Race schedule Thursday, 25 Jan >3:55 pm - 4:10 pm: GTD qualifying >4:20 pm - 4:35 pm: GTLM qualifying >4:45 pm - 5:00 pm: P qualifying Saturday, 27 Jan >2:40 pm: Rolex 24 hours green flag Sunday, 28 Jan >2:40 pm: Rolex 24 hours checkered flag
Hope they weren't planning on keeping those TBR cars they bought.
Leo Wilson
Well fuck I was really hoping she would have to qualify because you know she would fuck up
Joshua Jenkins
>can't afford to spend money on aero development or engine development >but can afford to pay Penske to run two completely unsponsored prototypes with star drivers in IMSA You are truly IndyCar's greatest ally Honda America. I don't even know how GM is putting up with this shit, I guess it's because HPD are such fuck ups Chevrolet still wins the championship every year somehow.
Noah Walker
Only one is running the full season
Ethan Gomez
both acura DPi cars are running the entire season.
Indycar simply isn't that appealing to manufacturers these days. The prestige simply isn't there anymore and there's little translation from indycar to a manufacturer's road cars. Ford has outright said they're not interested in indycar at all for precisely that reason. I'm 100% confident that these FCA/alfa romeo indycar rumors are just bluffs from the italians because they're unhappy with being beaten by the mercs over and over.
Nolan Hughes
based autistic op
Henry Reyes
>they're unhappy with being beaten by the mercs over and over. Can't imagine why.
Christopher Walker
>I was really hoping she would have to qualify Those backmarker teams with charters can't resist that GoDaddy cash. I wonder how much it cost to buy her a ride.
This will be the only race in her career that she's matched to the shitbox car she deserves.
Matthew Price
Anyone have that graphical entry list for the 24 hour race?
Carson Long
>tfw no more "hi to my family at home" after the Daytona 24
should be updated this thursday with the RLL BMW livery and any extra drivers
Noah Kelly
Qualifying is only 15 minutes for each class? How do they expect to get clean laps in?
Alexander Martinez
RCR running only 2 cup cars next season
Jackson Campbell
Literally what is this thread
Nathan Ramirez
Can you read?
Dylan Roberts
>comfy night racing soon
BASED
Julian Bailey
>all the well-known names are retiring and being replaced by charisma vacuums >ratings going down by the minute >fucking affirmative action >season realignment that only favors the crappiest tracks
NASCAR is dying, isn't it?
Brody Robinson
bumpin
Jonesing for my sports car racing fix, let's do this boys!
Who's ready for that Taylor Bros Rivalry ^TM to get started?
Will Joest finally redeem Mazda, or will the nips be their undoing?
Will Scott Pruett say bye to his family at home and Earnhardt himself on the final lap?
>How do they expect to get clean laps in? Quickly.
Adam Gutierrez
>NASCAR is dying, isn't it? Pretty much, but it's not just NASCAR, it's motorsport in general.
The "car culture" that fueled racing here in the states is pretty much gone, and a lot of kids today don't even bother getting a drivers license anymore. I don't think racing will ever completely die, but it may be reduced back to the low budget local and regional series where it got its start, which, honestly, wouldn't really be a bad thing.
William Williams
>Who's ready for that Taylor Bros Rivalry I want to see Taylor cuck Albequerge again....just for the lulz.
Jaxon Green
/our team/
Kevin Richardson
Not gonna watch the 24h of Daytona. Sorry guys.
Chase Gonzalez
Albequerque turned in on him. 100% his own faggot fault.
But yes, I would love to see Ricky do it to him again in the Acura. AXR is cancer.
Sebastian Lopez
>Not watching the 24 Hours
Too busy prepping Jamal and babysitting your wife's son?
John Barnes
Racing is haram.
Angel Evans
mlyp
Chase Scott
Absolutely right.
When travel by horse was replaced with travel by car, car racing replaced horse racing.
Now that travel by car is being replaced by virtual travel by communication, car racing is dying the same slow death.
Jace Lewis
>tfw daytona starts early morning and can watch 18hours worth but miss the end because I have to go to work
Benjamin Green
Somebody will upload the race on jootube, so you'll be good.
Mason Adams
not the same when it isnt live though.
Xavier Walker
Will there be a few streams available for the Daytona 24hrs? I have a stronger desire than normal to catch it due to the off season being particularly dicks.
Jaxon Flores
How competitive are LMP2s and DPis with each other?
Eli Flores
imsa.tv with a proxy or the inevitable youtube restreams of that
Jack Lee
They're BOP'd to be similar performance. DPi effectively is LMP2 Works teams.
Noah Watson
ROSSI Thanks.
Zachary Kelly
>also a motogp test on sunday
neat
Jeremiah Mitchell
wrc tomorrow
Charles Long
get the imsa app and stick an earbud in if you can. Watching is better, but Hindy calling the end of the race for your work day soundtrack isn't too bad.
Jeremiah Gonzalez
My apologies. What I was getting at is I'll have to go to bed and I'll be waking up for work just as it finishes. So I'll miss the memes unless I go for 24 which I only usually do for lemons.
Thanks anyway yankee
Logan Lopez
is it IndyCar season yet
Landon Foster
#RossiPosse
Asher Peterson
Nah don't feel like it dbh.
And are you guys ready for another season of Reawinslol? First world superbike test of 2018, look who's in front.
>no Maro Engel whining >no Nismo kamikaze driver Katsumasa Chiyo >SvG back in a McLaren with based Craig Lowndes
I was hoping Engel would be driving again this year so SvG could put him into the wall for the lulz...
