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njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


ERC this weekend proving those metal guardrails are stronger than they look. That dudes pants probably not so much.

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WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC74ow7-biU

SPACE HOMOS
Jan 12, 2005

Here are some photos I took at COTA for the IMSA weekend. They should be in order that I took them so it starts with Friday morning practice. It includes the support races as well. I took a lot but picked ones I liked.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/144390874@N07/8740wn

SPACE HOMOS fucked around with this message at 04:37 on May 8, 2017

Dudley
Feb 24, 2003

Tasty


Slightly unfortunate moment to focus on the "Got Talent?" sign on the back of it.

Pablo Bluth
Sep 7, 2007

I've made a huge mistake.
I assume that lack of BTCC talk is that we're all still blinded by the brilliance of the drives Racing God Plato is currently turning in.

Dudley
Feb 24, 2003

Tasty

I especially love the fact that Ash Sutton is wringing the living poo poo out of the car, finishing 15 places ahead and scoring 10 times the points means he has nowhere to hide whatsoever.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Plato got roundly beaten by Turkington last year, he may just be too old.

Dudley
Feb 24, 2003

Tasty

Oh that's absolutely part of it at this point, same with Matt Neal falling further and further behind Sheddon on average.

But this year he's struggling to beat James loving Cole, possibly literally the worst driver in the field.

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

Pablo Bluth posted:

I assume that lack of BTCC talk is that we're all still blinded by the brilliance of the drives Racing God Plato is currently turning in.

Same, but the lack of Australian Supercars chat now the Red Bull Triple 8 team are being kerb stomped by Dick Johnson/Penske

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Interest in Supercars may just be down. Them moving off FTA TV was a big mistake.

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
I'm just going to start posting all of the SST replays. You're welcome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b6eeKEeMNY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-liW4ALNNU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YHDGTQ6bx4

Humbug
Dec 3, 2006
Bogus
Rally Portugal is currently running. This rally is infamous for its out of control spectators from the Group B days where some would try to touch the cars as they sped past.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-bEzUipmWc
Thankfully, its more under control these days, but there are still a lot of spectators.
Follow it here http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/livecenter/page/4175----.html or on WRC+. I believe there are codes for a few months free trial.

Its currently really close for the lead with 1.4s separating the top 4 after 4 stages. It would be cool if Tanak could get his first win.

Schlesische
Jul 4, 2012

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Interest in Supercars may just be down. Them moving off FTA TV was a big mistake.

A recurring theme with Australian sports.
Once you're off Free-to-air, viewership and fan engagement is going to plummet.

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
Clio Cup has been a bloodbath this year. Also LOL at a Monster Energy Clio

Sneaks McDevious
Jul 29, 2010

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
Nicky Hayden died

jammyozzy
Dec 7, 2006

Is that a challenge?
Quali 1 for the actual best race this weekend, the Nurburgring 24h, is live on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qJDbQSp6mA

You should be able to watch every quali session and the race on Sat/Sun in that same stream if you can pull yourselves away from the Monaco parade or Indycars going in circles a lot. :D

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
So WTCC race 1 at Nords is the same bullshit as last year with tires blowing all over the place. I cant believe that they even came back this year, and secondly they didnt solve the tire issues from last year

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


See your problem there is you expected WTCC to fix something.

Also international livestream for the Nurburgring 24h (I'd assume with RLM commentary) is here. I believe it goes live in about 2 hours if I have my timezones right.

Xisticide
Nov 27, 2005

njsykora posted:

See your problem there is you expected WTCC to fix something.

Also international livestream for the Nurburgring 24h (I'd assume with RLM commentary) is here. I believe it goes live in about 2 hours if I have my timezones right.

Countdown to Green in 2 hours, race start in 3 hours according to RLM schedule.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
Nurburgring is doing the parade lap if you're wondering.

Kilonum
Sep 30, 2002

You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Man it is a beautiful day there

And the forecast for the next 24 hours is nice as well. Except for that chance for a thunderstorm in the last hour :getin:

BMB5150
Oct 24, 2010

2018 Indianapolis 500 Winner

Man it's quite something to see the start of this race.

GOOD TIMES ON METH
Mar 17, 2006

Fun Shoe
I love this race. The sheer number of cars on the circuit is fantastic.

Was it last year or the year before when there was an absurd hailstorm that red flagged everything for hours and stranded cars in various places?

Kilonum
Sep 30, 2002

You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

GOOD TIMES ON METH posted:

I love this race. The sheer number of cars on the circuit is fantastic.

Was it last year or the year before when there was an absurd hailstorm that red flagged everything for hours and stranded cars in various places?
Last year.

uwaeve
Oct 21, 2010



focus this time so i don't have to keep telling you idiots what happened
Lipstick Apathy
F'Lambo

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
I do love a race where an overall contender gets taken out by a Renault Clio

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


I'm the raccoon tail on that Opel's antenna.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

iospace posted:

I'm the raccoon tail on that Opel's antenna.

It's a foxtail, dunkus. It's a very important aero device.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Peanut President posted:

It's a foxtail, dunkus. It's a very important aero device.

whoops :downs:

+9001 pounds of downforce, right?

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
It's a vertical stabilizer, like an airplane has.

geonetix
Mar 6, 2011


I like how the helicopter-camera-person during the 24h is listening to Nick's drivel and started zooming in and out like a nutcase when he asked him too.

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
That was Martin Haven and I doubt there is any audio hookup to the English RLM crew. (I'm guessing you were joking; it was a funny moment though)

geonetix
Mar 6, 2011


Was it Martin? He sounds a lot like Nick

I did find it well timed

Spaced God
Feb 8, 2014

All torment, trouble, wonder and amazement
Inhabits here: some heavenly power guide us
Out of this fearful country!



Martin Haven is a pretty cool dude.

Also holy poo poo Audi bringing out a tyre to the middle of nowhere in case they needed a fix is hilarious

Kilonum
Sep 30, 2002

You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

"Being ridiculously prepared for an endurance race" is Audi's schtick.

EDIT: What the gently caress is going on with the German presenters :catstare:

Kilonum fucked around with this message at 21:17 on May 27, 2017

Spaced God
Feb 8, 2014

All torment, trouble, wonder and amazement
Inhabits here: some heavenly power guide us
Out of this fearful country!



What the gently caress is happening on the international stream? Are they testing one on the German commentator's blood for shits and giggles?

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
I don't know, but the chick is Cyndie Allemann, former Indy Lights driver

jammyozzy
Dec 7, 2006

Is that a challenge?

Spaced God posted:

What the gently caress is happening on the international stream? Are they testing one on the German commentator's blood for shits and giggles?

Right? For a minute I thought I was about to see somebody's ear get pierced live on TV.

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012



iospace posted:

I'm the raccoon tail on that Opel's antenna.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Manta_Foxtail

The manta's foxtail is a 24h Nurburgring tradition.

https://twitter.com/Manta_Foxtail/status/868626352940994563

orange juche fucked around with this message at 07:59 on May 28, 2017

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Kilonum
Sep 30, 2002

You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

foxtail manta needs its own racing game

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