#IMSA Race Series

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Slow Down, Go Faster

Another race weekend has arrived at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario. This weekend the IMSA Car Series is here for the Chevrolet Grand Prix. One of the things I love about this series are the very colorful cars. While race cars are usually full of color, it’s almost like specialized artists work on these cars. This is more than a race, it’s designed for full color…

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one of my favorite motorsport events of the year is almost here! the 24 hours of daytona starts january 27th, so i’ve assembled a list of some names i recognize who will be competing!

full entry list | how to watch

in the GTP Class

01 scott dixon, alex palou (with Sebastien Bourdais, Renger van der Zande)

7 felipe nasr, josef newgarden (with Frederic Makowiecki, Dane Cameron)

10 brendon hartley, marcus ericsson (with Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque)

31 jack aitken, tom blomqvist (with Pipo Derani)

40 louis deletraz, colton herta, jenson button (with Jordan Taylor)

in the LMP2 Class

2 pato o’ward (with ben hanley, ben keating, nico pino)

8 scott mclaughlin (with John Farano, Michael Dinan, Ferdinand Habsburg)

22 felix rosenqvist, paul di resta (with Dan Goldburg, Bijoy Garg)

52 clement novalak (with Jakub Smiechowski, Tom Dilmann, Nick Boulle)

74 felipe massa (with Gar Robinson, Felipe Fraga, Josh Burdon)

in the GT Daytona Pro Class

1 sheldon van der linde (with Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers, Neil Verhagen)

3 alexander sims (with Antonio Garcia, Dani Juncadella)

9 james hinchcliffe, alex rossi (with Oliver Jarvis, Marvin Kirchhofer)

14 kyle kirkwood (with Jack Hawksworth, Ben Barnicoat, Mike Conway)

in the GT Daytona Class

13 alex lynn (with Orey Fidani, Matt Bell, Lars Kern)

32 maximilian götz (with Mike Skeen, Mikael Grenier, Kenton Koch)

60 romain grosjean (with Claudio Schiavoni, Matteo Cressoni, Matteo Cairoli)

66 katherine legge, tatiana calderon (with Sheena Monk, Stevan McAleer)

83 iron dames - rahel frey, sarah nový, michelle gatting

[viper-motorsports]

Failing just one position short on Saturday, Manthey Racing returned to the Nürburgring DE on Sunday for the 2024 NLS2 ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen where their N°911 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) proved a deserving victor.

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No guarantee for posting more about it, I just want to know more about your interests and what I maybe should post more about. F1 will always have the top priority, but I don't want this to be a F1 only blog.

If you would like to see more about more than one of the above series, or about one that isn't listed there, please write it as a comment/reply, or in a reblog. I'll read it, promised.

[stone-cold-groove]

Nissan Grand Prix - 1989.

[yuki-tsunodas]

the way i went from "nah im not gonna watch imsa this week" to "well i guess i'm watching imsa this week" is so funny but its even funnier because i was in and out of sleep the entire race LOL i cant even tell you when things happened because i'd wake up and be confused about why shit hit the fan LMAO

i think i should also just be banned from watching american racing series in general because the moment i watch a race my faves do so badly 😭

[motorsportverso]

Programação Dias 17-21\01\2024

Quarta-Feira-17\01

08:00-Dakar rally-etapa 10-L'equip

22:00-Dakar rally-etapa 10-Arabia Saudita-ESPN 4

Quinta-Feira-18\01

08:00-Dakar rally-etapa 11-L'equip

22:00-Dakar rally-etapa 11-Arabia Saudita-ESPN 4

Sexta-Feira-19/01

08:00-Dakar rally-etapa 12-L'equip

16:00-Andros Trophy-Lans Van Cours-Dia 1-SITE

22:00-Dakar rally-etapa 12-Arabia Saudita-ESPN 4

Sabado-20/01

09:00-24h Daytona Iracing-Parte 1-Youtube

10:50-GT Winter Series-Portimão-Race 1-Youtube

15:00-Andros Trophy-Lans Van Cours-Dia 2-SITE

16:00-IMSA VP RACING-LMP3\GT4-Race 1-IMSA.TV

Domingo-21/01

02:00-6h De Abudhabi-Youtube

05:55-GT Winter Series-Portimão-Race 2-Youtube

14:20-IMSA VP RACING-LMP3\GT4-Race 1-IMSA.TV

15:25-24h Daytona-Qualyfing-IMSA.TV

Brasileiros competindo

DAKAR RALLY

CARROS:Lucas Moraes(Toyota GR Hylux T1+ de fabrica), Cristian Baugart(Prodrive Hunter T1+)

UTVS T3; Marcelo Gastaldi\Cadu Sachs(Taurus), Gustavo Gugelmin(Can-am),Lorival Roldam(Can-am), Gunter Hinkelmann(Taurus).

