January 29, 20232 yr Author LMP2 with the win at the line! need honda to sign off on building some more ARXes for WEC. Edited January 29, 20232 yr by elfenix
January 29, 20232 yr Wow, that was nuts. If I never see or hear that electric Cadillac commercial or the Tribe Called Quest Michelin commercial again, that will be okay with me.
February 4, 20232 yr Author Bykolles loses the trademark fight, might not be able to racehttps://www.dailysportscar.com/2023/02/03/bykolles-lose-euipo-case-over-vanwall-trademark.html
February 4, 20232 yr Author AMG on the front row at bathurst. race time tomorrow is 12:45 pm in god's own time zone, can watch on https://motorsport.tv or on youtube Edited February 4, 20232 yr by elfenix
February 4, 20232 yr Author Intercontinental GT Challenge Schedule: Bathurst 12 Hour Feb 4-5 Kyalami 9 Hour Feb 24-35 24 Hours of Spa July 1-2 Indianapolis 8 Hour Oct 7 Gulf 12 Hours December 9-10 SRO also organizes a lot of regional GT3 (and GT4 and TC) series. the events making up the IGTC feature not just big international teams that often appear in WEC and IMSA but also serve as the biggest rounds of a lot of the regional GT3 series. the full GT World Challenge calendar has 29 events on it for this year (COTA stop May 19-21).
February 4, 20232 yr Oh, man. Thanks for the reminder! This is one of my favorite races of the year. Been so busy with the weather, broken oak trees, and some other shit that it slipped my mind.
February 5, 20232 yr Jesus. That has to be a penalty on Engel. Dumbass. That was never gonna work, but everyone knew it was coming.
February 5, 20232 yr Drive through, and it only took them about a lap to decide that. F1, are you paying attention? Well-deserved drive through, for sure.
February 5, 20232 yr Author 2000 km record reached! 1.4 seconds separates the top 3 after 12 hours Edited February 5, 20232 yr by elfenix
February 16, 20232 yr Author Quote “It was great watching Jenson climb out of the car for the first time,” Johnson said. “He was speechless for a while and his eyes were so big. He’s like, ‘How can it have so much power and so little grip?’ https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/jenson-button-jimmie-johnson-garage-56-test-run/10432743/
February 25, 20232 yr Author Not sure there was much of that worth watching with no cautions until 8 and a half hours in (still somehow didn't set the GT3 lap record for this event) and the BMWs completely dominant. Only 10 cars on track after the cup 911s got done with their sprint in the first hour. Next race in IGTC is 24 Hours of Spa, which is usually fantastic. GT World Challenge America kicks off at Sonoma March 30-April 2.
February 27, 20232 yr Entry list link for LeMans 2023 Entry List | 24h-lemans.com | 10 & 11 june 2023
February 28, 20232 yr Author Isotta Fraschini unveils its LMH, hoping to race at Monza:https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/isotta-fraschini-reveals-new-hypercar-with-aim-of-2023-wec-debut/10437589/
March 2, 20232 yr Singer Vehicle Design is one of my favorite Instagram follows, and should be one of yours too, if you love restomodded air cooled Porsches. Anyway, they did the livery for Hertz/JOTA's Porsche 963 WEC Hypercar.
March 4, 20232 yr Author very worth watching the last 5 or 10 minutes of this if you at all like racing. fantastic last two laps (finish is at 55:33)
March 9, 20232 yr Author Quote MSR Has “Taken Responsibility” for Rolex 24 Tire Manipulation Meyer Shank Racing has “taken responsibility” for the penalties imposed on the team by IMSA after it was found the No. 60 Acura ARX-06 crew manipulated tire pressure data in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The Ohio-based squad won the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener but was penalized on Wednesday by the sanctioning body after Honda Performance Development discovered the infraction following the posting of the official race results. Both the team and drivers lost 200 of its 350 WeatherTech Championship points earned in the race, all team and driver points from the Michelin Endurance Cup, loss of race prize money as well as a $50,000 fine. https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/msr-has-taken-responsibility-for-rolex-24-tire-manipulation/
March 17, 20232 yr Author Ferrari GT massively into the tires at the T1 exit, rolls into it's roof giving us the first safety car just 10 minutes in. Driver walking away
March 19, 20232 yr I hear the last lap was something to see. I'm gonna have to hunt down some highlights.
