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>>> THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE
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ONE OF THE GREAT STORIES FOR THE
AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES AS OF
LATE HAS BEEN THE TREMENDOUS
BURGEONING INTEREST OF
MANUFACTURERS AND ACURA'S
COMMITMENT TO SUCCESS IN THE
SERIES WAS FURTHER ENHANCED BY
YET ANOTHER TOP-NOTCH ENTRY BY A
NEW TEAM WITH A FAMILIAR LEADER.
>> WE ARE HERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, AND TO
DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP THE
ACURA MOTORSPORTS PROGRAM AND
ACURA BRAND.
WE REALIZE WE HAVE A LOT TO
LEARN, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT
COMMITTING TO ANY RESULTS IN THE
SHORT TERM.
WE ANNOUNCE WE'RE RACING IN SALT
LAKE, YOU KNOW.
AND I FEEL IS A GREAT YOUNG
TALENT.
AND ALSO A MAJOR SPONSOR LIKE
PANASONIC JOINING US, I HAVE TO
SAY I HAVE TO PINCH MYSELF.
THINGS ARE GOING VERY WELL RIGHT
NOW.
>> BILL, EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT
WAS IMMENSELY POSITIVE.
JUST THE FACT THAT GIL DE FERRAN
IS GOING TO BE BACK, AND
PANASONIC, A HUGE SPONSOR
OUTSIDE OF THE SPORT, JUST
TREMENDOUS NEWS.
>> IT HAS.
I ALWAYS REALLY LIKED HIM WHEN
HE USED TO RUN THE OPEN WHEEL
SERIES.
ONE OF THE BETTER DRIVERS.
DELIGHTFY GUY TO DEAL WITH ALL
OF THE TIME.
AND HE'S VERY SERIOUS.
>> HAVING SPENT ALL OF THAT TIME
RUNNING, THE HONDA FORMULA 1
TEAM, HE'S LEARNED A GREAT DEAL
ABOUT TEAM MANAGEMENT AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO COMPILE
THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT
JOBS AND HE HAS ALREADY DONE
THAT.
THIS WILL BE A GREAT PROGRAM.
>> IT WILL FOR SURE.
>> AND IT'S GOING TO BE FUN TO
WATCH THAT CAR, GIL DE FERRAN.
NEXT YEAR AT LONG BEACH.
AND MEANWHILE, WE HOP ON BOARD,
LUCAS LOU WHO CONTINUES TO STAY
ON THE PENSKE PORSCHES.
WE SHOWED YOU SOME OF THE BANNER
PROBLEM, THE TRAFFIC CLOSED UP
ON TIMO BERNHARD.
YOU JUST SAW TIMO RIGHT THERE.
AS THEY HEAD THROUGH HERE AND
TRAFFIC, HE'S AT THE BACK.
LOOK AT THE BANNER UNDERNEATH
THERE.
THAT'S THE BANNER WE SAW GO OFF
ONE CAR, OVER ANOTHER CAR AND
UNDER THE AUDI.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT WILL GIVE
THE AUDI ANY PROBLEM AT ALL.
IT WON'T DISTURB ANY OF THE
UNDERBODY AERODYNAMICS IN ANY
WAY.
IT JUST LOOKS KIND OF STRANGE.
>> LUCAS HAS GONE BY TIMO.
THAT'S PAT LONG IN FRONT, AND HE
IS CLOSE.
OH, BOY, THIS COULD BE THE
MOMENT, BILL.
>> HE'S CLOSE ENOUGH RIGHT NOW.
HE SHOULD GET A GREAT BURST OF
SPEED DOWN THE STRAIGHT.
JUST LISTEN.
VERY SMART RIGHT HERE, BACKING
OFF THE THROTTLE A LITTLE BIT.
HEADS-UP DRIVING.
LUCAS LOU BEING REALLY PATIENT.
>> BUT ALSO, TO PAT LONG, WHO
KNEW WHAT WAS COMING, USED THAT
TRAFFIC, ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY TO
TRAP LUCAS BEHIND THERE.
THAT'S TWO PROS DOING IT AS GOOD
AS IT CAN BE DONE RIGHT THERE.
BUT LUCAS, EARLIER, IN TRAFFIC
THAT AUDI GOT SO MUCH.
