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Hey so how about Penske winning the supercars championship.
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jacteh posted:Hey so how about Penske winning the supercars championship. Thank gently caress it wasn't SVG or Whingecup
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Nov 26, 2018 01:17
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You Am I posted:Thank gently caress it wasn't SVG or Whingecup This So Lowndes gone (full time), Falcon gone, downs-Mustang in, Nissan factory gone - lot of changes for 2019
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Nov 26, 2018 02:01
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Apparently you can fit 40 McNuggets into the supercars trophy
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Nov 26, 2018 07:34
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Pirate Radar posted:Apparently you can fit 40 McNuggets into the supercars trophy  
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Nov 26, 2018 08:35
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Alonso with WTR for Daytona https://racer.com/2018/11/26/alonso-set-to-make-rolex-24-return/ Also Jimmie wants to buddy up with Alonso at Daytona too
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Nov 26, 2018 22:10
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I wonder if WTR would run 2 cars, seems like they got a ton of dudes wanting to run who would bring primo sponsor interest.
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Nov 26, 2018 23:05
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I have nothing but respect for Alonso as a driver but the way he inevitably gets treated like an Achaemenid god-king everywhere he shows up to drive is going to make the Rolex 24 lead-up coverage unbearable Also, Paul Miller Racing is taking their ball and going to Blancpain after IMSA reclassified Madison Snow as a Gold in next year's driver ratings, disqualifying the championship-winning Sellers/Snow lineup for 2019: https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt-america/paul-miller-planning-move-to-blancpain-gt-america-in-expanded-effort/
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an oddly awful oud posted:I have nothing but respect for Alonso as a driver but the way he inevitably gets treated like an Achaemenid god-king everywhere he shows up to drive is going to make the Rolex 24 lead-up coverage unbearable Alonso was at the Rolex24 last year and really didn't cause nearly the stir the international media shoveled upon him and Toyota at Le Mans Also I'm sure PMR will enjoy getting punted by the yellow Ferrari constantly in the boring and dying Blankstare World-America GT by Pirellipain Series. Snow drove at the level of a pro driver this year, winning the Lambo Super Trofeo championship as well as the Weathertech GTD Championship. His main Am competition this year, against whom he fought hard and had better results, also got reclassified as gold, even when she was driving with a *much* stronger Pro for most of the season. No offense to Sellers, but he's no Parente, and even when Kat wasn't driving with Parente, she was driving with Mario Farnbacher, who also got promoted to gold in the FIA rankings. Sellers was the only IMSA regular that was regarded as one of the worst offenders of the sneaky silvers that *wasn't* promoted directly by the FIA
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Nov 27, 2018 01:38
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Cygni posted:I wonder if WTR would run 2 cars, seems like they got a ton of dudes wanting to run who would bring primo sponsor interest. In 2017 Tony Stewart tried to get a 2nd car for WTR but couldn't quite get it set. I'd say they would, just depends if they have the money and man power to get it done.
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Nov 27, 2018 04:23
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Junior/Stewart/Johnson for #11 WTR cmon wayne make it happen
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Nov 27, 2018 04:57
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an oddly awful oud posted:Also, Paul Miller Racing is taking their ball and going to Blancpain after IMSA reclassified Madison Snow as a Gold in next year's driver ratings, disqualifying the championship-winning Sellers/Snow lineup for 2019: https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt-america/paul-miller-planning-move-to-blancpain-gt-america-in-expanded-effort/ They just don’t want to be second-placed Lambo behind the Magnus car.
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Nov 27, 2018 05:29
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:Alonso was at the Rolex24 last year and really didn't cause nearly the stir the international media shoveled upon him and Toyota at Le Mans Everyone knew he was in a car that wasn't going to be remotely competitive.
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Nov 27, 2018 08:49
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I like how adamant Wayne was yesterday that nothing was signed or official and how dare you ask him about these rumors sir good day sir. ...and today they confirmed it. I know they all do that, but its always funny to me.
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:Junior/Stewart/Johnson for #11 WTR cmon wayne make it happen You're forgetting somebody with ties to WTR who would make that lineup own more, though: #10- J. Taylor/van der Zande/Alonso/Kobayashi #11- Earnhardt, Jr/Stewart/Johnson/Gordon ...or just throw RHR on the 11 since he does, too, but that's boring.
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Nov 27, 2018 21:50
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A team of awesome retired nascar drivers in top tier equipment would be loving amazing. Stewart getting pissed at Jimmie, jr recording the whole thing, Gordon trying to stay neutral but angry at Stewart also cause he pissed in the seat before jimmies stint...
