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AND THEIR OTHER CAR ON THE END
PART OF THE WINDOW, SO THEY HAD
BOTH PARTS OF THE STRATEGY
COVERED.
WE'LL FIND WHICH ONE WAS THE
BETTER CHOICE.
>> MY FEELING WAS THEY DID NOT
MAKE THE BETTER CHOICE.
WHY NOT TAKE A CHANCE ON RUNNING
LUCAS AS LONG AS POSSIBLE WITH
THE TWO PENSKE CARS, KEEP THEM
IN TOUCH.
>> AND THE NUMBER 15, LOWE'S
ACURA IN FOR THE PIT.
YOU SEE LUIS DIAZ GETTING OUT OF
THE CAR, ADRIAN FERNANDEZ BEHIND
THE WHEEL.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT FRESH TIRES
ON THERE.
OF COURSE, FUEL IS UP NOW.
ADRIAN FERNANDEZ HAS AS MUCH
TRACK EXPERIENCE AS ANY OF THESE
GUYS.
THIS IS ANOTHER TEAM THAT'S
EXPERIENCED A LOT OF
FRUSTRATIONS EARLY IN THE
SEASON.
BUT THEY'VE RUN VERY STRONG IN
THE TWO RACES, BUT DON'T HAVE
THE POINTS TO SHOW FOR IT.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT, KELLI, ABOUT
HIS EXPERIENCE.
HE'S HAD 14 PREVIOUS STARTS
HERE.
AND WE GIVE YOU A SHOT OF THAT
DEBRIS, BECAUSE THE PITS HAVE
NOW CLOSED.
AND WE HAVE HAD TO GO FULL
COURSE YELLOW.
THE REASON IS, YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO SEND A WORKER OUT ON THE
BLIND EXIT TO THE HAIRPIN TO GET
IT OUT OF THE TRACK.
WE'RE GOING TO CAUTION TO GET
THAT PIECE OF DEBRIS ON THE
TRACK.
BUT, BOY, ALL OF THESE STRATEGY
PLAYS ARE GOING TO GET SUDDENLY
TWISTED AND SKEWED A BIT.
>> INTERESTING, WE GOT A REPORT
THAT CAR NUMBER 7 MAY NOT HAVE
GOTTEN HIS RADIO PLUGGED IN.
THEY MIGHT BE OUT OF RADIO
CONTACT.
THAT COULD COME INTO PLAY SHOULD
ANYTHING GO WRONG OR ANYTHING
MYSTERIOUS WITH THE CAR.
SORRY, WE JUST GOT IT CLEARED
UP.
HE APPARENTLY HAS GOT IT BACK IN
HIMSELF.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO WE ARE COVERED THERE.
LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE IN GOOD
SHAPE AT THIS POINT.
THE CROWD LOVING THE ACTION AND
XM RADIO FEATURING THE CARS AND
STARS OF THE AMERICAN LE MANS
SERIES.
IT'S EXCITING.
TENTH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN.
ALL SEASON LONG ON XM CHANNEL
144.
DON'T MISS ANY OF THE ACTION.
I LOVE MY XM AND LOVE RACING
HERE AT LONG BEACH.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO LONG BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, WHERE WE ARE UNDER
OUR SECOND FULL COURSE CAUTION
OF THE DAY IN THE THIRD ROUND OF
THE AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES
ACTION.
LOTS OF PIT STOPS UNFOLDING.
PIT LANE VERY BUSY, YOU SEE THE
NUMBER 26 XM SATELLITE ACURA,
MADE ITS STOP AND THE CAR
LEADING AT THE TIME OF THE STOP.
THE SECOND ONE OUT, SCOTT SHARP
BROUGHT THE PATRON ACURA IN AND
HAS OBVIOUSLY NOW TURNED IT OVER
AND YOU CAN SEE IT WAS THE 26
ACURA THAT ACTUALLY GOT THE
JUMP.
>> AND THE LUXURY OF MAKING
STOPS UNDER YELLOW.
THEY'VE EFFECTIVELY TAKEN AWAY
THE HUGE GAP THEY HAD TO THE
LEADERS.
>> AS WE ARE WELL INTO THE RACE,
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOKOHAMA
MID RACE RECAP.
GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S BEEN
UNFOLDING SO FAR, PARTICULARLY
IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US.
AND IT HAS BEEN A VERY
INTERESTING RACE UNFOLDING.
ALL STARTING WITH A BRILLIANT
MOVE AROUND THE OUTSIDE BY
NUMBER SIX, PAT LONG IN THAT
YELLOW PENSKE SPYDER.
JUST A TREMENDOUS JUMP.
GOT AROUND EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
THEN LUCAS LOU STARTED THE
MARCH.
>> HE DID.
PASSING AT THAT TIME, SECOND
PLACE.
GREAT BATTLE, GT2 LEADERS,
FERRARI, NEVER TOOK ONE LOOK OUT
THE INSIDE.
THE 45 CAR HAS GOTTEN BY THE 46
NOW.
THAT'S JORG BERGMEISTER.
>> THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE THE
OVERALL LEADERS COMING THROUGH
THE GT2 BATTLE, AND EVERYBODY
FIGHTING FOR POSITION.
LUCAS LUHR.
A GREAT PASS, GETS AROUND AND
PICKS UP SECOND SPOT IN AN
ABSOLUTELY GREAT MOVE BUT
PROBLEMS IN THE PIT LANE.
