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It’s on YouTube, just search 2001 Rolex Daytona 24. It’s split up into several parts, but I think they’re all there.
I didn’t notice until watching qualifying, but as good as this retro livery is, it’s incomplete since it’s not #23. On Nissan racecars, the #23 is actually part of the livery, as 2-3 can be read as “Ni-San” in Japanese.Core is joining in on the retro theme as well.
https://racer.com/2019/01/16/core-autosport-honors-nissan-gtp-with-2019-dpi-livery/
I think it’s cool what Almendinger and Bell are doing this year, driving and commentating.Yeah, I'm looking forward to attending the debut TCR season, in a few months.
Think he was being interviewed earlier. He just said he was just hired as consultant for the moment. We'll see.
O'Connel? Wow, that's going way back! Remember Fellows? Bring him back. Might find him having breakfast at The Brown Derby.I think it’s cool what Almendinger and Bell are doing this year, driving and commentating.
How cool would it be to have Junior and Gordon do the same in a Cadillac...with maybe Johnny O’Connel and someone else to share driving. I’d root for that car
Is that not Geoblocked anywhere, or just where you are (you’re in Auz right?)?O'Connel? Wow, that's going way back! Remember Fellows? Bring him back. Might find him having breakfast at The Brown Derby.
That new Vantage looks like a Tesla.
Also good to just hear, ImsaTv will have all live races, uninterrupted and not geoblocked.
That’s awesome to hear!!!
I was just thinking about this idea of manufacturers or teams using specific numbers that are special to them, and starting thinking if there are any other teams that have a similar practice. The ones I can think of are:
That's funny you brought up Ron Fellows. Theres an article where Jr. said he might be interested if the right people were involved such as Ron Fellows and Borris Said.O'Connel? Wow, that's going way back! Remember Fellows? Bring him back. Might find him having breakfast at The Brown Derby.
That new Vantage looks like a Tesla.
Also good to just hear, ImsaTv will have all live races, uninterrupted and not geoblocked.
It will be viewable in it's entirety on the NBC Sports app. But you need to have a cable subscription in order to use it.
#3 in IMSA is most certainly a reference to Earnhardt. First, both him and Corvette Racing shared a title sponsor in the early years of the Corvette Racing program in GM Goodwrench. This is most apparent in the color scheme of the first C5 R. (See previous page) Corvette Racing likely took the number when he raced for them in the Rolex 24 as a marketing ploy and to signify the involvement of the Earnhardt family. after Earnhardt Sr. died following the 2001 Rolex 24, Corvette Racing renumbered the team to 3 and 4 out of respect. This wouldn't be the first time Corvette would number their cars after the Earnhardts as later the team would later enter a #8 car piloted by you-know-who. There you have it.
