikerah3]

i was so glad when brumos finally won my cousin is a pit crew member for the 59 car he was the small bald dude lol but i was in the pits with him it was amazing

[javierivera15]

My Meaning of Poor Lexus is not for overall, just in that race the lexus wasn't enough for the nice setup and performance of the porche. now the lexus was setup more for the slow section of the circuit than the straights and not even montoya could hold it for long time.

[hobble34]

6 kg.........0.167 sec

[mgarofano]

At this point you expect to see two car fighting for the position on the rectilinear,but there is no such thing,because Porche simply fly away and if the race has finished with a so small difference between them ,I suppose it's right because of the great job that Montoya has been able to do in the mixed part of the circuit.

[mgarofano]

Just watch carefully how near is Montoya (because of driving ability) in the mixed part of the circuit and ,on the other side ,wacth how the Porche gain ground in the rectilinear part. The porche is clearly faster. Anyway a victory is always a great job by the team and by the driver and probably Porche team together with the driver made a better job about the set up of the car prefering an highest apex speed or probably they had just a more powerful engine.

[Twin540i]

For a team that has won 3 straight 24 Hours of Daytona, "poor lexus" is an understatement. The Lexus will still be a force in the championship because of the low end torque which will help at circuits with short straightaways and tight corners. Porsche had the legs to run down the straightaways at Daytona, but let's see how it fairs on the smaller circuits like New Jersey, Laguna beach, and Mid Ohio. Great to have Porsche back in contention for race victories.