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iwentdoodie posted:A team of awesome retired nascar drivers in top tier equipment would be loving amazing. I am all for NASCAR Bellator
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As thought, ESM is dead. Despite Core previously announcing they were gonna use the Oreca next year... nope. Core bought the Nissans, is parking the Oreca, and will run 1 DPi next year instead. https://racer.com/2018/11/30/core-switches-to-nissan-dpi/ Kaiser will run in Juncos #50 at Daytona, with full timer Will Owen. https://racer.com/2018/11/30/kaiser-joining-juncos-for-rolex-24/ Madison Snow got upgraded in the driver rankings, so hes leaving IMSA. https://racer.com/2018/11/30/paul-miller-racing-splits-with-snow/
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Cygni posted:As thought, ESM is dead. Despite Core previously announcing they were gonna use the Oreca next year... nope. Core bought the Nissans, is parking the Oreca, and will run 1 DPi next year instead. Running the Nissan DPi means they've got budget to pay up for Nissan's manufacturer fees, which is good. Hopefully they can run a second car later in the season or in 2020, and this keeps four different DPi brands on the grid too. RIP in peace ESM, though 
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Whoa poo poo son, that's a big swing from Jon Bennett ultimately wanting to race Le Mans, then again he gave the invite up this year up to fight for the overall championship at PLM. The move to DPi makes them ineligible for the auto invite to LM. Great news, given the circumstances though. Only wish we'd see some more Nissan involvement down-field in GTD to help spread that cost around, like the Altima did in ST in years past. Makes me wonder why more teams don't operate a GTD, IPC or MPC (nee Conti) team to bring in cash flow to help run a full pro effort, much like what WTR does with Prestige Performance in Lambo Super Trofeo to help fund their efforts. MazeOfTzeentch fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Dec 1, 2018 |
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Dec 1, 2018 01:36
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In case you didn't see it in the Discord, the Thunderhill 25hr is this weekend. Qualifying is now (Friday night) and the race starts at 11am tomorrow (Saturday) through to noon on Sunday. There's a live stream with static cameras but so far has some good commentary. https://nasaspeed.news/race-coverage/25-hours-of-thunderhill/follow-all-the-racing-action-live-from-the-2018-nasa-25-hours-of-thunderhill/ https://livestream.com/drivenasa/25hour
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Dec 1, 2018 02:12
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Already? Seems like it was only months ago, dang
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Cygni posted:As thought, ESM is dead. Despite Core previously announcing they were gonna use the Oreca next year... nope. Core bought the Nissans, is parking the Oreca, and will run 1 DPi next year instead. Which means we now have, as I assumed would happen, no full season LMP2s. Dragonspeed are apparently going to run 1 at Daytona, but that'll be a glorified pre-LeMans test. That's now the only announced LMP2 entry at all.
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Dudley posted:Which means we now have, as I assumed would happen, no full season LMP2s. Why would you run an LMP2 full season. On the DPis are being unleashed? (Assuming you can get a DPi.)
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Maybe IMSA should have made the full season DPi only, with LMP2 as a class for the Daytona/Sebring/Glen/Petit endurance schedule. That might entire more from Europe to come over to play and boost car counts. Alas.
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drgitlin posted:Why would you run an LMP2 full season. On the DPis are being unleashed? (Assuming you can get a DPi.) I have no idea, but IMSA were insisting it was a viable separate class. As were some of the idiots on Motorsport.com. I think Windyman's probably right there, do an LMP2 enduro cup. Although you might have trouble getting them to do Sebring.
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https://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/maldonado-daytona-24-hours-debut/4308969/ Are we gonna get Track Dryer 2: Electric Boogaloo? Basticle fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Dec 5, 2018 |
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Dec 5, 2018 16:20
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Well there's a 2nd LMP2, at least for Daytona.
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Coming 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfg71KgtxO4 this lanky turtle dude always gets the scoops at sebring
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Dec 7, 2018 04:11
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Cygni posted:Coming 2020: What did they change the V8 into? 4 valves per cylinder DOHC?
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orange juche posted:What did they change the V8 into? 4 valves per cylinder DOHC? flatplane crank v8
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DOHC flat-plane TTV8, I heard 4.2L, though I think that's bigger than the maximum turbo engine displacement, so they're either going with a waiver or are taking it to 4.0 Sounds pretty good, not as iconic as the old one, but it at least has SOME noise, unlike the BMWs, Ferraris, and Astons, which are nearly inaudible.
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Porsche extended its IMSA contracts for 3 more years with CORE. Good stuff. https://racer.com/2018/12/08/porsche-confirms-2019-le-mans-imsa-programs/ Also Rossi taking Grahams spot in the Acura DPi cause Graham physically couldnt fit in the car, lol https://racer.com/2018/12/07/rossi-joins-penske-acura-for-enduros/
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Formula E from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf 12 Hours tomorrow. Practice 1 for FE starts 10 minutes from now, race is 7am EST, should be live on youtube globally Also has a support race this year, with jaguar i-paces somehow managing to squeeze themselves around a Formula E circuit, that's gonna be live on facebook and twitter at 5am EST e:hahahaha it's loving wet in saudi arabia MazeOfTzeentch fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Dec 15, 2018 |
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Dec 15, 2018 04:47
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This fanboost thing sounds like the worst thing ever, but lol@strudel getting 37% to Massa's 13% to almost everybody else's 1%
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Powershift posted:This fanboost thing sounds like the worst thing ever, but lol@strudel getting 37% to Massa's 13% to almost everybody else's 1% For what it's worth, it's really hardly ever played into any big results. It's a 25hp boost for like 5 seconds, and that's if the driver chooses to use it. Often they have been running to an energy number in the race that doesn't allow for them to use the amount of energy that deploying fanboost takes. Usually if it's used at all it's used to attempt an overtake for some minor positions, or in defense from another driver, so the attacking driver has to expend more energy in the attack, making it easier to defend, or retake that position later. I was pretty grumpy about fanboost when I started following FE, but it's been really kinda an overhyped nothingburger, at least in the first 4 seasons. e: it also doesn't count for the fastest lap points, so you can't even use it as a boost to edge out there
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Dec 15, 2018 05:50
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Also FE is a lovely gimmick anyway so who cares.
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Dec 15, 2018 06:17
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All the free practice sessions have been cancelled due to fairly deep standing water on the track Chaos rains
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They did get the Formula E practice started a few minutes ago, and now there is a red flag because someone already put his car in the wall.
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good to see FIA adhering to the no season tires gimmick. They need to put real tires on these cars lol
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