motor/sp/ort - A bit late Edition

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>pride of the west country la

>move race to a later date due to rain
>it rains in the new date

>>75404084
Super Formula this weekend too

>All that sticky resin shit gets washed away for the second straight year

reeeeeee I want old bristol back I don't want to only watch indycar on sunday either

>>75404774
The problem is that they only covered the middle of the turns with the VHT, they needed to lay some down on the entry and exit lines a bit as well
so the cars stick through the center, but on exit either go tight or snap loose depending on the setup from what I saw

At least the top line is kill so there's that

fuck you guys for not caring more about IndyCar best series

>>75405001
awwww, your Indycar general is being slid by the real motor/sp/ort general

Maybe it's time for that NASCAR general

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>>75405041
b...bastard

>>75405121
>1. Sebastien Bourdais/France/93pts/Dale Coyne Racing/Honda

>2. James Hinchcliffe/Canada/74pts/Schmidt-Peterson Motorsports/Honda

>3. Simon Pagenaud/France/71pts/Team Penske/Chevrolet

I like American sports
Deport Suarez

>>75405164
patrician Anon right here.

fine, I'm moving my question here from my kill Indy thread:

>will Fernando learn quickly? will he have speed in the race? if he's successful at Indy, will McLaren consider joining the series as a full time team?

question about the "Triple Crown of Motorsport", i.e. win Monaco GP, win LeMans 24 hour, win Indy 500

does LeMans only count if you win overall, like LMP1? or does a best in class win count, like GT1 or 2

>>75405508
There's nothing official about it. Purists will say you need to win overall at Le Mans but a GTE-Pro win would basically mean the same to me. It's not how it used to be and almost impossible to do because of how different the progressions are now. There's also the less prestigious triple crown of endurance which would be overall wins at Le Mans, Daytona, and Sebring.

>>75405001
get canopies and we'll talk

rail all weekend at bristol

>>75405974
F1 get canopies first and then we'll talk about you talking

The need to build really fucking tall tents over NASCAR ovals. Not a roof but a cover. Give me a minute and I'll sketch something up in paint

>>75405237

Barring an accident I don't think there's any reason for Alonso to finish outside the top 10 or even the top 5 if the "greatest driver in F1" meme still hold true. He's a very talented driver running for a good team (who usually run exceptionally well at Indy) who is being supplied a car by the better of the two manufacturers. As much as I love Indy I think the racecraft required is largely blown out of proportion since like 90% of passes in the current car are slipstreaming out of a corner and making a pass on the straights.

The only areas I foresee Alonso having any difficulty will be in setting up the car and getting use to running closely behind other cars to set up passes. Both of these issues will be remedied during Indy's 2 weeks of testing, Even if Alonso can't figure the car out himself he effectively has 5 teammates to steal data from and similarly will have 5 teammates to learn to draft with.

That said, I expect him to crash at least once during testing as all rookies seem to do. That's not the end of the world however, since after the wreck he'll finally know the limits of the car. Watch /f1/ flip a shit though.

>>75405237
>>75406598

On your last point, I think there's a very interesting dynamic going on in the Mclaren marketing department right now. The US is an expanding market for them (a Mclaren dealership just got built down the road from me, for example) and it would make sense for them to want some genuine exposure outside of their literally unknown Pirelli World Challenge entries. I suspect that Mclaren's target demographic in the US was already pretty familiar with the brand via Formula 1. Of course, the last 3 years in F1 have been nothing but bad exposure, so they may be looking for a new way to paint the brand in a positive light. Partnering with Andretti for the 500 is the perfect solution, since it requires minimal effort on the part of Mclaren while it ties back to their historic roots and allows them to make the Mclaren-Honda partnership look like it wasn't complete shit. Even if Alonso leaves, I would not be surprised if part of the backroom dealings was for Alonso to take Stefan Wilson's seat and then Mclaren to throw up backing for Stefan in 2018.

Don't see it becoming a full season ride though. At the most, maybe they will also run a car for the GP of Indy.

>>75406641
part of the deal with Stefan Wilson stepping aside for Alonso to take his ride was for Wilson having an IndyCar ride, possibly full time, for 2018.

he took one for the team this year, I would hope they wouldn't screw him over

>>75405637
will we ever have another Graham Hill?

>>75407086
JPM
U
A
N

>>75407119
inb4 jpm dies in a RC plane accident

>>75407119
well he needs to get his fat ass to LeMans then, and quick
it's gonna take multiple attempts but if he starts trying NOW maybe he could be the next Graham Hill

>>75405637
also why did ACO change the names of the classes

for me it will always be LMP1, LMP2, GT1, GT2.

