The Le Mans General Discussion Thread

[Jav]

Today's to do list:
- Set Racecar's Dish antena on fire!!
J/K you lucky bastard!

 

[hawkeye122]

Woot! I have just switched to Dish. What relevence is this to the thread? I get Speed 2 Take a look at the series I get to watch:

[B]WEC[/B]
WRC
BTCC
WTCC
DTM
MotoGP
Superbike
Continental Sports Car Challenge
American Le Mans Series

relevance to this thread in bold

I just switched also! Im sooo glad I have access to all of that now.

The Endurance events are only 1 hour recaps though...

 

[RACECAR]

I just switched also! Im sooo glad I have access to all of that now.

The Endurance events are only 1 hour recaps though...

Yeah they are, but I believe we'll get to watch the races live though. Now we just have to search for the times.

 

[VspecZR1GT2RS89]

Racecar and Hawkeye........ I'm soooo jelly. I still got cable and we don't even get Speed 2, unless you pay for it, which is crazy.

Well, back to streaming on the PC/Mac or watching it from ESPN3.

 

[Jav]

Today's to do list:
- Set Racecar's Dish antena on fire!!
J/K you lucky bastard!

Today's to do list:
- Put Hawkeye's Dish antena on yesterday's to do list!

 

[Mac K]

Me are is jelly to.

 

[hawkeye122]

Just got caught up on DTM... And Continental Tire, and WEC Highlights...

In English

Get @ me bro.

 

[Jav]

Just got caught up on DTM... And Continental Tire, and WEC Highlights...

In English

Get @ me bro.

 

[hawkeye122]

Its ok. Most of the broadcasts are only in 720...

Aaaaand back on topic-

Road America next, I still want David Heinemeier-Hansson and Martin Plowman to continue beating the snot out of Scott Tucker. In both of his cars.

 

[RACECAR]

Aaaaand back on topic-

Road America next, I still want David Heinemeier-Hansson and Martin Plowman to continue beating the snot out of Scott Tucker. In both of his cars.

Same here. Finally a team that can beat that scumbag.

 

[Mac K]

Hey, Scott Tucker is cool...

Swagger turned on 100

Like a boss?

Totally brah

I work out

 

[hawkeye122]

Same here. Finally a team that can beat that scumbag.

I'm waiting for the day that he move up to LMP1, and him and Chris Dyson get into a conflict.

Who's the biggest (Feminine hygiene product) of them all?

 

[Mac K]

Post has been edited with Scott Tucker awesomesauce.

 

[hawkeye122]

Post has been edited with Scott Tucker awesomesauce.

Scott Tucker reminds me of that Short kid in middle school who overcompensates by being a prick.

What in that picture at the bottom? 3 Times national champion of what?

Scott Tucker is the Kyle Busch/Paul Tracy of the ALMS.

 

[Mac K]

You mean like..

 

[RACECAR]

Scott Tucker reminds me of that Short kid in middle school who overcompensates by being a prick.

What in that picture at the bottom? 3 Times national champion of what?

Scott Tucker is the Kyle Busch/Paul Tracy of the ALMS.

Except neither of these 2 have built their racing careers or racing teams off of fraud and stolen money. That alone is why I want this scumbag to be beaten and even have his career ended.

 

[hawkeye122]

Except neither of these 2 have built their racing careers or racing teams off of fraud and stolen money. That alone is why I want this scumbag to be beaten and even have his career ended.

Whaaa?

*Wikipedia*

Oh. Now I hate him even more.

 

[Jav]

McLaren 12C Can Am Edition:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.10150971103956717.416141.371554081716&type=1

McLaren 12C Can-Am Edition racing concept announced:

McLaren GT, the team responsible for building the 12C GT3s seen racing across Europe this summer, are debuting a brand new concept racer at this weekends Pebble Beach Concours d'Eleganc...e. The 12C Can-Am edition - named after the infamous race series which saw some of McLarens greatest wins - is the first model that McLaren GT has displayed in North America, and is designed specifically for the market. The concept features the same carbon fibre MonoCell as the road going 12C, but adds a host of modifications designed strictly for the track: A brand new aerodynamics kit including splitter, diffuser and rear wing increases downforce by 30%, an uprated engine package generates up to 630hp, and extensive use of carbon fibre reduces weight to just 1,200kg (2645.5lbs). So what do you think, are you ready to race yet?

