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MazeOfTzeentch
May 2, 2009

rip miso beno

harperdc posted:

Jose Maria Lopez may be many things but he keeps driving like an Am driver. Toyota needs to find a better Brazilian or Argentinian.

Yeah Lopez has demonstrated he's not of the same caliber as the rest of the Toyota squad on numerous occasions. No idea why he's still there

algebra testes posted:

This back to back Sebring 8 hours, 12 hours, seems like it would be a great event

it absolutely is, I went in 2019 and it was a blast. 23 hours of racing over 3 days and fantastic food and cheap beer. They sold 12 packs at just barely over the retail price when they could have charged way more. It's probably overall the best deal in racing right now

edit: and as a bonus you get PRIMO Florida-man-on-spring-break people watching in green park

MazeOfTzeentch fucked around with this message at 13:05 on Mar 19, 2022

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harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

MazeOfTzeentch posted:

Yeah Lopez has demonstrated he's not of the same caliber as the rest of the Toyota squad on numerous occasions. No idea why he's still there

Toyota Latin America advertisements. Hence my comment on them needing to find a better caliber of Brazilian or Argentine.


MazeOfTzeentch posted:

it absolutely is, I went in 2019 and it was a blast. 23 hours of racing over 3 days and fantastic food and cheap beer. They sold 12 packs at just barely over the retail price when they could have charged way more. It's probably overall the best deal in racing right now

edit: and as a bonus you get PRIMO Florida-man-on-spring-break people watching in green park

I want to do some of the great enduros with my dad and when I brought up Daytona, he suggested Sebring. I'm not sure he knows what he'd get into with the whole Sebring Experience. I'm under the impression you can at least get decent hotels and such around Daytona, whereas Sebring sounds like it's in some time warp.

spaceblancmange
Apr 19, 2018

#essereFerrari

How's the 12h been? Tuned in to see Bamber take the lead, lose it after hitting a GT then getting it back in the space of 15 minutes.

Xisticide
Nov 27, 2005
Despite being told to go away, ByKolles have built their new car anyway.:

Dudley
Feb 24, 2003

Tasty

The ACO/FIA simply doesn't think it needs them anymore. As soon as there's another "brand" or two I imagine Glickenhaus might be in for a nasty shock too.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
lol Vanwall. they're really reaching for brands they can bring out of the piles of history for credibility

Frond
Mar 12, 2018

Feels Villeneuve posted:

lol Vanwall. they're really reaching for brands they can bring out of the piles of history for credibility

Who the hell under like 80 even remembers Vanwall lmao.

Full Collapse
Dec 4, 2002

Frond posted:

Who the hell under like 80 even remembers Vanwall lmao.

Vintage F1 mods lmao

orange juche
Mar 14, 2012



Xisticide posted:

Despite being told to go away, ByKolles have built their new car anyway.:



No wheel arch cutouts, how long before this thing flips upside down in testing? Assuming of course ByKolles actually tests this thing rather than just lighting it on fire in the pit lane to get to the part we all know is coming?

E: I guess the arches are open at the back? Maybe? Still should light it on fire.

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

in MotoGP news, one of the reasons they had to get the Indonesia race completed on the Sunday was that freight had to get from there to Argentina for the round this weekend. Well...

https://twitter.com/matoxley/status/1509534825438457860

https://twitter.com/denkmit/status/1509512868047339532

https://twitter.com/denkmit/status/1509581831817027592

so all the Friday practice sessions are canceled, two practice sessions on Saturday instead. Let's hope everything arrives.

busalover
Sep 12, 2020
Nice sound collage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Ixzefzolg

Pablo Bluth
Sep 7, 2007

I've made a huge mistake.
Have some classic racing from Goodwood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unelQU6EkRs

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Sup from Houston Raceway. I’d post a pic but this dead gay forum doesn’t do mobile uploads?

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

coconono posted:

Sup from Houston Raceway. I’d post a pic but this dead gay forum doesn’t do mobile uploads?

The Awful app should. What’s racing at Houston?

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

harperdc posted:

The Awful app should. What’s racing at Houston?

NHRA. Its a whole todo because the track is going away. I haven't found out if the track is going to finish out its schedule but everyone has been telling me its the last racing event at the track.

https://twitter.com/ratfacedmoonboy/status/1517165147105730563

I'll post updates from time to time. But mostly mindvomit.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

more racenoise:

https://twitter.com/AbMotorsports1/status/1517666167195852805

BIG ZOOMS

Custard Undies
Jan 7, 2006

#essereFerrari

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IKSkGn1G5I

Nürburgring Endurance Series 2022 - Round 3 (NLS)

Just starting

BlankSystemDaemon
Mar 13, 2009



Custard Undies posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IKSkGn1G5I

Nürburgring Endurance Series 2022 - Round 3 (NLS)

Just starting
That was one heck of a close thing at the end.
0.58 seconds after 4 hours of racing.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

whoopsie

https://twitter.com/NHRADragster/status/1518022897285185536

Also someone's chute button fell off and they put the car in the sandpits.

Dirt Road Junglist
Oct 8, 2010

We will be cruel
And through our cruelty
They will know who we are

coconono posted:

whoopsie

https://twitter.com/NHRADragster/status/1518022897285185536

Also someone's chute button fell off and they put the car in the sandpits.

No, no, the rubber side goes DOWN.

spaceblancmange
Apr 19, 2018

#essereFerrari

Pablo Bluth
Sep 7, 2007

I've made a huge mistake.
The BTCC returns today. They've introduced hybrid power and used it to replace success ballast, so different drivers get different amounts of push to pass.

