IMSA Race 2020 Rolex 24 Hours of 1801 W International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL 32114

[skycafe]

Black Swan has sourced a replacement chassis from Wright, so will make the race.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Everyone notice how joeb dodged this so eloquently?

If you only knew what I was doing the last two days plus tomorrow you wouldn't be jealous. I am just looking at this for first time today.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by joeb

If you only knew what I was doing the last two days plus tomorrow you wouldn't be jealous. I am just looking at this for first time today.

So when will the Mazdas blow up?

[joeb]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

So when will the Mazdas blow up?

They won't. Suspension failure and crash for 55 and clutch issues for 77

[belt driven]

Greetings race fan(atic)s.

Like the thread title. I took a picture from a side street of a bucket truck changing the overhead street signs from Volusia Blvd. to ISB. This was during the 24 in '92-'95 on a Sunday morning.

Does any statistician know the maximum historic endurance of a Mazda turbo 4? What about the average?

Don't know about overseas; but http://livescoring.us/2020/imsa01/ is the ticket stateside. I've used it the last 2 petits on the world's cheapest/dumbest/smartphone.

Hope IMSA TV works Friday...

[Akrapovic]

Watching qualifying. Have to say, the sounds are so generic now it has lost a lot of character. Porsche and Corvette now sounds generic, and that's sad.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by joeb

They won't. Suspension failure and crash for 55 and clutch issues for 77

they're at least on the pole and 3rd. A Penske Acura leading the GTd field? What happened there.

Man, q-ing slept right by me (and us here). Not much talk at all cept we couldn't watch it live??!

Edit - thanks Twitter - Ricky bent it...

https://twitter.com/RickyTaylorRace/...53841399226368

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Watching qualifying. Have to say, the sounds are so generic now it has lost a lot of character. Porsche and Corvette now sounds generic, and that's sad.

yeah. A piece of me died the first time I heard the new 'vette...

[MaskedRacer]

Anybody in the know about the #38 Perf Tech Oreca chassis's status after the morning crash?

[Akrapovic]

Can we talk about the Michelin Pilot race here? This race is awesome.

[seanyb505]

Good day to be in a Mercedes

[Akrapovic]

It is, but that Audi is looking menacing. They could be a factor come the end.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Can we talk about the Michelin Pilot race here? This race is awesome.

I think this kind of stuff is forbidden. Be careful.

[Akrapovic]

Late yellow. Not sure we'll go green again. IMSA doing the wave around early in an attempt to prepare for it though. I'll be super impressed if they clean this up and go green again.

Been a really good race. Clean, no unnecessary yellows.

[seanyb505]

There's been a number of things that could have necessitated a yellow and I would have understood. I appreciate the hesitancy go yellow all the time.

[skycafe]

Originally Posted by MaskedRacer

Anybody in the know about the #38 Perf Tech Oreca chassis's status after the morning crash?

S365 reporting damage wasn't too bad and car will race

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/d...y-notebook-11/

[jimclark]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

A Penske Acura leading the GTd field? What happened there.

Ricky smunched before getting rolling.

[RWill2073]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Watching qualifying. Have to say, the sounds are so generic now it has lost a lot of character. Porsche and Corvette now sounds generic, and that's sad.

It is sad to know two of the most unique sounds are gone. I couldn't tell too much about the porsche from qualifying, I saw the Corvette at petit do the parade lap, and while it definitely lost character, it still sounds good. As long as the porsche still has the unmistakable sound it has on deceleration and downshifting, I'll still love it. Theres something about it I can't explain without mimicking it, but it is so cool.

Any chance there will be any good links around the time the race starts?

[jimclark]

Originally Posted by RWill2073

Any chance there will be any good links around the time the race starts?

I'd try to answer but I don't undersatnd the question. What kind of links?......That aren't around at other times? Post #1 doesn't get it?

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by jimclark

I'd try to answer but I don't undersatnd the question. What kind of links?......That aren't around at other times? Post #1 doesn't get it?

A lot of streams for events are temporary. Often put up in a reaction to when a service dies - something the IMSA site (and WEC site) manage quite often during the biggest events. He's asking if anyone knows of anyone planning such a stream.

[justracing]

What time(uk) will the IMSA stream go live please?

[Akrapovic]

I think it’s around 1830 UK. Kinda hard to work out on the IMSA site as it says the race starts at 1230 but TV starts at 1330. So something is wrong there (as always is with the IMSA times - someone should give them a Mickey Mouse Watch). Other sources say 1830 UK.

[justracing]

Thanks, I thought so and you're right it's a bit of lottery judging by previous experiences.

[Anyopenroad]

Race start is 1340 local time, an hour earlier than the last few years. UK is five hours ahead so 1840 start UK time.

[belt driven]

Unable to sign up for NBCSG Trackpass. Tried yesterday during the Pilot Challenge, last night, and this morning. When I click register, it goes back to Capcha box.

Any suggestions?