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Thread title should've been "Dicks Out for Daytona" imo
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Cygni posted:Well here it comes, we all knew it was gonna happen, BoP changes after the roar: Hell loving yeah
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Jan 17, 2019 02:21
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How come nobody has talked about the plaid livery on the Pfaff Porsche in GTD that looks like my slippers
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Jan 24, 2019 02:13
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Ollie Jarvis is gonna win the Rolex and go to Disneyworld
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Jan 25, 2019 00:18
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The number of commercials on NBC is just appalling
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Jan 26, 2019 22:20
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freeranger posted:But without the ads how will I know I can get my medication! Or testosterone pills! I just can't get enough of scrub brands like Acura and Ford trying to convince me that a 4100 lb crossover with a CoG up at the windows is just like a sports car!
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Jan 26, 2019 22:27
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I'm a big adult baby and that's why I want my sports car to have the same seating position as my high chair
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Jan 26, 2019 22:28
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I wish I liked Alonso more on a personal level because every time he gets behind the wheel of a decent racecar, I'm reminded of how breathtakingly talented he is and I wish I could bring myself to root more for him
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Jan 27, 2019 00:50
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hello darkness my old friend
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Jan 27, 2019 03:38
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my Inception totem is a flaming Mazda prototype, thus I know I am still here, in Reality
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Jan 27, 2019 04:53
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What a clusterfuck of a race. I feel like I'm watching the 6 Hours of Fuji
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Jan 27, 2019 18:42
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Aaaaaand there's the red flag. That's probably it for the race
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Jan 27, 2019 18:44
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orange juche posted:Also the worst thing about the Mazda prototype program flailing so hard unsuccessfully is that Mazda might wind up losing their taste for supporting grassroots racing efforts, or that John Doonan might just give up and get replaced by someone else who doesn't give a poo poo about racing beyond balancing an accounting sheet, which would lead to a significant paring back of their current motorsports involvement. I think Doonan's already working with a pared budget imposed upon him by Mazda USA. The cuts to MRTI were clearly made to move those eggs into the Prototype basket. I'm not sure how much more Mazda Motorsports could be cut down without causing them to become extinct as a brand in any racing series that gets actual viewership. Regardless of what that article posits, Mazda can't race only MX-5s and Mazda3 TCR cars in SRO GT America and just the latter in the feeder IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge. It wouldn't justify a Motorsports program in general, and it seems like there are still a lot of people at corporate who feel that racing is integral to the brand they're shepherding. The problem is that with no coupes bigger than the Miata, they can't go into GTD or GTLM to try to save money. They almost have to be in Prototype now, but they're doing it with a bare minimum of resources because Mazda USA only has so much money and Mazda Japan has always been largely indifferent to US motorsports, especially when they're preoccupied with just keeping their company in the black.
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Jan 31, 2019 00:53
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Schlesische posted:Neither GTLM/GTE/GT2 nor GTD/GT3 make any sense for Mazda. Maybe GT4, amp the Miata up like Spinal Tap and push that poo poo to 11? Then, after this prototype stops catching fire at every race, you can put a lot of that development and money back into a flagship road car with a rotary hybrid powerplant, the same way Porsche's 919 influenced the 918 Spyder. Not at that cost level, of course, but something similar. Mazda wants to swim upmarket in the US and the Audi R8 showed how a beautiful supercar that draws a line directly to a successful racing heritage, when marketed well, can lead the way. And that car, and any cheaper sports cars derived from it, can eventually be turned into GT3 and GT4 customer cars so they can operate on a smaller, more profitable level of Motorsports in the future, if necessary. It'll never happen, because it takes way more money than Mazda USA has to spend, development resources that Mazda Japan can't and won't allocate, and risks spending a lot of cash and development efforts on something ultimately irrelevant like the new Acura NSX. But I would like it if it did!
