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Well here it comes, we all knew it was gonna happen, BoP changes after the roar: https://racer.com/2019/01/16/imsa-releases-rolex-bop-changes/ Wait... no changes?? That track record is falling yall.
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an oddly awful oud posted:How come nobody has talked about the plaid livery on the Pfaff Porsche in GTD that looks like my slippers GTD doesnt get much love, but that scheme fuckin rules. Some very perty cars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMfwFesBU68
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net work error posted:Mazda make the best everyman sportscar, it only makes sense they would make the best DPi uncalled for jinx
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Cars are rolling to the grid at Daytona. Go buy beer and coffee now, this is gonna be a fun one. Gonna be lots of streams up it seems, including Magnus, Ford, Porsche etc. I am a dipshit and made plans this afternoon so i'm gonna miss some 
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the Good, unofficial timing is back for this race thank goodness http://livetiming.us/2019/imsa01/
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Jan 27, 2019 02:40
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the people that are gonna be real mad about that finish are the same type of people who cant wait to tell you how many people theyve seen die at short tracks, where REAL MEN DO THE REAL RACING NOT U SNOWFLAKES
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i support that bloke and wish to buy him a Crownie
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Crewcam during a battle for the lead is nearly as bad as wife cam Great race though
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isn't that kind of the worst case scenario? another meaningless year of Toyota and nobody else? at least if Toyota pulled out, the WEC would have to admit they hosed up and elevate a lower class or something.
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youve got way more faith in them giving a solitary gently caress about privateers than i do
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Interesting blurb in the RACER article about the end of the Ford GT program: https://racer.com/2019/03/01/ford-preparing-for-le-mans-gt-swansong/ quote:Despite the lack of an official position on the subject, an IMSA DPi project utilizing the same 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 powerplant found in the road and racing versions of the GT, fitted to a Riley/Multimatic Mk. 30 chassis, has been in development for quite some time. Sounds like its more or less a done deal for next year.
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Also I just realized that World Challenge isn't running the GT3 cars at St Pete or Long Beach at all, what the gently caress is this dogshit. GT4 (old GTS) only at both venues. Looks like Ratel wants them to headline all of their dates. I like the series and its fun, but this has the trappings of a disaster. There was like 30 people at COTA, and running dates like 2 weeks before Cup at Sonoma pretty much guarantees it will be a ghost house. Think this is a big mistake if they want to actually rival IMSA for GT3 team/rich guy interest. Feels like they are gonna regress back to were World Challenge was 10 years ago. I guess last year sorta started that slide already. Cygni fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Mar 6, 2019 |
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Yeah, but i guess my point is that World Challenge got successful and differentiated themselves by catering to the type of rich guys and teams that wanted to actually run in front of people at big events, even if they were in a support role. If i was a rich dude, their GT4 championship seems better in every way. Bigger fields, bigger events, get to run in Socal and Florida at events with suites/catering and poo poo for my rich friends or clients or whatever, and like half the cost. And if I was set on GT3, I would probably just spend my entire budget and do Daytona and Sebring with IMSA and be in the big show. I get that the formula has worked other places, but I'm not convinced it will work stateside. So so many GT series have tried it. And its frustrating to see World Challenge, which has been so fun for so long, go down that dark path of overreaching thinking they are a top bill when they just arent.
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if lime rock doesnt rock then why does it have rock right in the name will you stop and think for one freaking second
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if u wanna watch some trucks tear around in the desert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhs4njnpgsE
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Sebring sales up 40-50% as people realize they can party a whole extra day this year. And it might rain. Attendees, brace for chaos (which Sebring attendees know is a good thing) https://racer.com/2019/03/12/huge-run-on-sebring-tickets/
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https://racerdigital.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/03_results_practice-1.pdf Cadillac, Acura, Cadillac, Nissan in first practice. Mazda 1.5s off the pace for some reason.
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Now its Mazda, Caddy, Caddy, Acura: https://racerdigital.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/03_results_practice-2.pdf Seems like all 4 of the DPi brands have a shot here.
