IMSA Race 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona(IMSA @ Daytona) - Jan 25-28

[RWill2073]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Right rear tire failure on the Risi. They'll be mad at Continental. I mean Bibendum.

Originally Posted by joeb

You see you can buy stuff in a bottle that turns you into Bo Jackson?

[fieldodreams79]

Nice shot of the infield and too hungover Floridians folding up a tent in the breeze. Great stuff!

[pach233]

I guess we can safely say the elimination of the PC class is directly correlated with the reduction of FCYs. Not that we didn’t know that before.

[fieldodreams79]

My Ustream is now acting up pretty regularly. Just as well I got to go pick up my son from an overnight weekend trip. Thank goodness for TuneIn and IMSA radio.

[RWill2073]

Originally Posted by pach233

I guess we can safely say the elimination of the PC class is directly correlated with the reduction of FCYs. Not that we didn’t know that before.

A counter to that is that most of the drivers from that clas are still out there, some in even more powerful cars.

I have been blown away by the lack of cars even running off into the grass, which we have only seen maybe 5 or 6 times. Previous years seemed to have someone running off every few laps. And there are 50 cars, so there's still traffic.

[JHamilton]

Looks like they'll escape the rain.

[J Jay]

Conti backing down after WTR's pointed outburst, admitting to two of the five given faults, still working on the remaining three.

[gert]

Continental has admitted WTR were operating within the prescribed recommendations.

[pafe]

Originally Posted by RWill2073

A counter to that is that most of the drivers from that clas are still out there, some in even more powerful cars.

I have been blown away by the lack of cars even running off into the grass, which we have only seen maybe 5 or 6 times. Previous years seemed to have someone running off every few laps. And there are 50 cars, so there's still traffic.

The problem with the PC cars was, that they were faster in highspeed sections, but slower where mechanical grip is needed. This caused so many troubles with overtaking PC<->GTLM.

[gert]

#99 in trouble?

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by gert

Continental has admitted WTR were operating within the prescribed recommendations.

Also said 2 were actual punctures. That leaves 3 problems, however.

[pafe]

Next puncture for 62....

[Mike E]

Considering the number of tyre failures, the low number of yellow periods is even more remarkable.

[RWill2073]

Every time I check timing and scoring it looks as though the core p2 is about .5 to 1 second quicker each lap than the top 2. He's not that far from second, and who knows what might still happen.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by Mike E

Considering the number of tyre failures, the low number of yellow periods is even more remarkable.

Indeed. Lots of parts and pieces strewn everywhere and it's surprising that there's been few debris cautions

[Victor_RO]

This has definitely not felt like a Daytona 24h, this race has had a vibe a lot more like a fast and relatively clear Le Mans.

[bentley speed 8]

And I actually prefer it this way because it feels like a proper endurance race, and not a series of consecutive sprint races each one hour long.

[Akrapovic]

This is proper endurance racing.

Duval is catching Nasr at 3-5 seconds a lap.

[kvenom]

Definitely turned into a bit of a procession in the last little bit, hoping for a bit more action soon. Hopeful Duval can catch Nasr.

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

This is proper endurance racing.

Duval is catching Nasr at 3-5 seconds a lap.

Gap looks to be around 50 seconds at the moment. Maybe #31 is overheating again?

[tux]

Pretty boring though compared to previous years

[kvenom]

Nasr has turned the wick waay down, 1:45s the last two laps

[Lasse]

What actually happend to the Penske cars? One had a regulator problem, but what about the other?

[RWill2073]

Originally Posted by tux

Pretty boring though compared to previous years

I disagree!

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by tux

Pretty boring though compared to previous years

Depends on what you're considering. Yes, there's been less overtaking and banging into each other than the last few 24s but the story lines have certainly been interesting, outside of Ford cheating , but that's interesting to some!

I've enjoyed it!