IMSA Race 2020 Rolex 24 Hours of 1801 W International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 - Page 21

fieldodreams79 · 26 Jan 2020, 19:04 (Ref:3953896)

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Originally Posted by belt driven

Dear NBC Sports: I promise to sign up for a year of trackpass if you will get rid of Paul Tracy. (PLEASE!)

Sadly, I feel PT isn't the worst thing about their coverage...

https://twitter.com/MotorsportsNBC/s...45797365063682

GriffM3 · 26 Jan 2020, 19:05 (Ref:3953897)

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Originally Posted by belt driven

Congrats to WTR. Congrats to RLL #24BMW, a GT car with its engine in approximately original location...

Unlike Porsche and their bs mid engine 911 Cheater car....BMW wins baby!!!!!

**Adam43** · 26 Jan 2020, 19:07 (Ref:3953898)

That was fun, cheers everyone

TWRv12 · 26 Jan 2020, 19:08 (Ref:3953899)

What did Vanthoor say?

TF110 · 26 Jan 2020, 19:29 (Ref:3953902)

I missed most of the race, but kept up with the timing. I tuned in for the last few hours and the nbc crew were praising wtr because it was a sure thing Dixon was going to finish the #10 because Kobayashi makes mistakes. According to them Dixon is mr. cool under pressure while Kobayashi is a hot-head

Turns out they were wrong and Koby stayed in the car, extended the lead and brought home the win. Good for them. I wanted Mazda but they didn't catch fire! Coming 2nd isn't bad considering they have never been there at the end to contend so far in dpi. Big bmw taking the win was nice to see too. They're not just a meme and they proved it again today.

**joeb** · 26 Jan 2020, 19:43 (Ref:3953905)

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Originally Posted by skycafe

Saw that car debut at D, long ago.

Was hoping for Mazda success today.

I think Mazda had success today, both cars finished a 24 hour race and one placed 2nd!

This season should be good again with all three brands likely to be in contention every race.

chernaudi · 26 Jan 2020, 19:57 (Ref:3953909)

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Originally Posted by TF110

I missed most of the race, but kept up with the timing. I tuned in for the last few hours and the nbc crew were praising wtr because it was a sure thing Dixon was going to finish the #10 because Kobayashi makes mistakes. According to them Dixon is mr. cool under pressure while Kobayashi is a hot-head

Turns out they were wrong and Koby stayed in the car, extended the lead and brought home the win. Good for them. I wanted Mazda but they didn't catch fire! Coming 2nd isn't bad considering they have never been there at the end to contend so far in dpi. Big bmw taking the win was nice to see too. They're not just a meme and they proved it again today.

It's clear that the NBC crew on air at that moment either don't watch or don't care about the WEC. Ironically current IMSA classes outside of GTD owe their lives to the ACO and the WEC, and IMSA and the ACO announced on Friday that they agree in principal on the future route that LMP1 Hypercar and DPI 2.0 will take.

**skycafe** · 26 Jan 2020, 20:52 (Ref:3953912)

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Originally Posted by joeb

I think Mazda had success today, both cars finished a 24 hour race and one placed 2nd!

This season should be good again with all three brands likely to be in contention every race.

I only care about wins!

(I did not intend to slight their performance today. They dun good. Those RX3s were not class winners years ago, but they lead the way for the RX7s to follow)

JoeW04 · 26 Jan 2020, 21:25 (Ref:3953917)

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Originally Posted by TF110

I missed most of the race, but kept up with the timing. I tuned in for the last few hours and the nbc crew were praising wtr because it was a sure thing Dixon was going to finish the #10 because Kobayashi makes mistakes. According to them Dixon is mr. cool under pressure while Kobayashi is a hot-head

Turns out they were wrong and Koby stayed in the car, extended the lead and brought home the win. Good for them. I wanted Mazda but they didn't catch fire! Coming 2nd isn't bad considering they have never been there at the end to contend so far in dpi. Big bmw taking the win was nice to see too. They're not just a meme and they proved it again today.