>> HERE HE IS WITH JON FIELD.
JON WAS NOT GOING DOWN PIT LANE
AT THE SAME SPEED THAT LUCAS
WANTED TO GO DOWN.
THERE SAY LIMITER TO SET YOUR
SPEED IN PIT LANE.
LUCAS FELT HIS WAS RIGHT.
>> YOU CAN SEE LUCAS, WHEN HE
FIRST CAME TO THE SHOT, TUCKED
BEHIND THE FIELD WHEN HE TURNED
IN.
SO THE FRUSTRATION WAS BUILDING
AND IT IT WAS COSTLY.
>> IF THE R-10 HAD A BUMPER, HE
WOULD HAVE BEEN USING IT.
>> SO THINGS SHAKE UP HERE
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD A PACE CAR IN
THE FIELD SHAKING UP.
BUT SOME OF THE STOPS UNFOLDING
AND THIS POINT THE TIMING AND
SCORING SHOWS THE NUMBER 7
PORSCHE FROM PENSKE RACING,
DUMAS IN THE LEAD.
MAASSEN IN SECOND AND THIRD, AND
MARCO WERNER IN THE AUDI.
>> OH, BOY.
UPDATE ON THE CORVETTES, THEY
BOTH STOPPED, 3 AND THE 4, AT
THE SAME TIME UNDER CAUTION.
IT WAS A PERFECT COMPETITION
BETWEEN THE TWO CREWS.
UNDER CAUTION, THE TWO CARS STOP
AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.
AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW, THE TWO
PIT STOPS WERE ALSO THE EXACT
SAME TIME.
THEY DID THE DRIVER CHANGES,
THEY WERE EXACTLY IDENTICAL,
THEY LEFT IN THE SAME ORDER THEY
CAME IN BUT IT WAS VERY
EXCITING.
>> AND THE 62 RISI FERRARI
FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF THE FLYING
LIZARD PORSCHE.
IF THEY PIT, THEY WILL COME IN
AS WELL, BUT IF THEY GET THAT BY
TO GET THAT LAP BACK WITH THE
LEAD, THEY'LL STAY OUT AND
THEY'RE TELLING ME THE LONGER
THEY'RE OUT ON THE TRACK, THE
BETTER FOR THIS FERRARI.
>> A LOT OF STRATEGY UNFOLDING
IN THE GT2 BATTLE.
THAT'S WHERE THE STOPS HAVE NOT
REALLY BEGUN.
COULD BE A LOT IN EFFECT AS THE
WAVE-BY ON THE FIELD.
WHILE WE'RE UNDER CAUTION WE'LL
STEP AWAY.
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The Porsche Boxster revs in response to the Cayman.)
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>>> WELCOME BACK TO LONG BEACH,
EVERYBODY, AND ONE OF THE GREAT
STORIES THAT IS UNFOLDING IS THE
PROGRESSIVE DIRECT STORY LINES
IN THE FOUR CLASSES THAT WE'VE
BEEN FOLLOWING AND LET'S SEE
WHERE WE ARE.
P1 AUDIS BEAT THE P2 CARS?
>> LOOKING TO ME THAT THEY CAN.
THEY'VE BEEN COMPETITIVE ALL
WEEK LONG MUCH TO PORSCHE'S
DISMAY.
THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY QUICK
AND ONCE AGAIN, MARCO WERNER,
OUR QUALIFYING WONDER, HE'S
RIGHT THERE READY TO JUMP.
>> P2 HAS THEM IN FRONT OF THE
6, PIT STOPS PLAYING OUT LIKE WE
THOUGHT.
CORVETTE INTERSQUAD BATTLE.
WE JUST HEARD THAT REPORT FROM
JON.
BUT IN PITS EVEN IT'S JUST THAT
INTENSE.
AND IN GT2, CAN PORSCHE HOLD OUT
THE FERRARIS?
THEY HAVE THUS FAR BUT PIT STOPS
ABOUT TO UNFOLD.
>> THIS WAS A QUICKER THAN USUAL
PIT STOP, ALTHOUGH NOW HE CANNOT
GET THE ENGINE TO FIRE UP.
THE ENGINE WIT NOT FIRE ON THE
62 FERRARI, THEY THOUGHT THEY
WOULD BE OUT OF HERE FASTER.
AND A SPLASH OF FUEL, NOT
NEEDING A FULL TANK.
HE CANNOT GET THIS THING TO
START.
>> OH, MY.
CANNOT BELIEVE FOR THIS TEAM AND
DRIVERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY QUICK.
THEY HAVE NO LUCK.
REMEMBER IN ST. PETERSBURG, THEY
HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN
REPAIRING THE AC.
MAYBE IN TRYING TO REPAIR THAT,
IT'S AFFECTED SOME OTHER --
LOOK AT THAT.
HE'S ABSOLUTELY GOING CRAZY.
SALO IS ABSOLUTELY --
>> YOU HAVE TO START THE CAR BY
ITS OWN POWER.
YOU CAN PUSH START IT BUT HAVE
TO SHUT IT BACK OFF AGAIN.
SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED IN THE
STARTER.
HOW FRUSTRATING.
>> NOW THE CREWS, YOU SEE THEM
RAISING THE REAR DECK.
AND THAT PLAYS EXACTLY IN THE
HANDS OF THIS CAR.
NUMBER 45.