UTVS T4: Cristiano Batista(Can-am), Rodrigo Varela\Enio Bozzano(Can-am), Jorge Jr(Polaris).

24h Daytona:

GTP:Pipo Derani(Cadillac V Series R #31), Felipe Nasr(Porsche 963 #7), Augusto Farfus(BMW M LMDH V8 #24)

LMP2:Felipe Fraga, Felipe Massa(Oreca #74)

GTD Pró:Daniel Serra(Ferrari 296 GT3 #62)

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Mercedes Padok Hikayeleri

[chasingseb]

“Sebastian Vettel set to race the 24 Hours of Le Mans ?

Sebastian Vettel enters new terrain with this test drive: for the first time, the four-time Formula 1 world champion will gain experience in the cockpit of a hypercar prototype.

Since 2023, the Porsche Penske Motorsport works team and private teams have campaigned the Porsche 963 in the North American IMSA sports car series and the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC. After winning three IMSA races last year, Porsche Penske Motorsport succeeded in kicking off the 2024 season with a win in both championships.”

📸24heuresdumans

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Aston Martin Vantage GT3, 2024. Alongside the new Vantage AML have revealed the racing version that will compete in GT series, including the FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the Fanatec GT World Challenge.

[cuzikan]

This is the Mosler Consulier GTP,built in Riviera Beach FL, it’s a car that was so quick it went on to dominate IMSA racing for six years before being banned. It would later dominate the Longest Day of Nelson 24-Hour Race before being banned, and would then be banned for being too successful in Car and Driver magazine’s One Lap of America series.

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FREDDO’S MOVING TO IMSA!

One race and he gets picked up by one of the best teams in the series, that’s my boy

[blorbocedes]

andretti is a huge name in motorsport, especially american motorsport!! mario andretti was f1 champion in 1978 and the family has highly successful teams in multiple different series (including indycar, formula e, imsa, etc.). the dream for them has been to get into f1, and their application (which was the approved by the FIA!) included proof of funding, sponsorship, factory and engine support from cadillac/general motors, and an already-established headquarters. they've also made a lot of headway on the car itself. so it seems like they had everything they needed right? WRONG. formula one management (aka FOM, different to the FIA) rejected it because they didn't believe andretti could add enough to the sport and are assuming they wouldn't be competitive. to a lot of people, this seems like an excuse— FOM and the other teams simply don't want to share the profit that they earn with an extra team. and it's like, if they rejected andretti, then they're basically going to reject everyone. meaning we're never going to get an 11th team. hugely disappointing because i think everyone wants to see more teams in f1, especially a team with as strong a racing heritage as andretti.

thank you for the explainer! @ prev anon this is for you

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Le Mans vs. Daytona, Two Sides of the Endurance Racing Coin.

A bit of a belated blog on the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, how it compares to the other major 24-hour race - the Rolex 24 at Daytona - and how IMSA and WEC differ.

First things first, sports car racing in general is at a peak right now.

The largest prototype fields in decades, interclass competition of sorts with LMDh/GTP cars on one end and Hypercars on the other, and equally diverse GT3 fields to go with it. It's not a competition between IMSA and WEC as far as I'm concerned, both series collaborated on these regulations and that has benefitted endurance racing as a whole.

That being said, I've noticed some differences between the two, and I've had some discussions with friends about it lately.

The crux is this: the Rolex 24 at Daytona is the curtain raiser for the racing season, where drivers from every discipline from Formula One to NASCAR to half the Indycar field, plus all the regular cast of characters from endurance racing come to play. It's all within the confines of a 2.5-mile oval with big grandstands and clear sightlines, and the lights are all over the track, meaning you can see all the action pretty well. It's also in Daytona Beach a few weeks ahead of the Daytona 500.

Daytona is a party, a celebration of motorsport to kick off the next season of racing.

