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Ya that Viper drank a redbull, it gives you wings
2014 United Sports Car Championship
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I have no idea what Pratt & Miller (Corvette Racing) was thinking by leaving the 3 out on track. Why would you leave the championship leading Corvette out on track when pretty much everyone else pitted?
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This caution is really going to impact the finish of the race.
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What a finish. Was really pulling for the Falken Tire Porsche, too bad.
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Well, the privateers both got podium finishes in GTLM. That race could have gone either way.
EDIT: FIVE drivers and THREE teams are tied for the GTD points lead!
EDIT: FIVE drivers and THREE teams are tied for the GTD points lead!
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Bravo to Fox for actually making an effort to improve the broadcast.2 classes seems to be the sweet spot for the production crew and they did a much better job with the commercial breaks.
Great finishes in both classes,time to give the Vette's back some of that BoP and that Ferrari needs a smaller restrictor.Imagine were the #22 Weather Tech car would ne in the points of they had those points back from the Sebring fiasco.
Great finishes in both classes,time to give the Vette's back some of that BoP and that Ferrari needs a smaller restrictor.Imagine were the #22 Weather Tech car would ne in the points of they had those points back from the Sebring fiasco.
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Sad to see what happen with the viper and vette started strong finished crappy 
which is fine cause i still think the viper and vette are still the top dogs in GTLM
which is fine cause i still think the viper and vette are still the top dogs in GTLM
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http://sportscar365.com/imsa/tusc/decision-pending-on-srt-factory-program/
I'll be okay with this if it means SRT/Dodge refocus their efforts in putting more Vipers in GTD, PWC and international GT3 racing.
But it will be a huge hit to the GTLM class if the Vipers were to pull out.
I'll be okay with this if it means SRT/Dodge refocus their efforts in putting more Vipers in GTD, PWC and international GT3 racing.
But it will be a huge hit to the GTLM class if the Vipers were to pull out.
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Oak will run the Ligier/HPD coupe, Porsche will run a 3rd GTLM, and a lot of BoP tweaking. http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/uploads/Comp. Bulletin #14-125.pdf
Lone Star entry list. http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/f...Championship COTA Pre-Event Entry List_v1.pdf
Lone Star entry list. http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/f...Championship COTA Pre-Event Entry List_v1.pdf
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Audi and Porsche both getting BoP breaks when the WEC comes to town, I'm sure that is just the data talking.
And of course Corvette enters a car in the WEC race and they get the Atkins (or Elkins) diet and more HP to keep their wandering eyes at home.
I am interested in a comparison between the old and new P2 cars trap speeds.If the Ligier can close the top speed gap to the DP and beat the HPD chassis it will help to sell that new chassis for 2015. HPD ARX-03B in Conti/IMSA spec vs Dunlop/FIA spec should also be interesting.
And of course Corvette enters a car in the WEC race and they get the Atkins (or Elkins) diet and more HP to keep their wandering eyes at home.I am interested in a comparison between the old and new P2 cars trap speeds.If the Ligier can close the top speed gap to the DP and beat the HPD chassis it will help to sell that new chassis for 2015. HPD ARX-03B in Conti/IMSA spec vs Dunlop/FIA spec should also be interesting.
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IMSA isn't even being sly about BoP changes. It's obvious there's some "motivation" we'll call it bringing these changes. I knew the performance adjustment a.k.a. DP nerfing after Long Beach was just the first of many when the graphic on tv was sponsored by HPD. Even more fishy was the HPD boost on national tequila day. Still fishy is the SRT boosts amid rumors that the program may be scaling back and/or going elsewhere. Same thing with the Corvette racing WEC entry now. Pretty crappy how even though the Prototype class is a non factory class, the sanctioning body still can't keep the factory money from steering the rules; however, GTLM that's to be expected. Gotta find a better balance for the factories being involved but not buying championships
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It's been going on for decades both here and overseas. GM is pretty much the US version of Audi. Build something that's obviously advantaged then buy its legality. Start to give their car the shaft and they start pulling money, so they get the advantage. I'm not sure what happened to pit space limits for all teams because that huge Corvette racing bounce house they have is totally against that rule. Yet another instance of corruption and conflicting interestsSounds more like a bribing issue lol. Jesus...so much for their credibility.
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Are you and IforceV8 one of those people still under the hilarious impression that Corvette is going to WEC and leaving TUSCC just because of their lone entry? Corvette Racing has no interest in racing in anything outside the US (that and there's no other series in the US that would allow that car to race as it is) so you can drop the stupid conspiracy theory right here.
As for the "DP Nerfing", boo freaking hoo. It didn't do squat at Indy so who cares at this point. Honestly, the complaining for this series is reaching GT6 levels (which is annoying already).
As for the "DP Nerfing", boo freaking hoo. It didn't do squat at Indy so who cares at this point. Honestly, the complaining for this series is reaching GT6 levels (which is annoying already).
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GM would probably let Corvette Racing run in both series if Pratt & Miller wanted to go that route. But it is extremely unlikely that Corvette Racing would bail on the TUSC since it has nowhere else to go in the states.
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I'd rather they go WEC honestly along with the rest of the GTLM class, but that's another topic.
TUSCC complaining hit GT5/6 levels 20 minutes after the merger was announced.
I've tried to be as positive as I can, but when the series makes decisions that do not make statistical sense (my engineering background coming out) with any data we've seen, there's not much sense to be made of it. I doubt we'll see much out of the Ligier this week to get it better BoP for next year. Then again, we may not see it at all given Oak is here to sell cars. Last I checked, the LMP2 has a humongous disadvantage according to the internets and Dagys so that's all renters need to know. All the biased negative articles out there only hurt the series. That's where there needs to be changes. There needs to be some actual optimism out of the people who cover the sport rather than numerous articles about how BoP is bad and how a few cherrypicked teams aren't happy when they would say something negative regardless of the situation more/less. Like right now, there's a historically awesome GTD championship fight going on. I don't see much on that. All year it's been "what has IMSA done wrong and what other series do it right" coming from the media.
