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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:i'd say that's cool except the part where the hydrogen fuel cell is a dead-end technology nah
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Picked Super Sebring instead, Rolex 24 is on the list eventually, probably after Watkins Glen but before Road America, Lime Rock, and Mosport
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drat, Sean Rayhall is quitting racing, despite all the interest he is getting and only being 23. kinda strange. sounds like he doesnt dig it anymore? https://racer.com/2018/12/17/rayhall-announces-retirement/
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this is a hell of a read https://jalopnik.com/i-went-to-china-to-race-a-new-car-then-things-got-weir-1829220792
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Basticle posted:this is a hell of a read https://jalopnik.com/i-went-to-china-to-race-a-new-car-then-things-got-weir-1829220792 I absolutely loving loathe this style of writing. Hey, want to hear about this insane race I was in? OK, I'll tease that for a few paragraphs and then take a hard left into Geely corporate history.
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The Kimoa Kid posted:I absolutely loving loathe this style of writing. Hey, want to hear about this insane race I was in? OK, I'll tease that for a few paragraphs and then take a hard left into Geely corporate history. I agree. This isnt a longform crime story.
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The Kimoa Kid posted:I absolutely loving loathe this style of writing. Hey, want to hear about this insane race I was in? OK, I'll tease that for a few paragraphs and then take a hard left into Geely corporate history. She survived to write this, and I don't know how to feel about it
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The Kimoa Kid posted:I absolutely loving loathe this style of writing. Hey, want to hear about this insane race I was in? OK, I'll tease that for a few paragraphs and then take a hard left into Geely corporate history. Thanks for letting me know not to read a Jalopnik article not that I already didn't have a massive red flag of it being a Jalopnik article.
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For those hoping DPi would be "unleashed" without P2, lol nah not really. Considering how mad Acura and Mazda were about costs, I'm surprised they are even getting these tiny adjustments, tbh. Weights cut anywhere from zero to 20kg, and some tiny power increases (mostly with more boost at the top end). And guess what, Cadillac got both the biggest weight cut and biggest power improvement. Great. https://racer.com/2018/12/21/roar-before-the-24-bop-tables-released/ also the roar list is out https://racerdigital.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2019_IWSC_Roar_Provisional_EntryList.pdf
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like the BoP won't be adjusted about three more times before Mid-Ohio. also I'm probably fever dreaming but the possibility that Ferrari is joining the Le Mans 'hypercar' regulations opens the door that somebody else on the F1 grid currently developing a hypercar based on their F1 tech could adapt that for Le Mans use...
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Cygni posted:For those hoping DPi would be "unleashed" without P2, lol nah not really. Considering how mad Acura and Mazda were about costs, I'm surprised they are even getting these tiny adjustments, tbh. Can't let Cadillac not win, they're dumping loving mad cash into IMSA's pockets.
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Here's a fun one, seems like an astronomically long shot but helll I'm down for it if it happens. http://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/12/21/g-drive-looking-to-2020-dpi-programme.html G-Drive Oreca 4.5L Gibson LMP1 engine plus some Russian manufacturer providing bodywork. Lada to DPi, boys  Real talk though, what sportscar manufacturer in Russia would be interested in IMSA? I can't even think of a current Russian sportscar manufacturer
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:Here's a fun one, seems like an astronomically long shot but helll I'm down for it if it happens. There isn't one.
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:Here's a fun one, seems like an astronomically long shot but helll I'm down for it if it happens. Marussia? would probably either be Lada or G-Drive branded though most likely.
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AJ Allmendinger was revealed as the first member of NBC's Rolex 24 broadcast crew. They say he'll work a variety of racing properties, so I don't know if he'll do the whole sports car season or just Daytona.
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harperdc posted:Marussia? Marussia is dead man, I looked into that as soon as he posted it.
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orange juche posted:Marussia is dead man, I looked into that as soon as he posted it. Hence the , I knew it had died and also checked too. Six weeks until Daytona. Yowza.
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The Kimoa Kid posted:I absolutely loving loathe this style of writing. Hey, want to hear about this insane race I was in? OK, I'll tease that for a few paragraphs and then take a hard left into Geely corporate history.  It is a fantastic piece of writing by Alanis. And the context about Geely absolutely adds to that article.
