2017 Rolex Daytona 24 Hour: Results Inside

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pCARS levels of grip out there on cold tire. This is pretty on the edge :scared:

Edit: #50 in 6th place, back on the lead lap :) Less than 1 min behind the leading Acura, and SVG with the majority of his driving still to go :)
 
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I was enjoying the commentary from the IMSA Radio crew on Fox Sports 2. Except they seem to have spent most of the last half hour going on a tangent about Nissan engines rather than talking about what's happening on the track. :boggled:
 
Put a touring car engine in to a Nissan micra, where the rear seats used to be, and you get a Nissan Hilarious.:lol:

Ford GT #67 drove to the garage, rearwing damaged.
 
JackRyanWMU
I was enjoying the commentary from the IMSA Radio crew on Fox Sports 2. Except they seem to have spent most of the last half hour going on a tangent about Nissan engines rather than talking about what's happening on the track. :boggled:
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They tend to go on tangents. It's nice when you're watching the whole race, instead of repeating things over and over. But tough to drop into the middle of :lol: Check the live timing page to get a full update of where everyone is running http://scoring.imsa.com/
 
JackRyanWMU
I was enjoying the commentary from the IMSA Radio crew on Fox Sports 2. Except they seem to have spent most of the last half hour going on a tangent about Nissan engines rather than talking about what's happening on the track. :boggled:
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And still going. :lol:
 
Actually timing and scoring says the #50 is still 1 lap down, 5th in class.
 
The new 911 GTE is just stunning. And its arse is beginning to become a bit GT1 like. :O
 
Something happening on the exit to the oval. One car facing the wrong way.
 
Well the #4 just had a moment...God its been a terrible race for them. :(
 
IforceV8
Different BOP table.
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Dunno, may be, but MARC Cars mentioned the M6 is aero heavy. There's no fix at the moment. So, they are concentrating on braking performance to pass cars. It's like the R8s again.
 
HALFWAY!!! Who's still awake!?
 
Half time. Breakfast time I think.
 
Porsche #54 in the wall at the bus stop. Lost it at the braking apparently.
 
Gonna take a 2 hour power nap to prepare for the last 10 hours
 
Well I hope this doesn't give NASCAR any ideas to run the 500 even if it rains. :lol:
 
Loving the race so far, but these cautions a beyond painful. 20 minutes to clear a single car stopped off track on a flat, open area. Not good.
 
legatoblues
Loving the race so far, but these cautions a beyond painful. 20 minutes to clear a single car stopped off track on a flat, open area. Not good.
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It was on the end of the braking zone where cars are approaching 200mph plus, ON WET. I doubt you would like to be there yourself, trying to move that wreck never knowing if another car barrels towards you uncontrolled.

Better to have the pace car out managing the speed until the cars and personnel are off track safely.
 
#10 with drive through.
 
Is it just me or is the wiper doing absolutely nothing on the #10 car?
 
Savolainen83
It was on the end of the braking zone where cars are approaching 200mph plus, ON WET. I doubt you would like to be there yourself, trying to move that wreck never knowing if another car barrels towards you uncontrolled.

Better to have the pace car out managing the speed until the cars and personnel are off track safely.
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It's the year 2017, slow zones / code 60's are a thing. And do drivers not have to follow yellow flags in America or something?

Anyway, I'm well aware of the how difficult track management is for American categories and how trigger happy they are on the yellow, so it wasn't necessarily the full course yellow itself that bothers me (because I gave up on that crusade years ago), but more the fact that they're quite happy to spend 20+ minutes stuffing about with pitstops, shuffling, classes, wavearounds etc, when there should instead me a race going on.
 
SC for weather :(. It doesn't look that bad...

SVG and one of the Stevenson Audi's were in the 2:12.9s, everyone else was at least 3-5 seconds slower, some a lot more than that. Too bad.
 
twitcher
SC for weather :(. It doesn't look that bad...

SVG and one of the Stevenson Audi's were in the 2:12.9s, everyone else was at least 3-5 seconds slower, some a lot more than that. Too bad.
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#50 car looks like it's been chasing hard. I saw they had the puncture early, but was there another setback after that? Seems like they keep getting close to being back in the mix, then dropping back again.
 
I hope they have good plumbing or at least snorkels on those PC's, wouldn't wanna drown in the cockpit would you?
 
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