2014 United Sports Car Championship

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cnd01
http://www.racer.com/imsa-roar-test...na-bop-adjustments--prototypes/article/328755

DP adjustments because they're too fast at Daytona (no surprise)

http://www.racer.com/imsa-roar-test...t-daytona-bop-adjustments--gt/article/328761/

Gt adjustments as well as the pit procedure. Also, the supposed anti-sandbagging rule.
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Nothing too unexpected there. Although it will be interesting if anyone is caught sandbagging. All of the Prototype teams that were off the pace had legitimate excuses, be it slow drivers (Highway to Help, I'm looking at you) or inexperience with the car. Pickett racing was running with an ACO spec restrictor as opposed to an IMSA one, to that's why they were off the pace.


Kinda funny that GTD has the highest top speed though, being the slowest cars overall. Could cause some problems for the PC/GTLM cars trying to overtake during the race. I expect at least a couple divebombs ending in disaster.
 
Turner's new livery, never really been a fan of the blue/yellow combo, but this one looks good.

http://www.racer.com/turner-motorsport-reveals-bmw-livery-for-rolex-24/article/328707/

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That's pretty sweet! Hope someone makes it soon on AC and posts it on Turner's Facebook, I'd love to see what they would think of that!
 
Let's have some fun predictions here:

Between the Mazda LMP2, Deltawing, and the Ford ecoboost DP

Given there's 2 Mazda LMP, one Deltawing, and 3 Ford ecoboost DP, 1.)which Prototype platform will last the longest? 2.) How long before the first one of these goes into Bug Spray/BBQ mode first? 3.) Give a guess as to which finishing position overall all 6 of these cars will finish. 4.) And lastly, how many of each finish the race on track less than 100 laps down?


For me:

1.) Ford Ecoboost, but that's just because there's 3 and the teams running them are proven teams.

2.) I'd say the first one to go will be one of the Mazda LMP2s at the 2 hour mark followed very shortly by the second one

3.) Mazda 07: 69th (or whatever last place overall is)
Mazda 70: 68th ^^
Deltawing 0: 59th
Ford Ecoboost DP 02: 57th
Ford Ecoboost DP 60: 32nd
Ford Ecoboost DP 01: 1st

4.) Just the 01. The 60 will be within 100 laps, but it won't finish on track. The rest will have been out for hours
 
So you obviously think those 3 will be the most unreliable, but one of them will win anyways? :P
 
I don't have much hope for the Skyactiv Diesels or the new Ford engines. Just not enough miles or durability in their present state to last for 24 Hours. If anything, that old BMW V8 in the Highway to help car will outlast those two. However, I am undecided about the Deltawing and LMP cars. Its the first time in 10 years since ACO spec Prototypes have raced here so in that span of time, None of the teams have made these cars (or engines) with a track like Daytona in mind. They could last, they could go kaput.
 
RACECAR
I don't have much hope for the Skyactiv Diesels or the new Ford engines. Just not enough miles or durability in their present state to last for 24 Hours. If anything, that old BMW V8 in the Highway to help car will outlast those two. However, I am undecided about the Deltawing and LMP cars. Its the first time in 10 years since ACO spec Prototypes have raced here so in that span of time, None of the teams have made these cars (or engines) with a track like Daytona in mind. They could last, they could go kaput.
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I don't have faith in the HPD. The Nissans should make it. Honestly, I wouldn't mind being the Highway to Help car atm. It's the most proven package in the field honestly. That engine has more Rolex 24 wins than the rest of the engines in the prototype field combined in the race. I think the 01 makes it to victory lane just because they probably won't have to push as hard because they'll have a good setup for the race. The Ford will have the BoP advantage because it's a new and unproven package which in theory means that it won't have to push as hard in order to win. I don't see more than 1 Ford finishing though. I don't see more than 10 P class cars finishing above the GTD winner. Even though I didn't predict it, it would not surprise me at all if a PC car ended up on the overall podium. The banking is what makes Daytona so hard on engines. All the fluids being shifted to one side of the engine and coolant the same way in the radiator. Also, the soft Florida soil can clog up a radiator and have the car overheating within a lap.
 
Everyone pretty much predicted HPD wouldn't make the 24hrs at LeMans on 2012 and they ended up winning the whole thing against an army of Nissans so I wouldn't write the off just yet.
 
RACECAR
I don't have much hope for the Skyactiv Diesels or the new Ford engines. Just not enough miles or durability in their present state to last for 24 Hours. If anything, that old BMW V8 in the Highway to help car will outlast those two. However, I am undecided about the Deltawing and LMP cars. Its the first time in 10 years since ACO spec Prototypes have raced here so in that span of time, None of the teams have made these cars (or engines) with a track like Daytona in mind. They could last, they could go kaput.
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I would be absolutely surprised if the engines were not tested for many, many hours on an engine dyno before even being considered for racing duty.
 