Hope they can get some custumers, I'd love to see this car run on this side of the Atlantic!

 

[Shinshiki]

*snip*

I hope so too, and soon. Looks really close to the 12Cs run in Blancpain, and FIA GT1.

 

[VspecZR1GT2RS89]

^^ Im with you there Jav, they have to get this racing ASAP!!!!! Who knows, maybe a rencarnation of the Can-Am Series again?

 

[Jav]

I hope so too, and soon. Looks really close to the 12Cs run in Blancpain, and FIA GT1.

Same car, revised specs.

 

[Shinshiki]

Same car, revised specs.

Question is, is it in compliance with the ACO regulations to race in Le Mans related series.

 

[Jav]

Question is, is it in compliance with the ACO regulations to race in Le Mans related series.

On paper it certainly is, 3.4 liter V8 is well withing the regs. It would be a matter of getting it homologated by them and ready to run. They are certainly trying to cover all possibilities with this concept, at 650HP there's no place for it but they can tur down the boost and come up with a muh reasonable package to either run ALMS GT-E or Grand Am GT-X.

 

[Mt. Lynx]

On paper it certainly is, 3.4 liter V8 is well withing the regs. It would be a matter of getting it homologated by them and ready to run. They are certainly trying to cover all possibilities with this concept, at 650HP there's no place for it but they can tur down the boost and come up with a muh reasonable package to either run ALMS GT-E or Grand Am GT-X.

The way I understand it, it´s a toy, like the Zonda R or Gumpert Apollo R, and not compliant to any series at all. Forced induction V8´s are a nono in GTE.

 

[Jav]

The way I understand it, it´s a toy, like the Zonda R or Gumpert Apollo R, and not compliant to any series at all. Forced induction V8´s are a nono in GTE.

Just like 9,000 liter V10s...

 

[hawkeye122]

Just like 9,000 liter V10s...

I was thinking the same thing...

If anything, they would either reduce the stroke length, or take the turbo off.

But with this Viper thing, it seems the ACO is desperate for factory entries. They might just allow it. Again, it would be heavily restricted.

 

[sumbrownkid]

They might as well allow turbo charging if they are willing to let a 9.0 L V10 in.

 

[Kakarot]

Wouldn't the engine from the gt3 car still be leagal? If the aco didnt let the car run with its current engine the gt3 engine would be an option.

 

[Jav]

Wouldn't the engine from the gt3 car still be leagal? If the aco didnt let the car run with its current engine the gt3 engine would be an option.

That would be the most logical route, simply allow the GT3 Specs to be used. GT3 McLarens are pretty much on pace with the GT-E cars. The whole Can Am package thing is just marketing BS, they know those Specs are pretty much useless for any racing series in the planet.

 

[VspecZR1GT2RS89]

I was thinking the same thing...

If anything, they would either reduce the stroke length, or take the turbo off.

But with this Viper thing, it seems the ACO is desperate for factory entries. They might just allow it. Again, it would be heavily restricted.

True. But since the Viper GTS-R have alot of power and torque, they should detune the Viper as well to make it fair with the other cars. Or if the ACO doesn't care about the McLarens running a turbo and the others with a forced induction kit installed, then don't detune the Viper.

It's a win-win situation if you think about it.

They might as well allow turbo charging if they are willing to let a 9.0 L V10 in.

Which is true, if you're gonna have a powerful V10 racing, you have to consider having the other cars with a turbo or supercharger, since with the new Viper. The GTS-R will wipeout the competition, even with their best drivers, the other teams won't stand a chance. So they should let them have at least something to make the competition equal.