General Sportscar Chat thread - Page 34

rich07 · 23 Nov 2017, 00:48 (Ref:3782307)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Looks like Dinner with Racers podcast got a hold of Scott Tucker for an interview.

http://sportscar365.com/imsa/scott-t...son-3-release/

No matter what your thoughts are on the guy it could be very interesting. I'll be listening shortly.

There are two episodes. One covering his racing with Level 5 and one covering his business life. Both make for quite interesting listening and regardless of what you think of Tucker its a shame that people have had a go at Ryan Eversley and Sean Heckman merely for letting the man share his side of the story.

**joeb** · 23 Nov 2017, 01:20 (Ref:3782312)

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Originally Posted by rich07

There are two episodes. One covering his racing with Level 5 and one covering his business life. Both make for quite interesting listening and regardless of what you think of Tucker its a shame that people have had a go at Ryan Eversley and Sean Heckman merely for letting the man share his side of the story.

I was able to listen to them both today, and they were great. Really interesting to hear about the team development, and really wild stuff on the legal side too!

Victor_RO · 10 Dec 2017, 19:38 (Ref:3786171)

After over a decade, Wolf Henzler is no longer a Porsche works driver

Bcarr6 · 10 Dec 2017, 22:58 (Ref:3786189)

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Originally Posted by Victor_RO

After over a decade, Wolf Henzler is no longer a Porsche works driver

Well, they were certainly going to be at max capacity for factory drivers in 18 so this is understandable, never the less, Wolf has been a fantastic member of the Porsche roster for many a year and I hope to see him running in a competitive seat in 2018.

NaBUru38 · 16 Dec 2017, 01:10 (Ref:3787360)

Marshall Pruett's 2017 Entirely Fake Sports Car Awards:

http://www.racer.com/more/viewpoints...rts-car-awards

Enjoy!

**joeb** · 17 Dec 2017, 02:35 (Ref:3787559)

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Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Marshall Pruett's 2017 Entirely Fake Sports Car Awards:

http://www.racer.com/more/viewpoints...rts-car-awards

Enjoy!

That was pretty good!

Mal · 6 Jan 2018, 16:29 (Ref:3791012)

16 years in Jail for Scott Tucker:

http://www.racer.com/north-american-...y-lending-case

J Jay · 7 Jan 2018, 19:36 (Ref:3791236)

And not before time.

neiltbag · 7 Feb 2018, 23:33 (Ref:3799411)

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Originally Posted by Mal

16 years in Jail for Scott Tucker:

http://www.racer.com/north-american-...y-lending-case

Has anyone caught the episode of Netflix's "Dirty Money" documentary series on Tucker? Includes footage shot with Tucker's permission of the bailiffs coming to repossess one of his GTD Ferraris and one of his Acura P2s. The episode is a good overview of exactly what he was up to. One thing I didn't realize is that he already did a stint in the slammer for fraud back in the early 90s, long before he got into either racing or the payday loan business.

**bella** · 8 Feb 2018, 14:32 (Ref:3799575)

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Originally Posted by neiltbag

Has anyone caught the episode of Netflix's "Dirty Money" documentary series on Tucker? Includes footage shot with Tucker's permission of the bailiffs coming to repossess one of his GTD Ferraris and one of his Acura P2s. The episode is a good overview of exactly what he was up to. One thing I didn't realize is that he already did a stint in the slammer for fraud back in the early 90s, long before he got into either racing or the payday loan business.

thanks for the heads up, watched this last night. it does a decent job of explaining what he did, which loopholes he took advantage of, and told his side as well. it's hard to sympathise with him or his wife, and his daughter is brainwashed which is kind of sad but inevitable.

Truckosaurus · 9 Feb 2018, 12:44 (Ref:3799859)

Tucker also comes across poorly in his episode of the 'Dinner with Racers' podcast.

chernaudi · 9 Feb 2018, 15:14 (Ref:3799933)

Tried to find a place in the ACO threads for this to fit but couldn't find a good place.

Retired Audi Sport boss Wolfgang Ullrich is now a special advisor to the ACO.

WolfsburgRS · 9 Feb 2018, 17:38 (Ref:3799990)

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Originally Posted by neiltbag

Has anyone caught the episode of Netflix's "Dirty Money" documentary series on Tucker? Includes footage shot with Tucker's permission of the bailiffs coming to repossess one of his GTD Ferraris and one of his Acura P2s. The episode is a good overview of exactly what he was up to. One thing I didn't realize is that he already did a stint in the slammer for fraud back in the early 90s, long before he got into either racing or the payday loan business.

