IMSA Race 2017 - Rolex Daytona 24 - Page 6

fieldodreams79 · 26 Jan 2017, 20:13 (Ref:3705320)

Hooray! First quali session of the year underway!!!

Pondering cracking a beer.....

Must "work"

FormulaFox · 26 Jan 2017, 20:14 (Ref:3705321)

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Originally Posted by Maelochs

Yeah, cannot say I am surprised by the outcome ... IMSA is really risking losing its legitimacy before the new formula even starts.

How so? Only ONE Cadillac has beaten it's Roar time thus far, and not by a significant enough degree to prove they sandbagged at the Roar. The others probably just haven't pushed the cars yet(NOBODY else in Prototype has reached or exceeded their Roar times yet), true, but that's why I always look at qualifying rather than testing/practice - quali's when everyone's going to push unless a mechanical prevents it.

**joeb** · 26 Jan 2017, 20:17 (Ref:3705322)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Hooray! First quali session of the year underway!!!

Pondering cracking a beer.....

i guess i don't know how to read a schedule, or i'm reading an old one because this started 20 minutes earlier than i thought!

fieldodreams79 · 26 Jan 2017, 20:18 (Ref:3705324)

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Originally Posted by joeb

i guess i don't know how to read a schedule, or i'm reading an old one because this started 20 minutes earlier than i thought!

Does this mean I have 20 more minutes to pick my FRC choices?

FormulaFox · 26 Jan 2017, 20:26 (Ref:3705325)

Broadcast die for anyone else?

Edit: Came back two seconds after posting.

fieldodreams79 · 26 Jan 2017, 20:29 (Ref:3705326)

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Originally Posted by FormulaFox

Broadcast die for anyone else?

Edit: Came back two seconds after posting.

Using my tablet, which may be having issues, it came and went via IMSA.tv in Chrome.

The IMSA app is just worthless for android devices. WORTHLESS. Can't even get it started without crashing.

IMSA Tv on second computer is working perfect. *knocks on wood*

**joeb** · 26 Jan 2017, 20:29 (Ref:3705327)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Does this mean I have 20 more minutes to pick my FRC choices?

You have up to the green flag on Saturday buddy!

And that is an epic setup for following the race!

fieldodreams79 · 26 Jan 2017, 20:31 (Ref:3705329)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Pondering cracking a beer.....

Pondering no more.

FormulaFox · 26 Jan 2017, 20:32 (Ref:3705330)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Using my tablet, which may be having issues, it came and went via IMSA.tv in Chrome.

The IMSA app is just worthless for android devices. WORTHLESS. Can't even get it started without crashing.

IMSA Tv on second computer is working perfect. *knocks on wood*

Android app coders seem to have been getting pretty lazy in the past couple of years. It's almost like they're expecting Windows mobile to take over. Admittedly, I've come to prefer Windows tablets, but when the day comes that I get a smartphone it'll probably still be Android - Windows just doesn't work for a phone, IMO, and what few (half-decent) Windows phones are still out there are far too pricey anyway.

TF110 · 26 Jan 2017, 20:32 (Ref:3705331)

The Ferrari's are a lot quicker than the rest in GTD based on qualifying. Let's see if it's the Ford show in GTLM.

fieldodreams79 · 26 Jan 2017, 20:33 (Ref:3705332)

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Originally Posted by joeb

You have up to the green flag on Saturday buddy!

And that is an epic setup for following the race!

Wait, I can pick quali after quali? I need to re-read the rules like you need to re-read the schedule....

fieldodreams79 · 26 Jan 2017, 20:37 (Ref:3705334)

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Originally Posted by FormulaFox

Android app coders seem to have been getting pretty lazy in the past couple of years. It's almost like they're expecting Windows mobile to take over. Admittedly, I've come to prefer Windows tablets, but when the day comes that I get a smartphone it'll probably still be Android - Windows just doesn't work for a phone, IMO, and what few (half-decent) Windows phones are still out there are far too pricey anyway.

Everything seems to work great on my android devices with the exception of the imsa app. It's garbage.

FormulaFox · 26 Jan 2017, 20:39 (Ref:3705336)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Everything seems to work great on my android devices with the exception of the imsa app. It's garbage.

MOST other things you need on an Android device have enough options to choose form that you can avoid the bad ones, too. Before I switched to a Windows tablet, I had problems with almost everything for which I couldn't just grab a different app - even the WEC app gave me trouble half the time! (And don't get me started on the FS Go app)

MaskedRacer · 26 Jan 2017, 20:42 (Ref:3705337)

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Originally Posted by TF110

The Ferrari's are a lot quicker than the rest in GTD based on qualifying. Let's see if it's the Ford show in GTLM.

I never read much into GTD qualifying because of the driver selection. The Ferrari teams decided to with their "A" driver. Looks like the Mercedes teams did not.

FormulaFox · 26 Jan 2017, 20:45 (Ref:3705339)

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Originally Posted by MaskedRacer

I never read much into GTD qualifying because of the driver selection. The Ferrari teams decided to with their "A" driver. Looks like the Mercedes teams did not.

Not to mention that frankly 6/10ths of a second isn't QUITE as significant as one might think - it's significant, but it's within what the minutest of setup changes can overcome. It's a gap that's been easily overcome on numerous occasions in the past.

Personally I generally don't worry about the gaps until they're bumping up against a full second. That's when the sought after "unfair" advantage is likely to be the case.

TzeiTzei · 26 Jan 2017, 20:45 (Ref:3705340)

The Porsche looks fat.

fieldodreams79 · 26 Jan 2017, 20:46 (Ref:3705341)

Pla is off with slight damage it looks like...

**joeb** · 26 Jan 2017, 20:47 (Ref:3705342)

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Originally Posted by TzeiTzei

The Porsche looks fat.

Fat, or Fast?

FormulaFox · 26 Jan 2017, 20:50 (Ref:3705343)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Fat, or Fast?

Both.

TzeiTzei · 26 Jan 2017, 20:50 (Ref:3705344)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Fat, or Fast?

Porky.

fieldodreams79 · 26 Jan 2017, 20:51 (Ref:3705345)

Fords sweep the top 3.

On the edge of my seat for PC quali!!

pafe · 26 Jan 2017, 20:52 (Ref:3705346)

Hmmm Ford. I hoped to see some other manufacturer in the top 3.

Edit: And now to the PC Qualy

TF110 · 26 Jan 2017, 20:52 (Ref:3705347)

A 1:43.4 from the Ford, that's a statement!

GriffM3 · 26 Jan 2017, 20:55 (Ref:3705348)

Lets see if the Ford's hold up for the race.

**joeb** · 26 Jan 2017, 20:59 (Ref:3705349)

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Originally Posted by GriffM3

Lets see if the Ford's hold up for the race.

I think they proved their 24 hour reliability last year at some point......

But in all seriousness, navigating the GTD cars will be a chore for everyone. Keeping it clean will be the toughest part of the race.

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