IMSA Race 2015 Rolex 24 at Daytona

[Ginaro Zukovsky]

The guy on IMSA Radio, Hurley Haywood, is part of the #58 car right? He said they were penalised for an improper pass around procedure with a S/G + 3 minutes, when in fact their transponder had fallen off! Race control not fully 100% yet...

Chiana, a couple of hours ago the #54 had a 3 or 4 lap lead in PC - now it's down to 1 lap with all the cautions...

[Lagunaseca_4life]

Doesn't the bathurst 12 hour have samiliar wave by regs?

[seanyb505]

I haven't been able to shake that thought since the opening laps when Bermeister went a few down at the start. Doesn't matter. Barring intra-team accidents, they'll be back on the lead lap by the end.

It reminds me of the adage that you can't win the race on the first lap, but you can lose it.

NASCAR has completely thrown that out in search of a better show. This is why I believe any race event run by this organization immediately falls off the list of prestigious endurance events in the world. Buying ALMS didn't bring credibility to Daytona, it ruined the credibility of the purchased aspects.

[TzeiTzei]

After all these yellows and wave bys how can #60 still be five laps behind?

[Lagunaseca_4life]

Yea the 912 fell behind 6 laps at the start and was back on lead lap before the 6 hour mark.

It sucks,do I like it?no.but I love race cars and racing so I can deal with it,and just hope Imsa isnt dragged all the way to spint cup levels eventhough it's almost there.

It isn't all that bad,I could always be a NFL fan obsessed with deflated footballs and all thier stupid rules.lol

[Lagunaseca_4life]

Originally Posted by TzeiTzei

After all these yellows and wave bys how can #60 still be five laps behind?

A kid and an am driver....

[jasonjessica09]

Originally Posted by Chiana

Watched pretty much from the start without taking eye off too much but then with Rooftop Ray sort of got tired and eventually snoozed off for about 7-8 hours. Waked up middle way through that but when I saw the Oak car laps down went back to sleep.

You know Speed King is right in a sense that this is better than last year, obviously it is, and there is now at least a small sense of it being more than just a Grand-Am race, however when you watch this stuff so rarely you almost forgot how ridiculous it is... you have team fixing the car in the pits for couple of laps, then after getting going it re-pits multiple times in short intervals for check-ups and stuff. But then hour or so later with all the wave by crap that same thing is artificially advanced to lead. When you think about it, the whole thing is utterly ridiculous and just like in NASCAR, the only thing that matters during the first 23 hours 45 minutes is keeping the car and engine alive from accidents & mechanical gremlins so that you're ready for the "final shootout" after the stupid wave bys have moved everybody to the lead lap. Even if you were 20 down couple of hours ago...

Every year the same amazement... yes it's close and you have fights (also down to tight BoP), but it doesn't really mean anything if you pass someone, not until the final minutes.

Anyway, even though it's hard to make too many judgements with this system, HPD(s) faired better than though pace wise for their first event. Getting stuck to garage was inevitability. They'll be good by Le Mans

For sure, there is an "endurance" aspect of this that has been taken away. No wonder you don't see cars win by 10 laps anymore. 2003 was the last race someone won overall by a hefty margin.

[J Jay]

Nice stuff between #31 and #60 just behind the lead DP trio.

Some say that the driver of the #31 will be making an appearance on BBC2 at 8pm tonight.

(Sorry, couldn't think of anything appropriate!)

[10TENTHS]

*sigh* of course, "Nascar" (despite there being no Nascar employees in IMSA) runs the show so it automatically isn't racing. I thought people had dropped that emotional nonsense by now... where was everyone complaining about the time-wasting yellows in ALMS, the non-existent LMP1 competition and pathetic overall car counts without the spec PC\GTC classes? Don Panoz gave up on it, it was dying. Get over it. Drop the rose-tinted spectacles for a change.

As for the LMPC "battle", the #54 lost laps due to a puncture, actually. Nobody is threatening their lead.

