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net work error posted:There's a Subaru in BTCC? The Levorg, aside from the BMW I think it's the only other RWD car in the series. It's Jason Plato's pet project if memory serves.
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# ? Mar 26, 2019 23:27 |
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It was setup as a Plato pet project but over the three years he was shown up first by The Turk and then Ash Sutton. 2 wins to Turk+Sutton's 17 wins. Last year he scored 26pts to Sutton's 256. He's lost a bit of his media shine, mostly due to how he's responded to the drop on performance. He's now switched to an Astra with Rob Collard as his team mate.
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# ? Mar 26, 2019 23:40 |
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njsykora posted:The Levorg, aside from the BMW I think it's the only other RWD car in the series. It's Jason Plato's pet project if memory serves. They made the Levorg RWD for the BTCC? Huh. Okay. Guess they don’t want AWD cars.
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# ? Mar 27, 2019 04:40 |
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It was part of Plato constantly bitching that he'd have won every btcc title in the last ten years if he had a RWD car which is why him driving like poo poo in it is hilarious
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# ? Mar 27, 2019 04:49 |
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harperdc posted:They made the Levorg RWD for the BTCC? Huh. Okay. Guess they don’t want AWD cars. For me its more the WTF a Subaru chassis actually works as a RWD. Usually they become twitchy snap oversteer nasty pricks with evil chassis balance when you convert to rear drive only. Levorg is based on a 5th gen Liberty... do you need to retain much of the stick suspenion in BTCC these days or is it fairly free?
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# ? Mar 27, 2019 05:14 |
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:For me its more the WTF a Subaru chassis actually works as a RWD. Usually they become twitchy snap oversteer nasty pricks with evil chassis balance when you convert to rear drive only. The whole front and rear subframes are spec and made by RML. Seeing as bmw are running a 3 series now, maybe we could just go back to saloons again. Get a C-Class, jag XE, alfa giulia etc. I might actually follow the series then
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# ? Mar 27, 2019 09:14 |
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:For me its more the WTF a Subaru chassis actually works as a RWD. Usually they become twitchy snap oversteer nasty pricks with evil chassis balance when you convert to rear drive only. I'm trying to imagine driving a Subaru/Audi with the front driveshafts removed and yeah, that sounds about right
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# ? Mar 27, 2019 11:51 |
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track day bro! posted:Seeing as bmw are running a 3 series now, maybe we could just go back to saloons again. Get a C-Class, jag XE, alfa giulia etc. I might actually follow the series then They must also be forced to use the liveries from the ITC days.
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# ? Mar 28, 2019 14:56 |
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track day bro! posted:The whole front and rear subframes are spec and made by RML. So that would also mean customised mounts to the shell and tower changes and the required geometry movements. Okay yeah I see how it can work now. Thanks
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# ? Mar 28, 2019 22:24 |
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https://www.imsa.com/news/042019/imsa51-imsa-celebration-takes-new-name-after-1968-race-discovery Wonder if they'll stop selling all the merch now also
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# ? Apr 1, 2019 17:29 |
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april fools day is loving stupid e: ok this is good at least https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf3BmxHcSYY Cygni fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Apr 1, 2019 |
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iwentdoodie posted:https://www.imsa.com/news/042019/imsa51-imsa-celebration-takes-new-name-after-1968-race-discovery There's a few years that shouldnt count anyway You know the ones I mean
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# ? Apr 1, 2019 21:15 |
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iwentdoodie posted:https://www.imsa.com/news/042019/imsa51-imsa-celebration-takes-new-name-after-1968-race-discovery what date was that posted
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# ? Apr 2, 2019 13:46 |
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More chatter about what Ford is gonna do in GT racing. Racer seems to think that the GTs may keep rolling until 2022 if Ford decides against the Multimatic DPi for 2020-2021. https://racer.com/2019/04/02/insight-what-next-for-fords-imsa-program/
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# ? Apr 2, 2019 20:20 |
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Cygni posted:More chatter about what Ford is gonna do in GT racing. Racer seems to think that the GTs may keep rolling until 2022 if Ford decides against the Multimatic DPi for 2020-2021. It also sounds like DPi choice is “Go now or go into DPi 2.0 with a hybrid system,” too. Continuing with the GTs would help them keep the program going until the.
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# ? Apr 3, 2019 06:06 |
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IMSA just gave the Acura DPis a considerable weight break and increased boost for Long Beach even though they took pole and tied for second at Sebring qualifying well ok then
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# ? Apr 4, 2019 04:09 |
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The madness that is the BTCC returns this weekend.