>>75407182
he tried out a Porsche LMP1 a few months ago and with marginal testing he was as fast as their best factory drivers, can't see why not go for it now with them or with Ganassi given his Rolex 24 experience

>>75407362
I thought Ganassi was running those Ford GTs in the GT class though

if you don't have to drive a LeMans Prototype and win overall for it to count then yeah if Chip puts a good car behind JPM he's got a shot

>>75407478
also whoever his 2 codrivers would be

>be Juan Pablo Montoya
>cars runnin good all day all night
>so close to the Triple Crown
>then your codriver wrecks the car

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>>75405508
I hate the mentality that only the overall win matters in a multi-class race.

>>75406598
The biggest thing a driver can do at Indy is take care of the car to be consistent and get quick at the right time. That's how Mears was so good compared to someone like Michael Andretti.

>>75410025
fuel strategy matters too

>>75410025
Mears was always fast all the time though, on the front row in 70% of his starts

This weekend is also the MotoGP COTA GP

>>75407308
GTE is the new name for GT2.

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>>75413873

>MARQUEZWINSLOL

also VASC at Phillip Island, Race 1 was a bit of a fuck fest but its Aussie Supercars and its always amazing.

>>75414368
>Aussie Supercars
>always amazing.
pick 1. it's usually boring as heck barring the big races.

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Weather is looking complete shit for today's Xfinity Race and tomorrow morning. Afternoon might dry off enough, they might be able to double stack Xfinity in late afternoon and do Cup as a Day to Night but it could be a Monday Double header if the weather doesn't hold as the Storm system is expected to be gone by early Monday morning.

>The city of NASCAR scheduling

That Alabama track looks nice

That poor guy that crashed at Donington last week had to have both legs amputated. It was a horrible accident. Not really anything anyone can do about that sort of thing.

>>75415143
17 years old. Poor lad

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oh

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/WRC/ in 5 days lads

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>>75415816

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>>75414957
great track, puts on some great races

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJRM7-6IH_g

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>>75416726
Power and Sato from that year too wew

>>75416736
hahahahaha fucking Sato doing what Sato does so well

>>75419142
Getting taken out by others?

>>75419241
>>75419241
>>75419241
Xfinity thread

>>75419215
Will Power did nothing wrong

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>motogp and nascar at the same time

>>75419878
>pass/crashfest and pass/crashfest at the same time

>>75419319
he did literally everything wrong there

>>75420932
I get it, we're on 4chan, so we have to be Japanese apologists

>>75423339
maybe you're japanese and can't see the replay through those slits?

>>75423339
Will Power is an asshole. Yesterday during practice he got a tire into the dirt just to blast Pagenaud with dust because he was driving close to him.

>>75424028
nice

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wew lad the MX5 Cup races. never seen this before.

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~1 hour and 20 minutes

Engrish interviews with the non-nip drivers are always amazing

>>75436518
>literally iracing

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It's time

STARTING GRIDS

>that tire change

>Mardenborough

>>75442233
loved the commentators emphasising the game shit

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how to crash without crashing

Nurburgring 24hr qualifying race stream where?!

>>75414664

0/10

>>75442285
I wish they'd shut up about it already.

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DTC delivering some great racing so far in the season opener.

>>75443952
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9MhOw6Dp0s

Blancpain GT Endurance race at Monza. 53 cars entered, starts in roughly 30 bings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYy3WXVYay4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8JLLi740MM

>Drive 7 hours yesterday to get to Bristol
>2 inches of rain all day today
>Stuck in hotel room with shitty TV

At least I get NBCSN so I can watch indy.

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AMERICAAAAA
AMERICAAAAA

Shame this will be the only time an American car leads at the Nurburgring, and its just a qualifikation race.

>>75445898
>drive a ferrari
>call it an american car

really wish ratel would stop the amateur participation medals meme

>>75445898
I fear that the race organisation will BoP it down so the German manufacturers are happy their GT3s wont lose against some guy with a dream

One of the SCGs had engine problems early on today though
>power of dreams

>Ferrari

Bentley Bilstein livery is absolutely awful.

>>75446057
Most Bently liveries that aren't the M-Sport look awful.

>>75446057
>lipstick on a __

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>>75446057
You mean the Deutsche Post livery?

>>75446092
>>75446170

They actually had to move the headlights on the racecar further out so have it look closer to the road cars proportions, such is the size of the Pigley.

>>75446184

Indeed I do - I was going off the H&R and Bilstein sponsor stickers I could see on the potato stream I'm watching.

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Post your favourite livery for the race:

Schnitzer + Charly Lamm + stripes + Nur24 is surely a winning combination.

>>75446273
Not like that is the first revive of that livery in the last five years, cool to see Schnitzer back at the 24h though

thats one expensive repair bill right there

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Blancpain GT is always a hot mess especially the starts.

I'm honestly not sure why I bother watching this series.

car list where?

>The cockroach infested shithole that is race control and Guy Smith

>>75446373
It's been pretty shitty since like 2015. Only the last 20-30 mins and Spa are worth watching.

>>75446319

I didn't say it wasn't? The Z4 GT3 with the stripes was one of the best looking race cars in the last 10 years.

