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#1 helioseism

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 14:52

Top-line racing is about to resume with the 2013 Rolex 24 Hours Of Daytona. Here is a link to the most convenient and complete info I could find on the web, and here is the link to the official Gran-Am site, which will have live timing and scoring. Let the games begin!

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#2 gm914

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 15:10

Indeed!
NASCAR fans there are a few guys to cheer for this year:

Juan Pablo Montoya
Jamie McMurray
AJ Allmendinger
Marcos Ambrose
Mikey Waltrip
Clint Bowyer
Colin Braun
Boris Said
and Nelsinho Piquet

(edit: added drivers)

Edited by gm914, 24 January 2013 - 15:22.


#3 Fulcrum

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 15:15

INDYCAR drivers in the Rolex 24 At Daytona:

Daytona Prototype category: Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon, Sebastien Bourdais, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Simon Pagenaud, Justin Wilson (defending race winner), Alex Tagliani

GT category: Tony Kanaan

GX category: James Hinchcliffe, Spencer Pigot, Tristan Vautier

Other notables with Indy car ties: Paul Tracy, Rubens Barrichello, Bruno Junqueira, Felipe Giaffone, Gustavo Yacaman, Rafael Matos, Christian Fittipaldi, A.J. Allmendinger, Memo Gidley, Scott Sharp, Alex Figge, Max Papis, Jonathan Bomarito and Jorge Goncalvez.

#4 jonpollak

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 18:41

Stupid question from someone who watches 2, count 'em 2, sports car races a year.

Wasn't there supposed to be a mix of ALMS and Daytona Prototypes competing against each other in Grand Am?
Or is all that next year?



#5 discover23

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 18:53

Is Rubens confirmed? That is good news. He will probably be spending some time in FL with the Montoya family.


#6 SonnyViceR

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 18:54

Stupid question from someone who watches 2, count 'em 2, sports car races a year.

Wasn't there supposed to be a mix of ALMS and Daytona Prototypes competing against each other in Grand Am?
Or is all that next year?


Next year. And it won't be called Grand-Am anymore by then.

Practice 2 just ended, glad that Radio Le Mans received rights to cover the event after all. They will provide commentary for today's quali sessions and (hopefully) night practice too.

Edited by SonnyViceR, 24 January 2013 - 18:55.


#7 SonnyViceR

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 18:57

Is Rubens confirmed? That is good news. He will probably be spending some time in FL with the Montoya family.


He was confirmed ages ago and yes he's driving the 911 Cup car.

Unfortunately the Corvette DPs were too fast during pre-season testing again, so Grand-Am has issued BoP penalties for them... :well:

#8 jonpollak

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 18:58

Found a spotters guide..
Haven't found a way to D/L it though.

Jp

#9 SonnyViceR

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 19:03

FYI SPEED is also showing the Ferrari Challenge and CTSCC support races, but tape delayed by one week.

#10 SonnyViceR

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 19:08

Found a spotters guide..
Haven't found a way to D/L it though.

Jp


Direct download link
http://www.scribd.co...mp;source=embed

#11 SonnyViceR

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 19:21

Media coverage in brief

TV

SPEED (US) - Saturday 3-11PM ET, Sunday 9AM-4PM ET
Motors TV (Europe) - link

Radio

Radio Le Mans - FULL coverage of practice, qualifying, race
MRN (NASCAR radio) - race I guess but who cares

Legal streaming

Speed.com - when SPEED broadcast not on air ie 11PM-9AM ET (NOT GEOBLOCKED, at least this has been the case in recent years)
Magnus Racing - link

Illegal streaming

Find yourself, plenty out there

Edited by SonnyViceR, 24 January 2013 - 19:24.


#12 Dolph

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 19:25

Why do they need 5 drivers for the race? So they can push at maximum?

#13 SonnyViceR

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 19:31

Why do they need 5 drivers for the race? So they can push at maximum?


It's basically pointless but allows more (rich) amateur drivers to join = better funding for teams

#14 SonnyViceR

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 20:33

Qualifying coverage just started on RLM
Listen here

#15 gm914

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 20:47

Who's everyone rooting for?

Always keen to see the Brumos boys do well, although I'd have liked to have seen Hurley Haywood back in there.
Mike Shank's outfit looks strong to defend their title. Ambrose will be a weapon for these guys.
And I like the lineup of Fittipaldi, Piquet and Nasr for Action Express.