Le Mans, meanwhile, is a beacon of history. The start-finish line is where it has always been, the Dunlop Bridge has outlasted Dunlop itself making racing tyres, and it's an old school reminder to when those types of circular bridges were all over racing. Then onto the Mulsanne, the long, dark highway, with bits of civilization interspersed with woods, a theme with continues in the back half of the track. Some corners are named after historic tracks, like Indianapolis, others are named after the marques which defined era of Le Mans history - Corvette, Porsche, and Ford in particular.

Corvette, which has dominated GT racing at Le Mans for decades now.

Porsche, which is the most successful brand at Le Mans, and

Ford, who went back-to-back-to-back-to-back in the late 60s with the GT40, and then returned with the GT1 and GTE models in more recent decades.

That dedication to history shows in the broadcast too, with the broadcast often cutting to Tom Kristensen for interviews or by harkening back to similar events in Le Mans' past. Obviously, that's something that comes up in all racing broadcasts, but it was very apparent at Le Mans this year.

For the record, I'm not saying that's bad, this blog is proof that I'm a massive nerd when it comes to racing history, and I love that, I'm just noting it's a difference.

The crowd burning a couch in celebration after the 12 Hours of Sebring? Fans celebrating the misadventures of the Sean Creech Motorsports American flag Ligier LMP2 with its many cautions at Daytona and now Watkins Glen? You don't really see that at Le Mans.

In fact, there was one very fun thing from the 2023 Le Mans that was missing this year: the Garage 56 NASCAR. Now, i understand that was a one-off thing, and I do get the impression that the hydrogen car they showed off before the race - which was numbered #24, just like the NASCAR had been - was supposed to be a G56 entry for this year but they couldn't quite get it working yet, so I know that it's a bit of an unfair criticism to levy against Le Mans.

Still, 2023 had the big Camaro memes, the V8 sound, all those Freebird on the Mulsanne edits, it made Le Mans more fun.

And of course, Le Mans is fun even without those things - ferris wheels, fireworks, and, you know, the whole twenty-four hours of motor racing thing - all make for appointment television for racing nerds like me, but it is something I've noticed coming out of the 2024 race.

So does Le Mans need to change? No, i don't think so.

I like seeing cars coming down the Mulsanne, I like seeing the Ferrari hypercar racing against Toyota in addition to all the cars that do both IMSA and WEC, I like the announcers getting increasingly delirious as it gets into the night stint, and I like the fact that Valentino Rossi is now a BMW GT3 driver who competed at Le Mans.

The Rolex 24 at Daytona is probably more fun that Le Mans and its position on the calendar probably lets it get a handful of one-off drivers that may not be able to do Le Mans, but Le Mans also attracts plenty of unique talent as well. Ferrari doesn't do IMSA, nor does Toyota, nor does Valentino Rossi.

Would I like them to? Absolutely.

Am I fine with just having two different, successful endurance racing series on either side of the Atlantic? Absolutely. It's like the modern version of CART vs. Formula One as far as I'm concerned, only this time, I'm in a position to enjoy it.

So yeah, there are some things I prefer about IMSA, but there's plenty I love about Le Mans as well.

Hell, the fact that after the sister Ferrari won last year, we got to see the #50 Ferrari of Nicklas Nielsen, Miguel Molina, and Antonio Fuoco win. Both cars have now won Le Mans, and this means that last year's Antonio Giovinazzi, and this year's Antonio Fuoco - two drivers I've followed since the mid-to-late 2010s when they were actively in the open wheel junior series - are both Le Mans winners.

That's cool. I love the fact that drivers can fulfill their dream of winning for Ferrari, not just in Formula One, but now at Le Mans too. It's a great time to see, and between this and Indycar, I'm developing a lot of hope for talented junior drivers without F1 prospects.

Hell, on that very note, Felipe Drugovich raced at Le Mans for Action Express Cadillac this year, which seems to be his first time back in a major racing series since his F2 title campaign. Glad to see him back behind the wheel, just wish it went better for him.

Anyway, this last weekend of racing was a bit of a dud for me and I find myself busy yet again, so I'll leave the blogpost here, but do let you know what you think!

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1992 Toyota Eagle Mark III

The Toyota Eagle Mark III is one of the true legends of American motor sport, achieving a record-breaking performance in IMSA racing in the early 1990s.

As well as being an all-conquering machine, it was also the last of its kind: the US sports series subsequently moved away from the GTP class in which the Toyota Eagle competed.