2014 IMSA TUSC - Round 1 - Rolex 24 at Daytona

[Salamus]

To sum up the entire race. Abysmal!

Congrats to Action Express, CORE, Level 5*, and PORSCHE!

*Level 5 will get their win back.

[rwintle]

Argh. I am no Scott Tucker fan but if this stupid penalty holds up, the 555 and Level 5 were absolutely robbed.

Good to see Seabass get the overall win though. Would have been nice to see the Wayne/Rickey/Jordan trio on the top step but this is a nice win as far as I'm concerned.

Nice to see CORE immediately deliver as a Porsche factory team.

GTD was surprisingly entertaining IMHO (dumb yellow and last lap penalty nonsense notwithstanding).

Absolutely no coverage of the PC winning car. Whatevs.

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by Speed-King

Just sent a tweet to @unitedsportscar telling them, that those were two complete bogus calls... maybe if enough people do the same?

I did the same. In reality though all it does is go to the social media guy/girl who has no sway.

[Salamus]

Originally Posted by FordCosworthPanoz

I gave this series an open mind and defended it but this is quite possibly the worst first impression I've ever seen.

Exactly my thoughts.

[Breitling24]

Well, looks like I'll be doing my Club rallye instead of driving to Laguna after this mess.

[nkoske]

Is the avoidable contact the one in the bus stop on the first lap off caution??

[1969MGCGTdriver]

Level 5....hahahahahahaha......F U........karma says hello

[Articus]

I hadn't really seen Tandy race but he's dynamite!

Clutch drive from Pilet. Didn't he do something rather upsetting in a Porsche last year?

[Starfish Primer]

It cannot be for the last lap fight, is ridiculous. I think the penalty was for the contact in previous laps, when Winkelhock reported steering problems.

[fergus_r]

Originally Posted by nkoske

Is the avoidable contact the one in the bus stop on the first lap off caution??

The avoidable contact was the one where there was no contact

[DS"]

Pretty nice first step into the "new era". Can't wait until TUSCC arrives at Sebring.

As for GTD: I wouldn't have punished the Level 5 cars. Winkelhock did such a risky move and wasn't rewarded, so I don't know why he ends up being rewarded for doing something dumb after all.

[FordCosworthPanoz]

Originally Posted by Starfish Primer

It cannot be for the last lap fight, is ridiculous. I think the penalty was for the contact in previous laps, when Winkelhock reported steering problems.

IMSA said it was the last lap 'contact.'

[Speed-King]

Originally Posted by Simmi

I did the same. In reality though all it does is go to the social media guy/girl who has no sway.

If he/she gets enough complaints they might be reported to the higher-ups...

[MJ_N_09]

Really, the race wasn't at all bad until the last 20 minutes destroyed the credibility of all the officials. Once again, GT is the show stealer. Both classes, particularily GTD, excelled. The series did a fine job in that regard for the quality of entries.

[KSR88]

for me the avoidable contact might have been at the bus stop -- front of Ferrari into right rear of audi hard enough it bend the Audi

[Ferrari333SP]

Porsche in 6th overall though - pretty awesome.

[FordCosworthPanoz]

Well on the bright side congratulations to AEX, Porsche and whoever the heck won LMPC.

Also, solid job by Muscle Milk. Bringing it home in your first 24 hour race in a new car with BOP disadvantage.

[Ferrari333SP]

According to Fox broadcast, Ferrari has been penalized, and Audi given the win.

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by FordCosworthPanoz

whoever the heck won LMPC.

Core

[Articus]

On another interesting note, I think it's the first time a BMW Z4 has gone the distance without hitting trouble in a 24 hour race (GTE or GT3)

[MJ_N_09]

Originally Posted by Ferrari333SP

According to Fox broadcast, Ferrari has been penalized, and Audi given the win.

I really think that decision will be upheld. If they were going to penalize level 5, do it back when they actually made contact, not the last lap!

[FordCosworthPanoz]

Thanks, my timing crashed with 2 to go.

Go to the TUDOR Championship Facebook Page for entertainment it's getting heated...

[BullMan]

23 hours and 40 minutes of a pretty much stellar race, the LOL BoP notwithstanding, and race control messes it all up in the last 20 minutes.

Glad to see Porsche win, and I was rooting hard for FLM, but that was a BS call. I can't believe I'm defending Scott Tucker. I need a shower.

[PascaLM]

My predictions are realised : a Corvette DP and the Porsche RSR in GTLM !
Congratulations to all and my wishes for a full recovery for Malucceli and Gidley.

[Starfish Primer]

Originally Posted by FordCosworthPanoz

IMSA said it was the last lap 'contact.'

Is ridiculous, someone needs to make a breathalyzer test to race direction after the yellow flag and the sanction.

A war between Scott Tucker and the France family, Scorsese may use it for his next movie.