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harperdc posted:Double post because this weekend is the Spa 24 Hours, in which German brands push their “customer” cars to the limits of believability at a glorious ribbon of road in the Ardennes forest. Honestly my favorite track
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This track very wisely parked all the alcohol dragsters at the bottom of a hill and at least one team needed an assist getting their vehicles towed to the staging lanes.
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Jul 29, 2022 21:25
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Hardly any spectators at Spa. Is that normal?
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Jul 31, 2022 15:55
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Brass Hand posted:Hardly any spectators at Spa. Is that normal? The GTWorld streams showed several stands being full, same for the awards ceremony.
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Jul 31, 2022 16:27
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Brass Hand posted:Hardly any spectators at Spa. Is that normal? Tracks will often have way less spectator space for non-F1 races, even if they're popular. I remember hearing someone recently complain about how Silverstone won't open some of the major grandstands even if an event is sold out just so F1 weekend looks special.
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Jul 31, 2022 16:35
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SlowBloke posted:The GTWorld streams showed several stands being full, same for the awards ceremony. Oh okay must have been a few sections closed as on the few segments I did watch a number of stands around the main start/finish and the run down to Eau Rouge were almost empty
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Jul 31, 2022 21:19
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Brass Hand posted:Oh okay must have been a few sections closed as on the few segments I did watch a number of stands around the main start/finish and the run down to Eau Rouge were almost empty There was also a shitload of sun, meaning that stands that didn't have coverings might have been skipped for nearby woods with shade.
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Also isn't Spa one of the races with the Festival on at the circuit, so they're probably off drinking wheat beer and dancing to EDM in the field next door.
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If in you’re in Topeka, there’s gonna be funny cars and other proper cars. Plus a wheelstander and jet car exhibition EVERY NIGHT . I fuckin love jet cars. They’re the stupidest thing. A fuckin jet engine with wheels and a seat bolted on. Floods the grandstands in smoke. Usually turns in a 270mph at the quarter mile mark. coconono fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Aug 12, 2022 |
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Aug 12, 2022 03:53
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The latest E-Prix in Seoul just had a really weird pileup https://youtu.be/kscKEEUdvvo
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spamman posted:The latest E-Prix in Seoul just had a really weird pileup Formula E habit of making super narrow city tracks(to enhance speed in onboard) makes them easy to create scenarios like this. Most circuits looks like a shittier Macau.
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SlowBloke posted:Formula E habit of making super narrow city tracks(to enhance speed in onboard) makes them easy to create scenarios like this. Most circuits looks like a shittier Macau. and especially to place these things around existing infrastructure that may not have FIA Grade 1 width as well, I saw they looped the Seoul circuit partially through a stadium which was interesting but also incredibly slick given the weather. should also note that they're incredibly lucky the rains didn't wash out the race entirely, it was historic flooding in other parts of Seoul just before the weekend. meanwhile Acura revealed their new LMDH car ahead of the Monterey Historics, looks pretty similar to their last car but that's no issue. Interesting that they have a new engine which really looks like a beefed-up IndyCar motor (2.4l twin-turbo V6), and might be the smallest-capacity Hypercar motor we'll see.
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Aug 19, 2022 05:24
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Easily the most manufacturer interest at the top of sportscars since the late 90s, hope it doesn't implode too soon like things usually do.
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Aug 19, 2022 06:57
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Given it's incredibly low effort for most of them it shouldn't too quickly. As Harper points out they've basically stuck the bodywork from their old Oreca LMP2 on the new one and jammed an Indycar derived engine in there. As opposed to spending £200m making an LMP1.
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I mean yeah the new few years will be epic, but it doesnt change the overall pattern that the LeMans24 will eventually become a TCR race or whatever.
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Officially got a ticket for WEC 6 Hours of Fuji, making good on a 8-year threat to go to that race. Praying we don’t have a typhoon that weekend.
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CactusWeasle posted:I mean yeah the new few years will be epic, but it doesnt change the overall pattern that the LeMans24 will eventually become a TCR race or whatever. In all honesty these are already basically overgrown TCR cars, hell in IMSA it's already one of the support classes. Standard cars, corporate but BoPed engines and aero. Great racing probably, but no longer prototypes.
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harperdc posted:Officially got a ticket for WEC 6 Hours of Fuji, making good on a 8-year threat to go to that race. Praying we don’t have a typhoon that weekend. Good luck on no adverse weather but i feel like being miserable in rain would be better than the incredible humid heat of japan. Have fun! After Monza this year, i think i might do me some pain and go lemans next, since the grid looks likely to get stacked with some real contenders rather than pity slots.
