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Schlesische posted:Audi doesn't need GTE. They do okay enough in GT3 (Lambos in IMSA count towards this as far as I care), their DTM program does well for itself and only the diehards really care about the bottom of the ticket races. Audi is getting slaughtered in DTM this year, and that series is a pure marketing black hole. Audi’s GT3, GT4 and TCR has to be a big profit center though.
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News: The #54 Oreca qualified first at Mosport for tomorrow, followed by the #6 Acura, #85 Oreca, #10 Cadillac, and #55 Mazda. Seems like the BoP is working overall right now as intended Views: This is not actually a N/V thread. Also the #55 is going to win, thus proving the genius of my recent posts and the credibility with which all of you should be treating my unhinged rantings and half-remembered points largely borrowed from smarter people on other websites
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Your AV needs more tinfoil for the #55 to win. Who's gonna place bets on failure mode for the Mazdas this time?
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orange juche posted:Your AV needs more tinfoil for the #55 to win. Who's gonna place bets on failure mode for the Mazdas this time? #77: Exhaust filled with acorns by squirrels, half of car burns to the ground #55: Team confuses Mosport with Mooseport; disqualified from motor race but Jon Bomarito manages to defeat Gene Hackman in town mayoral race
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77 attacked by bears 55 hit out of nowhere by sage karam
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:77 attacked by bears It is in Canada, so it’s only fitting one gets attacked by bears.
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15 mins to go and 55 is in the gravel. At least it wasnt mechanical? 
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That's the last time I try positive thinking. It's all grim cynicism from here on out folks Really though, I want to know what happened with the #55's last pit stop that it went from running in 3rd to 6th after the rest of the field came in
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an oddly awful oud posted:That's the last time I try positive thinking. It's all grim cynicism from here on out folks They have an extra level when trying to push, and the Mazda is strung the gently caress out so hard it doesn't.
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Today I met Travis Pastrana and talked to him a bit and got him to sign my shirt  Going to the ARX Rallycross at COTA this Saturday, its gonna be fun as hell. Ken Block's gonna be there too! I'm jazzed as hell to see some cars do jumps in the dirt.
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It's the weekend of Goodwood FOS https://www.motorsport.com/vintage/video/main-gallery/live-friday-goodwood-fos-111776/
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Pablo Bluth posted:It's the weekend of Goodwood FOS Indeed, here's today's youtube stream, not sure if it's geoblocked though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67IvQwZZLVU
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Bacardi bought Patron, and like all good changes in corporate leadership, the first thing they did was cancel all racing sponsorships. If you wanna sponsor a few DPi’s, might get a good deal.
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Cygni posted:Bacardi bought Patron, and like all good changes in corporate leadership, the first thing they did was cancel all racing sponsorships. That really sucks for ESM, especially because I doubt Nissan is going to be forthcoming with any extra funding or help for them. They're probably going end up sponsored by WeatherTech or something equally wretched, if they are able to continue at all.
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Cygni posted:Bacardi bought Patron, and like all good changes in corporate leadership, the first thing they did was cancel all racing sponsorships. Sounds like the same happened with Martini, another Bacardi brand. Sucks that the ownership has decided to completely take a pass on racing, but it’s what happens once a racing fan like Ed Brown sells the controlling stake of the company. If this means ESM runs in a throwback Bob Sharp paint scheme for the Nissan DPis I Am Here For It.
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Kind of a sleepy weekend this weekend, all I can see in the sportscar world (at least that I follow) is ELMS at the Red Bull Ring, and IMSA at Lime Rock
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IMSA is supposed to be on (already on a 1 he tape delay) and FS1 is showing loving youth golf. gently caress fox I want NBCSN now
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G-Drive won in ELMS. So I expect that victory to be confirmed when the series hand them a pile of pieces that used to be their car back from scrutineering somewhere around Thursday.
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Lime Rock was a pretty good race, amazing the way the tires would be fine and then just fall off a cliff completely once they were spent. Probably had a lot to do with how fast Joey Hand was at the end, if he managed to preserve his tires better than Jan Magnussen The Fox commentators said something I wasn't aware of, which is that the lead engineer for Magnus jumped ship to Paul Miller when they hosed off to PWC for a season, and it explains a lot why PMR has been getting better and better and Magnus has looked ahistorically garbage for much of this season despite the R8 obviously having been shown to be an extremely strong platform in Land Montaplast's hands
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an oddly awful oud posted:The Fox commentators said something I wasn't aware of, which is that the lead engineer for Magnus jumped ship to Paul Miller when they hosed off to PWC for a season, and it explains a lot why PMR has been getting better and better and Magnus has looked ahistorically garbage for much of this season despite the R8 obviously having been shown to be an extremely strong platform in Land Montaplast's hands Yeah, especially in a spec-ish class like GTD the engineers matter a lot, and the Lamborghini is basically an R8 in a nice Italian suit.
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The WRC is back after a summer break with Rally Finland. It should not need much introduction. Massively fast gravel rally with jumps everywhere. Toyota dominated last year, and are probably the favorites this year too. Neuville leads Ogier in the championship, and will look to defend that lead in a rally that hasn't been his best in the past. The first propper stages start friday morning local time. Timing and live text; https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/livecenter/page/4175----.html Paid live streaming; https://plus.wrc.com/en/live-stages/live/ Free highlights; https://www.redbull.tv/live/AP-1U6NX7XVS1W11/fia-world-rally-championship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJS9YiEyIGQ Edit: Ford also has some new rear aero. Its like group b never left 
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I would love to have WRC+, and they even had a 30% off promotion, but even at 30% off its way way way too loving expensive
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GT2 is back-ish https://sportscar365.com/sro/sro-relaunches-gt2-category-set-for-2019-debut/ seems like a return to 2005-era GT3 style, when they were meant to be the pace of a 911 GT3 Cup car inb4 homologation special prototypes
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GT2 never went anywhere, they just renamed it GTE/GTLM. The technical regulations are the same.
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True but now we'll see rich assholes wreck even faster in a high horsepower GT4-alike for grid padding
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Spa 24h is about to start. Apparently it's on motortrend on demand, but I'mma be watching on YouTube thru a vpn
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:Spa 24h is about to start. Apparently it's on motortrend on demand, but I'mma be watching on YouTube thru a vpn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQsqaENFD-g
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Not sure I'm a fan of the FCY then SC procedure. It bunches up the field without needing a wave by, which gives more intense racing, but it just feels weird. Makes it much easier to stay on the lead lap. Certainly not a fan of the minimum pit stop times, simultaneous fuel and tires, unlimited tire allotment, and maximum stint length times.
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 And you're normally so good to me, NISMO TV 
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Just burn up the MotorTrend free trial or hell even :5bux: is cheap enough for the race only let alone what's on MotorTrend.
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The only time Nismo tv doesn’t work for me is during the Bathurst 12hr but I think that changed this year. Le Mans is a pain in the dick to watch in Australia but at least I can watch most of the other big enduro races
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race is red flagged, big shunt at the top of radillon, got a few pictures from up there from folks at the track. Nothing really on the status of the drivers other than "not dead". Word is 666 hit the barriers at the top of radillon, and then the 31 bentley collected him at full speed 
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more info https://twitter.com/VincentJBruins/status/1023386878169571330
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Jesus Christ
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How is motor trends on demand app so terrible
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:update: both drivers conscious, being transported to hospital 
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