2017 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship - General Season Discussion ThreadSports Cars

[twitcher]

Side note on the Acura: That front number plate placement is... interesting.

It took me much longer than it should have to figure out what it was. I'm looking at it on my phone, with a dirty screen...but still. The lollipop man will have a great view of it, other than him, not sure who it will be visible to.

 

[Diehardracer]

Trying to catch up on the news regarding entries for this years WeatherTech USCC via endurance-info.com and I am pleased to see so many of the more established teams like JDC, CORE Autosports, Riley Motorsports and Alex Job Racing putting faith in new talent.

 

[Jakedog23]

Riley still had the same two man team for the whole year don't they?
Ben Keating
Bleekamolen or however you spell it

 

[TheElbows]

Bleakhamoelehnne.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

Still have no idea how his name spelled like that is pronounced the way it is.

 

[TheElbows]

It's Jeroene Bleekemolen --- actually pronounced pretty much as it sounds. The 'Jeroene' threw me for a while, I thought it was "Gerome".

 

[catamount39]

Stevenson to run only 1 car in 2017, and with their old number of 57.
http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/1373...ports-returns-driver-lineup-no-57-for-daytona

 

[Organ-Donor]

Still have no idea how his name spelled like that is pronounced the way it is.

Mike Krzyzewski, Duke men's basketball coach's last name is pronounced "Sha-shef-ski"...lol

 

[catamount39]

Mike Krzyzewski, Duke men's basketball coach's last name is pronounced "Sha-shef-ski"...lol

There's a reason most just call him "Coach K".

 

[IforceV8]

Roar entry list. http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/f...ex_24/2017_iwsc_theroar_preevententrylist.pdf



Full season list looks like.
P-10
PC- 2?
GTLM-9
GTD- 14

 

[TheElbows]

Just kill PC already...please. On the silly plus side, nothing like having a 50% shot at the title.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Just kill PC already...please. On the silly plus side, nothing like having a 50% shot at the title.

Unless your rival is that awful at driving and it's super one sided, the other guy may just rage quit, like you know on an online race lobby. It'd be hilarious to watch.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

4 of those 9 GTE cars are Ford GTs... There should be something to keep teams from having four cars while others have a most two...

 

[catamount39]

4 of those 9 GTE cars are Ford GTs... There should be something to keep teams from having four cars while others have a most two...

Corvette should've invited Larbre to come over and Porsche should've invited Dempsey.

 

[GTRacer22]

Corvette should've invited Larbre to come over and Porsche should've invited Dempsey.

Unless they got a Pro driver lineup, I wouldn't see that ever happening since they're both GTE Am teams in the WEC. They'd also need GTE Pro spec cars, since that is what the IMSA GTLM class is. Larbre's C7.R and Dempsey's 911 RSR are both meant for Am, and have different aero and whatnot.

 

[mwoodski]

4 of those 9 GTE cars are Ford GTs... There should be something to keep teams from having four cars while others have a most two...

2 of the 9 full season entries for GTLM are Fords.

They are technically two teams as well. Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, and Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK.

 

[IforceV8]

The guy drives like a tool sometimes but he is super quick.

Unrelated but

 

[catamount39]

The guy drives like a tool sometimes but he is super quick.

Unrelated but

Oh...my....GOD! That thing SCREAMS!

 

[twitcher]

Meant to put this here


With the green mostly hidden, this looks amazing

 

[CodeRedR51]

Full shot:

 

[AMPMROCKETFANN]

Unrelated but

*In deep voice* Sounnndss like Cadillac

 

[mwoodski]

Full shot:

God these schemes are so ugly.

 

[CodeRedR51]

God these schemes are so ugly.

Could be worse. I don't find it offensive at all.

 

[mwoodski]

It's just the general modern paint scheme design. Vinyl wraps have ruined good design, and allow you to just vomit color onto a car.

As someone who does stuff like this it's infuriating. Nothing past the a-pillar flows with the lines of the car.

 

[IforceV8]

The mayor of Hinchtown takes a seat at Mazda http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/hinchcliffe-completes-mazda-lineup-for-rolex-24/ and RC Enerson joins PR1 http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/enerson-joins-pr1mathiasen-for-daytona/

 

[catamount39]

The mayor of Hinchtown takes a seat at Mazda http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/hinchcliffe-completes-mazda-lineup-for-rolex-24/ and RC Enerson joins PR1 http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/enerson-joins-pr1mathiasen-for-daytona/

Sweet! Hope Hinch brings good luck to them, would be awesome to see him win a Rolex.

 

[twitcher]

It's just the general modern paint scheme design. Vinyl wraps have ruined good design, and allow you to just vomit color onto a car.

As someone who does stuff like this it's infuriating. Nothing past the a-pillar flows with the lines of the car.

I don't see anything wrong with the livery other than the green GTD accents.

Funny thing is, about a year ago, I read an article by a lead designer and artist who played a major role in designing some of the most iconic liveries in F1 back in the 80s and 90s.....according to him, a livery should never follow the natural lines of a car, rather it should brake them up. He says that designing a livery that follows the lines of the car is what kids in Forza do.

Each to their own I guess

 

[IforceV8]

Missed this one earlier, Buddy Rice full season in a Ass Monkey PC. http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/rice-set-for-full-time-racing-return-in-bar1-pc-entry/

 

[mwoodski]

Missed this one earlier, Buddy Rice full season in a Ass Monkey PC. http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/rice-set-for-full-time-racing-return-in-bar1-pc-entry/

I'm happy about this, Donny is a friend of ours, so seeig him running a full-season programme is awesome.

 

[IforceV8]

IMSA just dropped this, http://www.imsa.com/news/012017/55-cars-ready-action-roar-rolex-24-daytona 2 cars for Starworks and Ben Keating doing double duty in his GTD and a PC.