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You'd think someone was ringing them up as soon as they saw the news and have an extra car. Come on AO Racing, run Rexy and Roxy
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It makes far too much sense not to happen.
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4 Oct 2023, 13:33 (Ref:4179622) | #578 | ||
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Petit entry list soon?
Joseph Newgarden in a 963 right? |
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4 Oct 2023, 20:48 (Ref:4179669) | #580 | |
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https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uplo...ntryList_1.pdf 10 GTP, 9 LMP2, 8 LMP3, 8 GTD Pro and 19 GTDs Michelin Pilot Challenge 38, 28 GT4s https://www.imsa.com/wp-content/uplo..._EntryList.pdf Only 25 MX-5s though |
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I look at it as 27 GTD's. I have treated them as one race/category since GTLM left. There is no race where the prototype leaders hit the back of the GT traffic from the start faster than Petit Le Mans. I'm betting on 7 minutes this year.
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The way IMSA do the split start gets the GT cars lapped even faster these days too.
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That's one thing about the Petit... Always a mix of cars on the track with GTD and prototypes mixed together all the time. Makes it more interesting that way.
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If the race is littered with safety cars PLUS you got more demand for grid space in 2024. Maybe the race could get modified some what would be ideas?
Split races perhaps? Can spectators handle two 10 hour races. Perhaps a GTP/GTD Pro race and a GTD am/LMP2 one? One on Saturday. One on Sunday. Could allow for less incidents and less safety cars for each. More cars for each class too. |
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Would be able to run a split race 8-10 with quiet time 10-noon or 1230.
But that wouldn't be Petit any more. Wouldn't be as good an event with the AMs pushed to the their own event. Every time there's crying about too many cars and SC fest it turns in to a good race so I'm not gonna worry about it |
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But that's also why it's tough to explain races to some of the folks who ask about it. It's all NASCAR/sports style and everyone wants to know who you want to win and who you want to lose. Trying to explain a having a fun time at the race is more the goal than any one team winning. That said, anyone does something stupid, **** poor driving, etc then f that guy and hope their engine lets go. |
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They all contribute to my fun and are doing something I would love to - they all should get a trophy.
Except those driving M4s, obviously |
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I've said it for years. A GT-only race would draw more overseas entries, especially now with the Indianapolis 8 Hours the week before.
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More entries don't always make the race a better race. I like the mix of prototype and GT on the track at the same time. Makes for some very interesting events.
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Yes it does! Sportscar + GTs or big GTs with smaller GTs and Olympic GTs - all great combos which we sadly don't see enough!
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Btw, I was talking endurance racing in general, not in a 1,000 years (see what I did there?!), would I change the Petit! Re racing on Sunday: were you there for the World Challenge aftermath in the early 2000s when then ran just the GT and TC races the day after the Petit? It was anti climaxing. Good times nevertheless. |
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