According to Motorsport.com. Johnny Mowlem will be on hand at Miami-Homestead next week to help with the testing of the Team HLM Inifiniti.
http://www.motorsport.com/news...NDCUP
Johnny has a great deal of road racing experience, and has driven with Crawford Race Cars and Howard-Boss Motorsports in the past.
This should be a very nice addition and help the team get their new Infiniti sorted out.
Sput
Miami - Homestead Testing
Re: Miami - Homestead Testing (Sput)
In addition to Johnny Mowlem, Crawford Race Cars has Andy Wallace helping with the driving duties this week at Homestead. Photographer friend Juha has his photos from this morning posted at http://www.theracesite.com;http://www.theracesite.com/ind...=2165
You can tell Andy Wallace by the white helmet with the red & blue striped "AW" ...
You can tell Andy Wallace by the white helmet with the red & blue striped "AW" ...
Re: Miami - Homestead Testing (Sput)
There's another website out there that covers racing, http://www.lmsr.net . They have several photos of the Infiniti g35GT as well.
http://www.lmsr.net/dec18.html
Here's one;
http://www.lmsr.net/dec18.html
Here's one;
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Re: Miami - Homestead Testing (Sput)
Beat me to it Sput
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Re: Miami - Homestead Testing (ODUracer21)
As Sput was talking about Andy Wallace is also driving this week for HLM. Today he took turns between driving his DP and the G35. Here is a report from Andy about driving the car today. You can find the full text at grand-am.com
WALLACE TESTS TEAM HLM INFINITI G35
Rolex Series veteran Andy Wallace, a regular in the Daytona Prototype class for the past three seasons, spent the early portion of the Homestead-Miami Speedway test aboard the new No. 35 Team HLM Infiniti G35 GT machine in addition to turning laps in the No. 20 Howard Motorsports Pontiac Crawford Daytona Prototype. As the No. 35 machine was built by Crawford Race Cars, Wallace was a natural fit to aid the team in its preparations for the 2007 season, although he was the first to admit that his knowledge of GT cars was somewhat limited.
"I don't have much experience with GT cars," Wallace said. "Most of my experience has been in Daytona Prototypes or prototypes of other kinds over the years, but my first impressions of the car are really good. The car is very comfortable to drive and it's very quick, particularly through the oval portion of the track.
"The biggest difference right now is that I'm used to the Daytona Prototype car, where I can brake and turn at the same time. You can't do that with a GT car, you have to brake and then turn. That caused a few anxious moments this morning, and it's an adjustment, but it's lots of fun."
Wallace is also one of many associated with the series who is bullish about the future of the GT class in the Rolex Series. Many observers expect the GT class to experience considerable growth in 2007, an expectation that is shared by Rolex Series officials given the number of single-class races scheduled for the upcoming season.
"I think it's an excellent concept," Wallace said. "You can build a proper race car, but it looks like a street car, and you can do it much less expensively. The potential for the GT class is huge. The concept is great, and a few more cars will make single-class races really good."
WALLACE TESTS TEAM HLM INFINITI G35
Rolex Series veteran Andy Wallace, a regular in the Daytona Prototype class for the past three seasons, spent the early portion of the Homestead-Miami Speedway test aboard the new No. 35 Team HLM Infiniti G35 GT machine in addition to turning laps in the No. 20 Howard Motorsports Pontiac Crawford Daytona Prototype. As the No. 35 machine was built by Crawford Race Cars, Wallace was a natural fit to aid the team in its preparations for the 2007 season, although he was the first to admit that his knowledge of GT cars was somewhat limited.
"I don't have much experience with GT cars," Wallace said. "Most of my experience has been in Daytona Prototypes or prototypes of other kinds over the years, but my first impressions of the car are really good. The car is very comfortable to drive and it's very quick, particularly through the oval portion of the track.
"The biggest difference right now is that I'm used to the Daytona Prototype car, where I can brake and turn at the same time. You can't do that with a GT car, you have to brake and then turn. That caused a few anxious moments this morning, and it's an adjustment, but it's lots of fun."
Wallace is also one of many associated with the series who is bullish about the future of the GT class in the Rolex Series. Many observers expect the GT class to experience considerable growth in 2007, an expectation that is shared by Rolex Series officials given the number of single-class races scheduled for the upcoming season.
"I think it's an excellent concept," Wallace said. "You can build a proper race car, but it looks like a street car, and you can do it much less expensively. The potential for the GT class is huge. The concept is great, and a few more cars will make single-class races really good."
Re: Miami - Homestead Testing (ODUracer21)
that feels familiar