IMSA Race 2017 - Rolex Daytona 24

[fieldodreams79]

10 Caddy looks to have some issues with rear lights...

Edit- brake lights work but not the annoying flashers,which need to stop

Originally Posted by RWill2073

To be fair, we were all impressed they made it 9 hours 40 minutes at petit too.

You got that right!

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

10 Caddy looks to have some issues with rear lights...

You got that right!

Rain light has been turned off I think.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Rain light has been turned off I think.

Ah OK. They still are flashing on the AXR 5 but not the 10....

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Ah OK. They still are flashing on the AXR 5 but not the 10....

Yeah I think that's the rain light. I've no idea what IMSA rules are with those. There's a few cars out on track with missing lights so I don't think IMSA mind too much.

[fergus_r]

#90 off on his out-lap, cold tyres once again

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

Yeah I think that's the rain light. I've no idea what IMSA rules are with those. There's a few cars out on track with missing lights so I don't think IMSA mind too much.

You think they'd put flashing lights on the rear of the slower cars, not the quickest.

Well, quickest after the tires warm up!

[RWill2073]

Originally Posted by Jameson

Good to see the Turner BMW slowly getting back in the game. From 5 or 6 laps down after being hit by a Corvette (did anyone see what happened there, I just read it on Twitter?) back to 7th in GTD and 1 lap down.

Klingmann doing a solid stint there. Good pace if you don't count Balzan who was 2 seconds clear of everyone last time around.

But I'm pretty surprised they retained Klingmann after what happened in Petit last year, hitting the team car and throwing a tantrum on pitlane...

Good for the German, though.

I was wondering about that guy. I didn't remember which driver that was, but was curious if he kept his ride.

[fieldodreams79]

88 starworks will want to forget this race

Good stuff at the sharp end!

[Akrapovic]

Pretty sure the 8 and 88 have had more incidents than the rest of the grid combined. After the fuss starworks made about painting the car bright colours so nobody would hit it.

[Jameson]

How come Hunter-Reay is consistently 3-4 seconds per lap quicker than Lally in the other Acura?

[joeb]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

88 starworks will want to forget this race

Good stuff at the sharp end!

I think every PC car except the 38 will want to forget this race.

And I'll want to forget PC was in this race.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Jameson

How come Hunter-Reay is consistently 3-4 seconds per lap quicker than Lally in the other Acura?

The cars might not be equal at this point of the race, but perhaps RHR likes these conditions?

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by joeb

I think every PC car except the 38 will want to forget this race.

And I'll want to forget PC was in this race.

Touchè!


Did Graham Goodwin call Italians "dramatic"?

[Damian Baldi]

19 hours on the race, and none of the prototype's engines blew up.

[MaskedRacer]

Originally Posted by Jameson

How come Hunter-Reay is consistently 3-4 seconds per lap quicker than Lally in the other Acura?

Yeah not frequently we say this but Andy Lally is not getting the job done. #63 Ferrari just passed for 4th place with ease.

[fergus_r]

#90 about to go a lap down

[bentley speed 8]

WHat's the #2 doing?

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by bentley speed 8

WHat's the #2 doing?

Creating a yellow.

[fieldodreams79]

ESM not pleased with Continental Tires

[fergus_r]

Originally Posted by bentley speed 8

WHat's the #2 doing?

Putting the Continental signage in a more visible position.

[joeb]

So it's not an IMSA race anymore unless you push a sign around the track.

[J Jay]

Quick thinking from Barbosa and AER to bring the #5 in.

Scott Sharp demonstrating he lives up to his name by engineering a quick Conti ad opportunity.

[Starfish Primer]

Sharp in John Pew mode

[gert]

Angelleli off

[Akrapovic]

Prototypes on cold tyres can't keep up with GTD. That's embarrassing.