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Race report: Eighty-One Laps of Pure Sebring Chaos!

WE SURVIVED SEBRING! Eighty-one laps of absolute, mind-bending endurance torture under the blistering Florida sun, and the CamelToe Racing garage is bouncing off the pit wall with pure, unadulterated electric energy! Chris Dyson took the overall spoils aboard the #16 Porsche RS Spyder Evo after 2:22:35 of non-stop tarmac warfare, but let me tell you about our own brief, magnificent stint in the spotlight before reality punched us right in the gearbox!

Fernando Horta (Driver #01): FUCK ME, WHAT A RIDE! Two laps! TWO GLORIOUS LAPS of wrestling this massive #01 Audi R10 prototype like an untamed bull before the suspension decided it had seen enough of Sebring's legendary concrete bumps and simply resigned from existence! We were flying out there, absolutely sending it past Brian Moretti's Ferrari on lap one, and then—BAM!—instant metal fatigue and we are parked up watching the rest of the 14-car field conquer the world without us! Unbelievable! Fantastic! Let's do it again next week!

*HEAVY METAL GUITAR RIFF ECHOES THROUGH THE PIT LANE*

Ozzy Osbourne (#01 Crew Chief): BARK AT THE MOON, BABY! The suspension didn't break, it just bit the head off a bat! We are running on pure rock and roll and four dead shock absorbers!

Lemmy Kilmister (#01 Strategist): If you're gonna race, you gotta race to lose! And we lost faster than anyone else on the lead lap! Have another cigarette!

(Lars Ulrich - Drum Solo Weekly) Mr. Horta, your car spent more time on jacks than a heavy metal drum kit during a five-minute solo. Is this an artistic statement against modern dampers?

Fernando Horta: Lars, my man! It's not art, it's percussion! Every time we hit a bump, it sounded like a double-bass pedal going at 300 beats per minute! Pure thrash metal suspension failure!

(Ozzy Osbourne - Rolling Stone) Sharon, where are the keys to the motorhome? Sebring is loud!

Fernando Horta: Quiet, Ozzy, we're doing telemetry analysis! Or drinking beer, I forget which one!

Chris Dyson (#16 Crew): #16 Dyson Racing: Box for more fuel, Dyson Racing Radio: Affirm, and keep an eye out for flying Audi debris.

Disclaimer: This is a fictional, satirical report of a offline race against AI-driven opponents. All characters are fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental

Classification

Position	Class		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Gap	Best Lap
1	LMP2		CHRIS DYSON	2008 DYSON RACING	PORSCHE RS SPYDER EVO	81	2:22:35.269	1:42.892
1	GT1		PETER KOX	2004 KROHN BARBOUR	LAMBORGHINI R-GT	81	+ 55.888	1:42.952
1	LMP1		GIL DE FERRAN	2009 DE FERRAN RACING	ACURA ARX-02	80	+ 1 LAP	1:43.213
2	LMP2		STUART MOSELEY	2007 TEAM BRUICHLADDICH	RADICAL SR9	80	+ 1 LAP	1:44.302
2	LMP1		BRYAN WILLMAN	2009 AUTOCON MOTORSPORTS	LOLA B06/10	79	+ 2 LAPS	1:44.342
3	LMP1		CLINT FIELD	2009 INTERSPORT RACING	LOLA B06/10	79	+ 2 LAPS	1:44.860
2	GT1		RICKARD RYDELL	2007 AM RACING	ASTON DBR9	79	+ 2 LAPS	1:44.971
4	LMP1		BRIAN MORETTI	1998 MORETTI RACING	FERRARI 333 SP	79	+ 2 LAPS	1:45.124
3	GT1		PHIL HOOKS	2008 HOWARD BOSS	MC12	78	+ 3 LAPS	1:44.912
3	LMP2		GUNNAR VAN DER STEUR	2009 VAN DER STEUR	RADICAL SR9	77	+ 4 LAPS	1:46.377
1	GTC		MARTIN SNOW	2009 SNOW RACING	ALMS CHALLENGE	77	+ 4 LAPS	1:46.788
5	LMP1		FERNANDO HORTA	2007 AUDI SPORT N.AMERICA	AUDI R10	2	DNF (Suspension)	1:44.543

Fastest Lap Progression

Every time the race's fastest lap was beaten, from lap 2 (lap 1 is a standing start).

Qualifying

Qualifying times as the race log recorded them.

Lap Chart

Position at the end of every lap, FERNANDO HORTA highlighted. Hover a line or a name to follow a driver, click or tap to keep it highlighted; dashed lines are cars that retired.

Leaders

1 lead change over 81 laps.

Gaps

Time behind at the end of every lap. The scale stops at about one lap (1:50.867): lines break where a car drops further back. Hover or tap a line to follow a driver.

Lap by Lap

Each lap's notable moments, quiet stretches grouped; tap a row for the full order with lap times and gaps. The logs don't record pit stops: they're worked out from lap times, so a spin that costs as much time can read as one.

Related Images

2004 Krohn Barbour, Lamborghini R-gt #4005, Driven By Peter Kox

2007 Audi Sport N.america, Audi R10 #7001, Driven By Fernando Horta

2007 Am Racing, Aston Dbr9 #7009, Driven By Rickard Rydell

2007 Team Bruichladdich, Radical Sr9 #7021, Driven By Stuart Moseley

2008 Howard Boss, Mc12 #8004, Driven By Phil Hooks

2008 Dyson Racing, Porsche Rs Spyder Evo #8016, Driven By Chris Dyson

2009 Autocon Motorsports, Lola B06/10 #9012, Driven By Bryan Willman

2009 Van Der Steur, Radical Sr9 #9019, Driven By Gunnar Van Der Steur

2009 Intersport Racing, Lola B06/10 #9037, Driven By Clint Field

2009 Snow Racing, Alms Challenge #9057, Driven By Martin Snow

2009 De Ferran Racing, Acura Arx-02 #9066, Driven By Gil De Ferran

1998 Moretti Racing, Ferrari 333 Sp #98003, Driven By Brian Moretti

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