2017 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship - General Season Discussion ThreadSports Cars

[mwoodski]

You'd be surprised how much freedom Shank gets with paint schemes.

 

[Suzumiya]

No car can use black. Black is a Furniture Row Racing thing.

 

[mwoodski]

When Furniture Row Racing uses other than black its...uh.

I can't say what I want to say that would make that statement funny. :\

 

[DesertPenguin09]

So then maybe stop being angry about such trivial things?

 

[mwoodski]

That wouldn't be me though.

 

[Suzumiya]

Yeah, they steal other teams' colors, like they used blue. They stole Jimmie Johnson's color.

 

[twitcher]

Dayglo red and white is a Realtime ACURA thing.

It's not a Honda thing, it's a RTR Acura thing.

The people I know in the RTR programme are also not too pleased with Shank using "their" colors in their scheme as well.

I really don't get how you can say Dayglow red and white is an Acura thing, when McLaren Honda used it in F1 before Realtime ever did.

You think it's just a coincidence that the red accents on the Shank cars happens to match the red accents on the current McHonda F1 car? And you think Shank, Honda, and McLaren are conspiring against Realtime to steal "their colours"....

Tell your friends over at RT to chill out...they werent the first Hondas in Dayglow red and white, they won't be the last (side note, hats off to them for flying the flag so long though, always love their cars 👍)

 

[catamount39]

No car can use black. Black is a Furniture Row Racing thing.

Yeah, they steal other teams' colors, like they used blue. They stole Jimmie Johnson's color.

My ribs hurt so much right now.

 

[NRG MBL59]

If Realtime was so offended by this use of red on Shanks cars why didn't they trademark it? Sounds like whinging about nothing, both teams are Honda/Acura supported and can use the same liveries if it suited them.
/rant

Roar this weekend, finally get some wheels turned in anger!

 

[GTFan24]

 

[twitcher]

Xbox and Monster - couldn't pick two better sponsors to go with the GTD green Just from the one photo, I like the look of that Lambo 👍

 

[catamount39]

Another beautiful Lambo' to root for.

 

[mwoodski]

How many will get pinged for sandbagging at the Rolex this year.

 

[GTFan24]

How many will get pinged for pulling a Ford at the Rolex this year.

Fixed it for you

 

[RACECAR]

How many will get pinged for sandbagging at the Rolex this year.

Considering IMSA's new way to detect it, I think you have to be a complete idiot (or somehow clever enough) to even try it now.

 

[mwoodski]

Considering IMSA's new way to detect it, I think you have to be a complete idiot (or somehow clever enough) to even try it now.

They'll all find a way.

 

[GTFan24]

 

[mwoodski]

That looks a million times better.

Updated look for the 70 prototype.

 

[catamount39]

That looks a million times better.

Updated look for the 70 prototype.

The Mazda's are going to be silver? Neat.

 

[mwoodski]

One will be, the other will be Soul Red.

 

[flip55]

More Protos in the form of LMP2s.





Well done, indeed

 

[mwoodski]

55 Mazda

Another angle of the 70 Mazda

 

[AnthonyD1993]

That Visit Florida scheme (in any variation) looks way better on the P2 than it ever did on a DP IMO.

 

[mwoodski]

That Visit Florida scheme (in any variation) looks way better on the P2 than it ever did on a DP IMO.

I will strongly disagree with you on that one. IMO, the SoD DP was the best looking of the bunch by a country mile. That car just looked GOOD.

I hate the low-drag pontoon boat front fenders P cars have no, it just makes the whole car look awkward. Again, in my opinion.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Temporary liveries on the Mazda's? Seem kind of bare.

 

[TheElbows]

Yeah, those Mazdas don't look particularly grand (and they made such a big deal last year about the dark red colour being the "New" Mazda racing livery, etc.).

 

[Panoz]

He's at it again.

 

[Jakedog23]

This car is my favorite to win. And it looks very nice.

 

[05XR8]

God these schemes are so ugly.

Doesn't look ugly from the driver's seat.

 

[Wiz]

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