Nathaniel Allen
Nascar needs Chase Elliott to win.
The biggest problem nascar has had is their most popular driver (Dale Jr) wasn't even a top 10 driver the last 10 years while their best driver wasn't even the top 5 most popular.
Jeremiah Myers
Let's be real though, nascar is a cheaters sport. The best car wins more races than the best driver.
Tyler Ortiz
>Dale Jr wasn't even a top 10 driver the last 10 years Third highest average finish in 2012, tied for second most top 10s in 2013, again third for average finish in 2014, third most top 5s in 2015. He probably had the highest average finish over all those four years too. You're delusional.
Christian Richardson
And he won 9 races over 10 years. Kasey Kahne has been better.
Cameron Price
He also won 7 of those over two years where Kahne had 1.
Luis Scott
>The best car wins more races than the best driver. Welcome to motorports.
Logan Barnes
Kahne isn't a top 10 driver. Those two seasons you listed Dale Jr wasn't even in the top 3 in wins and he finished 8th and 12th in the points both of those years.
The most popular driver was nowhere close to being it's best. To put all of this in perspective, since Dale Jrs rookie year, 15 drivers have won more races.
David Hill
A Honda almost beat the one fucking Aprilia, I'm in.
Chase Gomez
And Kyle Busch, who has the personality of a 2x4, wins half the races in all series
Jacob Young
>Brad K calling out Brian France I hope this is just the beginning. Drivers need to call shit like they see it and not be afraid of getting fined.
Asher Martin
Harvick didn't directly call France out but he said that NASCAR needs to start changing schedules to create interest instead of forcing drama and doing things fans and teams would like, like "Wild Card" races to tracks not on the calendar every year (He gave the example of running Iowa as a "Wild Card") because they can make a race special like only doing the Charlotte Roval every so often instead of every year.
Kryle's way more entertaining ever since he's really embraced being the "Black Hat" because now people are watching just to see his ass beat and the meltdown afterwards like throwing a punch at Logano or the whole shitfest when he lost Charlotte to Austin Dillon. Blaney knew immediately he was starting shit on purpose when Kryle was talking shit about NASCAR promoting the young drivers but Bubba fell for it immediately.
Chase Hernandez
Anybody that gives a shit about anything other than what happens on the track during a race is a childish fanboi, and pure cancer.
Kevin Price
>starcom has the #27 charter Didn't expect this
Carson Ramirez
fuck nascar
Austin Carter
Now, now, Carl Edwards...
Sebastian Adams
Nobody actually likes Kyle Busch.
Fun fact, I wrongfully arrested once by the same cop that let Kyle off with a ticket for going 115mph in a 45mph zone.
Not going to go into details of what happened but my charges were dropped due to misconduct by the officer.
Dominic Jackson
t. kryle
Joseph Kelly
really liking the way Rossi and RHR liveries look on the new aero
John Scott
Haha, what the fuck?
Brandon Clark
did you get a little extra with the pat-down service?
Ayden Walker
Lot's of photos from testing up on Indycar's website, before I post the best ones to my eyes, I have to ask: Is Zach Veach /ourmidget/?
Jordan Harris
Carlin has only one of its cars prepped, this is it.
Jaxon Kelly
Good pic of RHR's car. The car is very photogenic at particular angles, others... not so much.
Jaxson Jenkins
Robert Wicken's #7 SPM car is now prepped. A shame to see Mikhail go, but he has his gig with the SMP Prototype program.
Blake Turner
Carlin
Leo James
Juan is going to dominate at Daytona. And then he'll go back to playing with toy planes in South America.
Adrian Collins
is that kimball or chilton?
Jacob Russell
>Yasuaki “Bob” Suzuki, the owner and director of BMW Team Studie, has confirmed that the team will no longer participate in the Autobacs Super GT Series – but has left the door open for a return to the series by 2020.
>QUITTING SUPER GT TO RACE IN FUCKING BLANCPAIN ASIA
FUCK YOU RATEL REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Ethan Smith
Chaves is /mymidget/
Julian Gray
you mean Miami?
Cameron King
It's because BMW won't give them money to race in Japan but will to race in China
Jeremiah Baker
RHR. Particularly good angle.
Jayden Martinez
Another of the Carlin car. I know they've both tested. Might have been Chilton, the #59 is Chilton's car.
Brandon Bennett
Graham Rahal's test livery. Have one of Sato's RLL car too.
Grayson White
Much better than the fluorescent yellow menards shit, too bad it'll only be at 6 races.
Parker Lewis
That livery is definitely one of my favorites so far
Jaxon Taylor
Zach Veach's Andretti Autosport #26. The midgetmobile.
Mason Phillips
Marco Andretti's bare naked Dallara.
Ian Young
Bourdais' car in the nude.
Hudson Watson
Sato's test car and livery. Didn't have a good pic.
Wyatt Howard
I would think this was a shitty looking car at the local amateur races let alone IndyCar
Joseph Cooper
Can't win em' all.
Tyler Carter
What should be expected of the BMW race on Friday?
Easton Bennett
CTSC? Good things
Cooper Fisher
the what
Sebastian Butler
Another of Rahal.
Leo Brown
I like the idea but I'm not sure about the execution >sticking the number in the most obscured place possible
Nolan White
Yeah, the number locations are mandated by Indycar, that's their blunder. The numbers on the Road and Street course rear wing is 6 inches, while the Oval Rear wing number is a paltry 3.5 inches. The number on the nose is 9 inches.
Angel Kelly
Most of them have it on the top rear corner, not shoved right up against the tire where you can only see it from a 90deg angle