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*lena gade clamors over the pit wall, brandishes an old revolver, and puts a poor wheezing RT24-P down*
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If ACO woulda honored their original promises when it came to DPis, you probably would have seen the Mazda's there already i bet, and probably the Nissan's back when they ran with ESM. Dunno about Acura/Caddy due to how those programs are paid for.
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april fools day is loving stupid e: ok this is good at least https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf3BmxHcSYY Cygni fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Apr 1, 2019 |
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More chatter about what Ford is gonna do in GT racing. Racer seems to think that the GTs may keep rolling until 2022 if Ford decides against the Multimatic DPi for 2020-2021. https://racer.com/2019/04/02/insight-what-next-for-fords-imsa-program/
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im shocked (SHOCKED) that World Challenge already wants to go back to sharing dates with Indycar https://racer.com/2019/04/09/world-challenge-looking-to-rekindle-indycar-ties/
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https://racer.com/2019/05/04/pruett-a-global-future-for-dpi/ Hypercar looking dead or delayed, and DPi 2.0 looking strong. Seems like there is a lot of talk about DPi 2.0 taking over. quote:Set for a September 2020 racing debut, time has almost expired for auto manufacturers to request and receive budgets to participate. Complicating matters, a frequently evolving set of basic rules have gained and lost a number of core technologies, making it difficult for manufacturers to define exactly what they’re asking for from their marketing and R&D departments, or what the marketing team will have to promote.
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This dude's charts are great: https://twitter.com/thebpillar/status/1125194616909725696 https://twitter.com/thebpillar/status/1125194623402614784 Good performances from both the last minute IndyCar stand ins
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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. SportsCar racing is hilarious. https://racer.com/2019/05/28/pruett-fords-gt-decision-a-harsh-reality-check/
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Proud Christian Mom posted:They all want spec series costs with unlimited development bragging rights. Yeah, i think Ford's argument is bad. DPi works because its a cheap formula with active BoP. If the formula is no longer cheap because people are developing in house hybrid systems, youll get right back into that P1 cycle (including P1 IMSA) of privateers bowing out, grids collapsing, 1-2 manufacturer fields etc. Let em walk imo. Ford have been weird pouty kids for the last decade or so in racing.
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May 29, 2019 17:13
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Sad news. The TT rocks. Never change it.
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So in this weeks P1 drama update, DPI 2.0 is off the table and GTE+ is off the table and now Hypercar is back... except only Toyota and Aston are interested, and only Toyota seems to have any ability to have a car ready in time. lol. Can't wait for next weeks update that Hypercar is dead again and now TransAm rules will be the top class or something. https://racer.com/2019/06/07/with-dpi-shelved-as-an-option-for-the-wec-has-hypercar-survived/
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I think everyone wants it to be high-tech, road relevant, and cheap... and are struggling with the fact that you can only choose two of those at a time.
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i think its cool they are laundering money anyway, might as well look wacky while you do it
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Goodyear to supply tires to WEC, starting with P2. If you read between the lines, I'm pretty sure this is just them changing the branding for WEC from Dunlop (which is a Goodyear brand in the west) to Goodyear. https://racer.com/2019/06/11/goodyear-to-return-to-the-wec-le-mans/
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Well that screws Pat Long's attempt to set the consecutive starts record for an american.
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The ACO is so bad
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In order for the current P1s to participate, they would have to gimp them by like 15 seconds a lap. And you know they would probably gimp them even more than that to keep the factories feeling special. Don’t think it’s gonna happen. Also MSR just retweeted this, which is particularly bitter, lol. The ACO is evil+bad. https://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/48641731
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With that penalty, the only positive thing for me from the race was removed. ACO has really hosed this thing up bad, fast.
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If you gotta do spreadsheet math the day after a 24 hour race to determine if someone broke a rule, a) the rule sucks and b) the enforcement/scrutineering sucks. Not saying they didnt break it, but winners having wins taken away for this kinda stuff is just so bad.
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