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    Heartbreak at Sebring

    The heartbreak.



    #33 Viper leading in the last 5 minutes of the race has to bow out from overheating.

    #93 Viper takes 4th.

    One hell of a race!





    Congratulations to Mario Farnbacher (Dominik's little brother)
    1st Place in GTD in the Porsche 911 GT America.
    Last edited by daytonprowler; 03-21-2015 at 11:16 PM.

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    Can't win em all!

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    About 10 minutes out from the end of the race, Mario is leading in the Porsche. His brakes locked up and the Porsche goes off the track. He recovers back onto the track, Viper moves into first. Within minutes the Viper overheats. Viper retires to the pits and Mario takes first back. Heck of a race.
    Last edited by daytonprowler; 03-21-2015 at 11:59 PM.

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    Hell of an effort

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    Quote Originally Posted by ViperSmith View Post
    Can't win em all!
    Yeah but we are gettin pretty close to that no longer being true. I am thrilled at the level of success the Viper has had. What an awesome platform.

    Heartbreaker yes but congrats to all involved for the great effort and all the success so far. I think the team is filled with an impressive group of people

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    Got an email from Dominik late last night. He said it was a heartbreaker, and wished he could have seen the Viper boys on the podium. He thanked us for the congratulations on his brother Mario's win.

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    Hopefully they can learn and build from this like they did last year .

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    Someone posted on the VOA Facebook account that it was road debris that hit the engine compartment which eventually caused the overheating.

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    Just gut wrenching. Followed from the beginning. Amazing effort though. They are doing the viper nation proud!

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    Quote Originally Posted by daytonprowler View Post
    Someone posted on the VOA Facebook account that it was road debris that hit the engine compartment which eventually caused the overheating.
    Punctured the radiator according to Ben's Txt, just sucked...

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    Alex and I made a scene in the suite we were in. Was soooooo pissed.

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    how about next time you keep the results out of your title for people who taped it

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    Quote Originally Posted by hova00 View Post
    how about next time you keep the results out of your title for people who taped it
    I Taped it too

    Came on here to find it was all over

    Its a passion, i know and sometimes we just can't help sharing things

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    Quote Originally Posted by hova00 View Post
    how about next time you keep the results out of your title for people who taped it
    EXACTLY!

    This OP has done this before. Btw, this thread was up very shortly after the race.

    How about a more appropriate thread title next time such as: "Sebring Race and Results [Spoiler]" ? This shows a lot more courtesy to others. We can still come on the VOA Board, avoid that thread and enjoy the rest of the threads.


 

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