Glad that BMW moved away from the red/blue double stripe shit they were doing in ETCC / WTCC with the E90's.

I'm interested to see how the M6 will go next month - last year the M6 was all powerful early in the season, destroyed everyone at the Nur 4hr race and got slapped with a BOP penalty so hard that they were destroying turbos inside of 3hrs into the 24hr race. Hopefully they can hide their cards long enough to be on level pegging with the AMG GT3 and the R8 to avoid the AMG precession last year's race was (after the rain and fog heh).

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wew

>>75446401
http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/images/results/77/SpotterGuideMonzaBGTS.pdf
http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/entry-list?filter_meeting_id=77
http://www.blancpain-gt-series.com/live#live-timing (pain in the ass to click through)

>>75446451
>>75446464
this is sub-vadim kogay tier.

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>>75446451
>>75446464
>BGTS at Monza
Seriously: Who is the dumbass that thought this was a good idea?

>>75446490

race control took too long to drop the green light, you can see the drivers get really antsy at the front and the ones at the back start trying to get the jump and end up bunching the field

it would probably end up w a massive crash anyway even without the bentley being supremely fat

>>75446440
No you did not, Im just a bit annoyed that the livery is reheated so often in all these years along with nothing saying news articles

Me personally is looking forward to see the Konrad Motorsport Lambo and the Motul Porsche of Frikadelli Racing

>>75446521
It's been fine before. The meme first chicane needs to go and they really should stagger the start when the grid is over 30 cars.

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THIS IS JUST PART OF HIS PLAN TO KEEP THE GT3 ECONOMY MOVING THROUGH HUGE REPAIR BILLS EARLY IN THE SEASON

WAKE UP SHEEPLE

>>75446606
INSURERS HATE HIM, LEARN HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS WITH ONE SIMPLE TRICK

is there ANY good money to be made in GT3 racing? I cannot believe how these BES races have been getting 50+ entries and climbing over the past few years

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>>75446606
The MADMAN!

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>>75446527

Its the 1978 Italian GP all over again

>>75446648
GT3 has a somewhat low entry barrier price wise so it's not too hard to get money from sponsorship and participation alone, especially if you go into the AM catergories and save on driver salary.

>>75446648

>GT3 racing
>making money

Sh...should we tell him guys?

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>>75446568
Hope they modify the layout soon.

>>75446648
>is there ANY good money to be made in GT3 racing?
Of course there is, manufacturers sell a ton of cars, pro drivers can make money out of it too either by coaching/partnering gentlemen drivers or by landing a factory seat. Even with the rising costs, it still has the best value for the money in motorsports

>>75446672
>racing
>profitable

I'm saying that I cannot believe just how many rich old men are garnered specifically around Ratelas opposed to some FIA offshoot, what makes his series and leadership so much more galvanizing?

>>75446753

Ratel was the first one to do this kind of thing. Can you think of anything else?

Theres nothing senpai

>>75446753
Exposure, advertising and manufacturer interest.

>>75446743
Yes, surely that is an improvement for every series that isn't F1.

>>75446648
>is there ANY good money to be made in GT3 racing?
As an entry team? No. All the money comes from sponsors that fund the operation for a season or two.

The reason why GT3 took off over the past few years was because it's relatively cheap form of racing that rich amateur drivers can realistically pick up the tab for a seat and live out their motorsport wet dream in a real race competition. Manufacturers love it not just because it's cheap which means more customer can afford them, but also because the cars are distinctive from each other which makes brand recognition more evident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9MhOw6Dp0s

FRENCH STREAM IS WORKING GREEN FLAG IS OUT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_zq9VG_fp4

>>75446753
>Ratelas opposed to some FIA offshoot
SRO works very closely with the FIA.

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>Post GOAT race liveries

>>75445801
So the cup race isn't getting in today is it? Fuck

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>>75446944
and now I'm sad

>The city of Bentley

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btfo

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>>75447073

Marc VDS Z4's were GOAT. Their toy throw at the end of the 2015 season was amazing.

>mfw remembering that Spa24 bloodbath a few years ago where Kogay T-boned a Ferrari so violently that it disintegrated both cars and the other driver looked dead

BLACK FLAG BOYS

>bently

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>>75447073
>>75447303

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>>75446753
Well, Ratel pretty much sired this modern era of GT racing as far back as the Venturi one-make series back in the early '90s which eventually helped fill the first GT field at the '93 LM24 since 1986 and he was the "R" in the BPR that later became the FIA GT series in '97 which was run by his organization. He also helped make the Spa-24 relevant again. Suffice to say he is THE guy for show-running European-based GT racing. Also you have to remember that that much of his time is spent focused precisely on drawing in his rich buddies so that they can pretend to be racecar drivers.

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>>75447303
they were absolutely beautiful, I'm just sad they're done with gt cars

THE ABSOLUTE MADMAN

>>75446999

Weather is Rain all day and only clearing overnight. People already at the track says there's barely anyone driving in except the press who have to be there and the only fans seem to be the ones who camped it.

