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27 Jun 2017, 15:49 (Ref:3747347) | #153 | ||
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The good thing is that if Joest and Penske come to DPI added to the Cadillacs, we will finally have a fight for the over all victory.
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27 Jun 2017, 15:59 (Ref:3747350) | #154 | ||
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All teams come to win.
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27 Jun 2017, 17:00 (Ref:3747361) | #158 | ||
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27 Jun 2017, 17:41 (Ref:3747372) | #159 | ||
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27 Jun 2017, 18:06 (Ref:3747382) | #160 | |||
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No, Acura and Toyota are not the only factories supporting teams in GTD. Ferrari and Porsche do so as well. Come to your own conclusions about why IMSA doesn't do anything about Ferrari and Porsche, I won't make assumptions. But the simple reality of the matter is that there's only so much IMSA can do. If a factory wants to support a team, they'll find a way - just as Ferrari and Porsche have. Just like GM and Ford did in Conti. |
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But he is developing an increasingly strong reputation for taking comments about a manufacturer being "interested" and playing it up like a program is in the works. If he were to be believed, every manufacturer in GTLM and GTD is working on a DPi! Until he comprehends that a manufacturer showing interest/evaluating a program means effectively nothing, he will continue to gain a poor reputation. BTW, he did it again today: http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/fo...nterest-grows/ |
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27 Jun 2017, 18:25 (Ref:3747390) | #162 | |||
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Well highlighted.
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27 Jun 2017, 18:42 (Ref:3747395) | #163 | ||
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Ferrari, Porsche, AMG, and Audi are customer supported programs.
Lexus and Acura are currently de facto factory programs being run through a satellite team. |
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27 Jun 2017, 18:44 (Ref:3747398) | #164 | ||
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Look at how many programs, before SC365 and in the days of Racer Magazine being a monthly print mag (instead of by monthly now and mostly being a web mag now) and DSC's early days, were promised but never saw the light of day. Like the Lexus GT2 sports sedan program, CET Solari RS Spyder, et al.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch. All we on the outside looking in can do is gather evidence and see where it takes us. Just like Porsche leaving LMP1 isn't a done deal yet. But sources, especially within Germany (Motorsport Akutell/Auto Motor und Sport and Motorsport Total) are saying that it's possible, and they do seem to have info that we're obviously not privy to. |
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27 Jun 2017, 18:55 (Ref:3747400) | #165 | ||
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As for the attitude, it comes from those who pontificate, preach or other denigrate others' comments when they have actually read something. Then claims come in about hidden and mysterious sources that are wrong WAY more often than right. The fact that you preach insider knowledge and then have NOTHING accurate to share is the root of the dismissive tone to my replies to your posts. |
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27 Jun 2017, 19:05 (Ref:3747403) | #167 | |
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There is no Nissan DPi.
The Honda thing is so far a fabrication of Pruett and Dagys's minds. Audi have, just like Ford, repeatedly said they are not interested in DPi. Despite headlines on SC365 suggesting the contrary. Both that website and Racer.com have lost all credibility on this subject. |
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For example, every team running Michelin tires could be called a Michelin factory team simply because Michelin provides the team with a company-paid technician to help them with their tires. Michelin even often refers to teams running their tires as "partners" rather than "customers." Quote:
When hard facts are available, I provide them. I expect the same of others - if you have actual information you can link to, it is always better to do so than to cop an attitude. I get a bit of an attitude when people miss the point I'm trying to make with those rumors, sure - I'm not perfect, after all. But I try to make it a point to only do so when someone is flagrantly and deliberately ignoring said point. (I treat like unto like - if you disrespect me by deliberately ignoring a point, you get no respect in return) |
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I can't speak to Dagys as I haven't read that in a while, but Pruett and Goodwin report rumors. What you do with that information is up to you. It's certainly better than the days when everyone refreshed mariantic 10 times a day to get the same rumors. |
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27 Jun 2017, 19:41 (Ref:3747415) | #170 | ||
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27 Jun 2017, 20:00 (Ref:3747421) | #171 | |||
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But the fact that the Honda DPi talk keeps revolving around Penske says a lot about why they're not in yet - they want to partner with a good organization, rather than something like Speedsource(whom I do feel get some undue criticism but are definitely not a prototype-level organization). |
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27 Jun 2017, 20:05 (Ref:3747429) | #172 | |
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Show me a confirmation from HPD themselves.
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27 Jun 2017, 20:30 (Ref:3747440) | #173 | |
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Not being confirmed by HPD doesn't mean it's a fabrication. That remains to be seen.
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27 Jun 2017, 20:38 (Ref:3747443) | #174 | |
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Then don't say 'it's a lock'.
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27 Jun 2017, 20:41 (Ref:3747446) | #175 | |
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Saying it's a lock is just as incorrect as saying it's a fabrication...
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