6 Hours of Fuji qualifying: 1. Cadillac, 2. Cadillac, 3. Aston Martin! AM looked legit. They were at or near the top of the times sheets in practice.

And file this under Only in Japan: they had a dozen or more full-size tour buses circulating the track DURING hot practice. In fact, the drivers were purposely buzzing the buses at high speed to thrill the passengers :D Maybe they've been doing this for a while but I never noticed it.

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Is this race on television in the US ? I don't see anything listed on TV Racer.com .

^^^ Sorry, yeah the WEC races are always live on TNT Sports (via HBO/Max). 9:30 EST last night due to the time difference.

Alpine for the win! That was a good race with a ton of lead changes. 1. Alpine, 2. Peugeot, 3. Porsche, 4. Porsche. And in GT3 it was 1. Chevrolet, 2. Ferrari, 3. BMW

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That's a great win for Alpine and Peugeot getting better performance . Surprised a little bit by Cadillac it seemed like they had better pace than the race results .

Both Cadillacs led the first part of the race by a margin but got shuffled back during a yellow that occurred in the middle of a pit cycle and they were caught out. They could never really claw their way back. Alpine made some good pit calls. Porsche had a typically steady effort and just gradually made their way toward the front. They nearly took 3rd. Ferrari took Zero points and were never a factor in the race. So Porsche still has a chance for the manufacturer's title at the last race in Bahrain.

Porsche pulling out of the WEC at the end of this season . They will continue in IMSA .

Porsche Pulls Plug on Factory Hypercar Program – Sportscar365 https://share.google/TmGQ8wQjxiJOWpYPa

Porsche AG gambled and lost on EVs. Nobody wants a Porsche EV :rolleyes: Their business is in the crapper. Luckily, the IMSA program carries on!! :D

I think almost every manufacturer jumped in whole hog on EV's without thinking it thru . I am a firm believer that EV's fill a nitch like city driving . But for the masses nada . Porsche has hopefully learned a valuable lesson . Unfortunately the EU rules for emissions is placing the ICE in a vulnerable spot . Their leaders have to use a little more common sense .

Beyond Porsche's financial struggles, the other piece to the puzzle is the BoPs and the LMH/LMDh spec. They want a unified platform and they've been frustrated by WEC's administration of the BoPs which has allowed Ferrari to run away with Le Mans 3 years in a row. With a lot of spare cars now sitting around, I'm hoping maybe an independent team or 3 will enter 963s in IMSA next year. AO Racing was already rumored to step up to GTP and this makes that move even easier.

Also, I don't think Porsche will be allowed to race at Le Mans next year. There has to be a full-time team running in WEC to allow invitations to IMSA teams. Unless some sort of special arrangement can be made I suppose.

I would love to see Kevin Estre and Matt Campbell in IMSA.

Looks like the AO Racing 963 rumor was just that. A rumor. They will continue next year in GTD and LMP2. Great Halloween livery for Petit Le Mans :cool:

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I would imagine there are phone calls into Porsche/Penske by teams in IMSA and the WEC to possibly purchase their WEC cars . Yes AO Racing has announced GT3/LMP2 programs for next year but that could change . Love the Halloween themed liveries .

AO has diecasts of these cars too. I'll get a 1:43 Rexy because it looks boss.

AO Racing released this video to debut the skeletal livery . A little over a minute long . I think the video was very well done including the laugh of Vincent Price . In my opinion the livery is fantastic .

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So who's reporting for us live from Petit Le Mans? Anyone?

Unfortunately I am not going this year :( . The Porsche corral sold out so quick I missed out . Oh well there's always next year .