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# ? Apr 5, 2019 09:29 |
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JingleBells posted:After some BTCC chat on Discord I looked at some of the cars & drivers we have this year, there are a few interesting things I spotted. Reigning champion Colin Turkington will be in a proper BMW this year: And neither of them are getting anywhere near the podium. It's more likely neither will score a point.
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# ? Apr 6, 2019 14:11 |
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Blundell put it in the gravel in qualifying so will start from the back. The first race might be delayed due to thick fog.
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# ? Apr 7, 2019 10:34 |
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Hamilton tried his best to take out the leader!
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# ? Apr 7, 2019 13:13 |
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Pablo Bluth posted:Blundell put it in the gravel in qualifying so will start from the back. The first race might be delayed due to thick fog. And somehow already ruined my prediction he wouldn't score.
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# ? Apr 7, 2019 13:56 |
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It feels so weird seing Mark Blundell in BTCC in 2019
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# ? Apr 7, 2019 14:15 |
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It's only a couple of seasons since we had Donnely to be fair. And not so far before that for Herbert.
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# ? Apr 7, 2019 22:36 |
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If you're in the UK all the BTCC races are up on the ITV site. Watching the first race right now and the tire shenanigans are quite funny.
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# ? Apr 9, 2019 03:57 |
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im shocked (SHOCKED) that World Challenge already wants to go back to sharing dates with Indycar https://racer.com/2019/04/09/world-challenge-looking-to-rekindle-indycar-ties/
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# ? Apr 9, 2019 20:00 |
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How much of the old World Challenge remains in the current series? I like SRO, their series have done well IMO.
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# ? Apr 9, 2019 21:52 |
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Apparently there will be no livestreams of SuperGT this season. https://twitter.com/NickCassidy_/status/1116827280804761600
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# ? Apr 13, 2019 01:22 |
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gret posted:Apparently there will be no livestreams of SuperGT this season. In tyool 2019
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# ? Apr 13, 2019 01:36 |
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booooooo
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# ? Apr 13, 2019 01:40 |
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Yeah, Nissan got so far out of the game they've apparently nuked the NISMO.tv YouTube channel from orbit. But that's been running for four or five years. Surely -- SURELY -- Nissan would've told the GTA how popular this was getting? That it was actually getting some traction overseas? That it meant people weren't just running to the pirate site to download an upload of the J Sports broadcast... This is the most head-in-the-sand old Japanese man thing I've seen in a while. I shouldn't be so shocked, but here we are.
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# ? Apr 13, 2019 01:46 |
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harperdc posted:Yeah, Nissan got so far out of the game they've apparently nuked the NISMO.tv YouTube channel from orbit. Yeah pretty much, the guys running GTA have no loving clue how popular SuperGT is outside Japan, and are going to wind up killing interest in the series outside of Japan because of this.
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# ? Apr 13, 2019 01:58 |
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What I liked about the Nismo broadcasts was that I could watch it the next day because catching it live is pretty much impossible for me so even a reddit stream link won't be worth it. It's a bummer because Okayama races are always good too.
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# ? Apr 13, 2019 02:09 |
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RACER: Long Beach IMSA Mazda RX-7 GTO In-Car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WirbjDxE2ec
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# ? Apr 13, 2019 05:11 |
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Bentai posted:RACER: Long Beach IMSA Mazda RX-7 GTO In-Car I have never been so sad to miss LB. God drat that sound.
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# ? Apr 13, 2019 05:40 |
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Bentai posted:RACER: Long Beach IMSA Mazda RX-7 GTO In-Car rotaries were too good for this poo poo world we live in
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# ? Apr 13, 2019 06:19 |
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If anyone is interested I have 4 extra paddock access passes for Saturday. PM me and we can meet up somewhere at the track to give over the tapes.
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# ? Apr 13, 2019 06:45 |
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Bentai posted:RACER: Long Beach IMSA Mazda RX-7 GTO In-Car the outside shot is spectacular, especially considering how you can also see the flame coming out on overrun
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# ? Apr 13, 2019 09:50 |
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Wait'll you see the flames Mazda brings to Long Beach today
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# ? Apr 13, 2019 13:40 |
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an oddly awful oud posted:Wait'll you see the flames Mazda brings to Long Beach today I believe in Mazda today!
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gg mazda
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