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MazeOfTzeentch posted:https://twitter.com/Glickenhaus/status/1225806081181585410?s=19 still really curious what OEM is going to be making the Glickenhaus Hypercar's engine. when announced signs pointed to the big Chevy V8 for that too, but at some point plans changed and it seems more likely to be another brand (Alfa Romeo?)
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There should just be a "gently caress it" exhibition class a le mans for things like Project 400 and people who just wanna drop a CART engine into a 911 or bring back a 917k where you're not rewarded for race position but rather how much cool poo poo you can cram into the car and records you can break. Is this the worst idea? yes. Would it be hilarious and fun? also yes.
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best of luck to groverhaus in their sportscar endeavors
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thats not a fair comparison. groverhouse was more successful.
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Please keep Groverhaas discussion in the F1 thread
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Spaced God posted:There should just be a "gently caress it" exhibition class a le mans for things like Project 400 and people who just wanna drop a CART engine into a 911 or bring back a 917k where you're not rewarded for race position but rather how much cool poo poo you can cram into the car and records you can break. Isnt that basically what the 24hrs at Nurburgring have become?
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iwentdoodie posted:Isnt that basically what the 24hrs at Nurburgring have become?  the manta
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Peanut President posted:
Didn't the Manta team shut down this year?
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orange juche posted:Didn't the Manta team shut down this year? last year was their final run
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Spaced God posted:There should just be a "gently caress it" exhibition class a le mans for things like Project 400 and people who just wanna drop a CART engine into a 911 or bring back a 917k where you're not rewarded for race position but rather how much cool poo poo you can cram into the car and records you can break. They already have too many people trying to get into the rain without the real wacky ideas. At least have fun and useful ideas, like hydrogen, or allowing handicapped drivers to compete.
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The NHRA made a change to their P L A Y O F F structure. Basically, every full-time team that puts down qualifying runs is automatically in the Countdown. https://www.nhra.com/news/2020/nhra-announces-changes-countdown-championship-points-structure However… https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nhra/a30792414/nhra-headache-top-fuel-champ-steve-torrence-others-skipping-season-opening-winternationals/ quote:What if the NHRA threw a 60th anniversary party and the reigning king of the “Kings of the Sport” didn’t show up? quote:The trouble is that Torrence’s absence has greater complications. He’s not the only one opting out of the Winternationals. The Top Fuel class will now be missing three of the top seven racers from last year’s final standings. 
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people talk/joke about NASCAR dying, but the NHRA (or at least the pro classes) will die way before they do
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i didn't realize this until they were talking about it during the broadcast but the pro stock champ from 2 years ago is in arca now. That's a pretty good sign the pro category is dead with nitro probably not too far behind
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Ferrari have expressed interest in LMDh: https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/ferrari-lmdh-prototype-entry-coletta/4682748/ Makes you wonder how unappealing the hypercar regulations must be if Ferrari would rather join LMDh and build their own monocoque.
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If you haven't watched it yet, Uppity is such a good loving movie.
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Big Huski Boi posted:Ferrari have expressed interest in LMDh: https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/ferrari-lmdh-prototype-entry-coletta/4682748/ Now would imsa go for an exemption to allow Ferrari to construct their own monocoque? I'm thinking nah, considering that the chassis must be sourced from LMP2.
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Ferrari a year from now: “It’s a whole-new Ferrari! 100% Prancing Horse” *very small chassis plate inside says “Dallara”*
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It’s tradition with the 333SP!
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orange juche posted:Now would imsa go for an exemption to allow Ferrari to construct their own monocoque? I'm thinking nah, considering that the chassis must be sourced from LMP2. The quotes from the Ferrari dude make it sound like the LMDh regs might differ enough from DPi that they could build just the monocoque and buy the remaining chassis parts from one of the LMP2 manufacturers, presumably Dallara. But I hope we don't go down that road at all.
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So i'm completely new to motorsports and i've found i've got a hankerin' for sports car racing. Started watching some Goodwood videos on youtube recently which were cool, and then watched a few hours of the 24 hours of Daytona after it was a recommended video. Then I parked my rear end on the couch and ended up watching several hours straight of the Bathurst 12hr last week which was awesome to watch since i already knew that course well from years of Gran Turismo and Forza. All of the rules and different racing leagues are still fairly confusing but after watching a few other recent races i'm starting to figure what the hell is going on. A few things of note that stood out to me so far as I test the waters of sports car racing: -Big Body Bentleys are the Best -Earl Bamber is loving everywhere -Safety cars breed safety cars -Kangaroos should be standard on all courses -Prototypes are fun but GT racing is #1 in my heart Bloopsy fucked around with this message at 01:38 on Feb 11, 2020 |
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Bloopsy posted:
Called it. Watch Sebring in a few weeks. If you're able, go to Sebring.