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Originally Posted by bella

thanks for the heads up, watched this last night. it does a decent job of explaining what he did, which loopholes he took advantage of, and told his side as well. it's hard to sympathise with him or his wife, and his daughter is brainwashed which is kind of sad but inevitable.

Yeah, watching his daughter have to deal with the cognitive dissonance from all of that is pretty sad. (my dad who loves me and is the person who provides for me and protects me is a bad person or has done bad things - is he a bad person, etc) She will probably find therapy helpful in processing all of this.

Tucker (and his lawyer) definitely come off as pretty unsympathetic characters, as does the one tribe chief I think. You see tucker being upset about someone coming to take his two race cars from inside of his grand mansion, while alternatrively hearing from the people unfortunate enough to have used his 'service.'

**bella** · 9 Feb 2018, 18:03 (Ref:3799997)

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Originally Posted by WolfsburgRS

Tucker (and his lawyer) definitely come off as pretty unsympathetic characters, as does the one tribe chief I think. You see tucker being upset about someone coming to take his two race cars from inside of his grand mansion, while alternatrively hearing from the people unfortunate enough to have used his 'service.'

i did feel a bit for his wife and daughter, they were another casualty of the morally corrupted "look after number one" attitude that seems to exist in some areas of america that they couldn't understand why the money they were living off was gained in a completely unacceptable way. all they saw was the hard work from scott and the technical legality of the business.

on the other hand, given they were living under a roof paid for by poor working class americans who they'd taken advantage of and rinsed, i have zero sympathy at all.

i agree about the chief too, you'd hope that as an elder he'd see there was a bit more to it, but i can understand why he doesn't really care at the same time.

Mike E · 12 Feb 2018, 20:06 (Ref:3800770)

Spy shots of heavily disguised, mid-engined, turbo Corvette C8.

"It's expected to spawn a C8.R racing variant that could hit the track in 2019 for the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) sports car championship, with an entry into the Le Mans 24 Hours during that summer."

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/n...gined-supercar

**Aysedasi** · 12 Feb 2018, 20:33 (Ref:3800776)

Man, they're going to have to tidy up that paintwork........

Mike E · 12 Feb 2018, 21:04 (Ref:3800782)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Man, they're going to have to tidy up that paintwork........

Will it be on the options list?

**Aysedasi** · 12 Feb 2018, 21:40 (Ref:3800794)

I fear not.......

**joeb** · 13 Feb 2018, 02:54 (Ref:3800840)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike E

Spy shots of heavily disguised, mid-engined, turbo Corvette C8.

"It's expected to spawn a C8.R racing variant that could hit the track in 2019 for the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) sports car championship, with an entry into the Le Mans 24 Hours during that summer."

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/n...gined-supercar

A turbo v6 option, what is this world coming to?

Makaze · 13 Feb 2018, 07:15 (Ref:3800870)

GR(Toyota) Supra GT3 to debut March 7 at Geneva.

Makaze · 13 Feb 2018, 17:26 (Ref:3801034)

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Originally Posted by Makaze

GR(Toyota) Supra GT3 to debut March 7 at Geneva.

Rumor from Japan is the Supra will be LM GTE not GT3.

Baliwa · 13 Feb 2018, 19:38 (Ref:3801086)

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Originally Posted by Makaze

Rumor from Japan is the Supra will be LM GTE not GT3.

GTE? Thanks God, RCF GT3 life just started don't killed it too fast

E.B · 14 Feb 2018, 18:26 (Ref:3801326)

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Originally Posted by Mike E

Will it be on the options list?

Yeah, its listed as a car bra.

BSchneiderFan · 15 Feb 2018, 18:37 (Ref:3801634)

This is one of the most depressing things I have read in ages: https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/1...at-beat-toyota

CTD · 15 Feb 2018, 20:41 (Ref:3801677)

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Originally Posted by BSchneiderFan

This is one of the most depressing things I have read in ages: https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/1...at-beat-toyota

Sounds to me like the journalist took some freedoms.
Main point for me is that the Penalties will fall for giving false data, as the BoP between Hybrid and non-Hybrid is supposed to make them "equal".

So if we see that the Non-Hybrids are able to be faster in single lap or at a certain stage of the spring, nothing will happen. If the Non-hybrids carry a consistant faster pace, then there will be penalties.

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