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Jan 31, 2019 12:57
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That's really cool but there's no way that Ecoboost 3.5 isn't going to live on in a DPi car, though
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Feb 10, 2019 20:57
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I can't understand the collective delusion that would make people try to race crossovers/SUVs around a track. It's like they read all the hack reviews on car blogs and magazines and decided that "The Porsche Macan handles like a sports car!" was, in fact, the literal truth and not a hyperbolic way of saying that modern tires, suspension designs, and safety systems make it possible to take a tight onramp at 50 mph even in a heavily compromised hatchback on stilts
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Mar 4, 2019 12:50
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Peanut President posted:Utes are just small pickups though? well poo poo, I saw the preview image and thought the Mitsubishi on the right was an Eclipse Cross. Serves me right for not looking closer
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Mar 5, 2019 03:40
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WEC testing at Sebring this weekend: Toyota is two seconds faster than the track record from 2013 and three seconds clear of the rest of the LMP1s Great job again guys, going to be another awesome race for your flagship class
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Mar 10, 2019 16:02
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Super Sebring is a pretty sweet loving deal, if it had happened a few years ago when LMP1 was still an actual class I probably would have found some way to make the trip
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Mar 13, 2019 02:36
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drgitlin posted:If anyone has any burning questions for Lena Gade, I should be talking to her tomorrow. Lmk and as long as it’s not stupid or rude I’ll do my best to ask her. ask her why it seems like Joest teams give their cars old-timey prostitute names, like Juicy Lucy. why not call them something really sweet, like Deathmobile or USS Kick Your rear end or at least Fireproof Felicia
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Mar 14, 2019 23:14
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#55 was fastest at the night practice as well, so we can definitely confirm that the Mazdas are still fast AND flammable
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Mar 15, 2019 02:17
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well the #55 is still in the race, which is something e: and the #77 rises from the dead! there's no way Mazda CAN'T win this race
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Mar 16, 2019 21:48
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the lack of cautions, long yellow flag start, and extremely staggered pit strategy has made this a bit of a bore so far needs a FCY and some rain to bunch everyone back up again
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Mar 16, 2019 23:42
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OK now things can get good again. The problem with long green runs is that everyone spreads out over time and then the number of positional battles goes down which reduces the likelihood of somebody overcooking a corner or something to bring out a yellow flag, so it just becomes a feedback loop of everyone getting more and more isolated and driving conservatively and keeping the green out also the Michelins must be great, we've seen very few incidents of cold tire screwups and flats
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Mar 17, 2019 02:08
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orange juche posted:I can't believe they're still running the 77 and haven't closed the garage. there's no reason not to; it gives practice for the whole team and, had the cautions went the #55's way and gotten it back into contention, it's still plenty fast enough to serve as a tailgunner to protect their hypothetical lead
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Mar 17, 2019 03:05
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so that got pretty exciting at the end. Grats Whelen Caddy, Derani/Nasr is just an unbelievably nasty driver pairing
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Mar 17, 2019 03:51
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I somehow missed this on The Drive yesterday regarding Mazda and a return to Le Mans: http://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/26986/mazda-ceo-team-joest-must-win-imsa-championship-before-thinking-about-le-mans It's all pretty silly for a team that hasn't quite learned to walk, much less run, but it shows that 1. Mazda is open to going back to Le Mans if the regulations are right, and 2. The CEO of Mazda NA must be seriously committed to endurance racing even with the lack of success so far, which augurs well given that some people openly wonder when they're going to give up trying and leave IMSA
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Mar 18, 2019 23:19
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:For me its more the WTF a Subaru chassis actually works as a RWD. Usually they become twitchy snap oversteer nasty pricks with evil chassis balance when you convert to rear drive only. I'm trying to imagine driving a Subaru/Audi with the front driveshafts removed and yeah, that sounds about right
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Mar 27, 2019 11:51
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IMSA just gave the Acura DPis a considerable weight break and increased boost for Long Beach even though they took pole and tied for second at Sebring qualifying well ok then
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Apr 4, 2019 04:09
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Wait'll you see the flames Mazda brings to Long Beach today
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Apr 13, 2019 13:40
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If this had been any other track besides Long Beach (ok, maybe Belle Isle) there's no way Albuquerque would've held out against the two Acuras. What the gently caress was IMSA thinking giving them a huge weight reduction (20 loving kilograms!) and boost increase at the same time, the car itself has been extremely competitive all year aside from its tendency to burn through tires somewhat quicklyMazeOfTzeentch posted:55 spun on lap 1, 77 was leading till a long pit stop (and I think being held out on track too long before it, got undercut) I think the 77's final pit stop was normal, but it had lost its pace after coming out for some reason. Jarvis managed to stay steadily ahead of the one JDC-Miller car behind him but constantly lost more and more ground to the top 3. Maybe taking only the left side tires made it really lovely to drive or something
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Apr 14, 2019 05:03
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Alonso noticed the McLaren F1 car is half decent this year and is too busy spending his time standing under Gilles de Ferran's window with a boombox trying to get his seat back
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May 2, 2019 01:27
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I hope it snows at Spa
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May 4, 2019 02:48
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It's spring at Mid-Ohio, the air smells like wet leaves and race gas and Mazda is on pole, again, in order to break my heart tomorrow when the Acuras walk away with it
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May 4, 2019 18:30
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They actually peaked with the final Audi R18, which was unjustly hamstrung by the FIA under the diesel EoT regulations to prevent it from dominating everybody else through sheer endurance
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May 5, 2019 01:09
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Wow who could've seen this result coming Now for Belle Isle they'll BoP the Acuras back to sanity finally but also give the Mazdas 15kg for some reason(?!) so they'll be out of contention until at least Mosport
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May 5, 2019 21:26
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Personally I would like to know what the hell is wrong with Jon Bomarito this year. He's looked completely washed in every race so far after having a really good 2018
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May 6, 2019 01:17
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Cygni posted:Pruett with a brutal article about the state of WEC, IMSA, ACO, and even appearances by NASCAR and IndyCar. The short of it is that it's a mess at the moment. Manufacturers don't agree on what sort of hybrid system to use, series are waffling back and forth trying to appease everybody, and Ford taking their toys and pouting. The idea of the ACO allying itself with IMSA for Le Mans makes me giggle and salivate like I'm doped up on laughing gas
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May 29, 2019 11:50
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There was no way the 55 was going to be able to run down the 6 and 31 at the end of the race anyway, the Acuras have been stupid fast since Long Beach gave them a huge BoP break and Nasr is pretty clearly the best driver in IMSA
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Jun 1, 2019 19:54
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But one day, one day the Mazda prototype will win one (1) race and on that day I will be buoyed by the glow of their triumph and women will want to talk to me again and my coworkers will stop looking at me with a mixture of revulsion and pity and teenagers will stop repeatedly screaming GAAAAAYYYYY like a malevolent Greek chorus when I buzz by in my RX
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