Both times Guy, Greg, & Charles ran the 12hrs of Homestead in Guy's Z we only went through two sets of pads (changed just after the 6hr mark), and had to change drums around the 8 hr mark. The first year they ran though we found out what happens when you try to get one more stop out of a set of pads on a z. Not pretty, but it livens up the pitstops.
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