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 Miscellaneous Racing Series 2024: Rexy's Return This is the Misc. Racing Thread, home for discussion of all kinds of racing that aren't Formula 1, IndyCar, or NASCAR. Feel free to post about sports car racing, touring cars, rallying, off-road racing, motocross (hi Windyman), and anything else you can think of. So much good racing is available to watch (especially online officially) that we can share and discuss while enjoying speedy race cars.  So what kind of racing are you talking about here, then? We (and specifically I) talk a lot about sports-car racing. Its the racing, primarily on permanent road and temporary street courses, of cars which come closest in design and spirit to street cars. And at the top of sports cars are whats called prototypes -- single-seat racers with closed tops and fenders. The Grand Prix cars of long-distance racing. But this is a place for all sorts of series: Australian Supercars, Japanese Super GT and Super Formula, the World Rally Championship, Supercross (I will get murdered if I don't mention or watch Supercross), and more. Why should I care about sports car racing?  Theres a wide variety -- of cars, drivers, locations, and of race distances. Its where your favorite drivers from Formula 1, IndyCar and NASCAR past will wind up. Races are often long (6-, 12- and 24-hour races are not uncommon), and feature multiple types (classes) of car racing on the same track but in individual class battles alongside the overall ranking. The world of sports car racing tends to be friendlier and more approachable than other parts, while still attracting many colorful characters. Okay. So what's new for 2024? Holy poo poo, last year delivered. Between the new Hypercars in the World Endurance Championship and the full refresh of IMSA to the GTP era, the prototype racing absolutely kicked it into gear in 2023. Ferrari wound up winning Le Mans, breaking Toyota's streak, though the Japanese squad did take home the full-season awards in the WEC. Over in IMSA, each of the four manufacturers won a race, and the championship battle went down to the final round at Petit Le Mans. So, job done on the prototype front. Which brings us to GTs. Last year was the final season in WEC for the GTE-class cars, changing this year to GT3-spec cars. While this means an end to a unique and dying breed of purpose-built cars, it also means nine - N I N E - different manufacturers will be competing in the WEC in the LM GT3 class, including the brand new Ford Mustang GT3 and re-worked Corvette C8 GT3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLhf-eYHuSw And aside from that shift in the WEC, we do have some more new cars in new places:
So, what are the series I should know?  The FIA World Endurance Championship is the highest level of sports-car racing. Its an FIA World Championship, same as Formula 1 and the World Rally Championship, which means a lot. The WEC schedule includes the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which means almost as much, if not more, as Le Mans remains a hugely popular event and a major marketing point for all these big manufacturers. The WEC features LM Hypercar cars and a GT class, with LMP2 cars joining for Le Mans only, and is pretty fun to watch. Its season is back to running during the calendar year, and though the first race is moved from Sebring to Portugal, it will continue on as a global championship this year.  Alongside the WEC is IMSA, which is based mainly in the United States but almost equal to the WEC in terms of longevity and prestige. Its a US and Canadian-based series, but many teams and drivers will also compete at Le Mans on an annual basis. IMSA also has a number of high-profile races: endurance epics include the 24 Hours of Daytona in January, the Sebring 12 Hours in March, and Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in October, plus marquee shorter races at Long Beach, Road America, and more. Other regional series which are directly under the WEC and ACO (who co-organize the WEC along with the FIA) include the European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series, which both act as feeders of a sort to the World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans. There's no direct relegation/promotion, but teams gain experience in the regional series and sometimes step up to the WEC; also, all of IMSA, Asian Le Mans and European Le Mans all receive invites to the 24 Hours of Le Mans annually.  But there are other series in this sports car world! Many of them fall under a sports car rulebook called GT3. These are cars made by big companies (Porsche, Ferrari, BMW, Mercedes, Nissan, Audi, McLaren) which are sold to customers. GT3 cars are expected to be balanced to achieve a similar level of performance -- in theory, a driver could take each of those cars around a track and get roughly the same lap time. This has led to a boom in series aimed to customers, as the cars are relatively affordable, well-built, fairly easy to drive (especially compared to customer cars from the 1970s and 80s) and eligible to race in a lot of exciting events. The 24 Hours races at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium and the Nurburgring in Germany, and also the 12 Hours of Bathurst in Australia are highlights for GT3-type racing worldwide. Great! So how/when do I watch? First, you need to know when a race is! Custard Undies recommended this link to Motorsport.com's schedule for racing series. Use it, learn it, love it. Because the sports-car world is so diverse, theres a lot to watch. Happily, much of it is readily available online or even via YouTube.
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Other questions? Reach out and ask! Recommendations? Please suggest and we'll try to add them in. Come join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/kg3d2Uu Misc Threads of the Past Misc. Racing Thread 2023: Home of True Passione Misc. Racing Thread 2022: H-Sample Test Phase Misc. Racing Thread 2021: Shifting to H Intensifies Misc Racing Thread 2020: Put it in H! Misc Racing Thread 2019: I woke up to a smoking hulk Misc Auto Racing 2018: Mazda gonna Mazda Misc Auto Racing 2017: gently caress off Whincup Misc Auto Racing 2016 : Downgraded From Silver Posters to Bronze Misc Auto Racing 2015: At least our criminals are non-violent Misc Auto Racing 2014: So long and thanks for all the McNish Misc Auto Racing 2013: Beware: Ferrari Ahead Misc. Auto Racing 2012: No War But Class War Sportscars 2011: Racing with Class (ILMC/ALMS/GrandAm) 2011 Daytona 24 Hours 2010 Daytona 24 Hours
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Y'all know what week it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWnzfA9AqrA Already plenty on track, let's see what YouTube already holds... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IAUCVmwKSI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wtmeAdjPDc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H9nRX2L3gU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LoMHJx-V4Q (RIP Gil  )
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Jan 27, 2024 15:02
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I personally would die for rexy
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Jan 27, 2024 15:05
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I hope America does well with the mustang and Corvette gt3 
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Jan 27, 2024 15:11
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le mans is the best race in the world and this year is looking like it's gonna be a doozy. can't wait.
