[immiketoo]

The last 5 minutes was the craziest thing I have ever seen on a track!!!!! Lets see what the officials say!!!!

[audiprotein]

Yeah, actually the last 3 seconds were the craziest

[the///Mthree]

If i was driving the porsche I would have done the same thing, if i was magnussen I would have been ready to

[Citizen Z]

Link/pics/wut?!

[audiprotein]

watch the whole thing, but it starts at 3:09

[Citizen Z]

Originally Posted by audiprotein

watch the whole thing, but it starts at 3:09

link?

[endofanera7]

lulz

[immiketoo]

Here's the link, and it picks up right after Magnussen was forced to give back an illegaly gained first place pass....

[scollins]

Well, it looks to me like Magnussen wasn't just getting a taste of his own medicine, but forced to drink the entire bottle!

Wow!

[audiprotein]

Originally Posted by Citizen Z

link?

wow sorry man, this is my second time doing that this week
lol

[immiketoo]

IMO, Magnussen got exactly what he deserved for being a prat. He clearly couldn't beat the Porsche cleanly so he decided to play dirty and he paid. I hope he gets fined.

[Scorpion]

Originally Posted by immiketoo

Here's the link, and it picks up right after Magnussen was forced to give back an illegaly gained first place pass....

Damn, that was insane.

[immiketoo]

Yeah, I know the Flying Lizard driver, and he is one of the nicest people I have ever met. Fierce competitor though, and frankly Jan was being a dick...

[FStop7]

On another forum all of the Corvette fanboys are screaming and crying, LOL.

Honestly, I think it's IMSA's fault for encouraging this kind of NASCAR "crashing is racing" action for the sake of excitement. That works great until someone gets killed or gets tired of pouring tens of thousands of dollars worth of repairs into their cars every race.

IMSA should have put their foot down when Jamie Melo tried to run Bergmeister off of the track at Sebring in 2007. Just like yesterday's race, it came down to the last corner. But in that instance it was Melo's Ferrari that pushed off of Bergmeister's Porsche. Bergmeister got screwed out of a win and IMSA did nothing about it.

Fast forward to yesterday and history was about to repeat itself. The Vette rammed Bergmeister's Porsche as it entered the final corner, and Bergmeister was clearly having flashbacks to Sebring. He wasn't going to let himself be pushed around again, especially since it's obvious that IMSA has no interest in keeping the racing clean. So Bergmeister did what he had to win.

IMSA needs to grow some balls is what it boils down to.

[DOCTOR 3VIL]

Originally Posted by immiketoo

IMO, Magnussen got exactly what he deserved for being a prat. He clearly couldn't beat the Porsche cleanly so he decided to play dirty and he paid. I hope he gets fined.

Couldn't have said it better myself. He deserved what he got

[immiketoo]

I have no doubt that the Vette crowd is pissed, and there's no discounting that their cars are seriously fast. However, they ought to be looking at thier driver's conduct on the track a little bit harder as if the illegal pass isn't enough of an indicator and stop whining about it. Race clean or suffer the wrath of the racing gods...

[richeerich03]

My friend Grant took some really cool photos from there.
Check it out..
http://www.dimelightla.com/alms/

[335e92tx]

Im not sure there is a way to 'pass cleanly' on that track with those speeds. Bumping someone is one thing - driving them into the wall is somewhat more dangerous.

[GT3 Tim]

Originally Posted by DOCTOR 3VIL

Couldn't have said it better myself. He deserved what he got

[josephr25]

Originally Posted by immiketoo

I have no doubt that the Vette crowd is pissed, and there's no discounting that their cars are seriously fast. However, they ought to be looking at thier driver's conduct on the track a little bit harder as if the illegal pass isn't enough of an indicator and stop whining about it. Race clean or suffer the wrath of the racing gods...

Don't people who race at Interlagos cut through the pit lane entry during the race?

I think people are too hard on Jan; he was racing, not trying to kill somebody. It seemed like Jorg was pushing against Jan and then braked; w/ the Corvette's wheels turned to the right it suddenly caught traction and spearheaded towards the wall.

[immiketoo]

Originally Posted by Kampfer

Don't people who race at Interlagos cut through the pit lane entry during the race?

I think people are too hard on Jan; he was racing, not trying to kill somebody. It seemed like Jorg was pushing against Jan and then braked; w/ the Corvette's wheels turned to the right it suddenly caught traction and spearheaded towards the wall.

He was racing, but he was racing dirty, and that is generally not acceptable except in NASCAR, which is NOT racing IMO. Jan couldn't make the pass clean cause Jorg was defending the line, and he bumped him several times. What Jan did was probably done out of frustration, but it was still a dick move.

Not trying to sound like a Lizard Fanboy either. I just don't like to see people race dirty, and up until the last three laps, they were racing hard and clean.

[immiketoo]

Originally Posted by 335e92tx

Im not sure there is a way to 'pass cleanly' on that track with those speeds. Bumping someone is one thing - driving them into the wall is somewhat more dangerous.

You are right, its a tight track, but here are lots of places to pass cleanly, IF the car in front isn't defending, or a mistake is made. Look at all the P1 cars during the race and you will see the clean ones.