IMSA USCC in 2016 and 2017 - Page 198

seanyb505 · 7 Jan 2017, 07:32 (Ref:3700751)

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Originally Posted by Matt

GT things most likely refers to the 5 and 3 series GT, not the racecars.

Ha! Whoops. Yeah the ultimate driving bubbles driven by people on the street, not the racecars.

TzeiTzei · 7 Jan 2017, 08:48 (Ref:3700756)

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Originally Posted by TF110

What happened to this thread anyway?

Guess who.

Matt · 7 Jan 2017, 13:31 (Ref:3700794)

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Originally Posted by TzeiTzei

Guess who.

Completely accurate.

HORNDAWG · 7 Jan 2017, 14:57 (Ref:3700801)

So Wolf will be in the TRG #991 and Bergmiester in the #73 Park Place GTDs all season.

L.P.

**joeb** · 7 Jan 2017, 17:42 (Ref:3700815)

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Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

So Wolf will be in the TRG #991 and Bergmiester in the #73 Park Place GTDs all season.

Good to see the old Porsche drivers find a drive in IMSA again.

Coach Ep · 7 Jan 2017, 18:03 (Ref:3700820)

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It’s understood the DAC Lamborghini is a full-season entry.

from SC365's Fri notebook.

**joeb** · 8 Jan 2017, 20:14 (Ref:3701101)

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Originally Posted by Coach Ep

from SC365's Fri notebook.

Good to have new teams joining the series.

DeezPutz · 8 Jan 2017, 21:22 (Ref:3701117)

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Originally Posted by Maelochs

Not sure which year Porsche gets to win with its new mid-engined chassis. I am sure they will lobby for the right to win, telling IMSA that if they cannot justify the new chassis to management the racing program will be shut down.

Your dog whistle needs tuning.

AoB Special Stage · 9 Jan 2017, 00:55 (Ref:3701147)

Back to the 'Art Car', my first impression was: "Bimmer has so little confidence in their pace that they stuck fast in all caps so that word will be reported about them just in case it isn't true." Then my second thought was: "Oh right, BoP. Nevermind."

MaskedRacer · 9 Jan 2017, 02:52 (Ref:3701153)

I doubt IMSA will modify the schedule at this point but with GTD at Long Beach it is going to get crowded there. I was hoping they stick to P/GTLM only for that event.

Coach Ep · 9 Jan 2017, 03:48 (Ref:3701167)

I'm sure they'll restrict the full season entries in GTD to 20 at max. to control the overall count.

JLGarcia · 9 Jan 2017, 13:07 (Ref:3701250)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Good to have new teams joining the series.

They've never really had a problem attracting new teams.

Keeping existing ones, on the other hand...

Matt · 9 Jan 2017, 14:49 (Ref:3701275)

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Originally Posted by MaskedRacer

I doubt IMSA will modify the schedule at this point but with GTD at Long Beach it is going to get crowded there. I was hoping they stick to P/GTLM only for that event.

They probably had the same amount of cars there when it was an ALMS event.

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For the non-NAEC rounds, just make the cars qualify in if there's an over-subscribed class.

Cap GTD at say, 20. 24 cars show up, have em qualify for the 20 spots, simple as that.

Rodger Davies · 9 Jan 2017, 17:22 (Ref:3701309)

Is there an actual full season or Daytona entry list yet, officially?

Coach Ep · 9 Jan 2017, 17:40 (Ref:3701315)

No, but the Roar was mandatory for all Rolex entries.

So the same 55 it will be:
http://competitors.imsa.com/sites/de...entry_list.pdf

fieldodreams79 · 9 Jan 2017, 17:41 (Ref:3701316)

The Ax will hang the helmet up after the Rolex 24.
http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/13757...after-rolex-24

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Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

Is there an actual full season or Daytona entry list yet, officially?

I just looked and nothing official official that I could find, but the 24 entry should be very close to the Roar entry.

