Non-mainstream motorsport series to watch live

[PGodia10]

... Sorrry I couldn't came with a better title or way of phrasing it.

I used to watch F1 as a kid (1998~2003) on TV. Moto GP was (is) also always on TV. Sometimes I would watch Superbikes, the highlights of Dakar or some odd race... Fast forward to 2023, I also want to watch some racing BUT F1 and other mainstream racing kind of bores me. So,

What are some non-mainstream series you watch and where?

I started digging on YT and came with a few:

FIA World Endurance Championship
European Le Mans Series
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie
Renault Clio Cup Series

 

[lilcat89]

World Rally Championship on Rally.TV. I would recommend Rally.TV full stop as a streaming service. Rally.TV is where you can watch WRC, the FIA European Rally Championship, and The World Rallycross Championship in one place. It's 12.99 a month or 119.99 a year. You get all three series and a lot of WRC classic content. If you care at all about rallying or dirt racing, Rally.TV is the one place.

 

[RACECAR]

I pretty much keep up with the 24H series here.

I also follow these two as well:

Thailand Super Series
Asian Le Mans Series

 

[05XR8]

I watch
BlendlineTV
SuperTaikyu

Like RACECAR, I watch anything from Thailand.

Other series in Australia, I watch on Stan.Sport

 

[r_outsider]

Trouble with a lot of these series is they're all on these different streaming services is, none of them sound like a lot of money until you start adding them together. A lot aren't live at all so you end up looking for highlights on various video sites. Anyway, the US MX-5 Cup series can usually be found on Youtube through Racer.com, that is some GREAT door-to-door racing! The Trans-Am series broadcasts on Youtube as well, wouldn't go out of my way to watch TA1 but TA2 can be pretty good.

My heart really lies with things that race in the dirt though. Among many others I try to watch and follow, AMA Pro SX/MX (the Supermotocross championship now) has a streaming site that's pretty good value when you consider the amount of action you get, 31 rounds over 10 months. Great racing behind anyone named Jett, too.

SuperMotocross VIDEO PASS

www.supermotocross.tv

 

[ThePotatoKing]

I don't know if this counts as mainstream or not but i would recomment the Fanatech GT World Challenge, to which you can catch up here
https://youtube.com/@GTWorld?si=dAyZcC-X8jWkVqXR
along with other regional GT series, categories etc.

 

[kjeldsen]

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[PGodia10]

That's gasss, @kjeldsen !

The NLS is live and there are actually several streams - the main one, but also several "onboard" if you want to jump inside a given car. Cool !

I will update the first post with all the contributions ASAP. Thanks to you all!

 

[PGodia10]

Reanault Clio Cup live from the Redbull Ring. Watching this I don't think the GT7 Manufacturers Cup at Amsterdam was dirty anymore 😅

 

[DG_Silva]

Reanault Clio Cup live from the Redbull Ring. Watching this I don't think the GT7 Manufacturers Cup at Amsterdam was dirty anymore 😅

I was watching the race from the start and thinking 'this is a fairly clean race, apart from track limits being optional', then it hit the 18 minute mark 😁

 

[Har1MAS1415]

Depends what it is.

 

[toastet]

MX-5 Cup livestreams on imsa.com or youtube:

Stadium Super Trucks live on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@StadiumSUPERTrucks




SST are one of the weirdest while MX-5s/Miatas are just among the best racing you can find today.


Trans-Am is another series "under the radar but still the same recipe as it was in the 80s"-fun: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTransAmSeries

 

[TheHun99]

I made this list a few years ago but it needs some updates for sure, maybe still worth looking into it

 

[TheHun99]

If you like club racing, there are a bunch of UK club racing weekends on during the weekends, as well like 750MC, BRSCC, BARC etc.

 

[PGodia10]

Some more craziness at the Mazda channel today. Apparently a race with very different cars at Fuji Speedway among other things.

 

[toastet]

You can find a calendar with stream links here (German but I guess you can figure the sessions out): https://www.racingblog.de/tv-termine-am-wochenende/