Shame no current F1 guys are taking part. I know Webber is interested in endurance racing, and plans to race "one day with Porsche".

#16 Victor_RO

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 20:52

Who's everyone rooting for?

Always keen to see the Brumos boys do well, although I'd have liked to have seen Hurley Haywood back in there.
Mike Shank's outfit looks strong to defend their title. Ambrose will be a weapon for these guys.
And I like the lineup of Fittipaldi, Piquet and Nasr for Action Express.

Shame no current F1 guys are taking part. I know Webber is interested in endurance racing, and plans to race "one day with Porsche".


Starworks, 8Star and the Cameron/Pagenaud Sahlen car. 100% AGAINST Ganassi.

#17 Richard T

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 21:01

Who's everyone rooting for?

Always keen to see the Brumos boys do well, although I'd have liked to have seen Hurley Haywood back in there.
Mike Shank's outfit looks strong to defend their title. Ambrose will be a weapon for these guys.
And I like the lineup of Fittipaldi, Piquet and Nasr for Action Express.

Shame no current F1 guys are taking part. I know Webber is interested in endurance racing, and plans to race "one day with Porsche".


Davidsons 8Star squad!

I alwas liked Anthony so for me it's natural to always cheers for the car he is in during both Le Mans and events like this :up:

#18 SonnyViceR

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 21:02

Who's everyone rooting for?


Spirit of Daytona in DP
Marsh Corvette in GT
Dener Porsche (/w Kanaan & Rubens) in GT

And that ancient Viper, always rooting for it even though it's just a waiting game till it blows up

#19 SonnyViceR

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 21:04

Not too surprised by the lack of pace of the DP Corvettes due to the adjustment... shame

ZZZ for Ganassi

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#20 MaxisOne

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 21:19

Are the Audi R8's in this year? If they are I hope they aren't as dismal like last year.

#21 SonnyViceR

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 21:23

Are the Audi R8's in this year? If they are I hope they aren't as dismal like last year.


Yup.

These Magnus Racing bits are always awesome

#22 SonnyViceR

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 21:28

So the pole sitters for the very last pre-merger Daytona 24h weekend are

Rolex
DP // #01 Ganassi BMW Riley - 1:40.553
GT // #32 Kondrad Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - 1:47.631
GX // #16 BGB Porsche Cayman - 1:54.606

CTSCC
GS // #55 Multimatic Aston Martin Vantage GT4 - 1:56.512
ST // #30 i-Moto Mazda Speed3 - 2:06.109

#23 SonnyViceR

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 21:39

FYI SPEED is also showing the Ferrari Challenge and CTSCC support races, but tape delayed by one week.


Also live on speed2 tomorrow, if you can receive that.

#24 discover23

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 21:50

Who drove the 01 to Pole? Memo or Pruett?

#25 Victor_RO

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 21:55

Who drove the 01 to Pole? Memo or Pruett?


Pruett.

#26 jonpollak

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 22:04

Who's everyone rooting for?

02 in DP
21 and 55 in GT
70 in GX

Jp
PS..thanks for the D/L link Sonny



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Posted 24 January 2013 - 22:19

Motors TV in the UK, SKY 413, are showing the whole 24 hours live.

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 22:19

Hinch and the Speedsource car in GX. Memo in the Bob Stallings team.

#29 Watkins74

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 23:29

Indeed!
NASCAR fans there are a few guys to cheer for this year:

Juan Pablo Montoya
Jamie McMurray
AJ Allmendinger
Marcos Ambrose
Mikey Waltrip
Clint Bowyer
Colin Braun
Boris Said
and Nelsinho Piquet

(edit: added drivers)

I have mixed feeling about this. He was a one man demolition derby in Grand-Am last year. Frankly I wouldn't be surprised if the regular drivers don't ask the officials to give him a warning before the race.

Go Piquet jr.!

Edited by Watkins74, 24 January 2013 - 23:30.


#30 gm914

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 23:51

I have mixed feeling about this. He was a one man demolition derby in Grand-Am last year. Frankly I wouldn't be surprised if the regular drivers don't ask the officials to give him a warning before the race.

Go Piquet jr.!

He is already carrying a BoP penalty*, so I don't expect him to be as competitive anyway.

*Belly O' Pudding

#31 crooky369

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 23:56

Motors TV in the UK, SKY 413, are showing the whole 24 hours live.


Have they announced something because its not 24 hours on the Sky schedule?

