IMSA Race Road America 2018

[MaskedRacer]

I think every safety car period except for 1, (the 51 Ferrari crash) has involved an LMP2 in some way.

[joeb]

That is the kind of pitstop i am used to from Mazda

[TF110]

Did Derani get second on a pass?

[MaskedRacer]

67 Ford very close to leading 25 BMW now. 4 Corvette looks like to have fallen by back a second or 2. I think Porsche is the OEM that looks to be out of it. 91 with problems losing a couple laps. 92 about 8 seconds behind and not threatening the #3 for 4th at all

GTD leader is 6th overall GT.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by TF110

Did Derani get second on a pass?

all these late race pitstops for fuel are great on excitement. I just wish we got here after a bunch of green flag running instead of yellows.

[MaskedRacer]

Just as I say its tight De Phillipe gets the better of Westbrook during a shakeup when DPI cars come through

[joeb]

Is the Wayne Taylor car good on fuel?

[MaskedRacer]

Milner in the #4 struggling. His tires must be shot. #3 Garcia is in third with an easy pass.

[MaskedRacer]

Wish we had more on board streams for GTD cars.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by MaskedRacer

Milner in the #4 struggling. His tires must be shot. #3 Garcia is in third with an easy pass.

i thought that was team orders?

[joeb]

Derani keeps getting traffic in the wrong spot while trying to get around the #5.

[joeb]

Mazda to the lead with 5 minutes left!!!!

[joeb]

Originally Posted by joeb

Mazda to the lead with 5 minutes left!!!!

that was short lived....

[MaskedRacer]

What is wrong with De Philipee!!

[MaskedRacer]

You know this has happened to BMW before! Leading and then going out. Connor just threw his hands up in the car in disgust. The car just quit.

[MaskedRacer]

25 and 4 ran out of fuel I think.

[joeb]

this reminded me of an old ALMS race here where everybody was running out of fuel on the last lap. I can't remember who won the race, but I remember the Drayson Lola was involved.

[Purist]

That was 2010; the Drayson Lola won after the Muscle Milk Porsche Spyder started cutting out. Also, the Autocon Lola led the opening portion of the race, with Johnny Mowlem at the wheel.

[Juntos]

Many people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems. Some people pray to be able to confront and overcome them. Well-deserved win for CORE autosport guys.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Purist

That was 2010; the Drayson Lola won after the Muscle Milk Porsche Spyder started cutting out. Also, the Autocon Lola led the opening portion of the race, with Johnny Mowlem at the wheel.

Thanks, yes that is what i was thinking of. This race nearly turned out similar!

[Akrapovic]

Brilliant race. Non-stop awesomeness.

[MaskedRacer]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Brilliant race. Non-stop awesomeness.

I would not say "non-stop" because of the much higher rate of safety car periods. All but one involved an LMP2 car in some way, shape, or form.

The high rate of yellows and the length of some of them still is the biggest black eye or elephant in the room in this form of racing still. This topic was brought up on the Post Race Tech for Road America on radiolemans.com. John Hindbaugh and Jeremy Shaw disagreed. John preferred the Creventic Code 60 and Jeremy likes the way they do it right now. I'm on John's side of this debate. Preserving the integrity of the gaps built up is more important than artificially bunching them together. SRO it appears is starting to be badly influenced by this looking at the way they handled caution periods at the Spa 24.

[nezy37]

Originally Posted by MaskedRacer

I would not say "non-stop" because of the much higher rate of safety car periods. All but one involved an LMP2 car in some way, shape, or form.

The high rate of yellows and the length of some of them still is the biggest black eye or elephant in the room in this form of racing still. This topic was brought up on the Post Race Tech for Road America on radiolemans.com. John Hindbaugh and Jeremy Shaw disagreed. John preferred the Creventic Code 60 and Jeremy likes the way they do it right now. I'm on John's side of this debate. Preserving the integrity of the gaps built up is more important than artificially bunching them together. SRO it appears is starting to be badly influenced by this looking at the way they handled caution periods at the Spa 24.

I'm alright with fcy in sprint races.

In the naec however I'd love to see the code 60 introduced. Anything over 4 hours allows for things to happen to a car that can be recoverable for the team affected. Sprint racing not so much so I like the safety car. Just wish they could fix the length of the yellow periods

[MaskedRacer]

Originally Posted by nezy37

I'm alright with fcy in sprint races.

In the naec however I'd love to see the code 60 introduced. Anything over 4 hours allows for things to happen to a car that can be recoverable for the team affected. Sprint racing not so much so I like the safety car. Just wish they could fix the length of the yellow periods

I guess you are right. Ultimately the races that it is most important to have few to no safety car periods are the NAEC and the all GT races. Daytona and Lime Rock were both great events. Mid Ohio was great too. Best 3 races in the series so far this year in fact. Not a coincidence. Look for VIR to be clean all the way too.

[Jameson]

Originally Posted by MaskedRacer

Look for VIR to be clean all the way too.

Or with the trouble brewing in GTD after Pier Guidi's antics, it might not be clean at all