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Does anyone know if BAR1 finally got their update package from Multimatic? Also, the Mazdas got an increase in boost across most of the rev range, and a higher redline in the post-roar BoP. They could be pretty speedy come Thursday. I'm gonna keep a watchful eye on the timing site. e: will prototype cars 2, 22, 23, 32, 52, 54, 85, and 90 please report to the stewards for improper Le Mans Prototype livery colors. Allowable major colors are as follows: - Red - White - Black MazeOfTzeentch fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Jan 24, 2018 |
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Yeah, you're right: roar left, 24 right
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Jan 24, 2018 02:14
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Don't forget your hearing protection. And probably eye protection too, let's be real.
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Jan 24, 2018 19:20
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Yeah I learned that at VIR. Road racing you get a whole different experience than watching on TV. Limited insight into happenings on track, but much nicer ear tickling, and really cool things to learn and watch in the paddock. For the Conti and WeatherTech races we were at the oak tree grandstands, which is poo poo for overall race insight, but a lot of teams parked spotters in the crowd to radio the drivers in that area of the track, and we got some really cool info just chatting with them. Really open and friendly guys in the IMSA paddock. e: even the GTLM teams, which I figured would be a bit more secretive, being pro factory efforts, but nah the crew guys are super chill
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Jan 24, 2018 20:48
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Now if only Aston would do GTLM and Corvette would do a full season GTE effort 
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Jan 25, 2018 04:33
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Aston Martin doesn't do pro GT racing in the US, and Corvette only does Le Mans, it'd be awesome to see them both all over the world all season long
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Aston Martin has a pretty rich history, and races at many levels. The CEO, John Hindhaugh, and the side from great British bake off did the 24 hours of COTA with one of their factory drivers in a one off lightly modified Vantage GT8, in the GT4 class. There's a pair of V8 Vantages, one old style GS died, one GT4 spec in Conti as well. Every so often a team drags out their V12 Vantage GT3 at Lime Rock too, but that car is really long in the tooth and isn't really competitive anymore.
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Jan 25, 2018 15:24
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MAZDA TOPS FREE PRACTICE 1 GET HYPE
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Jan 25, 2018 16:35
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Holy poo poo Van Der Zande what a frantic quali session
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Jan 25, 2018 23:01
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BAR1 5.6 seconds off the pace in the Riley, slowest car that set a representative time. Nissans and 77 Mazda no representative times. 55 Mazda P9, Alonso P13 e: orange juche posted:Huh I thought the quali was finished because T/S threw the flag, guess there was one more lap left :P flying laps count
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Jan 25, 2018 23:06
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At least it's to be warm this year, instead of 34 and raining sideways with tires that refuse to come up to temp on PC cars e: dear michelin, please bring your slicktermediates to IMSA next year
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Jan 27, 2018 01:08
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Oooo they upgraded the leader lights with pit timers, number of seconds in purple
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Jan 27, 2018 21:16
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Turns out when your fastest class is very close to being the cheapest to run in the series, a lot of people come and play. GTDs costs keep climbing, and the new LMP2s are cost capped.
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Jan 27, 2018 21:55
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Jan 27, 2018 21:59
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Jan 28, 2018 01:42
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Ford GTLM just passed a prototype for position in the wet
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Jan 28, 2018 02:12
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Fueling rate too fast, according to Land's account of the ruling.
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Jan 28, 2018 06:31
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loving fox feed that imsa tv is using is staring at the prototype leader and the 2 fords that arent battling when gtd is 2 seconds apart for the lead
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Land just lost their last slick tire. had to put a wet tire on the right rear e: they went back and put a slick on, maybe they just hosed up MazeOfTzeentch fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Jan 28, 2018 |
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Jan 28, 2018 20:22
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A guy in the midweek motorsport group on Facebook did some analysis of the fords and Corvettes, and the corvettes actually had a faster average laptime than the fords, when they were on track. Corvettes spent quite a bit more time in the pits. IIRC one of them changed front brakes twice, once during the fcy near 16h to go, and then once again during green flag running near 8h to go, which kinda killed their chances. Ford has a car that is purpose built for efficient running at high speed tracks like Daytona and Le Mans, so it had to stop less while still maintaining pace. I still think what they did in 2016 was bullshit by sandbagging and bringing out a waiver special before any road cars were even delivered, but the former is on the ACO for not catching it, and the latter is on the other makes for not barring the waiver. I think the same can be said of the BMW, you can't buy any 8-series yet, let alone the M8. We're just less butthurt about it because it's not competitive yet.