April 14, 20232 yr On 2/27/2023 at 6:00 PM, Bevo&Pevo said: Entry list link for LeMans 2023 Entry List | 24h-lemans.com | 10 & 11 june 2023 I will be at the beach in France with my German cousins the week before and, unfortunately, I have to fly home on the 11th. We talked about attending, since it’s the 100th 24-hour but, I don’t think we can make it work. 🤬
April 14, 20232 yr Meanwhile, at Portimao ... Luckily nobody was in the stands and the driver was uninjured. Maybe time for a rethink of that's turn's safety features? Edited April 14, 20232 yr by wood
April 15, 20232 yr Author straight off at T1. kinda looks like it was already airborne when it crossed the tire barrier
April 15, 20232 yr Author Sportscar365 says that GS will be closed until further notice as the FIA investigates Driver's gram Edited April 15, 20232 yr by elfenix
April 16, 20232 yr Author first FCY with 1:05 to go as the vanwall has a brake explode sending jacques into the fence
April 25, 20232 yr OBTW, WEC might come back to COTA next year. I'd be all over that. Edited April 25, 20232 yr by wood
April 28, 20232 yr Some background on those colors: Quote Those tributes start on the outside, with the orange accent element from the Gulf livery most famously worn on the John Wyer-run factory 917s that starred in Steve McQueen's film Le Mans. Moving inward, the pink stripes represent the "Pink Pig" 917/20 that ran Le Mans in 1971 and returned as a GTE-Pro class winner in a tribute livery on the 2018 911 GT3 RSRs. Then comes the green from the "Hippie" 917 longtails, the light blue accent from the Martini-wrapped car that won Le Mans in 1977, the dark blue from the Rothmans 956s that won twice in the early 1980s, the red that gave the brand it's maiden victory on the Salzburg-run factory 917 shorttail in 1970, and, finally, the yellow from Penske's American Le Mans Series RS Spyder program.
April 29, 20232 yr Author Ferrari 499P is fast. Bad strategy to start on wets and bad luck to have to splash and dash under yellow. But still on the podium. Definitely has a shot at the top step at the 24. Nicky Catsburg might be a wizard, brilliant defense in the Corvette the last two races. Lilou Wadoux becomes the first woman to take the top step in an FIA world championship race in the GTE Am winning Ferrari. Big crash by the #3 caddy from 2nd at Radillionhttps://clips.twitch.tv/WimpyShakingFishDuDudu-snFqDiszTEnn8Q6A Edited May 2, 20232 yr by elfenix vette, caddy, it's all gm
May 11, 20232 yr Not sure where else to put this - It's a lap around the Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe in a GT40, as it was in 1968, narrated by Stirling Moss. Enjoy.
May 11, 20232 yr My 19 yo is a Le Mans freak, and just found this. The movie Le Mans without all the dumb girl stuff. 43 minutes of racing.
May 15, 20232 yr 16 hours ago, elfenix said: race is a yellow fest so far A shortish track with a couple hundred*cars on it should be messy. There was some amazing driving through traffic all day long, especially in the last 30 minutes. Being a Penske fanboy, I was hoping that they could catch the Caddy but there was too much traffic to shuffle through in the last few laps. *hyperbole
May 19, 20232 yr Author On 5/15/2023 at 7:40 AM, Shoxthemonkey said: A shortish track with a couple hundred*cars on it should be messy. There was some amazing driving through traffic all day long, especially in the last 30 minutes. Being a Penske fanboy, I was hoping that they could catch the Caddy but there was too much traffic to shuffle through in the last few laps. *hyperbole last ~45 minutes was some nice continuous racing. the 01 passed all the other GTPs on the way to victory, with van der zande at the wheel just two weeks after binning its look-a-like at spa.
May 19, 20232 yr Author great article on driving the glickenhaus at COTA: Quote Nothing about the 007 is quiet. It’s always shouting. It has 671 hp, the limit for the class, and weighs at least 2270 pounds. On paper, those figures don’t look all that impressive for a race car. They are essentially meaningless. That first time at full throttle throws my brain for a loop. The narrow windshield tunnels forward vision as speed increases. I’ve never been in a car that goes through gears like this—every shift feels like a punch to the back of the head. Anti-lag allows the car to scamper out of corners like an animal with its tail on fire. Upshifts fly by until I touch 170 mph on COTA’s back straight in sixth. There is still another gear to use. https://news.yahoo.com/driving-glickenhaus-le-mans-hypercar-175500974.html
May 19, 20232 yr Author GT Wolrd Challenge at COTA Race 1 will be here about 3 tomorrow: lots of other racing on tap at COTA this weekend, include GT America, GT4, TC, etc., https://www.youtube.com/@GTWorld
May 20, 20232 yr Author N24 live here: the ring is insane. there's a very broken subaru crabbing back to the pits. commentary: they've got a 5 lap lead in class, so they've got 45 minutes to fix this Edited May 21, 20232 yr by elfenix
May 21, 20232 yr Author COTA GT World Challenge America Race 2 will be here: (love the ST racing livery)
May 21, 20232 yr Weather @ Laguna Seca was great....thick fog cleared to blue sky as the IMSA race started. The miata race was started in fog so thick you couldn't see the cars on the course, much less the flag stations. We were amazed that race was run. Interesting that there were more spectators at the track on Saturday then raceday. The JDC Porsche prototype was delivered to the team on Tuesday, it first turned it's wheels at the Friday afternoon practice. As one JDC crewman said "it's cheaper to enter the race than rent a course for a shakedown". They did an impressive job just finishing the race. Laguna is a great place, but now it's a 1,000 mile drive for me, not the 300 it's been for decades. Back in August for Rennsport.
May 21, 20232 yr Author Spoiler i think that was the first big win for the 296 at the nurburgring and it was dominant.
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