IMSA Race 2024 Daytona 24Hr or ~ 6 Daytona 500s including stages

[J Jay]

Time for lap records. 1:32 is likely to happen.

[tomcug]

Race lap record by Alex Palou will probably survive the entire GTP era but Oliver's quali record already no more. That's FAST times.

[Adam43]

All over, sector times of the Porsches too slow on their last effort. If it is indeed an effort.

[flatlandsman]

Coverage all over the place, timing about half a lap ahead, lets spend two laps following the same car, I mean come on guys.

Great times for teh cars, clearly found a bunch of time.

[joeb]

Caddy showed speed and then a mixed field behind. Going to be a cracking start next week!

[tomcug]

What happened to the 60 Honda (aka Acura)?

EDIT:

My mistake, somehow I missed that one - 6th place according to S365.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by tomcug

What happened to the 60 Honda (aka Acura)?

EDIT:

My mistake, somehow I missed that one - 6th place according to S365.

It is now the 40 under WTA program. Shank got the boot after cheating last year

[GT3_Fan]

77 Porsche of Christensen very fast wow! 1) Porsche speed issues from last year are certainly gone 2) low 1 min 44s is in there range the GTLMs once were at. In a complete reversal, last year's overall GTD winners (#27 Aston) dead last in the qualifying session.

[tomcug]

For whatever the reason I only saw one Acura on the scoreboard during live broadcast But it was just me obviously
http://imsa.alkamelsystems.com/Resul...Unofficial.PDF
Full results (unofficial for now).

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by joeb

Caddy showed speed and then a mixed field behind. Going to be a cracking start next week!

Very strong showing from Chevrolet (aka Cadillac) with Volkswagen (aka Porsche) only a couple of 10ths behind, although they got pole in GTD closely followed by Toyota (aka Lexus).

I’m looking forward to it.

[tomcug]

http://imsa.alkamelsystems.com/Resul...Qualifying.PDF
Looking at sector times the 963 is a little bit quicker that Caddy on the straights but slower in corners. Interesting since at Le Mans the 963 was strong in the Porsche curves. Probably setup-influenced (?).

[Adam43]

Was it that stark at Le Mans? They seemed pretty much the same. The best times show the Porsche had a quicker top speed (2.2km/h) there too, and 0.043 quicker in sector 3.

Unfortunately we don’t get top speeds in IMSA, just sector times.

Last year we saw that the privateers and Penske often went different ways on set up, especially in wec. Both ways IIRC, with quite a difference in top speed. So I think you are on to something with set up.

[Simmi]

Looks like the #92 Porsche chassis could be toast. Spare on site thankfully - https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/d...ay-notebook-8/

Wouldn't be a big 24 hour event without a 911 being written off pre-race.

[Adam43]

Never good, but not so bad at this point in this nine day event.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Never good, but not so bad at this point in this nine day event.

So you think there may be time to wreck the backup chassis too?

[broadrun96]

Few other notes were interesting in there too


Lola B2K/10 prototype used for car-to-car shooting for the Pitt movie. Interesting choice for a bit of historics racing on track too instead of the usual slow pace minivan with the back open

And Dagys hearing a GTD Pro team will be swapping over to Ford for next year. Paul Miller sell a lot of Fords at his dealers? Or is Kenny a Ford man instead of his fleet of AMGs.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Lola B2K/10 prototype used for car-to-car shooting for the Pitt movie. Interesting choice for a bit of historics racing on track too instead of the usual slow pace minivan with the back open.

Using a Lola as a camera car to film on track sportscar action. It’s been done before

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by tomcug

Race lap record by Alex Palou will probably survive the entire GTP era but Oliver's quali record already no more. That's FAST times.

https://www.dailysportscar.com/2024/...aking-lap.html

Great conditions and they’ve learnt and developed the car so much since last year.

[tomcug]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Great conditions and they’ve learnt and developed the car so much since last year.

For sure they learned a lot last year. But I still wonder how much extra 10 kW of power helped compared to 2023

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Using a Lola as a camera car to film on track sportscar action. It’s been done before

Yeah, but that one was a bit more fun, and they didn't stop anything or have to fake any action for it

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Yeah, but that one was a bit more fun, and they didn't stop anything or have to fake any action for it

Yes. So much fun that it was allowed to be in the race. It ran quite well, apart from having to keep stopping to change film!

[belt driven]

Originally Posted by Coach Ep

Highs in the low-mid 50s (combined with chilly evening temps on Sat. evening for night practice) is bloody cold for Floridians!

My oldest friend and I attended the 24 (last Sunbank/first Rolex) 91-95. We experienced midnite temps from 55 down to 32. On the latter occasion we were ready to bail and get a room when some guys backed a PU full of firewood in right behind our tent and commenced ignition. We could hang...

[belt driven]

I go cold turkey on racing over the winter ; so apologies for dumb questions.

What did Shank do to cheat? I was a fan all the way back to Rolex/Grand Am. He was the only one to field 2 cars full seasons.

What happened to #5? Crashed, DNQ/will not start? Start from pits?

Understand Lambo has homologation commitments for WEC, but why no Ferrari GTP? So many roundballers and pop stars they don't need no stinking race publicity to sell cars in the US?

[belt driven]

Originally Posted by flatlandsman

...timing about half a lap ahead...

That was my complaint on NBC Sports Gold/IMSA. livescoring.us is damn near real time. I watched the start of Petit '18 from outside T1 entry and livescoring showed green within 50 yards of actual green flag. It only takes a few seconds for Hindy to see feeds and send us his hyperactive observations. NBC streams were over 50 seconds behind!

[joeb]

Originally Posted by belt driven

I go cold turkey on racing over the winter ; so apologies for dumb questions.



What did Shank do to cheat? I was a fan all the way back to Rolex/Grand Am. He was the only one to field 2 cars full seasons.



What happened to #5? Crashed, DNQ/will not start? Start from pits?



Understand Lambo has homologation commitments for WEC, but why no Ferrari GTP? So many roundballers and pop stars they don't need no stinking race publicity to sell cars in the US?

Shank adjusted tire pressures out of the regulations and hid the data stream from Imsa at last Daytona. This allowed them to be great on restarts and smoke the field eventually winning.

Yes the 5 Porsche crashed in practice and wasn't repaired in time.