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Ahahahah that was some nice karma. gently caress you Honda, eat all of the poo poo
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CactusWeasle posted:Ahahahah that was some nice karma. gently caress you Honda, eat all of the poo poo 
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Oct 13, 2019 23:43
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Oh my god John Doonan is the new president of IMSA
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Oct 15, 2019 17:15
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gently caress yeah, I was worried about who it would be, but I think that's a really good pick.
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Oct 15, 2019 18:02
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Hows that going to work with the whole being head of Mazda Racing North America? Who're they gonna find to keep that program afloat? Iirc Mazda Racing NA only exists because he keeps Japan from shutting it down, as it's not a money making endeavor, and the Japanese side of Mazda has less than zero interest in IMSA. I highly doubt that Mazda would kill off stuff like spec Miata etc but their prototype program would be a juicy line item to trim to balance the sheets. orange juche fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Oct 15, 2019 |
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Oct 15, 2019 18:12
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I mean, that might be why he left? I guess we will have to wait and see. IMSA is moving towards the "bust" of the sportscar boom/bust cycle with a bunch of teams/cars leaving next year. Such is sportscar racing!
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Oct 15, 2019 19:11
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https://twitter.com/RACERmag/status/1184138147384442886
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If he managed to keep Mazda's terrible prototype program shambling along for nearly the last decade I'm sure he can keep IMSA humming along just fine.
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kill me now posted:If he managed to keep Mazda's terrible prototype program shambling along for nearly the last decade I'm sure he can keep IMSA humming along just fine. Oh I have no doubt of that, it's just with him leaving Mazda I wouldn't put any bets whatsoever on Mazda continuing in racing that gets any airtime after this. They might do another season but yeah I don't think they're going to last beyond next season without John. Dude was holding it together with sheer willpower. Mazda's struggling enough in the US market anyways, their sales are down something like 23% over the last year because Mazda can't figure out what they want their cars to be. orange juche fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Oct 15, 2019 |
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It's going to be strange seeing Corvette's being driven around without Jan Magnusson's name on the driver lineup. 
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net work error posted:It's going to be strange seeing Corvette's being driven around without Jan Magnusson's name on the driver lineup. wait, is he retiring? 
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Basticle posted:wait, is he retiring? Corvette Racing more or less cut him loose in favor of Jordan Taylor next year
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Oct 19, 2019 04:39
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I hope he dosent end up in like DTM or something
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Basticle posted:I hope he dosent end up in like DTM or something WTCR or whatever it's called seems like quite the racing retirement home
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Oct 19, 2019 19:39
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It makes sense to replace him with an American now that the Corvette is a generic European supercar
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CactusWeasle posted:It makes sense to replace him with an American now that the Corvette is a generic European supercar It makes no sense to replace him because he was just 20 years away from aging into the Corvette's main demographic
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NGL I'd buy a 60,000 USD Ferrari impersonator if I knew it wasn't going to implode in a pile of cheap plastic parts because GM build quality yo.
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orange juche posted:NGL I'd buy a 60,000 USD Ferrari impersonator if I knew it wasn't going to implode in a pile of cheap plastic parts because GM build quality yo. Someday this meme will die. They're not supercar or luxury car quality interiors or fit/finish, but they're not scrap heaps. Even the C5 for all the poo poo it got holds up. Interior is rear end, but the car itself is still great. Still wouldn't buy the first model year though. First year Corvette's always have at least one weird problem that ends up fixed the following year.
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I'd say the last true piece of poo poo GM released was the J-body.
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iwentdoodie posted:Someday this meme will die. The meme will die when GM stops putting out stuff where the trim pieces pop off because they didn't design them correctly, it doesn't have to be wrapped in expensive leather or anything (I'd prefer cloth seats to leather just to avoid barbecuing my rear end getting into a car on a sunny day) but having pieces of the dash and interior of the car that are just bulbous garbageplastic sucks and is poor design.
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iwentdoodie posted:
Agreed. Corvettes are built better.
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orange juche posted:The meme will die when GM stops putting out stuff where the trim pieces pop off because they didn't design them correctly, it doesn't have to be wrapped in expensive leather or anything (I'd prefer cloth seats to leather just to avoid barbecuing my rear end getting into a car on a sunny day) but having pieces of the dash and interior of the car that are just bulbous garbageplastic sucks and is poor design. GM cheap plastic feels and looks way worse than any other manufactures cheap plastic. There's just something about it.
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dentist toy box posted:GM cheap plastic feels and looks way worse than any other manufactures cheap plastic. There's just something about it. It's made with extra sadness
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Agreed. Corvettes are built better. Truth. dentist toy box posted:GM cheap plastic feels and looks way worse than any other manufactures cheap plastic. There's just something about it. Dodge is worse. The Viper (every gen) felt like a Little Tykes push cart. Also the only cars I've been in where the leather feels like loving rubber.
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the moral of the story is that american cars are gutter trash
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The inside of my Miata is hard plastic but it's hard plastic for a reason because the car gives no illusions about the fact that its singular purpose is to achieve extreme lightness. It also is impossible to drive long distances in the thing because you will die of being in an uncomfortable car.
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All modern cars are gutter trash. The performance and economy are mind blowing, dont get me wrong, but christ I hate all the screens in them. If everyone would just pull a Saab and give a night mode that shut off everything but essential lighting, I would he so happy. Even the loving gauges now are like staring in the sun.
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Anyone else watching rally catalunya?   Power stage should be fun tomorrow.
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Holy poo poo that McLaughlin crash during qualifying at the Gold Coast round https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77w0rzwHJDw
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Yea, I saw that on YT earlier. Pretty violent wreck. Also nice to see a competitor stop and get out to help...
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gently caress yeah Tanak 
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Oct 27, 2019 18:39
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Tanak owns but holy lmao at his shock move to Hyundai.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Yea, I saw that on YT earlier. Pretty violent wreck. Also nice to see a competitor stop and get out to help... I mean, its nice... but stay in the car on a hot track jfc.
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Oct 28, 2019 00:43
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Tanak locked in his championship with a power stage win. 
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Looks like IMSA P2 might have enough cars next year to, like, be an actual class: https://racer.com/2019/10/28/dragonspeed-to-run-two-imsa-lmp2-entries/
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Why the gently caress is someone planning to run a Riley?
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What'll be funnier is if the Riley is more reliable than the mazdas
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Dudley posted:Why the gently caress is someone planning to run a Riley? Cheap, probably. It'll be poo poo at Daytona, but it could come good in the more downforce-demanding circuits. Really excited to see an acutal class forming around the P2's. I think they could have gotten away with just restricting engine power (via rev limit), I think the Le Mans gearing mandate is a bit much for those cars, they'd still definitely be slower than the DPis, though I suppose only having to maintain 1 set of gears (and spares for that set) helps with budgetary concerns.
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I would rather run a Riley-Multimatic LMP2 than a Nissan DPi. Especially if it includes getting called a fuckhead by Larry Holt at technical meetings
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If that is the old Spirit of Daytona Riley chassis, it got all the Multimatic updates the Mazda got (including the completely redone suspension), I think. So it may be more competitive in P2 then it would seem at first glance. Still a huge uphill battle against the ORECAs that can rely on their mountain of setup data.
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