Sports Cars 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Pipo is mad as hell and he's not gonna take it anymore. And now he'll be even madder and not a champion.

 

#6 and #31 have contact!

Mazda now leads!

 

Pipo getting hot headed now . If nothing penalty wise comes out of that move then I don't what to say....

Edit: #31 with a problem now, karma perhaps?

 

That 2hr 40min race they ran earlier this year at Sebring wasn't enough of a test for the C8R.

 

Truly a desperation/fustration move atm. Needs to have a penalty.

 

He got a drive through and now his actions have broken the car. Really a stupid move.

 

Yea, #31 needed to be penalised, not that it matters now they've done themselves in with a mechanical issue of some sort. Also I don't want to jinx it, but both Mazda's are leading 1 and 2 .

 

I mean, this is the form of 'play stupid games win stupid prizes' made manifest

 

This guys tweet pretty much sums up how good this race is.

 

Granted I don’t want them wrecking each other, but if MSR and WTR can maintain the Acura's performance (and I have to imagine they will) I have a feeling we could be in for a great season long rivalry.

Also, the Bamber-Hardpoint-Porsche partnership was confirmed earlier today.

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/bamber-to-drive-ebm-hardpoint-porsche-gtd-entry-in-2021/

 

I don’t want that either. My favorite driver in the series got dumped from the lead. But other than that it’s been non stop action!

 

Hard to believe we're already in the final 20 minutes.

 

NBC - Nothing But Commercials. Common guys.

 

Porsche giving a proper sendoff with burnouts!!!

Hopefully they return as a factory teams at some point in the near future.

 

Again, what a race!! IMSA never disapoints, thank you America.

 

Another fantastic race, in many ways I feel Sebring should be the season finisher if this was anything to go by. Great way to end the season, especially in a difficult year where it looked like we might not have had anything at all. Cements why I like this series so much, glad to properly get into it when I did a few years ago .

Spoiler: Race Summary

Awesome way to end the season, with a #55 win and a Mazda double podium. A near perfect podium with the #6 finishing 2nd bringing the Manufacturers championship home for Acura in the process.

Better yet that Penske sign Acura sign off with the drivers title, Helio finally gets his Penske title! Was so tightly fought between the Cadillac's. Bodes well for next year, especially between the #31 and all the Acuras. Hopefully with less of the desperate moves though please Pipo .

Feels bad that the #25 BMW was punted out of a win in the end, a strong season from RLL, even with some of the shoulda-woulda-coulda results that got away in the year. Fair do to Porsche for ending with a 1-2, their presence from GTLM will be missed next year when all is said and done. While I'm no Corvette fan, congrats to them for dominating the championship like they did, the new C8 and that team worked like a well oiled machine for most of the year. Just wish we still had the Fords to battle them. With the C8 going MR it would have been the perfect battle...

And better yet as an Acura/Honda fan, the #86 MSR Acura takes the title in GTD and Acura win the manufacturers I believe too? GTD was as close as ever, highlighted by the 4 different winners in the 4 big endurance races. Roll on next year

 

About damn time! Greg Moore would be proud.

 

Tandy to replace Gavin at Corvette - https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/tandy-set-to-replace-gavin-at-corvette/

 

Surprising one for me, I thought they would go for Catsburg, Fassler, or maybe Van der Zande.

It's crazy how many great drivers are looking for rides this silly season.

 

Looks like Proton purchased both RSRs and are looking to enter Daytona 2021... good news if true.

https://racer.com/2020/11/15/porsche-gt-team-cars-headed-to-proton-squad/

Edit: Confirmed!
http://www.dailysportscar.com/2020/...-to-field-gtlm-porsche-at-rolex-24-hours.html

 

Now if it could just be a full season/NAEC......

 

Let me just say that I'm proud for all of the winners overall and in class from the 2020 12 Hours of Sebring. I was also proud for any champions crowned after Sebring as well. I saw most of the race and was very much entertained. Crazy how 2020 has gone. Yet still, we've seen some great racing all the while from central Florida.

 

Ganassi’s return has been confirmed.

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/ganassi-cadillac-dpi-confirmed-for-2021/

Edit: Also Dane Cameron has been announced for the MSR Acura alongside Olivier Pla with Allmendinger doing the enduros.

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/msr-confirms-cameron-for-full-season/

 

Certainly not a bad pickup but I really expected them to pick up another younger guy like Taylor to fill that seat. It's gonna be so weird not having Gavin in the lineup.

Really hope IMSA comes up with something to rebuild GTLM quickly.

 

Ganassi bought Juncos' Cadillac: https://racer.com/2020/11/19/juncos-sells-cadillac-dpi-to-ganassi/.

At this point Ganassi will field a single DPi next year, right?

 

It's occurred to me that Ganassi could take the 2020 Wayne Taylor lineup (Van der Zande, Briscoe, and Dixon) if he wanted to.

 

Yep, Dixon is driving for him anyway in IndyCar and Briscoe was part of his lineup with the Ford GT.

 

Magnus is switching to Acura in partnership with Archangel.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2020/11/20/magnus-switch-to-acura-with-archangel-in-2021.html

GRT is still planning on having a presence despite the end of the Magnus partnership as well.

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/grt-planning-full-season-return-despite-expected-magnus-split/

 

https://www.imsa.com/news/2020/11/2...power-packed-2021-lineup-for-no-10-acura-dpi/

 

Has there been any news with Rick Ware Racing entering 2 LMP2s? It seems there are two on the entry list for next year, but no real news set out.