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Bloopsy posted:So i'm completely new to motorsports and i've found i've got a hankerin' for sports car racing. Started watching some Goodwood videos on youtube recently which were cool, and then watched a few hours of the 24 hours of Daytona after it was a recommended video. Then I parked my rear end on the couch and ended up watching several hours straight of the Bathurst 12hr last week which was awesome to watch since i already knew that course well from years of Gran Turismo and Forza. All of the rules and different racing leagues are still fairly confusing but after watching a few other recent races i'm starting to figure what the hell is going on. A few things of note that stood out to me so far as I test the waters of sports car racing: You got it pretty much
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Bloopsy posted:So i'm completely new to motorsports and i've found i've got a hankerin' for sports car racing. If you want to see more of the sports cars that were at Bathurst (and also as the GTD class at Daytona), the YouTube channel for that group should have plenty of its live coverage and highlights still up from 2019: https://www.youtube.com/user/gt1world It’s nothing but GT cars, and plenty of endurance races at famous tracks.
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iwentdoodie posted:Called it. Some friends and I have talked over the years about camping at a NASCAR event even though we have no interest in the sport at all. I'm going to try to get us to camp at Sebring next year, if the costs aren't too much. Any podcasts I should listen to going forward? I listened to a few episodes of The Week in Sports Cars but given that I can listen to podcasts at work all day, I've got room for more.
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Bloopsy posted:Some friends and I have talked over the years about camping at a NASCAR event even though we have no interest in the sport at all. I'm going to try to get us to camp at Sebring next year, if the costs aren't too much. If you buy before thanksgiving it would be about 150 all in for a 4 day pass and parking (which is your campsite.) Making your own food is obviously cheaper but track food isnt bad or horribly priced. 24 packs of beer (tall boys) are 24 bucks.
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Bloopsy posted:Any podcasts I should listen to going forward? I listened to a few episodes of The Week in Sports Cars but given that I can listen to podcasts at work all day, I've got room for more. Midweek motorsport
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Bloopsy posted:-Prototypes are fun but GT racing is #1 in my heart new thread title
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https://twitter.com/LamborghiniSC/status/1227199703286239235 When they say hypercar, do they mean WEC hypercar or 'hypercar' 🤔  Edit: never mind it's just some lovely 'track day only' hypercar and not an actual lambo race car track day bro! fucked around with this message at 15:41 on Feb 11, 2020 |
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Child me would be incredibly disappointed that adult me does not give the slightest poo poo about an 800 horsepower exotic, but here we are Seriously I’d rather have a 991.2 GT3 Touring than any supercar on the market. Make it forest green please
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That could be real good, Alpine are historically a very strong team in P2. Calderon is definitely the worry in that lineup, she was WELL off the pace, even of other Ams, in the Lamborghini at Daytona. Hopefully she does a little better in a downforce car. MazeOfTzeentch fucked around with this message at 20:50 on Feb 11, 2020 |
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Edge of points in F3 is solid enough pace for the Am driver in an ELMS car so she should be fine with some practice.
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Terrible news. https://twitter.com/SnettertonMSV/status/1226788420888006656
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VIR sends its condolences.
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Calderon is going to Super Formula this year too, and I think she will struggle very badly.
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Dagys says Rebellion’s done with racing. Well that fuckin’ sucks
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Perhaps this got brought up in the Nascar or F1 threads but I missed it. A few months ago David Hobbs was on the Dale Jr. podcast and it is an amazing listen https://www.dalejr.com/radio/tdjd/ or your podcast app of choice
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Rally Sweden has started, and the big deal this year is that there is no snow. Its apparently still cold enough that they don't cancel the rally, but it looks a lot like Finland at this point. I was at the rally last year, and the snow was marginal then too. https://www.wrc.com/en/wrcplus/live-timing/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6FxOMszeU0
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Who wants to go in with me in buying Juncos’ old Cadillac DPi? In seeking to pay homage to Cadillac’s storied history I was going to give it a Landau top, opera windows and the diesel engine from a Chevy Equinox
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