Just waiting for an official call by NASCAR. Might be at the drivers meeting.

>only 1 aston v12 and porsche
>M-Sport being retarded
sad days.

>>75447366
sand-bagging for favorable BoP @ Spa-24.

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>>75447340

>>75447350
Well, I just hope they reschedule to a time when I'll be able to catch it tomorrow, otherwise I might be having to call in sick

Goddammit, I love the Bentley GT3 cars so much, why do all the teams running them have to be so fuck?

>black-flagged
>race anyway

/OURGUY/

>>75447386
By trying to get their own car booted out of the race?

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rubbins racin

>>75447399

You'll be calling in sick. If it gets called today, it's rescheduled for 1pm tomorrow

>>75447403
Being out of the race is the perfect way to hide your power level.

How hard is that Porsche gonna get hit with BoP? I'd say very hard.

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>>75447366
Porsche just needs one team doing the full season so they can enter a factory effort at Spa. Also with qualifying race going on at Spa some teams are not present in Monza

>>75447487
It'll fall back down the order with the driver change and everyone will forget about it.

;_;

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Even BGT's stream is run by amateurs.

Getting tired of staring at YT's spinning asshole.

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strong move

>>75447515
Hmm, I just checked for the full season entry lists and there are actually 4 porsches overall so yeah the Nurburg Quali Race might be affecting that, or they're sprint/am series entries. Still only one Aston though so F.

>>75447515
>Porsche just needs one team doing the full season so they can enter a factory effort at Spa.
They need a full season entry in the Pro class

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>>75447617
Aston is a rare breed in Blancpain, but that is no recent development

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eat shit

>>75447653
Actually, never mind, I remembered they are allowed to by the Intercontinental GT regs, as long as they enter the Sepang 12 Hours too

>>75447417
Ah damn. Well thanks for the info

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>>75447715
I was still wrong then huh

>>75447329
>>75447340
>>75447395

Would have been infinitely better if they'd made the 6-pot work for it, instead of a completely unrelated V8. The V8 sounded ridiculous, though, so that was a plus.

>>75447747

>turbo 6 better than NA v8

no

>>75447764
>turbo

No.

>>75447764
Nobody said the i6 is better. Just like the Nissan, there was no V8 that belonged into the car, is all.

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>pitstop overtake for the lead

uh oh looks like i have a job to do

>>75447747

The E89 racing chassis was only ever run with the V8.

VDS won the Spa 24 with the Z4 GT3, so you could hardly call the car a failure I think. Was also one of the quickest cars across global series on both GT3 and GTE format.

>>75447987

Needs a W A S T E D when he puts it into the wall haha.

Broken suspension?

>>75448037

dont forget GTD

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>>75448037
The car was not really reliale was it?`

Seeing Zanardi retire was especially depressing

>>75448135
Probably just missed the braking point? Cant tell

>>75448312
The Spa 24h would always end up with the Marc VDS car breaking down while leading or fighting for the win, so yeah, the Z4 usually struggled with reliability in the longer races

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puckered up bumholes all around

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sliding in smoothly

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sike

>AM cuck

>>75448312

The left right left right left right the car does seems like he's fighting something, he nailed the braking point just before the paint and went to turn in but the car dipped right and did its squiggle.

From memory of the laps I did, it looks like Hatzenbach?

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he couldnt deal

>>75448871
Looks more like he slammed the brakes, car pitches to the left with rears might locking up a bit, he lifts and corrects to the right, slams brakes again, rinse repeat and pitches the car to the left once more to allow the car to hit the wall with the right side

is an motor a athlete

>>75448871
>>75448989

>That state of me

It's just before Ex-Mühle isn't it.

We can't really tell without steering wheel camera, but you're right it could have been a rear lock up and him see-sawing into the barrier.

>>75449055
Its the Breitscheid bridge

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that gtr is really wide

>tfw I will never be rich enough to race

I don't ask to have a seat in a GT, a megane RS would be a dream

>Glickenhaus

>>75449620
that new alpine RS looks nice

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SCG crashed at Aremberg with reported brake failure leading with 30 minutes to go, driver might have suffered ligth injuries

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PUT IT OUT

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problems

/Turnleft/ Bristol Race cancellation out on the press wire. NASCAR to officially confirm it at Drivers meeting with a target of 1pm tomorrow as rain is expected to last through the day and most of the night.

https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/bristol-cup-race-will-be-postponed-due-to-heavy-rain-897169/

>>75450368
Wow, postponement before the broadcast
Amazing

Calling it now, Rowe Racing to win the 24 next month.

>>75450411

Didn't they do the same at Pocono last year? Maybe it was before the race but after the broadcast started

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bodychecks

>Ferrari

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firmly contracted anuses

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JUST

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SO
MUCH
YES

>>75450472

Last Summer race. Huge bank of fog rolled in and a major storm system was rolling behind it before the race started. NASCAR cancelled and rescheduled once they were sure the system was going to hit the track. Same thing happened the next day when Buscher won it except it happened during the race instead of before it.

