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I've been curious about the tires used on the TCR cars in IMSA. I know the TCR Audis are all delivered on Hankook medium compound slicks (C52). With Continental only contracted for one last year of IMSA, did they develop their own TCR spec slick just for one year, or is it a re-badged Hankook?
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http://www.continentaltire.com/news/...-new-cars-2018 All 3 classes use the same tires it says. I guess just the sizes will be different. |
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Daytona pre-event entry list:
https://sportscarchallenge.imsa.com/..._entrylist.pdf 31 entries in GS, 7 in TCR, 5 in ST. |
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Wow, 5 in ST is disappointing. I was hoping for more attendance in that class for the last year of both ST and Continental being a part of the series. TCR has a lot of promise but it doesn't have the diversity that it needs just yet.
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19 Jan 2018, 22:32 (Ref:3793882) | #33 | ||
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Best part for ST is it's only 3 teams and one has 3 cars entered. So, the chance of all 5 making it past the 50 minute mark for the season is not going to happen. So, I know that a 6th is an automatic but i might be on the tail of 5th. When I did this in GS, I almost took 4th and that was from a car that ran the whole season. Yes ST went from 20 to 5 for this year but GS went from 21 to 31. On the other hand, I ran there when over 50 were in ST for that race and at least 40 full time cars. I'm glad I got to run in that class when it was at a record high. Those days are now gone. |
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20 Jan 2018, 20:40 (Ref:3794046) | #36 | ||
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Since IMSA is looking like miracle workers, just look at the last 5 years of Daytona entries and you'll see: ST Entries Daytona 2018 - 6 2017 - 20 2016 - 29 2015 - 31 2014 - 38 2013 - 34 GS Entries Daytona 2018 - 30 2017 - 20 2016 - 8 2015 - 25 2014 - 30 2013 - 34 Total Entries Daytona 2018 - 43 2017 - 40 2016 - 37 2015 - 56 2014 - 68 2013 - 68 |
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So basically even though it's on the upswing, relative to years' past it's still down. I feel like 09/10/11 the grids were even larger than 13 and 14? I seem to recall ST being massive back then.
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22 Jan 2018, 18:53 (Ref:3794358) | #40 | |
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GS - 42 ST - 49 Total - 91 For that race, I finished 8th in ST and 33rd overall. As you can see, finishing 8th in a field is 49 is much more difficult as opposed to today where finishing 6th in ST (deal last) is just circulating around the track. Hit the minimum amount of required time and then you can park it. For a 6th today, it's $0 in prize money. For an 8th in 2008, I got $1350. A set of tires were $900, so it paid for 1.5 sets (only used 2 sets for the event). Top it off, I needed those two tire handlers and jack man that is not allowed today (so 3 extra over the wall crew guys). At the time, $1K was the lowest paid for ST and that was 18th. Wonder why everyone bailed? It's the value because in the series, about 90% are rental. Charging more to do the same exact thing when they tell you it's going to be cheaper makes no sense to many. All you can do is wait for the next group that doesn't know any better and the fields will go up but never to what we seen in the past. Those days are over because everyone runs in other series' here in the US. For the prize money comparison in 10 years: 2008 P GS ST 1 - 10K 7.5K 2 - 7.5K 5K 3 - 5K 3.5K 4 - 4K 3K 5 - 3.5K 2.5K 6 - 2K 1.35K 7 - 2K 1.35K 8 - 2K 1.35K 9 - 2K 1.35K 10 - 2K 1.35K 11 - 2K 1.35K 12 - 2K 1.35K 13 - 2K 1.35K 14 - 2K 1.35K 15 - 2K 1.35K 16 - 2K 1K 17 - 2K 1K 18 - 2K 1K T - 56K 38K = 94K 2018 P GS ST TCR 1 - 12K 7.5K 10K 2 - 8K 3.5K 7K 3 - 5K 2K 4K 4 - 3K 0K 0K 5 - 2K 0K 0K T - 30K 16K 21K = 61.5K (-34.5% from 2008) |
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CTSCC practice 1 almost in the books. https://scoring.imsa.com/
Audi quickest so far with Andrew Davis and a 1:55.867. Closest is Dillon Machavern in the RS1 Porsche with a 156.112. Solid mix of manufacturers inside the top 10 with Audi, Porsche, Ford, Aston, Mercedes and BMW all represented. The Mclarens are 19th or worse. The new all-female Audi Sport entry clocked in 16th in class, Ashley Freiburg with a 1:58.019. The fastest of the all VAG TCR class is the 53 RS3 LMS running a 2:00.822, about 2 seconds a lap off the slowest of the GS cars. |
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To be completely honest, I am quite glad to see that so far this race weekend, none of the Mustang's have dominated the timing charts.
