Flying Lizards Twitter Q&A with Thomas Blam
.@Dogathan I would stuff the squirrel into the jar of Mayo and eat the pickle.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Viclovesracing I am the Chief strategist for the team, and also the strategist for the 45 car. Team Manager Eric Ingraham is on the #35
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@AwesomeJoeRace Funnily enough, the last time I was there (in the 80s), my bill was also $20.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Dogathan Since their second race in 2004. I did a few races in 2003 with what became Flying Lizard.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@kristawillms See if there is a simliar series in the past that ran there before with a similar car and look at fuel numbers…And practice
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@bohicawarriors Gut tells me we may struggle here a little bit. We’ll be good on the brakes, the transition corners are a bit of a concern
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Viclovesracing Weather. It’s a bigger impact on fuel numbers and lap times
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@IndyCarRocks (1/2) It looks like we need to be good on the brakes here, and have a car that transitions well.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@IndyCarRocks (2/2) Plus, It looks like we’ll need to use curbs, we’ll need that compliance
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Dogathan My favorite track is @roadatlanta, living in Atlanta. One that isn’t on the schedule, I think @RaceSonoma
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@IndyCarRocks The Audis are very good over the curbs, and don’t have any problems with bump/steer issues or camber issues
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@RallyWeekly I would love to do a season in World Rally Cars, I’ve always enjoyed it and loved the experience
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Dogathan I do not drink caffeine. As long as the race stays green, and the action is going, I have no problems focusing for that long
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@AstidySRT The basic driver feedback and looking to see if anyone else had gone to drys and the lap time difference between is what you use
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@steve_diligent Typical short race, we have (including drivers) 28 people. GTD budget per car ranges between $1.2 – $2.2 million per year
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@IndyCarRocks The tire we run on is pretty consistent, it has a slight peak when it’s new, and stays even after that (Hey @continentaltire)
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@raceduddete My favorite win (that stood) was 2010, Laguna Seca after @pLmotorsport made great pass late in the race.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Kevin_W25 I’m half German, so Rosberg.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@eaganj Terrible answer, but not my department. I think that’s up to the folks at @IMSA marketing?
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@kristawillms Yes, some that I’ve developed over the years on my own.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@kristawillms Spreadsheets and flowcharts, basically.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Dogathan No.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Viclovesracing Still a huge fan of @JBergmeister, glad that @Dionvmracing is on the 35, because we can’t stand each other
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Fogelhund I would love to do both of those races, but the season is too long to entertain thoughts of going to those events
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@AstidySRT Our lead engineer, Steve Conover, and I work well together so it’s not an issues with this team
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@IndyCarRocks This car seems to like cool conditions, and it looks like the weather tomorrow and Friday will be favorable for us
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@INDYCARGL2488 I believe we will stay in sports car racing in the foreseeable future.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Viclovesracing We were all a part of the discussion, although it was Seth’s decision at the end. We were all unanimous, and we’re happy
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@57BDR Anything from Ferrari and the Muscle Milk Aston Martin
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@kristawillms Planning and before the race starts. During, I’m pretty relaxed.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Viper_Plays The team- When we finished 1-2 (twice), and once at Detroit, we almost finished 1-2-3.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@IndyCarRocks This is a unique track for us, both as a team and with the Audi R8. We did get some data from @audi from last year.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@kristawillms (1/2) We get tremendous help from Audi from an engineering standpoint.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@kristawillms (2/2) However, the Audi that race in most of the world have a different aero spec than what we run here in the states
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
[email protected] We have weather radar in the pits, and we also use Dark Sky. We’ve had good luck with what we’ve used up to now.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@IndyCarRocks No. We run the same spec exhaust at each track
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Dionvmracing My daughter is on twitter, so I can’t respond… But Tommy didn’t win. #nexttime
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Dionvmracing Well, *I’ll* be there this year…..
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Mad_Reid We believed that @Audi provided the best chance for immediate competitiveness for us
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@Dionvmracing Don’t know. We’re always working late, and they always leave early. Slackers.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@SpencerPumpelly I’m 0 for 2 right now.
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 23, 2014
.@raceduddete “we had tremendous success with the Porsche and hopefully we’ll have the same soon with the Audi” – Thomas
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 24, 2014
.@sepanzeri “no. That’s one of the hard parts, is you’re very reluctant to discuss our strategy with others.” – Thomas
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 24, 2014
.@ErnstAudi “We don’t believe in bad luck. Wee had too many small issues that should have happened. Working to correct.” -Thomas
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 24, 2014
.@kristawillms “Spending time with the rules, so that you really know them. Getting out chess pieces and doing ‘what of’ senarios.” -Thomas
— Flying Lizard (@FlyingLizard_MS) July 24, 2014