They don't really take any chances since a fan got killed by lightning at Pocono in 2015 because the track waited way too late to clear fans out after a storm warning and the family sued. The jury ruled it an act of god and NASCAR/Pocono Raceway not culpable for the act and ruled for the defendants but did find them negligent in warning people.

>>75450918

Ferrari Drivers
Crashing This Race
With No Survivors

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>Bristol postponed til Monday

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the late charge

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its all ogre

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if youre wondering how much this shit pays, le bop man brings the loot

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le bop man brings more loot, forgets a giant check again, turns around and says "by the way you'll get a bop next round :)"

MotoGP is on right now bois heres the thread

>>75444798

>>75452246
>moto3 just finishing
There's still a whole Moto2 race until then.

FOX will still do the pre-race show today at 1:30 despite the race being postponed

https://twitter.com/The_ChrisMyers/status/856178535114956803

>bristol cancelled
>nascar filler segments still running on FS1
>watching some old german guy make hamburgers and watch the 500

Trackfood strikes again

>>75452711

I hope Concessionbro will be around tomorrow for the race

Someone post that Danica rain pic

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>>75452976

Never heard of it.

Pre-race show is on now

>>75453289
She's like in the car or something

INDYCAR RACE THREAD

>>>75454157

GET IN HERE!!!!!!!!!!

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Super GT BOP updates for the next race, courtesy of https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/

>The Lexus RC F GT3 gets a 15kg increase, up from 15kg to 30kg of BoP weight. The weight increase is offset by larger diameter air restrictors – up from 38mm to 40mm.

>The Mercedes-AMG GT3 goes from 25kg to 5kg of BoP weight, a decrease of 20kg.

>The Lamborghini Huracán GT3 goes from 40kg to 25kg of BoP weight, a decrease of 15kg.

The Audi R8 LMS goes from 25kg to 15kg of BoP weight, a decrease of 10kg.

>The BMW M6 GT3 also gets a 10kg weight decrease, going from 30kg to 20kg in BoP weight.

>The Ferrari 488 GT3 goes from 15kg to 5kg in BoP weight, a decrease of 10kg.

>The Porsche 911 GT3-R decreases from 20kg to 10kg of BoP weight.

>The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 gets a 5kg weight break, going down from 15kg to 10kg of BoP weight.

>Both the BMW and Bentley get significant boost increases throughout the powerband. Nissan gets a slight boost decrease throughout the powerband. The Ferrari gets a slight increase at 6000 rpm only.

>>75446451
>>75446464
same as
>>75436518
literally iracing starts; midpackfags try to jump to the front before the front even goes

Can someone help a dumb American that got hooked to F1 last year and wants to watch more motor sports? GT cars interest me but there's a lot of competitions and not really a clear best. Which ones are the most entertaining or highest quality to watch, and what other auto sport competitions do F1 fans like other than IndyCar?

>>75462400

I GOTCHU SENPAI

The very best series in the world, in terms of pure competition and entertainment is Super GT. Below that theres the IMSA TUDOR United Sportscar Series, the Blancpain Endurance Series that you can see in the webms above and the World Endurance Championship.

BTCC is also very entertaining.

F1 fans usually follow the other single seater series like Formula 2/3/4.

>>75462689
Thanks, I'll start watching Super GT first then. Wouldn't mind seeing what endurance racing is all about either. I wanted to watch GT cars but with all these series its hard to tell which ones are decent.

>>75463016

NISMO streams Super GT live on their youtube channel, heres the first race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8rfgH5mh3k

The next race is at an unusual date and time due to it traditionally happening during Japan's Golden Week holiday, here's a schedule and times

https://supergtworld.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/2017-fuji-gt-500km-race-weekend-schedule/

>>75462400
>F1

>>75466000

gateway drug my man

>>75462400
>and what other auto sport competitions do F1 fans like
F1 fans seem to stay pretty insulated and only watch F1, and maybe some branch into GP2 support races.

>>75462400
The great thing is that the races aren't normally overlapping. So Super GT is fun but only 8 races a year. IMSA has a great mix of P2, GTE/2, and GTD/3 and ~10 races per car but sometimes the cars and classes have their own races. Continental Tire Challenge is the support race to IMSA Weathertech and that's where you'll see production cars like Mustangs, Caymans, Miatas, and Mini Coopers going head to head in 2 classes with the top class next year adopting full GT4 regs. There's also the Spa 24 Hours, Nurburgring 24 Hours, and 24 Hours of Le Mans coming in the next few months that you'll hear about if you pay attention to these threads.

Other races worth watching are WEC, Indycar, Super Formula, BTCC, sometimes Euro F3, Formula 2/GP3, and Macau GP. Sometimes Australian Supercars is a fun series and sometimes the races are boring.