I hope i'm not the only one that felt the Mustang GT4s were severely overpowered last year at Daytona. It is still early though. *Edit* By the way, we now have an article explaining what is going on with the Freedom Autosport MX-5s. http://sportscar365.com/imsa/ctscc/f...r-ctsc-hiatus/ |
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Actually it never explained why Freedom is not running. It was some PR fluff to make everyone feel warm and fuzzy inside along with confusing everyone. At least they were able to throw in the word "global" many times and that makes me feel good because I want to make sure Mazda understands they have a global commitment to motorsport. Also, I guess those brand new MX5's that run in TCA (which is literally an ST car) somehow needed some sort of extensive R&D program because all they would to of had to do is throw on a different brand of tire.
As of now, Mazda is throwing 100% of everything they got to Joest and thus, anything in Conti is done for. Plus, most of Freedom was a rental operation anyway. I really wished that someone would have showed up with a Seat Leon. That way we could make it a complete VAG class. Anyone know where the Alfa's are? What about the Honda's? Subaru? Where's the Buick (that's a rebadged Opel Astra)? Hyundai? Kia? Peugeot? |
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You could probably re-body the GTI as a Leon if you really wanted to. The Hondas look great, but I'm pretty sure that's not a USA model so I doubt HPD was looking to sell any. TCR could be the NATCC v2.0! An entire field of cars (minus the Dodge) that had very little to do with anything sold in the states. |
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Excellent race today, despite a bit of damage being done to some cars...
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Great race!
The caymans seemed to be almost unstoppable: very fast in the corners and also on the oval. However the battle between the GT4 was enjoyable |
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It was an enjoyable race yesterday afternoon (albeit a bit windy making it chillier than comfortable for a Florida afternoon).
The Caymans were crazy fast. Not sure what happened to McAleer's car after the last restart but they were in for a sure 1-2 with the pace they showed all day. Shame also about Hindman's brakes causing him to drop back. ST used to be a great class to follow but with so few cars between TCR and ST the secondary classes became truly secondary. I'm looking forward to the growth of the TCR class and some added diversity like ST was in previous years. The rest of the GS season should be pretty fun, should be interesting to see how the GT4s interact on all the different tracks. Daytona was clearly Porsche territory yesterday. |
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The TCR wont be as diverse, its just touring cars.
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Agreed. Losing ST is a big, big mistake. Such a shame. 30+ GT4s and 20+ ST cars would be fantastic.
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Not a classic, this one. But it had its moments.
Woke up on Sunday to see multiple lap gaps between nearly all positions and the only cars on the same lap were the two Ford GTs and you know there weren't going to race each other. It felt like all of Sunday was everything running to program with the only surprises being the continent-errible tyres puncturing Some standout performances, however. Alonso did well and particularly Lando's first stint. First time ever in race conditions in an endurance race and he was in the dark, amid traffic AND IT STARTS TO RAIN! Yet he was the fastest on track in that phase. Tob job son, he is the real deal after all. Standout negatives: Castroneves still drives like a jerk, I see. Shoving someone off the road in the 1st lap, acting like a weapon in traffic all race. Someone have a quiet word with him please! (At least he didn't jump the start this time ) |
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