LG Motorsports

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by Cthib10

Sounds like LG will come back in a Porsche or a Ferrari ; /. It would have been nice to see the Corvette up there competing up front with the Porsches and Ferraris but looks like that won't happen for some time now. Maybe the Ford GTs will step it up but not likely either ; /.

I doubt very seriously that Lou will show up in anything other than a Corvette!! Corvette is Lou's bread and butter so to speak, as his business is mainly predicated on it.

[John Thawley]

Originally Posted by WMUCarGuy

Well the Corvette going back to Riley doesn't necisarily mean that LG won't be running it again. From how the article made it sound, the car would go back to Riley so they could complete and develop the car, in which time LG would search for sponsorship, and then get the car back later in the season.

Even though a Porsche or Ferrari would probably put them more towards the pointy end of the field, I love seeing a small, privateer effort willing to take a chance on something new and different, and I really hope they can get the Corvette back on track.

RIley should really get behind the program and work with Lou to develop the car PROPERLY. It would behoove Riley to make the car right and make Lou whole. If Riley is genuinely serious about building customer cars, they need to quit dicking around and get behind their product. I really think they're coming out of this deal with a huge black eye.

JT

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by John Thawley

RIley should really get behind the program and work with Lou to develop the car PROPERLY. It would behoove Riley to make the car right and make Lou whole. If Riley is genuinely serious about building customer cars, they need to quit dicking around and get behind their product. I really think they're coming out of this deal with a huge black eye.

JT

Ok, I'll just throw this out there. Conspiracy theory par excellence. Is this hesitation from Riley being promoted from GM? After all, when this story first began there was all this development assistance help that was mentioned as coming from GM ( wind tunnel etc..)and then it just dissapeared and the car comes from Riley late and not complete. Riley still has major ties with GM. With the board not being to cooperative with a Corvette LMP project maybe the GT is being kept on simmer for the factory squad?

[Cthib10]

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Ok, I'll just throw this out there. Conspiracy theory par excellence. Is this hesitation from Riley being promoted from GM? After all, when this story first began there was all this development assistance help that was mentioned as coming from GM ( wind tunnel etc..)and then it just dissapeared and the car comes from Riley late and not complete. Riley still has major ties with GM. With the board not being to cooperative with a Corvette LMP project maybe the GT is being kept on simmer for the factory squad?

I really think the LG Corvette was pretty competitive. I mean look at the last race at MMP. The fastest lap in GT2 was a 148.3 and the fastest lap by the LG Corvette was a 149.9 which was 4th quickest in class behind only the Flying Lizard Porsche's and the Tafel racing Ferrari. I think it was more of driving ability than lack of a complete car.

[Patrick]

You have a very good argument there. I think if they had all the funding they needed they should have just kep Marc Goosens.

[HORNDAWG]

Hmm, never said or implied that Lou was not competitive or making huge strides in making the car competitive. But it still has room for improvement, which could very well be hastened by rectifying the lack of completion from Riley. The onus here is on Riley to complete the car that was supposed to be delivered in Jan. and wasn't! If the car had been delivered whole, we may very well have seen 3D stay on the car as it might have been more competitive out of the box and presented better opportunities for Peterson to use it as a tool to leverage in his business! We will never know. So as JT pointed out it is Riley who has failed here at the expense of LG Motorsports and Riley needs to step up if they wish to keep the egg on their face from turning putrid!! Lets hope they do. Lets hope they wish to build a chassis that is truly meant to be a customer car and all the games stop!!


Goossens is a Riley factory shoe.

[dysonfan]

I personally would have liked to see what Dunlop was going to give them for a tire compound next race. The car was also suppose to have some new parts on it as well. They would have been near the front by the end of the year if you ask me.

[John Thawley]

Originally Posted by dysonfan

I personally would have liked to see what Dunlop was going to give them for a tire compound next race. The car was also suppose to have some new parts on it as well. They would have been near the front by the end of the year if you ask me.

Dunlop wasn't "giving" them anything. The team switched out on their own dime after receiving dismal performance from Kumho.... both on and off the track.

JT

[HORNDAWG]

Well, Lou is intimating, at another site, that there is a good chance that there will be some sort of CO-OP with Riley to get his hot rod back on the grid at Petit. Hope that it comes to fruition! And maybe, race gods willing, it will develop into more than just Petit.

[kwokjk]

Glad to hear there is a small glimmer of hope. I felt the Corvette gave the GT2 class a tale of two races. Risi, FLM, Tafel, and now FBL in the upper front half while Panoz, Corvette, and Aston in the bottom half. Fun to watch LG's progression from shakedown at Sebring to consistenly running further up towards the front race after race.