TORQUE THAT WHEN THE CARS IN
FRONT OF IT, THE PORSCHES, THE
ACURAS, END UP SLOWING UP AND
HAVING TO RUN TO TRAFFIC SPACE,
GIVES THE AUDI HUGE ADVANTAGE.
HERE'S HOW HE MOVED UP IN SECOND
OVERALL.
>> AND AGAIN, COMING OFF THE
HAIRPIN, USING THE STRENGTH OF
THE CAR.
NOW RIGHT NOW THE PORSCHE WAS
BLOCKED A LITTLE BIT BY PASSING
THE GT2 CAR AND LUCAS HAS A
GREAT RUN GOING.
AT THIS POINT, HE TRIES TO BLOCK
IT.
NO WAY.
LUCAS TUCKS IT IN TIGHT, CLEANLY
DONE.
>> HERE'S HOW HE GOT THE BANNER.
BOOM.
OH, AND IT ACTUALLY SKATED.
AND IT HIT THAT REAR TIRE AND
SKATED JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AND TO FINISH THE STORY OF THE
BANNER, HERE IS HOW IT ALL
BEGAN, WHEN IT GOT ON THE RACE
TRACK, THE 44 JUST RUNNING A
LITTLE WIDE, GETTING INTO THE
TIRES THERE AND GATHERED IT UP.
THEN IT FELL OFF AND HAS HAD AN
INTERESTING JOURNEY.
>> THE ULTIMATE VACUUM CLEANER.
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
BUT WHAT A RUN BY LUCAS, AND
WHEN HE MADE THAT DECISION TO GO
TO THE RIGHT THAT TIME, WE GO
BACK TO WHEN HE ATTEMPTED IT
BEFORE AND A VERY CLOSE CALL.
IT WAS SORT OF A FOOL ME ONCE,
SHAME ON YOU, FOOL ME TWICE,
SHAME ON ME, HE DIDN'T LET THAT
HAPPEN.
>> HE IS DEVELOPING CONSTANTLY,
JUST IMPRESSES ME SO MUCH.
HE WAS ALWAYS A BRILLIANT --
>> UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR, IT'S
NOT IN A BAD POSITION.
WHEN WE DO THE STOP, I DON'T
WANT ANY TIME LOST GETTING RID
OF IT.
BUT IF SOMEONE COULD REMOVE IT
WITHOUT LOSING TIME, THEN DO IT.
IF NOT, DON'T WORRY.
>> OKAY.
WELL, THERE YOU JUST HEARD IT.
THEY'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT
AT ALL.
THERE'S NOTHING UNDERNEATH THE
CAR AT THAT POINT THAT THE
BANNER CAN POTENTIALLY BLOCK.
THERE ARE NO COOLING VENTS,
NOTHING LIKE THAT.
THIS, OTHER THAN LOOKING
STRANGE, NOT A PROBLEM.
>> AND THE ONLY -- I WOULD THINK
POTENTIAL PROBLEM IS IF THE
BANNER LOOSENED UP, GOT UNDER
THAT REAR TIRE WHEN IT WAS
LOADED IN A CERTAIN CORNER, WE
SAW IT SKATE JUST A LITTLE BIT
WHEN HE CAUGHT IT, BUT OTHER
THAN THAT, HE IS NOW STAYING AS
CLOSE AS HE CAN TRYING TO DO
ANYTHING HE CAN TO FIND A WAY BY
PAT LONG WHO FRANKLY JUST SEEMS
TO BE ON A MISSION HERE.
>> FRANK LONG IS DRIVING
BRILLIANTLY.
LUCAS LUHR IS DRIVING
BRILLIANTLY.
I'LL SAY IT ONE MORE TIME, THE
AUDI R-10 WAS A CAR DESIGNED FOR
THE ULTRA HIGH SPEED CIRCUIT OF
LE MANS.
THAT WAS THE GOAL OF WINNING
WITH THIS CAR.
THEORETICALLY, IT SHOULD NOT BE
AS GOOD AS THE SLOWER CIRCUITS
THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.
CREDIT TO THE CREW FOR SETTING
UP A DRIVABLE CAR.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT LUHR.
HE IS A THREE-TIME CHAMPION IN
GT2, BUT HE ALSO IS THE BEST
DRIVER ON THE STREET CIRCUITS IN
AMERICAN LE MANS HISTORY.
EIGHT STARTS.
HE'S WON SEVEN, INCLUDING
ST. PETE.
THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
HE'S DOING THE JOB HERE.
HERE WE GO.
TAKE A LOOK AT P2 CURRENT
STANDINGS.
IN THIS CLASS, LONG LEADS IT
OVER BERNHARD.
REMEMBER, NOW, THOSE TWO HAVE
BEEN SPLIT BY LUCAS LUHR, AND
ONE OF THE GREAT MOMENTS AND
OPPORTUNITIES IN LONG BEACH IS
THE VISIT TO THE QUEEN.
QUEEN MARY.
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AFTER A NEW "GREY'S ANATOMY."
AND A HUGE STORY UNFOLDING AS
WELL RIGHT HERE AS THE NUMBER 2
AUDI COMES INTO THE PITS AFTER
THAT GREAT DRIVE AND COMING IN,
GOT BOTTLED UP BEHIND THE NUMBER
37, FIELD ACURA, THE LOWER RIGHT
THERE.
AND LOOK AT LUCAS LOU,
ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS.
OH, FRUSTRATION FOR LUCAS TRYING
TO GET DOWN TO HIS PIT STALL.
>> LOOK UNBELIEVABLE.
NOT ALLOWED TO PASS IN PIT LANE.
OBVIOUSLY, THE SPEED LIMITER ON
THESE CARS WAS MORE CRITICALLY
SET ON THE AUDI.
>> OF COURSE, THEY'RE GOING TO
GO FOR THE DRIVER'S CHANGE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THIS PIT
STOP IS HAPPENING AT A TIME WHEN
THEY COULD MAKE IT TO THE END ON
FUEL.
SO, IN FACT, THIS WOULD BE THE
ONLY PIT STOP FOR THIS CAR,
OBVIOUSLY CANNOT DO THE TIRES
UNTIL THE FUEL IS DONE, NOW THEY
GO AFTER THE TIRES.
A LITTLE LONGER ON THE DRIVER
CHANGE THAN YOU WOULD HOPE.
YOU DEFINITELY WANT THE DRIVER
CHANGE DONE BEFORE THE TIRES.
THEY FINISHED JUST ABOUT IN
SYNCHRONIZATION, AT THE SAME
TIME, THE PORSCHES CERTAINLY HAD
TO BE THINKING ABOUT MAKING AN
EARLY STOP.
NOW, IF YOU STOP THIS EARLY AND
THERE'S NO CAUTION, THIS IS A
GOOD MOVE.
IF THERE IS A CAUTION, MAYBE NOT
SO.
>> WELL, THE KEY WAS, WE WERE
WATCHING THE PORSCHES COMING OUT
OF THE HAIRPIN.
AND WERNER DID GET OUT BEFORE
THE PORSCHES WENT BY.
SO HE DID NOT GO DOWN A LAP.
WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN HORRIBLE.
BUT THEY ARE AWFULLY CLOSE.
>> RIGHT THERE, GREG.
MARCO WERNER, HE'S ABOUT 6, 700
FEET AHEAD.
THAT'S ALL.
HE HAS TO BUILD THE ZONE, GET
THE CARS UP TO TEMPERATURE,
HE'LL HAVE A MUCH SLOWER LAP.
SEE HIM LOCK UP THE BRAKE.
MICHAEL WERNER BY THE NUMBER 8
CAR THERE.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, SLOWED UP
COMING INTO THE PITS AND THEN
SLOWED UP ALL THE WAY INTO PIT
LANE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE,
CLEARLY IN THE LIMITER SETUPS ON
THE TWO CARS.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN WERNER'S MAGIC
THAT QUALIFYING LAP AT ST. PETE.
>> HE'S BRILLIANT.
>> WE'LL SEE WHETHER HE CAN FIND
IT HERE.
AND THE KEY IS, DON'T LET THOSE
PORSCHES GET BY YOU IN CASE
THERE IS A CAUTION AND HOPE THEY
PIT.
>> WELL, WHAT HE HAS TO HOPE
RIGHT NOW IS THE NUMBER 8 CAR
MAYBE HOLDS HIM UP A LITTLE BIT.
>> RIGHT.
>> BECAUSE THEY WOULD LOVE TO
PUT HIM A LAP DOWN.
>> THAT NUMBER 8 CAR, ONCE THAT
ENGINE PULLS UP, HAS GREAT
STRAIGHT LINE SPEED.