It's 2008, you're an Audi factory driver in one of the best prototypes ever, starting on pole position, you think you're safe but HERE COMES JON FIELD IN THE NUMBER 37
ferrari engineer: "If you pass the driver who is in 1st position you get the lead of the race" Jon Field: That easy?! I didn't know I just have to get to the finish line before them, why do people keep telling me that I have to have more pace or a better car, I didn't know that the only thing I have to do is get past them lol, thanks for letting me know bro, I got you
so was his whole schtick just starting on soft tires when everyone else started on hards just so he can be the quickest for the first couple of laps while the competition's tires are still warming up?
Nah, his Lola had Turbos (making about 700bhp) in it just like the Audis did with the Turbo Diesels (they were at roughly 650bhp, but had lots of torque in comparison to the field). And at a track like Miller in Utah (first clip) where the air is dense and the straight is long to let loose that horsepower, it suited those turbocharged LMP1 cars massively over the naturally aspirated and lighter LMP2s (Porsche and Acura).
The Dunlop tires his team used were better at getting warm, but the Michelins were better long term. The field was also comprised of two different classes competiting for overall wins. The lmp2’s were way lighter, but had smaller engines. But you can see even in the last clip at Daytona, he didn’t have a power advantage there, he just doesn’t care at the starts and sends it.
It's 2008, you're an Audi factory driver in one of the best prototypes ever, starting on pole position, you think you're safe but HERE COMES JON FIELD IN THE NUMBER 37
He made the starts of all these races so intense.
Jon Field was great to watch in ALMS back in the days.
Damn, didn't know much about this guy. Of course the straight line speed helped on cold tires, but he just sent it all the time.
He was super aggressive in the corners on the first couple laps.
I forgot about this dude… endurance racing’s anti-hero, underdog
Lap 1 menace. He is 69 now and is racing radicals still.
@@JacksRacingProjects Nice
ferrari engineer: "If you pass the driver who is in 1st position you get the lead of the race"
Jon Field: That easy?! I didn't know I just have to get to the finish line before them, why do people keep telling me that I have to have more pace or a better car, I didn't know that the only thing I have to do is get past them lol, thanks for letting me know bro, I got you
And it worked, until lap 3-4 haha
Of all people to deaerve a factory ride, this is the guy
so was his whole schtick just starting on soft tires when everyone else started on hards just so he can be the quickest for the first couple of laps while the competition's tires are still warming up?
Nah, his Lola had Turbos (making about 700bhp) in it just like the Audis did with the Turbo Diesels (they were at roughly 650bhp, but had lots of torque in comparison to the field). And at a track like Miller in Utah (first clip) where the air is dense and the straight is long to let loose that horsepower, it suited those turbocharged LMP1 cars massively over the naturally aspirated and lighter LMP2s (Porsche and Acura).
The Dunlop tires his team used were better at getting warm, but the Michelins were better long term. The field was also comprised of two different classes competiting for overall wins. The lmp2’s were way lighter, but had smaller engines.
But you can see even in the last clip at Daytona, he didn’t have a power advantage there, he just doesn’t care at the starts and sends it.
I thought this was going to be a Gustavo Yacaman video 🤔
That videos is coming actually haha
Also a criminal, I met him at his shop when I did a story about Clint.
Yep, served 5 months for tax evasion related charges
@@JacksRacingProjectsTax evasion isn't a real crime let's be honest
@@toddthezondalover645 the US Gov disagreed with him on that one.
@@JacksRacingProjects The US govt was also founded on the ideal of taxation without representation being a cardinal sin. Bro didn't feel represented
Is that a seat for a passenger?
So the closed tops technically do as well. But these cars technically require space for 2 seats. Today’s hypercars are technically two seaters.
Lola lmp1 beat the Audi!
for a lap haha