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Jan 27, 2024 15:12
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Looking forward to some Super GT this April.
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Jan 27, 2024 15:16
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looks like they split the schedule url into two different ones live events: https://www.motorsport.com/all/schedule/2024/live/ upcoming events: https://www.motorsport.com/all/schedule/2024/upcoming/ live has this weeks racing, while upcoming is split up into months
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Jan 27, 2024 15:37
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Is the Discord link in the OP dead for anyone else?
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Let's gooooo
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The Mx5 races were so good.
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Jan 27, 2024 18:20
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At the 24, pretty neat
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I will forever defiantly insist on the relevance of the WRC  Monte Carlo is on this weekend, no Kalle yet though. Elfyn Evans is off to a good start, maybe this could finally be his year? The hyundai team looks pretty stacked this year, toyota has their usual roster of solid drivers. Ford is now led by... Adrien Fourmaux
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Jan 27, 2024 19:54
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lamentable dustman posted:At the 24, pretty neat Awesome! VPN this year so Ive got the full feed with no commercials. What a world of difference compared to Peacock.
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Watching and posting from home with multiple monitors and timing71.
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Bloopsy posted:Awesome! NBC showed like five minutes of green flag racing before going to an ad break, and even when they came back they ignored the race in favor of a history lesson and a studio segment. They have the worst motor racing coverage. Show the loving race!
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wicka posted:NBC showed like five minutes of green flag racing before going to an ad break, and even when they came back they ignored the race in favor of a history lesson and a studio segment. They have the worst motor racing coverage. Show the loving race! Yeah, after last year I said no more. I ended up muting the Peacock feed last year and just piped in the IMSA Radio feed which still sucked because I would get race audio with McDonalds commercials or some other crap on screen. So many commercials.
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the quality of this racing broadcast is legitimately embarrassing. the fact that i paid money for this is embarrassing to myself as well. fuckin scam. contrasting this with wec coverage is something i can't even come up with a metaphor for. christ gently caress american racing coverage.
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net work error posted:I hope America does well with the mustang and Corvette gt3 Well one of them lasted nearly 10 minutes.
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Jan 27, 2024 20:26
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:the quality of this racing broadcast is legitimately embarrassing. the fact that i paid money for this is embarrassing to myself as well. fuckin scam.
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Jan 27, 2024 20:28
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Do we think we could remember for even 1 second this is a 24 hour race and not lap 1 turn 1 in a Forza public sprint lobby?
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Jan 27, 2024 20:34
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BlankSystemDaemon posted:TV stream (preferably without commercials) plus RLM is the only way. doesn't fix the problem of constant interrupts of other random poo poo that has nothing to do with imsa or talking heads taling up a third of the screen
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Jan 27, 2024 20:40
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Katherine Legge's accent has reached "Valley girl" after this long in the USA 
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Jan 27, 2024 21:12
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Fun to see all the dentists after they "Graduated" up to LMP2 getting right back to doing what they do best!
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BlankSystemDaemon posted:TV stream (preferably without commercials) plus RLM is the only way. Yeah thats the IMSA.tv international video feed. Looks like an upgraded player from last year, too.
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harperdc posted:Yeah thats the IMSA.tv international video feed. Looks like an upgraded player from last year, too. Yeah using a VPN to get that is the way to go. Peacock is unwatchable at points.
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Jan 27, 2024 22:46
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Ligier doing exactly as well as you'd expect someone enough of a dickhead to put "Blue Lives" on a car would.
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Jan 27, 2024 22:53
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Dudley posted:Ligier doing exactly as well as you'd expect someone enough of a dickhead to put "Blue Lives" on a car would. Lol thats a bummer, always sucks to be reminded of the prevailing culture of motorsports is a pretty lovely one.
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Jan 27, 2024 23:05
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I got up early enough to see sunlight this year!
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Great work as always on the new thread  Been enjoying the race so far, just have it on in the background now though
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:doesn't fix the problem of constant interrupts of other random poo poo that has nothing to do with imsa or talking heads taling up a third of the screen VPN is basically mandatory in the good ole US of A.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYyH0AGVJ9U
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Jan 28, 2024 04:24
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Also most IMSA and WEC races get rebroadcast on twitch, easy mode. I think it being free in most of the world means it doesn't get blocked or copyright stricken for whatever reason.
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lmao a classic of the genre
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Jan 28, 2024 05:17
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I love the Rolex 24 so much. Waking up and the top 3 are still within 3 seconds of each other.
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Katherine Legge is 42 and has 12 rolex 24 starts, and she outqualied her RLL teammates at the indy 500 last year. pretty cool.
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I ain't have a lot of faith in that wheel nut
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