>>75466000
Trips can't be wrong
>F1

Chances of racing good tomorrow? I kinda feel like shit so I may skip class and stay home to watch race.

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>>75447073
>>75447303
>>75447329
>>75447340
Hey I just competed in a 90 minute race in R3E using that exact car. It's a nice one.

>>75407308
I fully agree on LMP1/2, but the new GT classes are nothing like GT1, that was a whole different level

>>75471966

rain probably washed that sticky shit off the track so chances are low

>>75471966
>>75472763

Still light rain and drizzle in the area continuing but rain will die down as the day progresses, so they could get the Air Titans out before the race. Some campgrounds flooded last night people had to go in to help Campers out so the command may be moved back to allow for Campers that stayed to move onto BMS grounds.

They are insistent that the race will go today and will run night if they need to.

>>75472763
>rain probably washed that sticky shit off the track so chances are low

Apparently it would be too cold to apply the VHT anyway and it's not necessary as BMS added it to make the bottom groove faster and try add multiple grooves last year. It's not essential. They will still run it, but it means that it will be like old Bristol so lots of aggressive bump and running and running the top instead of running multiple lines.

actually kind of happy bristol was postponed, indy race yesterday was fun and now more racing today right after i finish class, not too bad to be h

OK, so thanks for helping me out, but I have one more question. How do you guys watch the really long races? I'm sure most of us don't just have 12 or 24 hours free to watch, do you just watch specific parts? And if you do, how do you know which ones are important to see?

>>75477587

keep the stream open in the background or on a second monitor senpai

>>75477587
>how do you know which ones are important to see?
le mans, daytona, sebring

>>75477740
>>75477587

and nurburgring

>>75477740
>>75477752
>>75477587
and spa

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Where's the 2017 wallplanner, Andy?

>>75477587

When I was still in college I would just do homework during the races. One year I watched 23 1/2 hours of the Rolex 24h and only missed the half hour for a long poop and shower

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>>75477998

Multi screen was the best, even woth shit monitors

how's the weather looking in Bristol right now?

>>75478169

Better than expected. Morning was dry enough that BMS was able to grind some rubber and put a slight coat of VHT on the bottom groove but it's likely not going to be as effective. Showers are approaching the area and may hit during Stage 1 but the chance of rain diminishes as the race goes on.

It's looking like we're good for racing, but rain delays during Stage 1 and 2 are possible.

>>75478247
>It's looking like we're good for racing, but rain delays during Stage 1 and 2 are possible
Not too bad at all, at least Bristol doesn't take long to dry

/turnleft/ is up

>>75478625
>>75478625
>>75478625

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>>75478032
hey I've got the same setup, 3 cheap monitors is the way to go

>>75480053

thats a lot of handegg

>>75447169
>dat angry porsche

Hahahah Kyle Busch crying about the tires again

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MONZA AVERAGE TOP SPEEDS BY CAR

Nissan GTR - 281.98 kph
Huracan - 281.4 kph
Aston Martin - 279.79 kph
Porsche 991 - 279.06 kph
Audi R8 - 278.72 kph
Emil Frey Jaguar - 278.71 kph
McLaren 650S - 278.34 kph
Ferrari 488 - 278.04 kph
Mercedes AMG - 277.84 kph

Speeds taken during the race so theres most likely a lot of slipstream involved

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>>75483706
I'm no fan of Goodyear, but when you're the only driver with a major team to have multiple tire issues, you have to look at your setups and/or driving style.

>>75485837
problem is he isn't the only driver with multiple issues. he's just the only one who says anything

>>75486265
Sure Kyle

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>>75452976
???

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Are they the Brady and belichick of NASCAR?

>>75486958

They cheat a lot so yes

>>75486958
No, Jimmie is likeable

>>75406598
>the racecraft required is largely blown out of proportion

No, it's not.

High speed oval racing is all about understanding the draft, and how to use it to induce drag on your opponents, while reducing drag on your own car. You don't see F1 cars side-drafting each other, but you see it constantly with Indy cars when they run the ovals, and this is why Alonso is likely to have problems running with most of the Indy vets. They'll draft behind him enough to get a run for the pass, or to get themselves close enough to side-draft him and slow him down for the pass, and this will frustrate him and result in mistakes IMO.


>The only areas I foresee Alonso having any difficulty will be in setting up the car and getting use to running closely behind other cars to set up passes.

You mean "racing", which is something that isn't done that often in F1 due to the fact that the cars in the series are so imbalanced.

If anything, Alonso is going to be a danger to the other competitors as he's more likely to do stupid shit that'll get cars loose in a corner that could instigate a crash...at 200+ MPH no less.

Regardless, I hope he does well.

>>75462400
>GT cars interest me but there's a lot of competitions

In the U.S., Indy and the IMSA series are both pretty good. Then you have the 24 hour races at Spa, Lemans, and Nurburgring that are great. Last years LeMans will be remembered for a loooong time.

