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Message: [QUOTE="flip55, post: 12081596, member: 142676"] I like this idea! As a whole, 2017 was a pretty exciting year in motorsport. Oh, where to begin... [B]BEST[/B] [LIST] [*]IMSA & DPi. Despite the gripes against Cadillac (including from me), I think everyone now sees the potential in the concept, and 2018 will be well worth watching. [I][SIZE=1](HYPE TRAIN!)[/SIZE][/I] [*]Sato redeeming himself at the Indy 500. [*]Le Mans. In general. [*]World Rallycross Championship. In general. Even though my guy didn't win the title, it was still a fun year to watch. [*]Super GT. Again, in general. Might be the best racing series on the planet. [*]The WRC not being boring and dominated by one party, for once! [*]IMSA at Lime Rock Park. Not only 'cause it was a good race, but I was there in person. :D [/LIST] [B]WORST[/B] [LIST] [*]My other live motorsport event of the year: Monster Energy Supercross at Metlife Stadium. Was having fun right up until Tomac crashed and threw away the title. Which was followed by a painfully obvious team order from KTM to ensure Dungey won the title. Probably wasn't necessary, and just looked bad as a whole. [*]NASCAR [SIZE=2][I](yes, this requires sub-bullets)[/I][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]Stage Racing. I tried to give this a chance at the beginning of the year. But IMO, it did nothing to improve the show, and the stage wins didn't mean anything by the end of the season. Looked as though, rather shockingly, no one treated the end of a stage as if it was the end of... anything... because it wasn't. I hope NASCAR reverts back, but there's a fair amount of evidence to suggest they aren't. [*]All the names I grew up with leaving the sport. :( To be honest, I think I'm somewhere between this, and a 'changing of the guards' sort of thing. But I don't like how drivers like Kennseth, Biffle, and Edwards got kicked without a proper send off other drivers got. [*]Overhyping the 11/24 incident every 40 seconds all the way to Homestead. Even during practice sessions NASCAR, NBCSN: Stop. Doing. This. [/LIST] [*]Porsche pulling out of LMP1, making P1 even more of a mess than it already was (even though it looks like things are shaping up to be okay now that we're finally seeing the new cars). [*]World GT thingy at Macau. It's time the race organizers and the SRO reconsider having GT3s racing at Macau. [I][SIZE=2](GT4, on the other hand...)[/SIZE][/I] [/LIST] [B]INDIFFERENT[/B] [LIST] [*]The end of Prototype Challenge in the IMSA WeatherTech series. Cool cars, they've served their purpose well, and it's time to move on. [*]F1 [LIST] [*]The new cars. I just think the new cars left a little to be desired. Yes, I think the cars look better than the previous generation. But the on-track action didn't really change, the cars just looked a little different. Lap records fell, but not by a million seconds like we were lead to believe. The racing wasn't any better or worse than in previous years. They just didn't look as ugly and were moving slightly faster. ...I will miss the shark fins, though. [*]The new logo. It's not that bad, people. [/LIST] [*]Formula E. All of it. Get back to me when the manufacturers are building their own cars, not rebadging them. [/LIST] [B]Looking Forward to in 2018[/B] [LIST] [*]IMSA & Super GT. See above. [*]The TCR/WTCC merger thing. I'm a big fan of touring cars and TCR. And yes, I've stuck with the WTCC through the tough/dull Citroen years. With the factory Citroen team gone, though, the WTCC had some genuinely good races this year. Whatever comes out of it, I hope there is a strong world touring car series. [*]Class 1. May be too early to tell what will happen between the DTM and Super GT, but there is a potential for something cool to happen with those cars. [*]The Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. It's either going to be amazing, or a giant train wreck. I am seriously excited for this! [/LIST] [B]Honorable Mention[/B] The June NASCAR race at Pocono. On the Saturday Xfinity race, Fox had a special broadcast with Cup drivers taking over the whole thing. At the end of the day, Brad Keselowski won the race, and Ryan Blaney did the victory lane interview, as he was a pit reporter for the day. The next day, after a close battle with Harvick, Blaney wins the Cup race (scoring career win #1), and TV got Brad to come down to victory lane to do the interview. Thought that was pretty cool. If you made it here, sorry for the length. [/QUOTE]

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