Here are some of the pictures I took at the Roar Before the Rolex.  It is a great way to start my own tune up for the season; hunting good viewing angles and getting to know the teams and cars.

Yes, the cars!  There are a bunch of new ones, the P2’s and PC’s in particular are great to watch.  The Delta Wing, WOW!  This race is gonna be fun to watch.  Hopefully the Fords get their exhaust header issues worked out!

The Corvette DP’s were, again, on the top of the timing charts. With a good 2 years of development under them, they may win the race. Ford, however, has work to do. MSR and, importantly, CGFS has the resources in house to help develop the new engine. If it didn’t have great potential, Ganassi wouldn’t have dropped the powerful Dinan BMW’s for it.

The P2’s are close in speed, though. Close enough to challenge for a win! They will need to utilize superior pit work and reliability to do it. I feel that over 24 hours, P2’s will bring it to the DP’s for an overall win.

Now we have a number of TRUE factory Teams in GT with Aston Martin, GM, Chrysler, BMW and Porsche. And this is now in both GTLM and GTD and it is good. Good to have them run along side the many privateers out on the track.

One thing I did notice is who was NOT there; Dyson Racing, BGB Motorsport, and Sahlens Racing (I know, their in the Continental, but I’ll miss them come Saturday). Level 5 is there, but may be in too diverse a position this year to make a difference.

But the race will go on and we will start the season with a blast!