[Lagunaseca_4life]

This is still an endurance race,obviously the Porsche's,ferraris,and aston Martin didn't have any endurance this race.all the cars still have to endure to the end,but this race being a 100% competitive competition,maybe not.

[jasonjessica09]

For those of you streaming the onboards. The "Michelin" link is the 4 Corvette right now.

[Disraeli Eers]

BTW it should be mentioned Kyle Larson has the fastest lap of his 02 crew.

That kid is amazing.

[Rodger Davies]

Originally Posted by Lagunaseca_4life

Doesn't the bathurst 12 hour have samiliar wave by regs?

I thought they use something similar to the ALMS ones? A lap back OR a pit stop basically. Could be wrong.

[Koenigsegg]

Anyone know when the #24 BMW (black one) lost their rear bumper?

[Lagunaseca_4life]

Ouch magnus taken out by a possum,lol that sucks

[wheelz22]

Originally Posted by Lagunaseca_4life

It isn't all that bad,I could always be a NFL fan obsessed with deflated footballs and all their stupid rules.lol

Good point.....it's a tough call on who lacks more credibility....the people in the NFL corporate HQ offices in Manhattan or the folks in the Daytona Bch ivory tower. Can there be a "credibility rating" less than zero ?

[jasonjessica09]

Originally Posted by Disraeli Eers

BTW it should be mentioned Kyle Larson has the fastest lap of his 02 crew.

That kid is amazing.

Larson and McMurrary are very good drivers. NASCAR does have driving talent I got to say that if nothing else. Most of those guys can pilot a sportscar and be competitive.

[Rodger Davies]

So who do we think the finishing drivers are going to be for the leaders? #10 must be Jordan Taylor and #5 must be Bourdais, but the Ganassi cars look less clear cut to me: Karam seems to be quickest in #1 but Dixon would be the go-to I assume, and both of those are quicker than Hand so far as far as I can tell. Any ideas for #2? Seems to have had Kanaan in every time I look at the screen.

[skycafe]

Originally Posted by Ginaro Zukovsky

The guy on IMSA Radio, Hurley Haywood, is part of the #58 car right?

He may be the guy that is an executive with the Brumos dealership group, and also a former driver. He won LeMans 3 times, Daytona 24 5 times, Sebring 12 a couple of times. Could be him.

[J Jay]

Originally Posted by Rodger Davies

So who do we think the finishing drivers are going to be for the leaders? #10 must be Jordan Taylor and #5 must be Bourdais, but the Ganassi cars look less clear cut to me: Karam seems to be quickest in #1 but Dixon would be the go-to I assume, and both of those are quicker than Hand so far as far as I can tell. Any ideas for #2? Seems to have had Kanaan in every time I look at the screen.

Erm, Dixon is in the #02 isn't he?

I'd say Pruett will take the #01 for his experience in handling green-white-chequered scenarios, although I would prefer to see Karam. I would be very surprised if Dixon isn't in the #02 for the finish.

[fieldodreams79]

Really???
https://twitter.com/AndyLally/status...961025/photo/1

[Simmi]

Wow Fox are really ramping up the commercials.

[Lagunaseca_4life]

I believe Dixon is in the 02

[jasonjessica09]

Originally Posted by J Jay

Erm, Dixon is in the #02 isn't he?

I'd say Pruett will take the #01 for his experience in handling green-white-chequered scenarios, although I would prefer to see Karam. I would be very surprised if Dixon isn't in the #02 for the finish.

Hope? I am cheering for the Corvettes myself to take the sweep in Prototype and GTLM. Go #10, #5, #90, #3, and #4! Especially Prototype. But I can stand BMW taking GT, but hells no to Ganassi.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Wow Fox are really ramping up the commercials.

It's dreadful.

I am going to use this combined with RLM, i mean, IMSA radio for the duration.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/f1-grand-prix-live1