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drgitlin posted:
I respect your opinion, but I have to disagree. Here's the thing: I was born in Southern Indiana just over 30 years ago. This is a state whose economy consists almost exclusively of corn. Consequently,
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https://marshallpruett.podbean.com/e/mp-445-the-oral-history-of-the-fast-masters-series/quote:Bring some of racing’s biggest names out of retirement from Indy car, sports cars, NASCAR, and even the NHRA, wedge them into 12 of Jaguar’s brand-new, ultra-rare $1.3 million road racing XJ220C supercars, then drop the ageing heroes onto the claustrophobic 0.686-mile Indianapolis Raceway Park oval and eventually its ‘roval’ as part of the first made-for-TV racing series for 50-and-older icons. Merry Christmas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv7Ku53jhIQ
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McLaren give you Indy blue balls? Don't worry, they're gonna race McLarens in *checks notes* Super GT??? next year
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Basticle posted:McLaren give you Indy blue balls? Don't worry, they're gonna race McLarens in *checks notes* Super GT??? next year It's not even factory backed. It's just Team Goh buying a 720S GT3 and running it in the GT300 Poverty Tier.
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Wirth1000 posted:It's not even factory backed. It's just Team Goh buying a 720S GT3 and running it in the GT300 Poverty Tier. i know that unrelated, check out this video i found in some jalopnik comment section https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0x5-zCHMDA 
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Basticle posted:i know that Yeah, I'm just saying that Zak Brown is such a loving hack clown that he won't commit to anything. He's a loving hack and a clown. Vid owns. NASCAR should go back to running real cars.
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So is Mazda gonna Mazda for 2019? I vote McLaren gonna McLaren
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an oddly awful oud posted:So is Mazda gonna Mazda for 2019? I vote McLaren gonna McLaren why not both
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McLaren Gonna Mazda
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Mazda gonna Audi: https://racer.com/2019/01/02/major-changes-ahead-for-mazda-team-joest/ Leena Gade joining up as the #77 race engineer, Brad Kettler coming on as a "consultant". But Ralf Juttner's no longer overseeing the program, and his second-in-command Jan Lange has been promoted to run it instead. And the #55 also has a new race engineer formerly of Multimatic's Ford GT program, Dave Wilcox. Also, Olivier Pla and Timo Bernhard are going to be the enduro drivers this year instead of Pigot and Rast.
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an oddly awful oud posted:Mazda gonna Audi: https://racer.com/2019/01/02/major-changes-ahead-for-mazda-team-joest/ dayum *edit* Pla is going to be racing in both Sebring races 
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an oddly awful oud posted:Mazda gonna Audi: https://racer.com/2019/01/02/major-changes-ahead-for-mazda-team-joest/ Jesus they really want to win
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Don't worry, Mazda gonna Peugeot
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Wirth1000 posted:NASCAR should go back to running real cars.  that's a tube chassis car with outer skins bolted onto it and the subframe from a car 10 years older AND truck suspension pieces AND an engine you couldn't get in that carnothing real about that car
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an oddly awful oud posted:Mazda gonna Audi: https://racer.com/2019/01/02/major-changes-ahead-for-mazda-team-joest/ Wouldn't be surprised if Juttner's putting together their next program tbh, they said he's no longer with the Mazda program but still with Joest. That is carefully worded for a reason. Wouldn't be shocked if Team Joest wind up also doing a WEC 'hypercar' program as well. and yeah Mazda Team Joest is really loaded for bear this year. Gonna be interesting to watch.
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harperdc posted:Wouldn't be surprised if Juttner's putting together their next program tbh, they said he's no longer with the Mazda program but still with Joest. That is carefully worded for a reason. Wouldn't be shocked if Team Joest wind up also doing a WEC 'hypercar' program as well. Right, I didn't mean to imply that Ralf Juttner is out at Joest Racing. I think you're right that somebody wants Joest running a top spec WEC program in 2020 and Juttner's gone back to Europe to start the groundwork, since MTJ is now pretty well established. Also I was half wrong: it turns out that Rene Rast isn't out completely, but is merely going to serve as a fourth driver for the #77 at Daytona and Sebring.
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VikingSkull posted:
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an oddly awful oud posted:I think you're right that somebody wants Joest running a top spec WEC program in 2020 and Juttner's gone back to Europe to start the groundwork, since MTJ is now pretty well established. and/or Joest is pitching their services for such at this time too. I'm sure that goes both ways at times like this. Of course, they were only part of the program with Audi -- Dallara did some of the tub work IIRC -- but they certainly have more capacity than MTJ is taking at the moment, especially as it sounds like MTJ is running out of shops in the US (which, yeah, that's how it'd have to be run). guys the Roar before the 24 is this weekend 
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