2023 Daytona Rolex24…. Who’s coming?

[astrochex]

^Agreed!

Hopefully, everyone keeps it clean today. Don't want any thrashes right before the race.

[CurtEgerer]

Originally Posted by astrochex

Looks like I’ll be flagging at Turn 3 for the race.

Wave for the cameras - we'll look for you

[CurtEgerer]

[astrochex]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

Wave for the cameras - we'll look for you

I'll be the guy in white! There are 17 (!) folks currently assigned to 3/3a, three to four times the normal crew size.

[CurtEgerer]

^^ Well, that narrows it down

[CurtEgerer]

[URY914]

Team Penske worked late tonight

[URY914]

They buttoned them up and loaded them in the haulers for the night

[URY914]

Using the tracks Wi-Fi to post these.from my truck

[URY914]

Cadillac power unit

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[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by URY914

Paul, if those green lights are part of the "running lights" for night time racing, I assume they're tight up against the inside of the windshield. But as you looked at them, did the fact they're reflecting against the inside of the front fenders and the mirrors seem as bright as in the photo?

This may be a dumb question in light of the fact I'm sure Porsche with all their development time wouldn't allow such a thing, but it seems like that would create a good bit of glare going back at the driver.

[URY914]

Heel, I’ll have to have a look tonight when they’re running to see. But I’m sure if it were causing a problem they wouldn’t be using them.

[astrochex]

Cool pics, Paul. Hope you enjoy the race.

[Baz]

Nice pics.....thanks, Paul!
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Here is a photo of my Mom and stepfather at the Daytona Speedway on July 4th 1971 for the Firecracker 400.

They were married a year earlier, which is also when my brother and I re-located from Norfolk, VA to Florida, while still in high school.

I attended the 1970 24 Hours of Daytona, but not sure where any photos I took from that race are.

[svandamme]

got my VPN hooked up , and gonna be watching IMSA.TV for the weekend.
Go Porsche !

[Baz]

What was the Nick Tandy #6 car incident they mentioned....I was away and missed it.....

Never mind...I found it on Twitter:

�� THEY TOUCH!! ��

⬛️31 Whelen Cadillac (Derani) bumps the rear left of ⬛️6 Porsche (Tandy) into T1!

Somehow the Brit holds on to it, but they’ve both lost time in an early exchange ⚔️

⏳23:23:37#IMSA/#Rolex24 pic.twitter.com/a1QlSByTuU

— Only Endurance | #Rolex24 ���� (@onlyendurance) January 28, 2023

[Baz]

Here's the clip:

What a save, Nick Tandy!

Pipo Derani gets into the back of him entering Turn 1. #Rolex24

�� : @peacock, continuing on @USA_Network at 2:30 ET. pic.twitter.com/CpzHcRe3AZ

— Motorsports on NBC (@MotorsportsNBC) January 28, 2023

[Baz]

Twitter comments on that last one....LOL:

The amount of commercials you're running is insulting to the viewer.

We're almost an hour in and I've seen maybe 10 mins of actual racing.

[DaveE]

IMSA did a remarkably effective job of screwing over the 911 teams on BoP, especially considering it’s the 50th anniversary of the Brumos overall win in ‘73. A couple seconds off the pace and they tack on an extra 50 kg. I guess they didn’t want a repeat of 1973.