Even then, Real race miles always does an engine more good then some simulations (preferably a season's worth). If they do last, then that's pretty lucky.
 
cnd01
Let's have some fun predictions here:

Between the Mazda LMP2, Deltawing, and the Ford ecoboost DP

Given there's 2 Mazda LMP, one Deltawing, and 3 Ford ecoboost DP, 1.)which Prototype platform will last the longest? 2.) How long before the first one of these goes into Bug Spray/BBQ mode first? 3.) Give a guess as to which finishing position overall all 6 of these cars will finish. 4.) And lastly, how many of each finish the race on track less than 100 laps down?
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Haha, fun game! Here goes:

1) Ford Ecoboost, because there's more of them, and Ganassi is running them.

2) One of the Mazdas will die just after the 2 hour mark, with the other joining it less than 4 hours into the race.

3) Mazda 70: Dead last
Mazda 07: Erm... second last?
Ford DP 02: 51st (retired)
Deltawing: 44th (retired)
Ford DP 60: 23rd (running)
Ford DP 01: 5th

4) The 01 and 60, with the others bowing our before the halfway point.

I'm sure that will be way off, but I can't see more than 2 of them finishing the race.
 
Mac K
So you obviously think those 3 will be the most unreliable, but one of them will win anyways? :P
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Duh it will win, DP > everything else. Obviously you haven't been reading or paying attention to the tests around Daytona and Sebring.

WARNING: This is called sarcasm on the internet don't allow yourself to be caught gullible and get injured by it, thank you.
 
Jav
That's pretty sweet!
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Great thing about that livery is that during a race the actual letters (Northwest/Turner) are redundant because the colors give away who's car it is.


Another note:
I was watching the Dubai 24 hr and noticed position indicators on cars, though I couldn't tell if it was overall or class. That race has way too many classes to keep track of.
I don't know if this is widely used for 24 hour races as I only watch USA races, besides Le Mans.
It looked like a simple LED indicator with digits, I'm guessing a similar one will be used by IMSA.
I like the idea.
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LMSCorvetteGT2
Duh it will win, DP > everything else. Obviously you haven't been reading or paying attention to the tests around Daytona and Sebring.

WARNING: This is called sarcasm on the internet don't allow yourself to be caught gullible and get injured by it, thank you.
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Nonsense, those dumbed down NASCAB tube framed stone age pieces of junk don't stand a chance against the proper and pure sports car prototype LMP2. You must've forgotten your medicine this mornin XD :lol: (sarcasm)

@01GTP I like those number panels waaaay better than the IMSA ones. I can actually see the number...
 
GOTMAXPOWER
I think if the BOP is right the OAK Racing Morgan will win, they're the most professional team and have some decent drivers.
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Muscle Milk stands a decent chance too. Young Brundle, a former Audi/Porsche factory driver, and Klaus Graf are all pretty good too.

I do still think that Action-Delta-Express-ADR has the best chances in DP. Their cars are running proven engines with a solid driver line-up.

GTE should be interesting. I hope BMW shows well, even though their car isn't really in line with the rules... I would cheer for Falken but they aren't here...

GTD? Well, I'm guessing it'll be Magnus, Flying Lizard, or Turner. But it's still a bit of a toss-up.

I'm not a fan of the number panels. I think the "Leader Lights" were less intrusive. The numbers at Dubai were for overall, which is silly in a field with so many classes.
 
I wouldn't consider the Corvette DP's engine to be proven, seeing as it's just gotten quite a power boost over last year. There's a very good chance it could cause some un-for-seen reliability issues.
 
For what I saw at the Roar the possition lights are pretty much the same thing you see in those pictures from Dubai.
 
Organ-Donor
I like the position lights. Although I wish it was done by class, not overall position.
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^^ Daytona has multiple huge leaderboards that show the positions of every car overall. I haven't been to Sebring recently enough to know if they do as well. What I do is use the grand am and now IMSA live T&S on the mobile app during the race. I'm all for reducing confusion during races as long as it doesn't create more confusion problems a.k.a the IMSA number panels and mirror color coding
 
cnd01
^^ Daytona has multiple huge leaderboards that show the positions of every car overall. I haven't been to Sebring recently enough to know if they do as well. What I do is use the grand am and now IMSA live T&S on the mobile app during the race. I'm all for reducing confusion during races as long as it doesn't create more confusion problems a.k.a the IMSA number panels and mirror color coding
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I know I've been to both Daytona and Sebring, its just nice seeing the position as the car goes by. And the position "tower" at Daytona is hard to read at some angles. I'm going to get a live time/scoring app too. Before I would just use the website from my phone browser.

I just checked from the app store and only found Grand Am live timing and scoring so it only shows 24h of Daytona. Is there an app for all the USCR races live timing?
 
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