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Old 8 Nov 2016, 17:37 (Ref:3686560)   #76
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Pretty poor support package. IMSA should have done better.
It's been on the down slope for years. I miss an open wheel support race like Star Mazda: something a little different and usually a good race.
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Old 8 Nov 2016, 17:47 (Ref:3686563)   #77
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I was hoping for Prototype Lites/Challenge to be a support with the P3 cars when it was first announced.
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Old 8 Nov 2016, 17:51 (Ref:3686564)   #78
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Here is my updated Rolex 24 Entry list. I will just go out and say I am psyched for this race.



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2x Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7R
2x Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT GTE
2x BMW Team RLL BMW M6 GTLM
2x Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR
1x Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 Italia GTE
1x Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 Italia GTE

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1x Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R
1x CORE Autosport Porsche 911 GT3 R
1x Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R*
1/2x Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R*
1x Alegra Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R*

* = Rumored / less than “likely”
Missing the Proton GTE entry which is in the works and one more GTD Porsche entry which I can't say anything else about.

The Daytona entry list should be pretty solid because it's Daytona. I'm a little more nervous about the middle of the season.. but hopefully they can stay healthy.

The GTD entry list for the season isn't healthy, IMO, even though it should be good enough for an entertaining season. It's definitely not very robust and the biggest endurance races in North America deserve better.

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Old 8 Nov 2016, 19:04 (Ref:3686580)   #79
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It's been on the down slope for years. I miss an open wheel support race like Star Mazda: something a little different and usually a good race.
Daytona has traditionally only had one support race. The Ferrari Challenge cars ran the last 2 years but before that it was just Conti and before that Motorola, Firehawk and whichever series those replaced leading up to CTSC.

Sebring on the other hand has been knocking support races off seemingly every year, with just 4 running last year. In the past 15 years or so we've seen Pirelli World Challenge, Formula Atlantic, F2000, Star Mazda, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Historic Trans Am, Spec Miata, Skip Barber Formula cars, Panoz series and probably some I'm forgetting come and go from the Sebring schedule so now it's just IMSA Lites, Conti, Porsche Cup, and HSR.
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Old 8 Nov 2016, 19:50 (Ref:3686593)   #80
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You coming to watch with me? We can pull an all-nighter if you want.
I think that is the weekend after I head back up to Notre Dame. I might be back in SC for Sebring though and NC long term.
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Old 10 Nov 2016, 15:15 (Ref:3686976)   #81
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As mentioned elsewhere, Ford will bring 4 cars to the party! Time for others (GM? Ferrari? Porsche?) to up their game as well.

Also hoping Rebellion will send one of their new Oreca 07s over for the 36H of FL.

Plus a couple of potential entries appearing here (Ebimotors and Land Motorsport, both in GTD):

http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/im...list-released/
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Old 10 Nov 2016, 18:15 (Ref:3687003)   #82
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As mentioned elsewhere, Ford will bring 4 cars to the party! Time for others (GM? Ferrari? Porsche?) to up their game as well.

Also hoping Rebellion will send one of their new Oreca 07s over for the 36H of FL.

Plus a couple of potential entries appearing here (Ebimotors and Land Motorsport, both in GTD):

http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/im...list-released/
Could be a really good GTD entry for Daytona. A Rebellion in P class would be fantastic for both the grid depth and prestige of the event.
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Old 10 Nov 2016, 19:45 (Ref:3687019)   #83
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Of course, no mention of whether or not the test is open to the public this year. 'Gotta give 'em a call.
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Old 10 Nov 2016, 20:00 (Ref:3687023)   #84
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Rebellion for NAEC would be awesome.
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Old 11 Nov 2016, 13:31 (Ref:3687164)   #85
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Rebellion for NAEC would be awesome.
Even just Daytona and Sebring would be pretty cool
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Old 11 Nov 2016, 13:40 (Ref:3687166)   #86
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Missing the Proton GTE entry which is in the works and one more GTD Porsche entry which I can't say anything else about.
You really beat around the bush on that one. I have a hard time connecting dots but yeah it was my fault for forgetting it.
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Of course, no mention of whether or not the test is open to the public this year. 'Gotta give 'em a call.
I called last week, they said the track would be closed for the test.
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Old 12 Nov 2016, 05:54 (Ref:3687355)   #88
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Oh boo. Do you know if that little section of grandstand (or any if changed) is open to public for a visit at all like it used to be, test or no test? Whoever you talked to might not have had a clue if they were just thinking about tickets to an event.
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Riley Gibson confirmed for Visit Florida, rather than the Mazda suggested earlier.

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Oh boo. Do you know if that little section of grandstand (or any if changed) is open to public for a visit at all like it used to be, test or no test? Whoever you talked to might not have had a clue if they were just thinking about tickets to an event.
It's possible he didn't know what he was talking about, as that HAS happened before, but I did specifically ask if part of the stands would be open and he said no.

Since they rebuilt the stands they are farther away from the ticket building and you can't access them from the front by the fence anymore, you have to go in from the side which I'm sure they can fence off.

Either way I still plan on going up there just to see what's going on since I'm pretty close and have the day off Tuesday, and at the very least Ill take the track tour to catch a glimpse of the test activities.
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A year ago I was bragging that the 2016 Daytona 24 will have the best GT field in North American sportscar history. I think the 2017 field is going to be even better. GT racing in IMSA is very healthy for the most part. Not without its flaws obviously. I think the gold/silver driver rating system for GTD needs serious revisions by 2018.
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Going by Conner Di Phillipi's Instagram Land Motorsport will be at the Daytona test with their Audi R8 so this bodes well for a 24hr entry. First Frikadelli now these guys. Good to see
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Going by Conner Di Phillipi's Instagram Land Motorsport will be at the Daytona test with their Audi R8 so this bodes well for a 24hr entry. First Frikadelli now these guys. Good to see

And a confirmation:

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[QUOTE=Lanky Turtle;3687449Since they rebuilt the stands they are farther away from the ticket building and you can't access them from the front by the fence anymore, you have to go in from the side which I'm sure they can fence off.

Either way I still plan on going up there just to see what's going on since I'm pretty close and have the day off Tuesday, and at the very least Ill take the track tour to catch a glimpse of the test activities.[/QUOTE]

'Too long a drive (FtL) fer me if I can't watch like I used to. I was planning on shootin' up if I could (watch) but, oh well....ROAR or Sebring test will hafta do. I don't bother with the races anymore as I just don't like the cars (or the sporting rules).
'Get my live speed fix just from the testing; 'races on tv.

Thanks for the info, anyhow....
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Has Gounon joined Land or is this just a one-off thing?

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