Maybe it's all the stuff they can show live properly apart from the bits of the race, if its the same as last year where there was just one bloke filming the whole thing!

#32 Watkins74

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Posted 25 January 2013 - 04:21

I see Dixon and Pruett listed for both the 01 and the 02 cars. Are they driving both or they will pick one car during the race?

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Posted 25 January 2013 - 06:49

I see Dixon and Pruett listed for both the 01 and the 02 cars. Are they driving both or they will pick one car during the race?


Unlike other series, they're allowed to drive in both and get classified in both. Which is unfair to every championship competitor except Pruett.

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Posted 25 January 2013 - 11:44

No McDreamy this year? (Patrick Dempsey)

#35 HaydenFan

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Posted 25 January 2013 - 13:13

No McDreamy this year? (Patrick Dempsey)


He bought an LMP2 car and is running in ALMS. Next year he'll be back.

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Posted 25 January 2013 - 13:14

No McDreamy this year? (Patrick Dempsey)


No, his team parted ways with Mazda over the winter.

He bought an LMP2 car and is running in ALMS. Next year he'll be back.


Don't think he'll be running the LMP2 car this year, it was intended to be run with the Mazda diesel engine in the slow tubeframe 6 that's running around in GX. Right now they have a LMPC car and have put an entry in for Le Mans (but more likely in GTE-Am).

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Posted 25 January 2013 - 14:10

Only one RX-8 this year? That's too bad, i kinda liked them.

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Posted 25 January 2013 - 17:20

Have they announced something because its not 24 hours on the Sky schedule?

Maybe it's all the stuff they can show live properly apart from the bits of the race, if its the same as last year where there was just one bloke filming the whole thing!



I checked the EPG and ran it through a bit, then pressed the +24 hours button, and there it still was...

#39 crooky369

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Posted 25 January 2013 - 17:29

I checked the EPG and ran it through a bit, then pressed the +24 hours button, and there it still was...


It's on from 8ish till around 4am then a break until 2pm then from there till the finish.

There'll probably be a stream of sorts if you want to watch the whole thing plus RLM will cover the whole thing I guess.

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#40 SonnyViceR

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Posted 25 January 2013 - 17:57

It's on from 8ish till around 4am then a break until 2pm then from there till the finish.

There'll probably be a stream of sorts if you want to watch the whole thing plus RLM will cover the whole thing I guess.


As I said...

Legal streaming
Speed.com - when SPEED broadcast not on air ie 11PM-9AM ET (NOT GEOBLOCKED, at least this has been the case in recent years)



#41 Fulcrum

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Posted 25 January 2013 - 18:40

OMG!

Video: Good Vibrations GRAND-AM style

#42 gm914

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Posted 25 January 2013 - 18:48

OMG!

Video: Good Vibrations GRAND-AM style

Haha. Bunch of chumps. Gotta root for them now :up:

#43 SonnyViceR

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Posted 26 January 2013 - 11:38

Post-qualifying BoP break (after the penalties they received after pre-season testing) for the Corvette DPs:
Air restrictor +0,05 inches (+2,7%)

Also +100 rpm for them and -300rpm for DPs with Ford powerplant

NASCAR on roll again

Edited by SonnyViceR, 26 January 2013 - 11:48.


#44 Victor_RO

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Posted 26 January 2013 - 12:45

Post-qualifying BoP break (after the penalties they received after pre-season testing) for the Corvette DPs:
Air restrictor +0,05 inches (+2,7%)

Also +100 rpm for them and -300rpm for DPs with Ford powerplant

NASCAR on roll again


And, of course, nothing taken from the Ganassi BMW-Rileys...

#45 SonnyViceR

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Posted 26 January 2013 - 13:00

And, of course, nothing taken from the Ganassi BMW-Rileys...


But of course :wave:

#46 SonnyViceR

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Posted 26 January 2013 - 13:54

Onboard streaming here:
http://stream.speedt...idevice/rolex24

#47 jonpollak

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Posted 26 January 2013 - 17:53

Damn..Gotta take family to the movies..
Thank heavens for the DVR...
I'll pop back in when I'm caught up

Have fun race fans..
Jp

#48 gm914

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Posted 26 January 2013 - 19:27

Are we ready lads? Tuning in.

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Posted 26 January 2013 - 19:28

Are we ready lads? Tuning in.


Yup! Got RLM on and looking for decent streams :)

#50 SonnyViceR

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Posted 26 January 2013 - 19:32

Getting excited, yeah.