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4 Aug 2018, 00:45 (Ref:3841259) | #1 | ||
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4 Aug 2018, 01:32 (Ref:3841267) | #2 | |
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I just looked at the first press releases .... Sprint Cup for GTD? Two prototype classes?
And what really matters ... a new million-dollar logo for the 50th anniversary. Now we can all sleep easy. I will be back after I have pondered and digested and hopefully will have something of worth to regurgitate. |
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4 Aug 2018, 02:06 (Ref:3841275) | #3 | ||
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Also they placed PLM on a very bad weekend. PLM goes up against the biggest amateur race of the year, the SCCA Runoffs, which are being held at VIR and is expecting to draw anywhere between 800-1000 cars over all the invited classes (24-26 classes). This is going to be a crunch for some crews and especially the F&C workers as SCCA helps supplies workers for both races.
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4 Aug 2018, 18:22 (Ref:3841459) | #4 | |
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I read another comment on another site but it was spot on. Now we have a PC class again. I was really wanting to see it come back and LMP2 is pretty much as close as it gets. It will open up that LMP2 class to more rich gentlemen and thus make the racing even better just like it was in the old days.
Three GTD classes even adds to the excitement and will be just the icing on the cake. We need to have a competition as to who can make more classes, PWC or IMSA. A suggestion, add GT4 Pro as a class in Weathertech and have three championships for them too. I know that GT2 has to be on the next class for consideration. |
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4 Aug 2018, 22:07 (Ref:3841487) | #6 | ||
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I think he was being sarcastic.
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5 Aug 2018, 08:27 (Ref:3841542) | #7 | |
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Wow .... that is embarrassing. I guess I was too blinded by my own bitterness to see it. ugh.
It is actually pretty obvious, looking back. When I first read the post, I just thought, "There is someone with whom I disagree strongly, but I won't pick a huge fight." Glad I didn't. |
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5 Aug 2018, 23:41 (Ref:3841746) | #8 | |
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Decided to take meeting minutes from the Ask Atherton podcast on RadioLeMans.com:
-Ruled out having 4 class color codes. Will stick to red for pro and green for pro am. Justification is that it is easy to tell apart a prototype and GT car by their looks so the color just needs to separate the 2 classes within each spec of car. - IMSA will never share weekend with IndyCar at Watkins Glen -Atherton wants series to go back to Portland -Nervous that IndyCar and IMSA races in 2019 are scheduled close to each other. But making sure that they don’t take away resources from promoting IMSA race -Would love Road America race to be longer but admits he can’t due to full season costs/hours racing -Atherton thinks that an LMP2 could potentially still compete with DPI cars overall potentially at a race like Daytona -No new DPI manufacturers are imminent (at least says publicly) -Silver driver status is performance/data driven not who writes the checks |
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6 Aug 2018, 07:10 (Ref:3841772) | #9 | ||
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This one is just stupid. It takes almost no effort to make it a little bit easier to see what's going on. Rest of it seems fair enough. |
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6 Aug 2018, 13:02 (Ref:3841838) | #10 | |
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Why not make all of the end plates have an item just like for track position? Then it will have the driver ranking listed as to who is driving the car at the time. That way, the fans would be more involved because when the see a P, they know they will be able to take a break and go to the bathroom. When there's a B, they know they can start the "office pool" as to when the next FCY comes out.
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6 Aug 2018, 16:42 (Ref:3841876) | #12 | |
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You are probably right. Interesting to note that I think GTD has fewer super silvers this year than in the past. Granted grid numbers overall are down too. Madison Snow and Katherine Legge are certainly super silvers. That's about it from what I can analyze though. Not a coincidence they are 1st (Snow w/Sellers) and 2nd in season points standings.