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Aug 19, 2022 10:57
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harperdc posted:Officially got a ticket for WEC 6 Hours of Fuji, making good on a 8-year threat to go to that race. Praying we don’t have a typhoon that weekend. Very jealous! Not that I'm super keen on going to Fuji, but I would just love to attend a WEC race at some stage.... LeMans is def on the bucket list
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Custard Undies posted:Very jealous! Not that I'm super keen on going to Fuji, but I would just love to attend a WEC race at some stage.... LeMans is def on the bucket list Monza is very doable on a budget, done this year for the first time and even if traveling on business class, I paid pretty much gently caress all for five days (60€ for tickets, 120€ for food, 230€ for comfy lodging and about 350€ for taxis and other assorted transport). Merch stands will bleed you dry if you don't stop yourself. Edit: here is WEC broadcasting the 2014 fuji race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuGgVTKGX9s SlowBloke fucked around with this message at 12:06 on Aug 20, 2022 |
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Custard Undies posted:Very jealous! Not that I'm super keen on going to Fuji, but I would just love to attend a WEC race at some stage.... LeMans is def on the bucket list So here’s the thing: I know Fuji gets a bad rap or isn’t thought of as highly as, say, Suzuka, but I’ve gone twice before (Super GT Golden Week race two years in a row) and it’s very, very good as a fan. The facilities are nice, and it’s fairly compact and walkable. With a general admission ticket, you can walk around to see almost every corner easily (the only ones that are tough are in the last sector). And you can get some good photo spots from hills to see cars in really high-speed corners - Turn 3 is especially fun to watch from. Tickets are running 8800 JPY and that gives you a full three days of access, and you can go into the grandstands on Friday or Saturday. I’m just doing a day drive and back on Sunday, but it’s definitely something to think about for future years. I know posting this means I’m going to have a typhoon come through, but fingers crossed.
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harperdc posted:Officially got a ticket for WEC 6 Hours of Fuji, making good on a 8-year threat to go to that race. Praying we don’t have a typhoon that weekend. Get in there harper
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harperdc posted:So here’s the thing: I know Fuji gets a bad rap or isn’t thought of as highly as, say, Suzuka, but I’ve gone twice before (Super GT Golden Week race two years in a row) and it’s very, very good as a fan. The facilities are nice, and it’s fairly compact and walkable. With a general admission ticket, you can walk around to see almost every corner easily (the only ones that are tough are in the last sector). And you can get some good photo spots from hills to see cars in really high-speed corners - Turn 3 is especially fun to watch from. The track does produce good racing with a bad layout. Most criticism is actually due to the love for the old layout.
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I think they made the last sector quite so fiddly to get the circuit length up for F1. If they had the money to just redesign that again, not to go back to the original because it's 2022 but just to make it a little less awkward, it could be really good.
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No posts from harper means fuji is now a domain of Neptune empire?
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there was just an absolutely horrific crash in the gt america race at road america that does not make me feel very good e: spoiler tagged because there is no word if he's ok   jesus gently caress broadcasters said they'll give updates as they get them since there's a bunch more races at road america today they'll be covering e2: he is ok, phew DEEP STATE PLOT fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Aug 21, 2022 |
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:there was just an absolutely horrific crash in the gt america race at road america that does not make me feel very good https://twitter.com/mar_b_ond/status/1561374463421284355?s=21&t=ax9UFRYEeiazq8994InwcQ That vantage got compressed into a cygnet holy poo poo
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SlowBloke posted:No posts from harper means fuji is now a domain of Neptune empire? ...the WEC Fuji 6 Hours takes place on Sunday, September 11, 2022  in other news, Rene Rast has moved from Audi to BMW (expected to join WRT's team for 2024) and Daily SportsCar is doing a couple of articles on whatever it is that ByKolles is trying to do for LMH these days.
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harperdc posted:whatever it is that ByKolles is trying to do Anything different than burning down in the first three laps is going to start the rupture, which is why aco is trying its best to disqualify them, they don't want the world to end.
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SlowBloke posted:https://twitter.com/mar_b_ond/status/1561374463421284355?s=21&t=ax9UFRYEeiazq8994InwcQ Aston Martins have been having a rough time, there was that one that went sideways into one of the chicanes at Monza a couple weeks ago and flipped over when it hit one of the speed bumps.
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Arcella posted:Aston Martins have been having a rough time, there was that one that went sideways into one of the chicanes at Monza a couple weeks ago and flipped over when it hit one of the speed bumps. I was there and that driver needs to light up candles in church for the rest of his life, if he crashed a second later he would have surely been slammed by the following pack. https://youtu.be/F550jL4zgXc
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pro mod car almost ate the rear end out of the other car https://www.nhra.com/news/2022/pro-mod-close-call-indy oh yeah we're in Indy. Its a big deal. If you're in town DM me I'll get you hooked up with tix.
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coconono posted:pro mod car almost ate the rear end out of the other car Ah piss, the one weekend for 3 weeks on either side I'm NOT in Indy. Damnit.
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so far you've missed rain, cash bearing sky divers, explosions and Britney Force trying not to swear on live television
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not quite as funny as racing jetengines with wheels and seat bolted on, but I'm glad everyone's ok https://twitter.com/OhioRacingMedia/status/1566250378869489665 It astounds me how safe this sport has become esp compared to seeing some of the older dragster guys who def healed up without medical supervision a few times. I remember meeting a guy in the Pomona fairplex parking lot who'd totally not spent several years living in his top sportsman car(VERY specific about this point) telling me about how he'd been banned from the fairplex for having an opinion. I talked to the dude for like 45 seconds, felt like 2 hours, thanks Drag Strip Uncle Buck. Seriously, I hope he's well. I better stop before I go into reminiscent mode about this forever county fair culture I've fallen in love with.
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The Fuji 6 Hours is back! And it’s live! And I’m finally at this loving race after threatening to go since like 2015. Lot more later but I’m absolutely in heaven. 
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