IMSA Race 2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona - Page 4

**Adam43** · 24 Jan 2019, 06:45 (Ref:3878106)

But what about moustaches?

When are the cars next on track?

TF110 · 24 Jan 2019, 06:50 (Ref:3878107)

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Originally Posted by Adam43

But what about moustaches?

When are the cars next on track?

I think you can buy them too? But if you grow your own, you can call it a prototype

Practice starts tomorrow morning.

fieldodreams79 · 24 Jan 2019, 12:07 (Ref:3878185)

Very wet this morning followed by dry in the afternoon, so I'd expect very little track action this morning for practice.

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Originally Posted by TF110

When did they go back to DPi?

You can actually buy a Ford GT, if you have about $400k, so I don't get the "prototype" comments. I don't support the team either but I'd rather have the Fords than not.

If you don't "get it", then don't worry about it cuz its just a bad joke after all.

fieldodreams79 · 24 Jan 2019, 12:15 (Ref:3878189)

Don't see it mentioned here but I get to see one of my heroes race again this weekend. I know he's done other things since and I've followed but not actually watched him.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsp...ntrols-bmw-m8/

IMSA TV also has a little piece on Alex Zanardi with RLL that I caught last night that I shared with my son (who was blown away by THE man)

https://imsatv.imsa.com/video/012019...lex-24-daytona

broadrun96 · 24 Jan 2019, 12:28 (Ref:3878195)

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Originally Posted by TF110

When did they go back to DPi?

You can actually buy a Ford GT, if you have about $400k, so I don't get the "prototype" comments. I don't support the team either but I'd rather have the Fords than not.

Nope, never available on the open market. You had to be asked by Ford and they are suing 2 guys who bought one and then sold it in violation of the contract Ford makes you sign upon delivery. Both have told Ford to pound sand, take me to court; it appears Ford has but will likely lose. And the out the door prices were well above 400k, last I saw that was about 50% low and they cost over a million each to make supposedly.

Akrapovic · 24 Jan 2019, 12:30 (Ref:3878197)

I'm not sure how I feel about that being a GTE/GTLM car now. I wasn't aware of that.

Anyopenroad · 24 Jan 2019, 12:40 (Ref:3878201)

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Originally Posted by broadrun96

Nope, never available on the open market. You had to be asked by Ford and they are suing 2 guys who bought one and then sold it in violation of the contract Ford makes you sign upon delivery. Both have told Ford to pound sand, take me to court; it appears Ford has but will likely lose.

Are those different to the John Cena case and the dealer who sold his car? Cena settled and apologised. The dealer also settled. The deal the purchasers signed was to keep it for two years; Cena sold his less than a month after he got it, making a >$1m profit. I'm kinda with Ford on that example.

fieldodreams79 · 24 Jan 2019, 13:09 (Ref:3878212)

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Originally Posted by Akrapovic

I'm not sure how I feel about that being a GTE/GTLM car now. I wasn't aware of that.

Regardless of how we perceive the "street version", pretty sure the track version came first.

And regardless again, it's been homologated, so it races. We can choose to cheer for or against and we know what side I'm on.

I'll fully admit, however, the glowing lights in the rear deck lid area are really cool to see in person at night.

broadrun96 · 24 Jan 2019, 13:43 (Ref:3878219)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Regardless of how we perceive the "street version", pretty sure the track version came first.

And regardless again, it's been homologated, so it races. We can choose to cheer for or against and we know what side I'm on.

I'll fully admit, however, the glowing lights in the rear deck lid area are really cool to see in person at night.

But it sounds so bad at FCY speeds, the M6 was close but god it sounds terrible. Good enough reason to never wave the FCY flags ever for me

broadrun96 · 24 Jan 2019, 13:44 (Ref:3878220)

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Originally Posted by Anyopenroad

Are those different to the John Cena case and the dealer who sold his car? Cena settled and apologised. The dealer also settled. The deal the purchasers signed was to keep it for two years; Cena sold his less than a month after he got it, making a >$1m profit. I'm kinda with Ford on that example.

2 more baseball guys have supposedly sold and challenged Ford as they can't enforce the contract. Leased cars maybe but you sell it you have no rights to what the next owner does, there's hundreds of case law examples.

fieldodreams79 · 24 Jan 2019, 13:52 (Ref:3878221)

I hope our pal LankyTurtle is on the ground at the beach today. Been silent around here since the first part of the year but been to the speedway, based on the youtube channel. Hope to see some vids from today!

ATLFalconsFAN · 24 Jan 2019, 14:06 (Ref:3878226)

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Originally Posted by broadrun96

But it sounds so bad at FCY speeds, the M6 was close but god it sounds terrible. Good enough reason to never wave the FCY flags ever for me

It sounds bad at ALL speeds.

