Imsa 2023

[rfuerst911sc]

Originally Posted by URY914

Caddy into the wall lap one.

That was painful to watch . Leading Toyota has a braking regen issue . Rough first lap !

[URY914]

I like WEC rule that there is no passing until the S/F line after a yellow.

[rfuerst911sc]

Man that was a hard shunt !

[CurtEgerer]

Looks like that YouTube stream was a scam. Takes you to a link once the race actually started

For those without Motortrend, you can watch on one of several streams on this pirate channel. https://sportshub.stream/

[rfuerst911sc]

Very tricky weather conditions . I feel bad for drivers that were innocently taken out by others . I am VERY surprised by how competitive team Jota is . I know they are a top notch team but they just received their Porsche a few weeks ago .

Cadillac can't seem to catch a break . Not much coverage of the Camaro . Still a very long way to go .

[javadog]

The Eurosport feed on motor trend TV leaves a lot to be desired. Is there another stream on motor trend TV that has announcers?

[CurtEgerer]

Mute it and listen to Le Mans Radio RS1.

[CurtEgerer]

I'm already imagining 2024 - this field + 2-car teams from BMW, Alpine, Lamborghini, Isotta and at least 2 more customer 963 teams

[CurtEgerer]

#94 Peugeot very impressive. Best run they've ever had!

[rfuerst911sc]

So far a great race to watch .

[CurtEgerer]

John Doonan sucking up to his NASCAR overlords for 15 minutes "It's a Cup engine with a little topend work". Umm, it's 750HP with a 1/4 ton of weight removed. And it's getting trounced by the 500HP GTE cars. Enough already. How about discussing the cars that are actually racing for position.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

John Doonan sucking up to his NASCAR overlords for 15 minutes "It's a Cup engine with a little topend work". Umm, it's 750HP with a 1/4 ton of weight removed. And it's getting trounced by the 500HP GTE cars. Enough already. How about discussing the cars that are actually racing for position.

Hey, if they finish, they win. Wait until next year when Mustangs show for a legit run..might be fun.

[URY914]

There's enough yellow flags to make it a NASCAR race.

[URY914]

Who would have guessed the 2 Ferrari hypercars would be in the top 5 after 10 hours?

[rfuerst911sc]

A little over 4 hours to go . Will Ferrari pull off a win ? Will Toyota ? Cadillac looking strong . Porsche looks to need to find a little more pace .
Really enjoying the race in GT AM with the female Iron Dames currently leading . Overall I have really enjoyed watching this year .

[CurtEgerer]

It's been an excellent race no matter how it ends. Even if Toyota wins again, they have never had to fight this hard for a win. Corvette has had an incredible comeback and now lead - they were at least a lap down at one point and it seemed hopeless. Porsche 963 has ongoing reliability issues that need to be sorted through. Still a long ways to go ....

Would love to see the #3 Cadillac on the podium. They have been beat to a pulp throughout the entire race thru no fault of their own but are holding a solid 4th. Going to need 1, 2, or 3 to drop out to make it happen.

[CurtEgerer]

Robert Kubica running a strong 2nd in LMP2

The LMP2s are under-appreciated. Yes, it's a spec car built by Oreca with a Gibson (Nissan) normally-aspirated engine, no hybrid, basically analog. But they are very quick. In fact, they de-tuned them this year by taking away 120HP, otherwise they would've been too close to the Hypercars. One team engineer described them as mechanically similar to a late 90's F1 car.

[CurtEgerer]

Lead Ferrari onboard live:

[rfuerst911sc]

With an hour to go I am impressed with CGR Cadillac . They have fought through issues and are poised for a podium finish . Both cars could podium if anything happens in front of them . Well done .

[CurtEgerer]

Disastrous race for Porsche. They may only have 1 out of the 4 963s running at the end and it's several laps down.