He’s probably the best driver in sportscars atm

S griffin · 26 Jan 2020, 21:31 (Ref:3953918)

I don’t know if he is the best, certainly he’s extending his career that could have ended earlier

TF110 · 26 Jan 2020, 22:05 (Ref:3953923)

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Originally Posted by S griffin

I don’t know if he is the best, certainly he’s extending his career that could have ended earlier

Maybe not the best all around but certainly top 3 in the speed category. He pulled out a big gap in a big stint.

Anyopenroad · 26 Jan 2020, 22:25 (Ref:3953926)

Such an awesome event. Fantastic facility, great fans, lovely weather. I’m exhausted awaiting a mentally busy flight home from Orlando. The usual 4000 or so photos to sort through.

All endurance fans should go to this event once. Le Mans is incredible, but going to it 30+ years on the bounce while never seeing Daytona, Nürburgring, Spa or Sebring means missing out on a lot, IMHO of course 🙂.

Anyopenroad · 26 Jan 2020, 23:00 (Ref:3953927)

There’s a lot of bleary-eyed blokes on this flight 🤔🙂

S griffin · 26 Jan 2020, 23:19 (Ref:3953929)

Maybe they’ve had more than their fair share. Same time next year?

champcarman · 27 Jan 2020, 04:16 (Ref:3953943)

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Originally Posted by TWRv12

What did Vanthoor say?

Yeh Hindy didn't seem too impressed but I never really listened when Laurens was talking. So what did he say?

HopAlong · 27 Jan 2020, 09:05 (Ref:3953962)

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Originally Posted by champcarman

Yeh Hindy didn't seem too impressed but I never really listened when Laurens was talking. So what did he say?

He swore a couple of times that's all.

**joeb** · 27 Jan 2020, 14:25 (Ref:3954028)

Our local paper had a half page article about the race this morning. I have never seen that before. The focus was on WTR success and having this be the first race without one of Wayne's kids on the team in a long time. They also said who won all the other classes, and touched on the outside sportscar racing drivers who had success.

S griffin · 27 Jan 2020, 14:36 (Ref:3954030)

That does seem unprecedented coverage. Must have been a good one. Certainly WTR deserve this coverage after that result, especially as it was done in style. But above all else this race deserves the coverage

TF110 · 27 Jan 2020, 17:10 (Ref:3954061)

I feel like the 7 Acura would have been a closer player in the later stages had they not gotten smacked by the 55.

MaskedRacer · 27 Jan 2020, 17:22 (Ref:3954066)

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Originally Posted by TF110

I feel like the 7 Acura would have been a closer player in the later stages had they not gotten smacked by the 55.

Hard to speculate since that was so early. Who knows what could have happened later. That car was snake bitten for the whole week.

fieldodreams79 · 27 Jan 2020, 17:30 (Ref:3954071)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Our local paper had a half page article about the race this morning. I have never seen that before. The focus was on WTR success and having this be the first race without one of Wayne's kids on the team in a long time. They also said who won all the other classes, and touched on the outside sportscar racing drivers who had success.

Any mentioning of Kyle Busch? That seemed to be the biggest story in the final hour for NBC...

**joeb** · 27 Jan 2020, 17:31 (Ref:3954072)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Any mentioning of Kyle Busch? That seemed to be the biggest story in the final hour for NBC...

half a sentence, also mentioned the indycar stars

**Adam43** · 27 Jan 2020, 18:44 (Ref:3954081)

Mazda's take on the race: https://www.autosport.com/imsa/news/...tory-for-mazda

They were happy

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**joeb** · 27 Jan 2020, 19:52 (Ref:3954094)

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Originally Posted by Adam43

Mazda's take on the race: https://www.autosport.com/imsa/news/...tory-for-mazda

They were happy

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First time they haven't had a double retirement! Watch a double engine failure in the first few hours of Sebring after their Daytona success

broadrun96 · 27 Jan 2020, 23:04 (Ref:3954121)

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Originally Posted by joeb

First time they haven't had a double retirement! Watch a double engine failure in the first few hours of Sebring after their Daytona success

On the warm up lap. Then zoom-boom

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