Akrapovic · 24 Jan 2019, 14:07 (Ref:3878227)

Nobody is going to agree with me, but I find sticking "ecoboost" on the side of a sportscar even more cringy than Formula Es eco bid. It's horrendous. Sorry.

Anyopenroad · 24 Jan 2019, 14:09 (Ref:3878228)

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Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Nobody is going to agree with me, but I find sticking "ecoboost" on the side of a sportscar even more cringy than Formula Es eco bid. It's horrendous. Sorry.

I suspect pretty much everyone agrees with you.

seanyb505 · 24 Jan 2019, 14:23 (Ref:3878231)

I'll be watching what I can of the weekend from the hospital. I have a sneaky suspicion the race won't be streamed here in the states, does anyone know about qually this afternoon? Imsatv says "Restrictions Apply" which doesn't sound like normal for a qualifying session.

**joeb** · 24 Jan 2019, 14:39 (Ref:3878235)

Cars are officially on track for the Michelin Challenge series and about 40 minutes till the big boys get their first shot.

I find the schedule for the "biggest" race of the IMSA season kind of funny. Two practices today, followed by qualifying. Then another practice tonight, and another tomorrow morning. Typically you have qualifying occupying the final slot before race day, but at Daytona there are still two practice sessions after that!

fieldodreams79 · 24 Jan 2019, 14:45 (Ref:3878237)

Radar shows the rain has moved past the Beach!! We may get some dry ish running for practice, especially if the challenge cars can do some track drying.

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Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Nobody is going to agree with me, but I find sticking "ecoboost" on the side of a sportscar even more cringy than Formula Es eco bid. It's horrendous. Sorry.

I disagree as I agree with you

there's problems with both!

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Originally Posted by ATLFalconsFAN

It sounds bad at ALL speeds.

Agree!

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Originally Posted by seanyb505

I'll be watching what I can of the weekend from the hospital. I have a sneaky suspicion the race won't be streamed here in the states, does anyone know about qually this afternoon? Imsatv says "Restrictions Apply" which doesn't sound like normal for a qualifying session.

Hope everything is okay, Sean!

Not sure about the imsatv deal, but I'm hoping to watch on that this afternoon...

broadrun96 · 24 Jan 2019, 14:54 (Ref:3878239)

I'm going to see how the app wants to work this season and if not try to find a stream. Light day today so a little racing in the background wouldn't be amiss at all.

**joeb** · 24 Jan 2019, 15:18 (Ref:3878240)

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Originally Posted by broadrun96

I'm going to see how the app wants to work this season and if not try to find a stream. Light day today so a little racing in the background wouldn't be amiss at all.

Let us know if the app is worth downloading this year.

fieldodreams79 · 24 Jan 2019, 15:21 (Ref:3878242)

Practice is Green! And dry-ish!

broadrun96 · 24 Jan 2019, 15:25 (Ref:3878243)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Let us know if the app is worth downloading this year.

Early answer is god no, nothing has loaded in 20 min or spinning and no information available but good news I can sign in with FB or Twitter to get anything from the app. Have my email in enough places, don't need IMSA deciding to spam me as well.

fieldodreams79 · 24 Jan 2019, 15:26 (Ref:3878244)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Let us know if the app is worth downloading this year.

It's garbage still for Android. I just downloaded and tried to get anything to work. Literally, nothing is loading. In Google play, tells me it's not optimized (still) for my device and it's got a 2.8 rating. Uninstalled.

There's no excuses for this anymore, IMSA!

**joeb** · 24 Jan 2019, 15:32 (Ref:3878246)

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Originally Posted by broadrun96

Early answer is god no, nothing has loaded in 20 min or spinning and no information available but good news I can sign in with FB or Twitter to get anything from the app. Have my email in enough places, don't need IMSA deciding to spam me as well.

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

It's garbage still for Android. I just downloaded and tried to get anything to work. Literally, nothing is loading. In Google play, tells me it's not optimized (still) for my device and it's got a 2.8 rating. Uninstalled.

There's no excuses for this anymore, IMSA!

Jesus, they've had the whole offseason to fix this. And i guess the whole 3 years before that too.

**joeb** · 24 Jan 2019, 15:33 (Ref:3878247)

we need a 1:33.7 or something like that to break the track record. Early running is in the 1:47's but not a lot of takers.

MaskedRacer · 24 Jan 2019, 15:35 (Ref:3878248)

Not at Daytona this year unfortunatly. This weekend is typically the start of our annual florida family vacation. Mom's birthday was in December and she wanted to go then.

I would like to ask if anybody has noticed a change or an improvement to the speedway fan experience this year? The big thing I think is needed is a tram that takes people from the pedistrain bridge from the parking lots across Speedway Blvd to the NASCAR turn 1 tram station that takes people to the infield. The walk from the Toyota entrance to the Florida Hospital one is very long.

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