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Peanut President posted:I did not know the IHRA was bought by the USHRA. It goes way back to when they were a part of Clear Channel, then LiveNation. The Monster Jam folks (Feld Entertainment) changed all the formats. Booked in Top Fuel and Nostalgia Funny Cars, burned the bridges with Pro Mod and alcohol. There was no qualifying, the pro classes became booked match races. Apparently they're owned by the folks that own Palm Beach International Raceway now, but I don't know how they will come back. It's either the NHRA now, or one of the 1/8th mile Pro mod associations.
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Also red bull frozen rush finals are on right now, off road trucks going head to head on a ski slope.  Redbull.tv
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the_worm_ posted:It goes way back to when they were a part of Clear Channel, then LiveNation. The Monster Jam folks (Feld Entertainment) changed all the formats. Booked in Top Fuel and Nostalgia Funny Cars, burned the bridges with Pro Mod and alcohol. There was no qualifying, the pro classes became booked match races. 1/8th mile pro mod is pretty badass at least.
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Yeah the IHRA stuff was a joke. I remember when all that went down. I hope the NHRA doesn't go out of business. I just got into drag racing and now it's going down the tubes (I'm exaggerating of course, but still the news has been really bleak as of late). When I was at my first race last fall I found out about the Sheik's involvement via some wildly racist folks in the stands spouting off about the team. The facebook stuff is also pretty bad. Speaking of monster truck stuff, I'm pretty excited this weekend as the newest Bigfoot truck is going to make it's debut. I was at the shop two weeks ago for testing and Bigfoot #21 is a beast. The shock angles are really horizontal compared the vertical designs of past trucks and it absorbs everything so much better. The real test is competition though, so we will see how it holds up.
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Hand fastest in 2nd Roar session, Shank's Ligier only a tenth back. The new HPD on the other hand isn't doing so hot. Only a few tenths faster than the Mazda, about 3 seconds off the pace... Just testing and a brand new car and all, but probably not ESM was hoping for. e: TV schedule for the 24 is out. 4 hour window that a lot of people won't be able to watch cause its on FS2. Also I love that FS1 would rather play lovely infomercials all night than the race. gently caress fox. http://www.imsa.com/articles/fox-network-broadcast-highlights-fox-sports%E2%80%99-coverage-53rd-rolex-24-daytona Cygni fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Jan 10, 2015 |
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Bentai posted:24hrs of Dubai is running right now. #70 car has a handicap pit stall http://www.24hseries.com/news/24h-series--a-dream-comes-true-for-mission-possible-by-sorg-rennsport Kilonum fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Jan 10, 2015 |
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#50 DP went up into the fence and came down on it's roof "SC365 posted:Saturday morning’s test session at the Roar Before the Rolex 24 was cut short after a massive airborne accident for the No. 50 Highway to Help Riley-Dinan DP in the Daytona tri-oval. Xisticide fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Jan 10, 2015 |
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Same thing happened last year in the same spot IIRC
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VikingSkull posted:Same thing happened last year in the same spot IIRC Yep it was the 90 corvette that did it and almost cleared the fence. Maybe it's time to invest in roof flaps or diffuser flaps that the deltawing has. e: http://www.racer.com/imsa/tudor-uni...ruett_Fri19_324 Good run down of things from yesterday and funny to see sandbagging once again. Not shocked with WTR Corvette getting fastest time all weekend this morning. Also good to see Mazda being 20 mph faster than last year. BMB5150 fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Jan 10, 2015 |
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CactusWeasle posted:The entertainment value from Formula E is so impressive you'd almost be forgiven for thinking they are real race cars The racing is electrifying isn't it ed- holy poo poo, that was a fantastic race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V51gFdiH9yo WindyMan fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Jan 11, 2015 |
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Looks like the right rear went, same as last years I think.   
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So I reupped my iRacing sub last night, promptly jumped in an open fixed Cup race at Talladega and was involved in a massive wreck where I flipped end over end about six times. Such a great game. e- gently caress, the iRacing discussion happened in the Indy thread, not this one. Oh well. Topical considering the above post I guess.
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WindyMan posted:Just caught the last two laps of that race. Hilarious and awesome and hilariously awesome. I was just like  the entire time from the safety car period where everyone was "how do I wavearound" to the last insane 5 laps. Hilarious.
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This week I'm going to slowly create the new thread and updating some stuff and so forth. Want to add a series, rundown of a series, etc... just give a shout. Also let Misc. Auto Racing 2015 thread naming commence.
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Misc. Auto Racing 2015: At least our criminals are non-violent
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Kilonum posted:Misc. Auto Racing 2015: At least our criminals are non-violent
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Kilonum posted:Misc. Auto Racing 2015: At least our criminals are non-violent
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Kilonum posted:Misc. Auto Racing 2015: At least our criminals are non-violent Nailed it, boom
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Chili Bowl starts tomorrow night. Best racing event of the year, every year.
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Cygni posted:Coming soon to GTLM: Is that ford's new ride? I'd be fine with that. 
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Cygni posted:Coming soon to GTLM: that every single new american sports car is just retreads of older designs really shows how completely creatively bankrupt american automobile design is
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that only has enough design cues to market it as a GT (frunk vents lol) and is completely different otherwise, and the prior GT and current one are way different than the GT40 what are you even talking about e- I mean, I guess they could vary it some like Porsche does with the 911, huh
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VikingSkull posted:that only has enough design cues to market it as a GT (frunk vents lol) and is completely different otherwise, and the prior GT and current one are way different than the GT40 it's less derivative than your standard  american sports car i suppose, but it's still relying on design cues from when america knew how the gently caress to design cool things.also porsche is the only car company i dislike more than the big 3 american car companies so that's like the worst possible example you could have used. porsche and their diehard 'we want the exact same lovely car with the same dumb configuration over and over' fanbase can both go dive under a tractor.
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Cubey posted:it's less derivative than your standard You're literally bitching about them taking design cues from a sexy car, to design another sexy car.
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orange juche posted:You're literally bitching about them taking design cues from a sexy car, to design another sexy car. if the only way you can make a sexy car is to rip off an older sexy car, you need to hire better designers.
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Cubey posted:if the only way you can make a sexy car is to rip off an older sexy car, you need to hire better designers. 'I wish they would make their car perform worse and sell less so that it looks weird'.
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Cygni posted:'I wish they would make their car perform worse and sell less so that it looks weird'. i wasn't aware that ripping off your old cars was necessary for your new one to perform well. thanks for letting me know~ also my point is less about this car in particular and more about american car design in general over the last 10+ years. DEEP STATE PLOT fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Jan 13, 2015 |
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Alain Post posted:That car sucks rear end because it has a blue oval on the front of it imo This. I'd like the car a lot more if Edsel Ford II and Jamie Allison weren't remotely involved in it. (and it's for the exact reason every one else is guessing) I do love the old school Ford GT's though.
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