One of the big storylines for this year will be if Sutton can drag the Fords back in to serious contention

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


The other big story is Plato's team was stupid enough to take on F1 sponsor hall of famers Rich Energy as their main sponsor. It will be nice to have the Sunday afternoon soundtrack of an entire god drat day of racing on though.

Dudley
Feb 24, 2003

Tasty

Pablo Bluth posted:

The BTCC returns today. They've introduced hybrid power and used it to replace success ballast, so different drivers get different amounts of push to pass.

This is such a silly idea. Because it's not even quite what you describe.

For everyone else, if you win a race, you can't use push to pass at all on 10 laps of the next race if the next race is more than 17 laps. Whether it's 18 or 30. And a sliding scale of that bullshit for the top...5?10? Some number. But it's going to be massively different at Thruxton compared to say, Brands.

MazeOfTzeentch
May 2, 2009

rip miso beno

Pablo Bluth posted:

The BTCC returns today. They've introduced hybrid power and used it to replace success ballast, so different drivers get different amounts of push to pass.

One of the big storylines for this year will be if Sutton can drag the Fords back in to serious contention

Is there any way to watch it in the US?

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

Dudley posted:

This is such a silly idea. Because it's not even quite what you describe.

For everyone else, if you win a race, you can't use push to pass at all on 10 laps of the next race if the next race is more than 17 laps. Whether it's 18 or 30. And a sliding scale of that bullshit for the top...5?10? Some number. But it's going to be massively different at Thruxton compared to say, Brands.

The BTCC is fake and fun anyway so who really cares

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


MazeOfTzeentch posted:

Is there any way to watch it in the US?
I think it's on Motortrend.

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is

Feels Villeneuve posted:

The BTCC is fake and fun anyway so who really cares

Yep, its unapologetically an entertainment series and that's why its always worked so well.

MazeOfTzeentch
May 2, 2009

rip miso beno
When does the race run? I only see 2021 replays on MTOD

MazeOfTzeentch fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Apr 24, 2022

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

It’s Britney, bitch.

I would post the tweet but everyone at the track has had tons of internet issues. I will kinda miss this place?

Anyway, next week at the same track is a big street legal deal if you wanna be 2 fast 2 furious.

E: ah here we go

https://twitter.com/jfr_racing/status/1518355947638382592?s=21&t=zwso5ak-TSyhCTiw3bukeQ

coconono fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Apr 24, 2022

Custard Undies
Jan 7, 2006

#essereFerrari

Thats a massive crash in the Fuji Super GT!

https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/mot...3a2072e39935fdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61r7OQvg9E

Dr. Garbanzo
Sep 14, 2010
holy Jebus. Theres not much of the car left by the time it stops spinning

Dudley
Feb 24, 2003

Tasty

Where was the white flag? I assume the supra goes for a tow and then realises too late just how slow what he'd have just assumed was a GT300 is.

lagidnam
Nov 8, 2010
It's 24h of the Nürburgring time again.

https://www.youtube.com/c/24hnbr/featured

Sadly the weather forecast for the weekend seems to be pretty tame. So probably no ice on the track like in 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWfk3QEbeKQ

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

Dudley posted:

Where was the white flag? I assume the supra goes for a tow and then realises too late just how slow what he'd have just assumed was a GT300 is.

That’s Japanese marshals for ya. And yes, that was a very off-pace GT300 car that probably should’ve pulled in to the pits that lap.

Thank god for the safety cell, that definitely kept it from being a worse accident than it was. Also lucky nothing bad went into the crowd.

MazeOfTzeentch
May 2, 2009

rip miso beno

lagidnam posted:

It's 24h of the Nürburgring time again.

https://www.youtube.com/c/24hnbr/featured

Sadly the weather forecast for the weekend seems to be pretty tame. So probably no ice on the track like in 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWfk3QEbeKQ

First of all who thought it was a good idea to plop the N24 down over the Monaco GP and the Indy 500

Second of all the N24 has been so shortened by weather the last few years I just want a full 24 hours.

Dr. Garbanzo
Sep 14, 2010
Next weekend is the Bathurst 12 hour which is in a different spot this year due to restrictions over the summer. Because there is another gt race happening in France on the same weekend craft bamboo racing is the only international team coming along. The remainder of the field is locals and while Bathurst isn’t a big drive for me I’m kinda glad I didn’t get tickets this year.
As we are heading into winter here and their desire to finish at dusk the race starts at 5:15 local time giving them close to 2 hours of dark running early in the day.

algebra testes
Mar 5, 2011


Lipstick Apathy
Spa Six Hours was fun, I watched the entire thing.


Dr. Garbanzo posted:

Next weekend is the Bathurst 12 hour which is in a different spot this year due to restrictions over the summer. Because there is another gt race happening in France on the same weekend craft bamboo racing is the only international team coming along. The remainder of the field is locals and while Bathurst isn’t a big drive for me I’m kinda glad I didn’t get tickets this year.
As we are heading into winter here and their desire to finish at dusk the race starts at 5:15 local time giving them close to 2 hours of dark running early in the day.

That's a shame, it's usually a good race but that field is small, even with the locals.

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

algebra testes posted:

Spa Six Hours was fun, I watched the entire thing.

That's a shame, it's usually a good race but that field is small, even with the locals.

Spa was about as good as a race so interrupted can really be IMO, watched 3 hours or so live and the last hour on replay.

Yeah Bathurst is just unfortunate timing this year both internationally and domestically. They’re also bit by the transport situations too.

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Dr. Garbanzo
Sep 14, 2010
12 hour quali is happening now. No radio lemans boys this year which makes sense with the scaled back nature. Few cars having issues already but hopefully they end up with the full field racing tomorrow.

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