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That front quarter view makes the thing look good. The top down view reveals that it looks fat af. It's not the worst looking car in motorsport, but it looks like it's trying way too hard.
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So it turns out that Land Motorsport drew that insane 5-minute stop & hold penalty because they figured out how to arrange the fuel tank ballast in such a way as to reduce turbulence in the fuel tank, allowing them to fuel faster than the competition. There is no regulation about how the fuel tank ballast is set up, and all the regulated parts like the fuel tank restrictor were still in spec. It was a bit of clever Smokey Yunick engineering, violating the spirit of the BoP rules without actually violating the letter. Which makes IMSA's decision to end their race with that penalty even more questionable: http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/147156-pruett-the-strange-land-motorsport-penalty
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an oddly awful oud posted:So it turns out that Land Motorsport drew that insane 5-minute stop & hold penalty because they figured out how to arrange the fuel tank ballast in such a way as to reduce turbulence in the fuel tank, allowing them to fuel faster than the competition. There is no regulation about how the fuel tank ballast is set up, and all the regulated parts like the fuel tank restrictor were still in spec. It was a bit of clever Smokey Yunick engineering, violating the spirit of the BoP rules without actually violating the letter. Which makes IMSA's decision to end their race with that penalty even more questionable: You bet your rear end that they're gonna have black and white rules for minimum refuelling time now though, which sucks. On one hand, I applaud Land for the amount of effort they put in to gaining an advantage while still remaining within the BoP specifications, but on the other hand, if they had kept that advantage, it would have turned all 3 classes of the race into a loving snoozefest, because P would have been locked up by Caddy, GTLM by Ford, and GTD by Land, by a long shot. IMSA did a loving hamhanded job of BoP for this race, hopefully they do a better job at the other races.
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Feb 2, 2018 05:35
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IMSA has been pretty clear that they expect teams to be up-front about the BOP, and everyone knows that IMSA balances refueling times. GTD is explicitly not a "build a better mousetrap" category, hence why manufacturer supported teams are banned (except when IMSA decides they arent, like the Toyota and Acura last year, lol). They took a NASCAR/IndyCar/F1 approach to the rules and tried to exploit a gray zone. But this isn't the category where "well it isnt TECHNICALLY illegal!!!!" is welcome, and thats been clear. I don't really feel bad for them. If they woulda asked before, they woulda got the answer.
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Feb 2, 2018 18:47
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Bathurst 12 hour qualifying/practice and supports live on the official Bathurst 12 Hour youtube channel now
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Feb 2, 2018 22:41
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I normally head out to watch the race on the Sunday but I don't have time to do it this year so I'll have to make do with the live stream instead. The commentary at the track is the same as the stream anyways but it's always a good day out for me with my Dad and brother.
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Feb 3, 2018 00:16
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbWW396ny0g radical race just finished, combined sedans next, then the top ten shootout
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Feb 3, 2018 04:49
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And if you’re in Australia or NZ the nismo stream tomorrow is geoblocked and I don’t know what other options there are outside of watching it on tv
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Feb 3, 2018 05:01
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I don't have a TV (aerial)
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Feb 3, 2018 05:38
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I think 7’s online streaming is doing it cause the top 10 shootout is currently streaming on it
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Feb 3, 2018 06:27
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7geJSaDkCE SRO stream for Bathurst starting in about 90 minutes. Also Will Davidson somehow did a 720 and didn't hit anything. https://twitter.com/followWRT/status/959533393812840453
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Feb 3, 2018 18:01
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   https://flic.kr/s/aHsmeL9icM Some photos I took during the rolex 24. Most of my stuff came out pretty boring.
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Feb 3, 2018 19:18
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwLVSX1p_nM As always, gently caress Whincup.
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Feb 3, 2018 20:05
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the time counter just went to 400 laps... is this a Time or Distance certain event? 2500km or 12h?
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:the time counter just went to 400 laps... is this a Time or Distance certain event? 2500km or 12h? 12 hours or 400 laps, which ever happens first. The latter is almost not going to happen anytime soon but it's a "well, assuming we have absolutely no safety cars, we at least can call it early" thing.
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Feb 3, 2018 20:22
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Yeah the story on the formation lap was that race control really wants to make this the first 300 lap Bathurst.
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Feb 3, 2018 20:38
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LMAO no GT-R to give the other teams a chance to win, nice description on that video
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Feb 3, 2018 22:29
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Audi driver who hit hard taken to hospital apparently, but conscious and stable.
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Feb 3, 2018 22:40
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There’s a much smaller diversity of cars in the race this year which is a shame really. It’s nice to see the Audi’s are performing as usual by smacking into things
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Habul trying really hard to give Mercedes a good profit on spares in the cutting, that'll have made the poo come out. Merc must love it when Vautier and Habul come together in a team.
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Feb 3, 2018 22:55
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Hitting the medical car should really be a 'go home and dont come back ever' penalty
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Feb 3, 2018 23:30
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And the Bentley has blown itself apart in the chase.
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CactusWeasle posted:Hitting the medical car should really be a 'go home and dont come back ever' penalty I'm more surprised that the medical car was circulating without the SC out, but haha holy poo poo they should have been DQed from the race immediately for striking the medical car  E: Stop loving talking about Jamie Whincup, John! Don't give him any more attention!
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Feb 4, 2018 00:07
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McLaren is heating up this race
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Feb 4, 2018 00:31
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If Kenny Habul does his usual performance we wont have to see Whincup in the car again
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Feb 4, 2018 00:43
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Lmfao that marshal doesn't know how to use a fire extinguisher
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:Lmfao that marshal doesn't know how to use a fire extinguisher Exactly what I said. Also couldn't have happened to a better drive (except Whincup). gently caress Paul Morris
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Feb 4, 2018 02:09
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Just remembered about this race and just saw the highlights on 7 Mate. Some good quality smashes there
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Feb 4, 2018 02:40
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The Daytona cars are pretty tops but seem to spend more time in the pits than they do racing every year.
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Feb 4, 2018 03:10
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Those MARC Mazdas are just mobile chicanes at the top of the mountain, holy hell. They bunch everyone up, or crash people trying to dive around them.
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Feb 4, 2018 03:39
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loving Mostert. oval office bag of the century
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Feb 4, 2018 05:08
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Feb 4, 2018 05:10
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rip bentley
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Feb 4, 2018 05:12
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classic Chaz edit: 12 & 100 take themselves out of contention with poor pit strategy Smorgasbord fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Feb 4, 2018 |
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Feb 4, 2018 05:20
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I wished I'd remembered to put it on earlier, but there's some good GT3 stupidity happening.
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Feb 4, 2018 05:29
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Bentley is back out even if it’s not in contention anymore.
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Feb 4, 2018 05:34
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And bye bye Audi 74 
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Feb 4, 2018 06:10
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Rip that transmission 
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iospace posted:Rip that transmission It was also almost rip to the pit reporter too, wouldn’t have wanted to ask the questions in that situation
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Will whincup whincup?
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