Brynjolfsson, Hindman Join Park Place In New Porsche GT4 Effort
Park Place Motorsports will expand into IMSA Michelin Pilot Sport competition next year, confirming a Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport for Alan Brynjolfsson and Trent Hindman. The effort, which will run under the Park Place Motorsports with VOLT Lightning banner, comes after the promotion of former VOLT Racing race strategist Mike Johnson to director of operations at Park Place. Driving a Ford Mustang GT4, Brynjolfsson and Hindman finished eighth in the GS drivers鈥?championship this season with a win at Road America and two top-five finishes. 鈥淭his was a complex decision. I really liked and believed in the guys that ran VOLT Racing in 2018; I can鈥檛 say enough good things about them, especially my team manager Chris Vallee,鈥?Brynjolfsson said. 鈥淭hey did a great job getting us wins in both IMSA and PWC. 鈥淭o fight for a championship, we needed a larger operation and the economies of scale of multiple cars. 鈥淧ark Place is a proven Porsche program in WeatherTech, we will be running two Porsches next year, so it was a natural fit. Hindman, meanwhile, will enter his sixth season in the newly named Michelin Pilot Challenge, which takes over from Continental as the entitlement sponsor. 鈥淗aving the opportunity to work with Alan and VOLT Racing throughout 2018 and to be a part of his development behind the wheel once again is a very exciting prospect to me,鈥?Hindman said. 鈥淗owever, the potential of winning races and fighting for another GS championship is what motivates me the most. 鈥淚t was a phenomenal car, but I absolutely cannot wait to drive the 2019 Porsche Cayman GT4,鈥?he said. John Dagys is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Sportscar365 as well as the recently launched e-racing365 Web site for electric racing.
The cost to the environment (and your wallet) of manufacturing and then re-manufacturing any product with a shorter life cycle is far more detrimental to the environment than a more sustainable product. But this is not the way it's going. Think of the battery degradation in your phone over two years. Last August I decided late on a Saturday to drive my 25 year old 964 Speedster across the US for a PCNA Cocktail party the following Thursday in Pebble Beach, California.. No special prep. 1/2 qt. RainX on the wind screen and I'm ready. Early Monday I'm in the car in West Palm Beach and I'm at the party on Thursday. Two 1350 mile days. 137 mph as indicated on my radar detector. To me, this is green. Think of the true environmental cost of all the cars I didn't need to buy over 25 years. I hope that my 981 Spyder is still going strong and is serviceable in 25 years.
Although 8 year warranties on electric car batteries is the standard, the replacement cost is substantial. 15,734.29 and the part number is 24285978, and then there's the installation cost. That's nearly 50% of its MSRP. So how much will buyers be willing to pay for an electric car when it's near its warranty expiration? This really shouldn鈥檛 surprise anyone. Nuclear is actually the most 鈥済reen鈥?energy but most folks find that hard to believe. It's quite hard to know who to believe. This may be biased in some way. I have to say that it doesn't 'feel' right that batteries as the way to go. They're so heavy and are so expensive to make (although they could be 95% profit for all I know). I prefer the idea of methane or some sort of fuel that burns without significant emissions. Seems to make more sense. If every car was suddenly battery powered tomorrow think of all the batteries, all the chargers, all the power stations etc etc etc we'd need. Nuclear reactor cars yes. The manufacturing process to make batteries is highly energy intensive which is the biggest issue. Recycling these batteries is also energy intensive.
By the time you take all this into consideration gas engines are still more efficient although it took nearly 100 years to get there. So perhaps with time battery technology will improve assuming we continue down that path. Hydrogen would be a great alternative for the environment but that process is also heavily underdeveloped. Hydrogen would be a great alternative for the environment but that process is also heavily underdeveloped. BMW was leading the way in hydrogen ICE development, but EV took a stronger foot hold and I can only imagine they've abandoned their efforts at this point. The problem with hydrogen is that you need a nuclear reactor to produce the fuel. Don't think the US and other nuclear states want to see nuclear reactors producing hydrogen fuel all over the world. I agree with going lighter with cars as important, but we would need to increase public safety first. Speed limiting big rigs to 62 mph (like in Germany) would be a good start. Quick Reply: 982 GT4 Spyder? Quote message in reply? Marketplace Parts Marketplace Vehicle Marketplace Vendor Announcements Rennnlist Help and Announcement Forums Rennlist Forum Glitches - post them here. Test posts are permitted.