Rodger Davies · 9 Jan 2017, 18:28 (Ref:3701341)

Probably, yep, but they removed that one from their site too! No worries, have picked it up from scoring, about 24 GTDs, of which I expect 15-18 to be full season.

MaskedRacer · 9 Jan 2017, 19:10 (Ref:3701350)

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Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

Is there an actual full season or Daytona entry list yet, officially?

In 2016 IMSA released a full season entry list between Sebring and Long Beach

FormulaFox · 18 Jan 2017, 23:54 (Ref:3703441)

Genuinely impressed with the Prototype BoP choices for the 24. No huge swings at anything, all changes seem to be fairly set - nothing that could blatantly give the DPis an unrecoverable advantage.

The only concern I'll be watching is the effect of the fuel flow settings - DPis do need more fuel due to thirstier engines, but I'm a little concerned they might have been given a bit too much. But it's within a range that I can give a benefit of the doubt to for the time being - it's literally only JUST enough for my brain to go to if the DPis end up being suspiciously quick.

One things for sure; If the DPis sandbagged at the Roar, IMSA didn't bite.

MoMedic9019 · 20 Jan 2017, 13:51 (Ref:3703820)

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Originally Posted by FormulaFox

One things for sure; If the DPis sandbagged at the Roar, IMSA didn't bite.

Oh. They did. Something odd with the Caddy and the sector times...especially through the bus stop.

wdave0 · 20 Jan 2017, 17:30 (Ref:3703877)

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Originally Posted by MoMedic9019

Oh. They did. Something odd with the Caddy and the sector times...especially through the bus stop.

I agree - the Caddies were strangely slow where they should have been fast. Looks like IMSA figured them out - the body gurney (airbrake) stayed at 30mm.

FormulaFox · 20 Jan 2017, 19:11 (Ref:3703902)

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Originally Posted by MoMedic9019

Oh. They did. Something odd with the Caddy and the sector times...especially through the bus stop.

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Originally Posted by wdave0

I agree - the Caddies were strangely slow where they should have been fast. Looks like IMSA figured them out - the body gurney (airbrake) stayed at 30mm.

You know, there's this thing that, if done improperly, can cause a car to be very unstable and as a result be genuinely slow in areas where it makes no sense for them to be, and which is much, MUCH more likely to be done improperly on a brand new car.

It's called "setup."

In all seriousness, it is at LEAST as possible for the suspicious matter to have been issues with the setup of the Caddys as it is for this to have been sandbagging. Everyone has new cars, so nobody has things completely dialed in yet, regardless of any sandbagging attempts.

MoMedic9019 · 20 Jan 2017, 20:45 (Ref:3703917)

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Originally Posted by FormulaFox

You know, there's this thing that, if done improperly, can cause a car to be very unstable and as a result be genuinely slow in areas where it makes no sense for them to be, and which is much, MUCH more likely to be done improperly on a brand new car.

It's called "setup."

In all seriousness, it is at LEAST as possible for the suspicious matter to have been issues with the setup of the Caddys as it is for this to have been sandbagging. Everyone has new cars, so nobody has things completely dialed in yet, regardless of any sandbagging attempts.

Problem is, when you look through the splits, it doesn't make sense. Coupled with the IMSA data, it's wonky, enough that it's not a setup "miss" when compared to the remainder of the sector splits.

TF110 · 20 Jan 2017, 20:46 (Ref:3703918)

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Originally Posted by wdave0

I agree - the Caddies were strangely slow where they should have been fast. Looks like IMSA figured them out - the body gurney (airbrake) stayed at 30mm.

I thought it was 5mm now? Unless I read it wrong.

wdave0 · 20 Jan 2017, 21:24 (Ref:3703925)

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Originally Posted by TF110

I thought it was 5mm now? Unless I read it wrong.

Wing gurney is 5, body gurney is 30.

I might believe a common set-up problem if they hadn't already run before. Of course, running with a bad setup would be easily dumpable sand.

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