2017 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship - General Season Discussion ThreadSports Cars 

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I think Indy is great at Barber, but I also could care less about overtaking.
 
Robert Alon is now under probation for 3 races due to causing the accident that impacted the GTLM finish at Long Beach according to SC365.
 
AnthonyD1993
Robert Alon is now under probation for 3 races due to causing the accident that impacted the GTLM finish at Long Beach according to SC365.
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Good because he was an absolute moron with his dive bomb and took out not just the GTLM finish, but 2 other GTD's as well.
 
Why does the IMSA website always take so long to update the championship point standings? Long Beach still isn't listed yet. Any other site that has it updated?
 
Organ-Donor
Why does the IMSA website always take so long to update the championship point standings? Long Beach still isn't listed yet. Any other site that has it updated?
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Racer have it?
 
What a cluster of a race...I'd argue the qualifying was better than the race (outside of Ed Brown pedaling around 3-4 seconds off the pace...)

I'd absolutely love to see anybody go to Mid-Ohio - it's been done before and it's a great track.
 
TheElbows
What a cluster of a race...I'd argue the qualifying was better than the race (outside of Ed Brown pedaling around 3-4 seconds off the pace...)

I'd absolutely love to see anybody go to Mid-Ohio - it's been done before and it's a great track.
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ALMS was beautiful there.
 
I've enjoyed races from both Mid-Ohio, and Barber (hell I'd love to see VIR return - is it on the schedule this year?). America is chock a bock full of fantastic, scenic B-class race tracks (i.e. ones without multi-billion dollar venues - I don't mean it as a slight!). We're damn near spoilt for choice.

PS: This is why I was happy to see Watkins Glen get a nice makeover, and Mosport under the command of Ron, also getting a decent refurb (lite).
 
VIR has been on the sked since the merger.
 
I thought so, but I always watch CTSCC more than Weathertech proper so I wasn't sure if they all went there. Such a great track.
 
Championship point standings now updated with Long Beach on IMSA.com
 
WE NEED TO BUY THIS NOW PLEASE! :drool: Wait why's the car missing its mirrors? :odd:
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What the hell is this? :lol:
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Ah memories.
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I know the guy was a complete **** head, but I miss Level 5. Mainly nostalgia, but I do miss that team. Especially those Ferrari's from the first ever IMSA WSCC race in 2014 at Daytona. But also because I remember them in P2 during the last ALMS season, and I dunno it just sucks to see that the team fell apart so quickly when it was officially known that Tucker was an *******. :(
 
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And I'll sneak in before both of you and escape with the car. :lol:
 
If everyone chips in, we can have a GTP racing team! I vote myself a driver...
 
fortbo
If everyone chips in, we can have a GTP racing team! I vote myself a driver...
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I think we need to host an autocross event to determine the team drivers.
 
Eva
I think we need to host an autocross event to determine the team drivers.
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Sounds great! I did a lot of autocross last summer :lol:.
 
I've always fancied a run in the 25 hours of Thunderhill. Could go for an overall win in one of those P2's easily, or maybe do a more conservative run in a GT car.

For the cost of most of those cars, though, you could buy a new P3 and actually have places to go race it.
 
Snaeper
I've always fancied a run in the 25 hours of Thunderhill. Could go for an overall win in one of those P2's easily, or maybe do a more conservative run in a GT car.

For the cost of most of those cars, though, you could buy a new P3 and actually have places to go race it.
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True, or I could get one of the P2's and enter it in the time attack events that I'm doing this summer...:lol:
 
Sadly, it seems all of the prototypes are Sans-engine, so that price is chassis only. Given the ARX's similarities with the Oreca FLM09, I think a Katech Chevy V8 could be fitted in there to give you a relatively inexpensive and reliable power unit. As sacrilegious as that would be.

That would further complicate things as there's really only a few places they can be raced.

Honestly, I think the 458's are the best things there. Still relatively new, capable of being updated to GT3 spec and would work well in most club level GT racing.

The F430 Crawford Grand Am seems like it could be a solid car as well, and easier to work on by a team without needing Ferrari/Michelotto techs to keep it moving.

For those looking for something more affordable, there's an ATV a few pages in!
 
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