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Jan 30, 2018 15:04
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njsykora posted:It looks cool as poo poo.
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Jan 30, 2018 19:33
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbWW396ny0g radical race just finished, combined sedans next, then the top ten shootout
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the time counter just went to 400 laps... is this a Time or Distance certain event? 2500km or 12h?
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Habul trying really hard to give Mercedes a good profit on spares in the cutting, that'll have made the poo come out. Merc must love it when Vautier and Habul come together in a team.
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Feb 3, 2018 22:55
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Lmfao that marshal doesn't know how to use a fire extinguisher
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Feb 4, 2018 02:05
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Those MARC Mazdas are just mobile chicanes at the top of the mountain, holy hell. They bunch everyone up, or crash people trying to dive around them.
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Feb 4, 2018 03:39
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rip bentley
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The fact that she didn't lift until it was way past well and truly uncontrollably gone is a testament to the chutzpah she's got.
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Feb 12, 2018 15:42
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3nD0uUf4ww ARCA brakes to rival iRacing street stock quality racing
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Feb 13, 2018 05:53
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-AMG-GT3-GT-Race-Car/323080143835 The "Daddy's Money Can't Buy Skill, But It Can Buy A Car That I Think Has Better BoP" special.
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Feb 19, 2018 19:44
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Generally, similar amounts of power, GTE cars have more room in the regs for aero (huge diffusers), engine position, no ABS on GTE. I think GTE cars can be wider too.
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Feb 19, 2018 23:11
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BMW also had the M6 GTLM which was built to GTE spec but never homologated by the ACO, only IMSA, based on the M6 GT3. They've since replaced that with a fully ACO homologated car, the M8 GTE (which promptly got BoPfucked by IMSA)
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Double post for more info: GTE is also a more limited class, as far as allowed specifications. It is more of a build-to-a-spec setup, with engine displacement limits, must be 2 doors with 2 or 2+2 seats in the production model. GT3 is more open, still production based, but more build-to-a-performance standard and then balanced, instead of build-to-a-spec (minus waivers). The Viper GT3 is allowed to have it's 8L V10 by default, and it's balanced into the performance window. The Viper GT2/GTE had to have a waiver (all other makers agree to let it race outside of regulations) to have an engine larger than 5.5L N/A. The Ford GT LM GTE famously was allowed to race on a waiver in 2016, because no street examples had been constructed at the time. The BMW M8 is also on a similar waiver, as there's no 8-series out there in the wild yet. BMW also asked for a waiver to lower the roofline on the M8 GTE to reduce drag and it was denied by at least one competing maker, causing a lengthy late-stage redesign, setting the program back quite a bit.
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Feb 20, 2018 05:19
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It has been [0] days since the last Mazda DPi fire.
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Feb 23, 2018 01:54
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I didn't see any of that at VIR but it's a short race and a GT festival at that. Also we stayed about 15 minutes away in a campground with power and water so that was nice.
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Use a VPN into literally any other country other than the US and get the superior RS2 commentary. I still will load up the fox stream to help IMSA's ratings but that's as far as I go with that broadcast.
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Yeah that's what I meant, imsa tv, with the RS2 commentary on it. the rs2 commentary alone is free globally.
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http://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/03/06/rebellion-r13-lmp1-revealed.html Rebellion got the memo for Allowable LMP1 Color Schemes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI0y8UayjeU Pirelli World Challenge in support of IndyCar this weekend. They're using YouTube for non tv streaming this year it seems, thankfully
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