Down under, the Ausfags V8 super cars series is pretty good, especially when they, or the GT cars, run at Bathurst.

Then there's NASCAR, which is one of the most competitive series out there, and usually puts on a pretty good race in every series they run.


Just look for the motorsport general that gets put out here usually on thursdays or fridays. There's also usually a general for any given race on the day of the race.

>>75486958
They don't rely on slave labor

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Junior is retiring from Cup series this year

http://www.hendrickmotorsports.com/news/articles/78455/dale-earnhardt-jr-to-retire-from-nascar-cup-series-following-2017

>>75492520
F

>>75462689

I watched the first round and I love how Honda is a meme there too.

>3/5 cars retire from electrical problems on formation lap

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>Dael JR is retiring
>Checks Twitter
>OHHHHHHH FUUUUUUUUUCK

NASCAR is fucked up, at least for 2018

>>75492520
You could see on Sunday after the wreck that he was kinda done with it. Hope he gets another restrictive plate win this season.

Who gets the 88 now? William Byron needs another year in Xfinity and I imagine Hendricks wants him in the 48 when Jimmie retires. Alex Bowman seems the most logical option unless they can swipe Larson away

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>>75492520
>>75492856
>tfw he's just gonna retire and do nothing
At least Gordon went on to win the Rolex 24

>>75492926
Gordon was 3x the racer jr ever was.

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>>75492921

>>75492921

Byron needs about two more years and Hendrick seems like they are going to wait out the 5 or the 48 (Jimmie seems like he's going to call it a day immediately if he gets 8). It's very likely going to be Bowman to the 88.

Plus it's really unlikely Larson's gonna leave CGR while he has a great car and the whole reason he joined CGR was because Gnassi had faith in him as a racer instead of the sponsors he could bring (Which is why he passed on SHR). If Hendrick does bring in another driver. They would probably try poach Bubba Wallace as he's in dead end situation at RFR with no sponsor willing to sign on because RFR is still fucking dumb and seriously outperforming his equipment against cup drivers compared to Larson or Blaney who have great race winning equipment now and have no real reason to move.

It's 99% Bowman though.

>>75492926

They have been deliberate with their wording saying he was retiring from Cup series. I bet he's going to do some Xfinity and Truck races through the season while running Jr motorsports.

Just wondering

Now that JR is gone, who will be the next popular driver in NASCAR?

>>75493022
Chase Elliot probably but not by much like Jr was

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>>75493022

It's her time

>>75493022

Blaney or Chase.

>>75493089

She's likely retiring at the end of the year as well because her contract is up with SHR and looks like neither side wants to re-sign. Which has SHR fucked because Cole Custer is about 2-3 Xfinity seasons away from being ready for the 10.

>>75492520
is this sport dead in 2018? I havent even watched this year aside from the 500. The rule changes every year are annoying to say the least.
I havent been so uninterested since the first year they introduced that in track camera where they named it digger and had an animated short during pre-race stuff every week about digger the groundhog or whatever the fuck it was.

>>75493117
pls no Blaney, I don't want to see my favorite driver doing stupid Watercooler Dale tier stuff

>>75493155
The races are being good so Far

Bristol had the best Racing since the reconfiguration, now we need only a driver that atract people like he did

>>75493159
I Think that Blaney Will ativo with Ford or will go to JGR after Kenseth retires

>>75492520

brian france on suicide watch

>>75493235

Blaney doesn't really have a reason to leave Wood Bros yet since the car is great and they have an alliance with Penske. Plus JGR is struggling this year and Kenseth's 4th place finish at Bristol was their highest so far across all their drivers so who knows how long that will last. Plus by the time Kenseth actually retires they will likely have Christopher Bell ready to fill.

>>75493235
Erik Jones is the driver in line for the next opening at JGR however the Furniture Row cars are outperforming JGR every week and Jones has sponsors in the 77 so the question begs to answer is why would he want to leave Furniture Row?

I don't expect the Gibbs cars to be bad all season but similar to Larson at Gannasi why leave when you have fast cars already

>>75493415
This, this why i belive that Blaney goes to JGR or SHass

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https://youtu.be/OmphcMC-f7I

:(

>>75493501
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKr4w8gHGhM

Better video with the celebration and the 29 crew

>>75492759

The new NSX hasn't been very kind to them

>>75492921
desu CGRs best car is probably about as good as Hendrick's 2nd (I assume he'd be prioritized over Elliot and Khane and Bowman/Byron/Whoever)
However if JJ retires then be gets car number 1 barring Bowman/Byron or whoever having a breakthrough

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>>75492952
clit knows who will drive the 88

>>75492926

hes going to be on iracing all the time now senpai

>>75494103
it's probably gonna be Bowman

>>75493155
>is this sport dead in 2018?

The racing last season was better than the year before, and this season has been just as good, if not better. Blaney and Elliot have been putting on a hell of a show as rookies, as has new guy Larson, and hell, Ryan Newman won a race this year....Ryan Newman.

