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For you Aussies, enjoy: http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/11/23/first-formula-thunder-5000-sales-confirmed/
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iospace posted:Not sure if this is Misc thread worthy or NASCAR, so it'll get both: whoever runs the IMSA Twitter account is a god amongst men
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Anyone want to buy a Mazda LMP2 so you too can be SKYACTIV?* *SKYACTIV not included. Racer.com says they're asking $200,000-250,000 each, sans engine.
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I'm going to show up to One Lap of America with that.
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Well, given Mazda's engine reliability, you'll not show up to the second round 
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:Well, given Mazda's engine reliability, you'll not show up to the second round Engine not included with the chassis  Considering how many idle pre-17 spec Ligiers/Morgans/Zyteks there are out there that price seems a little high, even if they are still eligible for IMSA next year.
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Yeah, I'd imagine you could pick up something faster, cheaper.
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Dudley posted:Yeah, I'd imagine you could pick up something faster, cheaper. Like a Corvette DP? 
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I would be dead loving last but I wish I found out about this before the deadline as I'd find a way to make it happen. http://www.cikfia.com/newsroom/view/article/financial-support-for-the-2016-macau-competition.html
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Called it. Also man does that livery not look right on a Lamborghini. https://twitter.com/samtordoff/status/803886964822917121 E: Meanwhile in IMSA, the DPi class is gonna be the best looking. https://twitter.com/IMSA/status/803962792973889536 njsykora fucked around with this message at 15:20 on Nov 30, 2016 |
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I see they went with the LS. Safe choice, but kinda a boring one. Was hoping for the ATS-V.R's twin turbo v6, for something a bit more cutting edge, but I suppose why change what's worked for you in the past, the LS is a proven reliable entity.
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people always forget that the LS is a super light engine displacement aside, you make power more reliably at near the same weight as a V6TT e- the LS is also dimensionally smaller than most V8's despite the large displacement
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Tony Stewart may be at Le Mans: http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/11/30/tony-stewart-racing-at-lemans-in-2017-driver-mulls-his-schedule/
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I'm down with that cadillac. Keeps the aggressive styling that the brand has been going for recently.
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VikingSkull posted:people always forget that the LS is a super light engine Some research shows that the GM V6TT is ~20 more pounds heavier than the LT1.
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iospace posted:Some research shows that the GM V6TT is ~20 more pounds heavier than the LT1. is that wet or dry, with turbo plumbing or without? cause if it's dry and without the plumbing, holy moley
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VikingSkull posted:is that wet or dry, with turbo plumbing or without? I think fresh from the factory, could be wrong and never really got any solid answers.
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Oh boy! Rebellion will be doing the IMSA enduros in 2017. Heidfeld, Jani, and Buemi. http://www.imsa.com/news/112016/rebellion-racing-return-us-racing In other news, WTCC is considering adding joke laps. Or joker laps, not that there's a difference. http://www.racer.com/international-racing/item/136871-wtcc-joker-laps-under-consideration-for-2017
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WindyMan posted:Oh boy! Rebellion will be doing the IMSA enduros in 2017. Heidfeld, Jani, and Buemi. Rebellion isn't that surprising. But WTCC continuing to be a joke isn't either.
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As near as I can tell, the Caddy is the same as the regular WEC Dallara. Weird.
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Cygni posted:As near as I can tell, the Caddy is the same as the regular WEC Dallara. Weird. One has a 6.2L ohv v8 engine, the other has a 4L dohc v8
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I will watch any motorsports but if I find a TV with WTCC on I make the extra effort to turn it off.
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WTCC is the worst racing series on earth, except maybe WRC.
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Alain Post posted:WTCC is the worst racing series on earth, except maybe WRC. Is it now worse than DTM?
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It's like DTM but with worse tracks and less competition.
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It's incredible how they don't get that touring cars almost always look like poo poo when you run them in places like Bahrain and Qatar.
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Cygni posted:As near as I can tell, the Caddy is the same as the regular WEC Dallara. Weird. Engine, I think the nose profile is ever so slightly pointier, it has cadillac-y headlights, and the front diffuser exit vanes just behind the front wheels are angled forward instead of straight up and down. Much happier with Mazda's but this is good too.
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:Engine, I think the nose profile is ever so slightly pointier, it has cadillac-y headlights, and the front diffuser exit vanes just behind the front wheels are angled forward instead of straight up and down. They definitely look like the brands that are fielding them, so that's badass.
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Alain Post posted:It's incredible how they don't get that touring cars almost always look like poo poo when you run them in places like Bahrain and Qatar. Its literally the worst pile of racetracks ever selected with Nords thrown in which somehow ended up being poo poo because WTCC
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I've always seen WTCC as a low-effort, it-exists-because-it-has-to series. All the national touring car series are way more popular internationally (I assume) but the FIA just has to have a world champion crowned in the discipline so yeah let's throw something together with whatever circuits we have laying around. If I were in charge of things, I'd make WTCC a support series to the entire national touring car system. Hold an international round at prestigious national TC events around the world, for which wildcard entries from the host country could join. National interest in the international series would get a boost, and international interest in the national series would also get a boost. Everyone wins.
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Or just bring back Group A Touring Cars. We need road based versions of crazy touring cars.
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The Group A Skyline is one of my favorite race cars. Watching Bathurst races from that era is absolutely nutso.
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VikingSkull posted:They definitely look like the brands that are fielding them, so that's badass. it's worked out really well so far. The Nissan kit for ESM is still to come, but it should be good (and we know it'll use the GT3 GT-R lump so should be solid to drive). DPi is going to be pretty awesome next year guys. Can't wait for Daytona.
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Anyone want to take bets that WEC's P1 category folds up after everyone prices themselves out and they cannibalize the DPi formula?
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I think we're in a very rare period where American sports car racing is actually more relevant to the fan than the European stuff.
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VikingSkull posted:I think we're in a very rare period where American sports car racing is actually more relevant to the fan than the European stuff. Racing history is cyclical, prototypes always escalate in a technical and pricing cold war until all the manufacturers quit, and then they redo it all after a refractory period.
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no bones about it posted:Racing history is cyclical, prototypes always escalate in a technical and pricing cold war until all the manufacturers quit, and then they redo it all after a refractory period. oh I know, I lived through the GTP/Group C days
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I really feel like DPi is the closest thing to GTP since it collapsed. I'm really excited, I think it's gonna own.
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