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Old 14 Nov 2016, 18:00 (Ref:3688043)   #101
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Old 14 Nov 2016, 18:07 (Ref:3688049)   #102
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Excuse my ignorance, but, who is "Land"?
Only German's best GT team.
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Only German's best GT team.
So at The 24 of Daytona they will run GTD?
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So at The 24 of Daytona they will run GTD?
That's affirmative as per the link from Bullman on this page.
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So at The 24 of Daytona they will run GTD?
Yes. And the car will stay in the USA...
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Old 15 Nov 2016, 11:35 (Ref:3688228)   #107
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Yes. And the car will stay in the USA...
Thanks Miguel. Sometimes all the GT's(classes) get mixed up for me.


On another note , Delta Wing done. No swansong at 2017 Daytona.
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Old 15 Nov 2016, 12:58 (Ref:3688243)   #108
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Yes. And the car will stay in the USA...
Are they doing Sebring as well (yes please!) or is the car sold for competition/collection in the US?
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The GTD grid is expected to feature up to ten additional Daytona, or Daytona/Sebring-only entries from European GT3 teams, with Land Motorsport, Ebimotors, Grasser Racing Team, and HTP Motorsport among the expected entrants, along with at least two other to-be-announced efforts.
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It’s understood the entry cap for January’s race will likely be set at 60 cars, which could result in some teams being turned away. A total of 67 cars took the start in the 2014 running of the race, the largest field since the merger.
This is the source: http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/da...ay-notebook-3/
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Absolutely ridiculous if they turn away teams because of this. Especially when they ran more cars just 3 years ago. And in the 80's they ran like 80 cars using the same pitroad. They should have the slowest qualifying cars share pit stalls as an alternative to just packing up and going home.
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Old 16 Nov 2016, 01:56 (Ref:3688397)   #111
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About ten years ago the Conti series (or whatever it was called back then) had over a hundred starters.
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I would like to hear what the series says is their reasoning for capping at 60.
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Absolutely ridiculous if they turn away teams because of this. Especially when they ran more cars just 3 years ago. And in the 80's they ran like 80 cars using the same pitroad. They should have the slowest qualifying cars share pit stalls as an alternative to just packing up and going home.
It will be interesting to see if we get to 60. Right now my confirmed count is at 47 with 22 rumored. I do feel like Sebring in 2014 was a bit too crowded with 62 cars. I mean more or less, every racing series in the world has car caps due to facility limitations. Though, I still think that the Le Mans entry list should be closer to 70.

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It will be interesting to see if we get to 60. Right now my confirmed count is at 47 with 22 rumored. I do feel like Sebring in 2014 was a bit too crowded with 62 cars. I mean more or less, every racing series in the world has car caps due to facility limitations. Though, I still think that the Le Mans entry list should be closer to 70.
Yeah but Daytona should be able to accommodate more cars than Sebring. Even though Sebring is a little bit longer than Daytona, it's so easy for the cars to pass around the oval at Daytona so they don't get jammed up behind traffic as much.
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With the number of yellow flags Daytona invites these days, I can understand the cap. Especially if speed differences are expected to be bigger this year.
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Testing update. Article on the Pruett Lexus.
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60 cars is a lot, even around Le Mans. I take that as a sign that they're interested in reducing caution periods, which we could surely all agree is a good thing?
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They should qualify for those spots, instead of turning people away.
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60 cars is a lot, even around Le Mans. I take that as a sign that they're interested in reducing caution periods, which we could surely all agree is a good thing?
Fewer cautions would indeed be a good thing! Playing devils advocate here, but what if 61 cars submitted and entry, would they really just tell one team to go home?
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With the number of yellow flags Daytona invites these days, I can understand the cap. Especially if speed differences are expected to be bigger this year.
Bigger speed differences is actually better in reducing cautions, as the passing 'twixt classes is easier...lessens chance of contact.
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Fewer cautions would indeed be a good thing! Playing devils advocate here, but what if 61 cars submitted and entry, would they really just tell one team to go home?
I dont think we'll be in danger of going above 60 because of the (thankfully) small potential LMPC entry list.

Although there will be teething issues with the DPI cars, so they will cause yellows. Do I think all of them will drop out with mechanical trouble though? No. I bet those Caddys will be reliable.
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60 cars is a lot, even around Le Mans. I take that as a sign that they're interested in reducing caution periods, which we could surely all agree is a good thing?
Changing IMSA's philosophy (and replacing the folks that are in charge of their race officiating team) on the need to stay green during a race is a much better way of doing so!
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Fewer cautions would indeed be a good thing! Playing devils advocate here, but what if 61 cars submitted and entry, would they really just tell one team to go home?
So what's the point? If 81 apply do you expect they will/should be allowed? If allowing the 61st is ok, what about the 62nd or 63rd is it fair to let the 1st over in but not the second or third? Where does it end? ....






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You let them all show up, and send the slowest cars home after qualifying...
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You let them all show up, and send the slowest cars home after qualifying...
But with multi class racing you would only be sending GTD class cars home. Unless you dropped a car or 2 from each class, but are you really going to send a couple GTLM and P class cars home to get in some PC cars? In the 30 plus years I've been going to the D24 they've always let everyone who shows up run, If it looks like they could get 60 cars they should at least try to get the limit to 65, since we know they accommodated 67 just a few years ago.
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