If the sport dies, it's not because of the racing, it's because racing no longer appeals to people. Regardless of Junior leaving, imo, things are looking up in NASCAR.

RIP in peace NASCAR. It was a good run until the downie took over and ruined everything

>>75496201
this may very well be true

Ratings and track attendance is going to tank bad. People here severely underestimate the amount of Jr fans all over.

Those people who were fans of Sr and then Jr are never going to switch to Larson or Elliot. They're just going to stop watching.

Junior for hostile takeover from the France family fucking WHEN

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>>75496949

They will switch to Jeffry Earndh-Hahahahahahhahahahah

At the same time, Jr. said he's not leaving the sport. He's just not driving so I'd imagine if he promotes the next gen of drivers. He could have a positive impact that way cause the one thing he's been really cool about the last few years is promoting other drivers and saying "I'm old, you should follow these guys cause they are going to be the future"

Oh and it's Alex Bowman's birthday today. Not sure anyone caught that.

>>75497742
Jr and Gordon in the booth together when?

>>75497811
shit if this means no more Mikey I am all for it

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>young stars like Larson

>>75497885
The amount of awkward if Jr and Mikey were in there together would be hilarious. Gordon would be the only one there actually speaking about the race.
Jr would be silent or mumbling and Mikey would be saying something moronic and unrelated.

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>>75497885
>Jr replaces Mikey in 2018
>Jr replaces DW in 2019

>>75497811

DW will still be there somehow

>>75498318
Mikey and DW belong on top of the spotter's tower on leashes permanently

Jr. needs to start a drunken live-tweet show during the races, as he is excellent at that.

>>75493022
There's no perennial favorite. The "most popular" award might actually go to the driver who says or does the coolest things.

Or Danica.

>>75498782
Danica is done after this year
Look for that announcement next

Danica will take Bayne's ride at Roush next year. NASCAR needs a story like that to bring in viewers.

>>75498813
>implying the Frances aren't putting a bunch of G's in her bank account right now to keep her

They've already rigged the All Star and Shootout/Clash to get her in, they're not going to lose her.

I bet Dale wins the championship. He gets the best cars in the chase and his competition mysteriously crashes.

Goodnight, sweet prince.

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>>75499963
>I bet Dale wins the championship.

Nope.

He'll get in another wreck that rings his bell, and he'll call it before the end of the season.

Screencap this.

>>75499963
Nah JJ is gonna take it home I promise you

Why the fuck is Hurrvick running the K&N race at Sonoma?

>>75501069
I want Jimmie to win and beat the record.

>>75502617

Jimmie getting the record + Dale Jr retiring will actually kill NASCAR.

Talladega races would be empty. Junior nation cant handle a 1-2 punch like that.

jr confirmed for at least 2 Xfinity races next year

>>75504932
>Jimmie getting the record + Dale Jr retiring will actually kill NASCAR.

Nah.

There's some pretty talented young buck already in the mix, and they've actually improved the racing for the past 2 years, so I think the future looks alright for NASCAR.

They, and every other motorsport series, just need to latch onto streaming their races, and giving fans the opportunity to watch in-car cams for all the drivers and listen to the scanners. I'd actually pay for that shit for NASCAR, IMSA, and super V8's.

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>>75478032
>iracing
>trucks
>4chan

perfect setup

>>75498965

She already did an interview saying she wants to win one race and make the playoffs and doesn't care about the money (Cause she's set for life between herself and Ricky) or anything else. Going to Roush won't help that no matter how much Bayne has been a liability this year. Never mind RFR can't get consistent sponsorship because Roush thinks it's still the golden days and they can charge six figures.Fucking SHR can't get consistent sponsorship even. Clint Bowyer is still riding unsponsored. Danica's just holding over some of Tony's sponsors (Though that lawsuit with Nature's Bakery was a pain in the ass)

>>75501245

Track time in a live race. Sonoma is his weakest track plus the K&N West series is in pretty dire straights so a cup driver running would be a big attraction.

>>75478032

Whats with that random pirelli tyre lel

>>75506504

>I'd actually pay for that shit

Don't say that too loud, brian france might hear it

Though I believe theres huge untapped potential in streaming. Twitter got 2 million people watching their NFL games. Of course that number is ridiculously optimistic/almost impossible for a motor race, but even 10% of that would be amazing.

Another example, you can take over the youtube homepage, literally the 2nd biggest website in the world, for about 400k per day. I honestly believe a single day of that could reach more people than an entire year of marketing efforts of any series bar F1. Imagine something like WEC taking over the youtube homepage for 24 hours before and during a race, clicking the ad would take you to the live stream.

Now with the above in mind, I'd like to remind you that Nissan had enough money to buy a Super Bowl commercial. Those cost well over 4 million dollars. With that amount of money you could do the above for every single WEC round. Even without Nissan, the WEC could easily pool that kind of money through all the other teams, Of course a single factory P1 could fund it all but no one would agree to that.