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Toyota staying in P1 for the dumb extended season: http://www.racer.com/wec-le-mans/item/145857-toyota-confirms-super-season-return Callaway going to run a "factory" backed (that factory being callaway, not GM) 2 car PWC program, replacing the Caddys: http://www.racer.com/pwc/item/145874-callaway-competition-usa-announces-works-pwc-program
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the only moral choice is to root for a P2 victory, of course
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maybe they should have a radio in the cars, and perhaps some trackside men and women with flags to wave to warn people new aston GTE:  http://www.racer.com/wec-le-mans/item/145898-aston-martin-racing-s-new-gte-launched#!Aston_Martin_Racing_2018_Vantage_GTE_01
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geonetix posted:Is there any kind of confirmation that Alonso is doing the Indy 500 again next year? Or is he just going Le Mans? He is confirmed NOT doing Indy next year. He's confirmed to be doing the Daytona 24hr, and rumored to be doing LeMans, but its not confirmed yet. Indy: No Daytona 24: Yes LeMans: Probably
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the only way Toyota will get any non-Japanese media coverage for winning is if Alonso is in the car, so I imagine they will try their hardest to make it happen
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Joest Mazda released their lineups, Tom Long and Joel Miller are out, Oli Jarvis and Harry Tincknell are in, with Pigot and Rene Rast the third drivers for the enduros. The rumor on pairings is Bomarito and Tincknell in the #55 with Pigot as the 3rd, and Oli Jarvis and Tristan Nunez in the #70 with Rast. Stout to say the least. http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/145988-imsa-mazda-adds-firepower-with-revised-dpi-roster
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Performance Tech went with an Oreca instead of the Dallara (so we wont get to have every chassis in IMSA, BOO). But another full time Proto: http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2017/11/29/imsa-pc-champs-performance-tech-step-up-to-p-with-oreca/
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Yeah, well you signed Castroneves, Montoya, Rene Rast, Oli Jarvis, Alonso, Norris, Rosenqvist, Di Resta etc? Well, WERE gonna add Romain Dumas and Loic Duval! http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/146037-core-adds-le-mans-winners-dumas-duval-for-rolex-24 This is gettin silly.
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New IMSA rules: http://www.racer.com/more/viewpoints/item/146064-pruett-inside-imsa-s-key-rule-changes-for-2018 The only one i dont like is the static qualifying one. Seems counter to the idea of qualifying that you cant even make any adjustments to your cars. For rubbered up places like Sebring, might as well do 1 flyer and park the thing for the rest of the session.
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Button to Super GT. Gotta wonder how much money was in that bag from Honda. Should be fun. http://www.racer.com/international/item/146097-button-confirms-full-time-super-gt-program-for-2018
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:It's like we're just plowing straight through the planned 2010's decennial sportscar dieoff and right onto the next golden age. if toyota was gone, sure. dont@me
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And it looks like the rumors of PR1 dying were wrong too. Gary Peterson moving to sportscars with Saavedra/Yacaman with PR1: http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/146355-afs-joins-pr1-mathiasen-imsa-effort-with-saavedra-yacaman I think that brings us to 17 full timer protos... e: also they announced the coverage schedule for Daytona and Sebring and lol just use a stream man: Jan. 27-28 Rolex 24 At Daytona FOX 2 – 5 p.m. Sat. FS2 5 – 10 p.m. FSGO 10 – 11 p.m. FS1 11 p.m. – 1 a.m. Sun. FSGO 1 a.m. – 8 a.m. FS1 8 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. FSGO 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. FS1 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. March 17 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring FS1 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. FS2 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. FSGO 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. FS2 3:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. Cygni fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Dec 19, 2017 |
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If Toyota doesnt win every race, it will be hilarious and deserving of mockery and man do i hope it happens. Not enough to get me to watch outside of the Sebring debacle and Lemans, but still.
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In not very secret news, Visit Florida Racing goes back to being called Spirit of Daytona and goes back to being a factory GM team with a Cadillac. Vautier and Matt McMurray as drivers. http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/146425-vautier-mcmurry-to-lead-sdr-cadillac-dpi-effort
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Paul Ricard and Magny Cours are both boring, but Paul Ricard is a special sort of post Tilke rear end-suck after its redesign that should be forgotten. By comparison to that boring rear end place, Magny Cours gleams with fuckin' soul. I would rather watch the neutered Hockenheim than Paul Ricard. But I would probably just watch neither tbh. Cygni fucked around with this message at 02:56 on Dec 27, 2017 |
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Roar entry list is out. 50 cars, 20 protos. Lordy. http://www.racer.com/images/2017/Dec_2/IMSA/Roar_IWSC_Pre-Event_Entry_List.pdf Racer article: http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/146469-imsa-s-roar-entry-list-a-map-to-expansive-changes
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WindyMan posted:Only nine GTLM cars. That's awfully low, isn't it? Same number of full timers they had the last 2 years. They normally get a few 1 offs for Daytona and Sebring that add to the GTLM field for those two races.
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harperdc posted:Doesn't look like any of the factory teams doing both IMSA and WEC (Porsche, BMW, or Ford) are bringing the European cars over to add numbers. The 1-offs don't have to participate in the Roar, the full timers do. That said, I don't think any of the euro cars will show.
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Caddys going from 6.2L to 5.5L next year. Long time coming with this. http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/146569-cadillac-dpi-teams-to-race-with-smaller-engine
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Roar is going! http://livescoring.us/2018/imsa00/ The 5.5L engine and new cars really seems to have mixed up the standings at the top.  Now there are 4 caddies in a row instead of 3. 
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orange juche posted:Mazda isnt on the timing and scoring sheet? Must be skipping the first session or their car is broken Its really really cold. Was in the 30's when the session started and its in the 40s now. Teams were looking through the rulebook to see if IMSA had a minimum track temperature rule, even. So like 11 cars that are there haven't run, including the Mazdas.
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Scott Pruett to retire after the Daytona 24.
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Former American Le Mans Series champion Scott Tucker was sentenced to 16 years and 8 months in prison for illegal payday lending practices, reports The Kansas City Star. lmao owned bitch http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article193241289.html
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The roar is ultimate sandbagging. Remember last year the fastest cars at the roar was the Rebellion. I can 1000% guarantee you that Penske learned from what Ganassi did with the GT, and has shown none of their hand. At all.
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Man, the Eurosport1 announcer/coverage for Dakar is god awful. It was like getting talked at by someone watching it live with you who doesnt even like the sport. Also they didnt even show the results of the stage? The satellite feed announcer is better if you are looking to download a copy from a CERTAIN website. Also the RedBull TV coverage is actually pretty good, minus the dubstep.
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Ginetta's P1: *touching earpiece* I'm getting word that its somehow already many laps down.
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Daytona 24 spotters guide. Looget all them protos: http://www.spotterguides.com/portfolio/18_imsa/
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