IMSA Race 2017 - Rolex Daytona 24

[FormulaFox]

PC Class up next? ....Time for a snack break.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by GriffM3

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

From recent memory, they seem to hold up just fine. Can they stay out of trouble, would be the question.

[pafe]

woah, bright pink and bright red livery just beside eachother. My eyes ....

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by FormulaFox

PC Class up next? ....Time for a snack break.

Yep. You missed an off from a pink car.

[GriffM3]

Nice to see the PC guys are running SLOWER qualify times then the GTLM...should make for a mess of the beginning of the race Saturday.

Just get this PC junk off the track already!

[pafe]

Looks like GTLM will be faster at the infield? Could lead to some frustration...

[FormulaFox]

Originally Posted by GriffM3

Nice to see the PC guys are running SLOWER qualify times then the GTLM...should make for a mess of the beginning of the race Saturday.

Just get this PC junk off the track already!

PC pole is nearly a second faster than GTLM pole.

[GriffM3]

When I wrote it they were behind the Fords with 4 minutes left in their qualifying session...only 2 PC cars ahead of the GTLM's...what happened to the other 3?

[pafe]

Originally Posted by FormulaFox

PC pole is nearly a second faster than GTLM pole.

#88 is 3rd in GTD

[fieldodreams79]

Dark skies on the horizon but little rain on radar. Could be enough to impact q-ing but I'm not weatherman. I just play one on TV.

Green on P q-ing!

[FormulaFox]

Originally Posted by GriffM3

When I wrote it they were behind the Fords with 4 minutes left in their qualifying session...

That's why you shouldw ait for the final results to make declarative statements.

only 2 PC cars ahead of the GTLM's...what happened to the other 3?

Crap drivers. The PCs are capable of much greater than they've been showing the past few years, but they've consistently had issues with driver quality since the merger.

[J Jay]

How many bags did Ricky drop just then?

Great lap regardless, first 1:37 of the weekend? (Not caught up with the coverage until now)

[FormulaFox]

Cadillacs being impressive, but the others are closing in.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by J Jay

How many bags did Ricky drop just then?

Great lap regardless, first 1:37 of the weekend? (Not caught up with the coverage until now)

From the practice times, everyone has dropped bags.


137.169. Yes, first 37 that I can recall

EDIT: 136.903 from JWOWW!!!!

[TF110]

There goes the 1:36 barrier!

[FormulaFox]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

From the practice times, everyone has dropped bags.


137.169. Yes, first 37 that I can recall

Either everyone's dropped bags, or everyone's got better setups.

[J Jay]

36.9 ... that will take some beating.

I think.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by FormulaFox

Either everyone's dropped bags, or everyone's got better setups.

Or it's qualifying! AKA "Go Fast" time.

Warm and little sun.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by J Jay

36.9 ... that will take some beating.

I think.

Agreed. Looking like everyone has set their fast times. 'cept 81 DragonSpeed. They didn't make the session.

EDIT: Cameron w/ 136.973. he and Jani have one more lap.

[J Jay]

That was fun.

Excellent laps from Barbosa & Cameron to break the 36s.

[fieldodreams79]

So yeah. I like DPi. Add in the fantastic GT cats....


Bring on the 24.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Agreed. Looking like everyone has set their fast times. 'cept 81 DragonSpeed. They didn't make the session.

EDIT: Cameron w/ 136.973. he and Jani have one more lap.

So I can't remember, does that mean the Dragonspeed car will be at the back of the grid, or just the back of the proto grid this year?

[Damian Baldi]

Originally Posted by Damian Baldi

Some impressive sector times set by the prototypes. Qualification will be on 1.37 for sure, with maybe some 1.36

I think I made a good prediction

Horrible Mazda lap times and final speed, and a surprise from Nissan.

[TF110]

Mazda was slower than the Roar times. How about Hartley in the ESM doing a 1:37.6? That's some of his first laps in the car and considering the newish car itself, that's damn close to the Cadillac!

[FormulaFox]

So, Cadillacs beat the next quickest car by 2/10ths of a second - hardly what I'd call the "unfair advantage" so many thought they were hiding at the Roar.

Seems clear that pretty much everyone was holding back close to the same amounts of speed during the Roar, with the Cadillacs having only the tiniest bit more than the others and only the Mazdas being notably slower.

Everything's within the capacity for a car's setup or driver to make up or lose the difference. I'm liking what I'm seeing - IMSA's got a decent, thoguh still imperfect, balance going. It should be anybody's race - reliability will almost certainly be more important than speed.

Also, given that the fastest car at the Roar couldn't participate, I can't help but wonder if the front row would look different if they had. They had the same package as the team that kept the Caddy's honest, after all.