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6 Aug 2018, 18:21 (Ref:3841901) | #13 | ||
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Since that's settled, what class are you running in for 2019? I think LMP2 is where you need to go. No more fake rankings and no more factories to deal with. All of this will be cheaper as IMSA has instituted drastic cuts in cost. Expect all rental seats to be around 40% less for 2019. |
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6 Aug 2018, 18:30 (Ref:3841905) | #14 | ||
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Good to see that IMSA will fix this. Last thing we need are team announcements in November only to find that they complain because the drivers they signed can't run because they are ranked too high. Then they go appeal and in the end, get accepted. Pretty much the same situation that has happened ever since they instituted driver rankings. |
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7 Aug 2018, 02:37 (Ref:3841979) | #16 | ||
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Then for the Enduro guys, it's Jan, Mar, Jun then 3 months to Oct. Best part is, if you start with PWC Sprint X and get ticked off with the BOP, you can announce you'll switch to IMSA Sprint X. If IMSA Sprint X doesn't work out for it's first race then you can go back to PWC Sprint X. Too bad IMSA is missing out on Canada's and the US independence days. I guess it makes no sense to do it on the last weekend of June at Mosport or the first weekend of July at Lime Rock. Having the Road Atlanta event the same weekend as the runoffs at VIR was a smooth move too. Everyone knew since the end of January when it was. Having it on the weekend before was not an option for Road Atlanta. Maybe IMSA should have talked to the track owner. |
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7 Aug 2018, 04:00 (Ref:3841984) | #17 | ||
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As for the competing with the runoffs? Wow, delusional much. There's ZERO fan impact between the two, if you aren't attending the runoffs are you watching their streaming if there is such a thing? And if you're attending Petit I don't think you're torn between attending the runoffs or Petit. So to say there's any influence shows your bias toward the runoffs and maybe just consider only watching club racing if that matters so much. I have and honestly it's more boring than paint drying in a dark closet |
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7 Aug 2018, 14:33 (Ref:3842115) | #18 | |
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As unfortunate as it is from a corner worker perspective that Petit 2019 and the Runoffs 2019 are scheduled on the same weekend, it's no big deal at all as it might affect only 25 or so corner workers who won't be able to attend them both. No one is gonna reschedule for that.
I don't see a lot of overlap between the two events either but fail to understand why one should choice between Pro and Club racing - both have their charms and between the two there's plenty to enjoy and dislike at the same time. |
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Now for the overlap it will depend on the support series running and how many of those drivers are also regular SCCA drivers also. As more than likely PLM will be the finally for any support series. If a driver isn't in the running for a title and has a shot at a Runoffs win they will more than likely go for the Runoffs to save money and have a shot at a Runoffs win. |
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I've been a sportscar racing fan since the early 1990's and I've never even heard of the "scca runoffs". I'm sure its not a big deal. Schedule for 2019 is just fine. Great that the 2 all GT races are still preserved. I think the sprint cup thing has potential too. Especially with the time teams have to get that program set up still. Maybe the new LMP2 category could have a shorter schedule to help with budgets there. But that is something that can still be adjusted in the next few months.
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I agree about the draw on workers and potentially drivers, but also the contingency support people, i.e. tires, brakes, lubricants, electronics, etc. |
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7 Aug 2018, 16:38 (Ref:3842143) | #23 | ||
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Basically we are not allowed to respond to any incident on track and are to be kept behind the wall at all times except between on-track sessions even then its at race controls discretion. Most SCCA races/tracks allow for us to respond and VIR is one of them. One example of this is the GTD Viper fire in 2014 at Sebring. Workers were nearby and were ready to respond but couldn't because of IMSA's rules. The same applies to debris on track when we would have more than enough of a gap to get it but aren't allowed to. Another is that in SCCA is if the car was far enough off track and in a safe area (usually from a mechanical) we would leave the car till the next needed caution in an endurance race or would get the car between on-track sessions. All of these examples are some of the NASCARification of the series to allow for more cautions to allow for closer (i.e. manufactured) racing which is taking the endurance aspect out.
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Wow, thanks!
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