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pronouncing garth with a soft g from now onDr. Garbanzo posted:There does seem to be less of a mix of different gt3 cars than there was pre Covid. total entries haven't quite recovered but are up year on year since 2022. spaceblancmange fucked around with this message at 01:03 on Feb 18, 2024 |
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:If they shortened the gaping maw it’d probably look fine. There does seem to be less of a mix of different gt3 cars than there was pre Covid. Yeah it's kind of surprising there's not even a Ferrari in there.
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I used to head out to watch it trackside every year but haven’t been since 2018 when my nephew was born. The Bentleys where good value and I’m sad that they’re gone
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Just a little black in the center. That’ll reach mine an hour later.
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I love Bathurst because it’s essentially three straights and a mountain road. Also, my dogs love high contrast racecars.
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Every time I head out there I make sure to do a lap. I actually don’t think I’ve taken my current cat for a lap tbh.
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Orange, 40km to the west has had 50mm of rain
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I got to watch some dirt track poo poo, racing is back everyone. This kinda "buy a beater trash it by the end of a week long tour" stuff would be cool to see at short tracks in the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-0NjOAQCns
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Looking at the radar image I don't think that rain is going anywhere before the end of the race. Does look like a very intense storm is on the way to mine 100kms from Bathurst
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:If they shortened the gaping maw it’d probably look fine. There does seem to be less of a mix of different gt3 cars than there was pre Covid. It sounds like now because of Israel and Gaza, there are worries about shipping cars down under and back to Europe. Bathurst 12 Hour is still recovering a bit from the pandemic, and then that happens.
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harperdc posted:It sounds like now because of Israel and Gaza, there are worries about shipping cars down under and back to Europe. Bathurst 12 Hour is still recovering a bit from the pandemic, and then that happens. There’s that and Australia was never exactly a cheap place to ship a car for a 12hr race. I know the guy who has the drag cresta isn’t keen to send his car back to the states because the cost of shipping it has spiked massively.
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And the little French car fucks poo poo up once again. That’d be the second safety car that that single car has caused.
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I’ve been in and out of this race all day, but is that Valentino Rossi!?!
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yep. racing in wec this year e: well deserved win spaceblancmange fucked around with this message at 07:47 on Feb 18, 2024 |
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Rossi is the goatest goat that ever goated.
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Rossi is a good egg who brings a pile more spectators to races. Still slightly annoys me that the porsche that one doesn't exist in model kit form. I'd buy that thing tomorrow if I could.
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MustardFacial posted:I’ve been in and out of this race all day, but is that Valentino Rossi!?! He’s been with WRT a couple seasons, this is also at least his second run at Bathurst with them. This year he’s doing the full WEC including Le Mans in a GT3 car, too.
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the rules were a god drat mess in that race, i dont think the spa 24h is even that convoluted these days
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:I used to head out to watch it trackside every year but haven’t been since 2018 when my nephew was born. The Bentleys where good value and I’m sad that they’re gone It's still legal in GT3 until the end of the year so maybe someone with one in storage will bring it out at some point for a goodbye.
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Qatar test sessions have started https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNfaxdAr-ew Live timings over fiawec.tv
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https://twitter.com/JustJoshingF1/status/1762297165584519233 WEC is back with a Saturday race in Qatar this weekend after a belated start to the prologue (aka the 1812 Overture) got started today.
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so I've been kicking around the edges of what's good racing on youtube stumbled onto rice tractor drag racing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4p-mOf3PFU 50 lap enduro racing, maximal american carnage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HqP0G1VDKg and finally, euro sidecar racing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDWHm28xOiM
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coconono posted:so I've been kicking around the edges of what's good racing on youtube Hell yes. I love this poo poo. I've never found any broadcasts of sanctioned events for this but SEA longtail boat racing is insane. These guys take old JDM diesel's strap a couple of turbo's to them and then race longtail river boats in what look like possibly the most dangerous racing I've ever seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaQ49nGhLTY Onboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4yymmPCkU&t=173s
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coconono posted:so I've been kicking around the edges of what's good racing on youtube I feel like the guy in Close Encounters watching this video just getting absolutely obsessed lol, i cannot get these cool modified little tractors out of my head i must build one (and inevitably injure myself on it im sure) can you buy/build these in the US?
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Kvlt! posted:I feel like the guy in Close Encounters watching this video just getting absolutely obsessed lol, i cannot get these cool modified little tractors out of my head i must build one (and inevitably injure myself on it im sure) I'm sure you could modify a ditch witch or similar trench cutter to do a similar thing.
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get one of these: https://engines.honda.com/models/model-detail/gc-vertical build a frame and drive train, enjoy road rash.
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coconono posted:get one of these: Might as well start with a good baseline: https://www.briggsracing.com/racing-engines/206
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coconono posted:so I've been kicking around the edges of what's good racing on youtube Sidecar racing is definitely the most insane modern racing sport out there. Got a guy without a seatbelt or anything just jumping around the bike helping the bike turn faster and hoping he doesn't fall off or smack into something.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Sidecar racing is definitely the most insane modern racing sport out there. Got a guy without a seatbelt or anything just jumping around the bike helping the bike turn faster and hoping he doesn't fall off or smack into something. I kinda wanna do this in a figure 8 format but involve archery or spears somehow.
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Kvlt! posted:I feel like the guy in Close Encounters watching this video just getting absolutely obsessed lol, i cannot get these cool modified little tractors out of my head i must build one (and inevitably injure myself on it im sure) The unreal thing is it looks like a lot of them have small diesel industrial engines, like Yanmars or some no-name Chinese brands or something. Unreal. I think I saw the Thai rice paddy racing through a Discord channel a while back, I love how some people are doing pro-stock (stand ups) and some have gone to rail dragsters already 
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Looking at the FP sessions videos, this track seems like watching a track mania session. It's incredibly boring. It almost makes me wish for Paul Ricard.
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Really? I thought it looked fun from the videos I saw. Couple of double apex corners, mix of fast and slow corners, etc.
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SlowBloke posted:Looking at the FP sessions videos, this track seems like watching a track mania session. It's incredibly boring. It almost makes me wish for Paul Ricard. it's a modern gp track, those aren't allowed to be good
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:it's a modern gp track, those aren't allowed to be good It’s a motorcycle track first, and not one I really like all that much. It’s difficult to tell which corner is which as a viewer sometimes.
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It also has a habit in motorbike racing of producing weird results that are fun but don't tell you much about a season long form guide.
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