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[paulb]

The TA2 race should be strong. It is the class the series likes to highlight.

Starting in a few, it appears. Cars rolling onto the track.

Andy Lally and Ryan Eversley in the booth for stints.

Edited by paulb, 21 November 2020 - 21:02.

[paulb]

And flames. You get a lot of flames when the drivers are off throttle. Its very cool.

Edited by paulb, 21 November 2020 - 21:21.

[paulb]

Ray Evernham’s debut ends at 8 laps.

[OvDrone]

 

Race #2 and season finale is green y'all.

[paulb]

Boris Said spun on first lap is back up to 7th.

Evernham is still running.

[paulb]

17 to go.

[FLB]

Justin Marks is racing. Interesting.

 

Justin Marks Reveals Why the NASCAR Next Gen Car Prompted Him to Set up His New Cup Series Team - EssentiallySports

[OvDrone]

That was fun! And with that all US Racing is done for the year. Loved it; thanks y'all.

 

All my IMSA blessings.

[Peat]

Kevin Magnussen to Ganassi!

https://www.motorspo...switch/4916048/

 

partnering Van der Zande with Dixon joining for the longer events. 

Edited by Peat, 26 November 2020 - 09:25.

[red stick]

Great news!

 

MSR-Acura:  Pla, Cameron  (Montoya, Allmendinger)

WTR-Acura:  Taylor, Albuquerque  (Castroneves, Rossi)

AXR-Cadillac:  Nasr, Derani

Ganassi-Cadillac:  Magnussen, Van der Zande (Dixon)

Mazda:  Jarvis, Tincknell  (Bomarito, Nunez)

 

JDC Miller-Cadillac: ?

 

 

EDIT for additional Mazda drivers.

12/2  EDIT for additional MSR drivers and to put WTR spare drivers in their proper team. 

Edited by red stick, 02 December 2020 - 18:28.

[red stick]

Divorce, IMSA-style.

 

https://racer.com/20...ad-without-aim/

[FLB]

 

Great news!

 

 

Mazda:  Jarvis, Tincknell

 

Bomarito will do the enduros and Nunez is slated as the fourth driver for the Rolex 24.

[red stick]

Bomarito will do the enduros and Nunez is slated as the fourth driver for the Rolex 24.

 I will update.  

[OvDrone]

Apparently Loic Duval is most likely to be in the JDC-Miller entry.

I for one welcome the K-Mag into our dear IMSA fold. May it lead to prosperity.

[FLB]

Montoya to... Meyer Shank!

 

https://www.autohebd...ing-214605.html (en francais)

[juicy sushi]

That makes plenty of sense for MSR + Honda, as it gives them a guy who knows the car intimately, and they know will perform. 

[Peat]

Tandy & Sims to Corvette!

[paulb]

Magnussen and van der Zande to CGR!! Magnussen, van der Zande join Ganassi IMSA line-up | RACER

[red stick]

Magnussen.  Van der Zande.  The rest of the story . . .

 

https://racer.com/20...hoices-for-cgr/

[FLB]

The grid for the Rolex will be decided by a qualifying race, the weekend before the race:

 

IMSA : une course qualificative de 100 minutes donnera la grille de départ des 24H de Daytona | Endurance info (endurance-info.com) (en francais)

[ARTGP]

Not that this is surprising, but Jordan Taylor confirmed at Corvette Racing for 2021.

 

Somehow I don't feel like Jordan Taylors prototype career is over.  Not with LMDh and hypercar hotting up.

Edited by ARTGP, 04 December 2020 - 02:00.

[FLB]

JJohnson, Kamui! Kamui! Kamui! Kobayashi (the 2012 Suzuka-podium finisher), Mike 'Rocky' Rockenfeller and Seemon Pags will be sharing a Rick Hendrick/Action Express Caddie at the Rolex:

 

Johnson Among Drivers in Second AXR Cadillac for Daytona – Sportscar365

[paulb]

JJohnson, Kamui! Kamui! Kamui! Kobayashi (the 2012 Suzuka-podium finisher), Mike 'Rocky' Rockenfeller and Seemon Pags will be sharing a Rick Hendrick/Action Express Caddie at the Rolex:
 
Johnson Among Drivers in Second AXR Cadillac for Daytona – Sportscar365

Rockenfeller is kind of a blast from the past. Hasn’t he been in DTM for many years?

[boomn]

Rockenfeller is kind of a blast from the past. Hasn’t he been in DTM for many years?

Yes, but he has also been the additional endurance driver in one of the Corvettes with Magnussen and Garcia for the last couple years (Daytona, Sebring, Le Mans and Petit Lemans)

Edited by boomn, 04 December 2020 - 23:49.

[FLB]

Rockenfeller is kind of a blast from the past. Hasn’t he been in DTM for many years?

GM driver as well (Corvette), though not for 2020.

[red stick]

Magnussen excited by getting to drive for Chip.

 

https://racer.com/20...f1-for-ganassi/

[FLB]

KMag against Pipo Derani should be fun. 

[red stick]

With JPM back for the endurance races, elbows may be a-flyin.'    

[juicy sushi]

Not sure if here or the ACO/Le Mans reg thread works, but am posting here just because.  Marshall Pruett just dropped an Audi LMDh column that also has plenty of other details.  Firstly, the chassis that apparently is the front runner to be the core of the Audi and Porsche machines is the Multimatic, which might have implications for Mazda's continued presence in the category?  Also, Honda are apparently quite close to an announcement, and there are plenty of feelers being sent out about bringing in IndyCar teams and the like to front efforts for various factories, like the late 2000s LMP675 vs LMP900 era where you had multiple Honda and Porsche teams, and a factory Audi squad (although I guess it won't be Joest this time).  If you want to play Christmas wish list, you've got MSR, WTR, and perhaps Andretti in the Honda camp; everyone expects Penske for the Porsches, as per tradition, CGR and AXR at Caddy, and someone fielding a pair of LMDh Audis.  Which would put us at 9 IMSA LMDh entries in 2023, with likely someone being tapped for at least a matching quartet of WEC entries for at least the VAG guys.  Plus whoever actually drops the money for Hypercar presumably will sell a couple that might find its way into someone's hands over here.

 

That's a pretty stout grid, assuming we get a decent economic recovery so the budgets stay firm.

 

https://racer.com/20...h-audi-and-vag/

Edited by juicy sushi, 11 December 2020 - 20:31.

[Dolph]

Helio sendoff from Penske:

[Kev00]

https://sportscar365...factory-lineup/

Some Porsche news. Although Bamber will run and drive a Porsche next year he’s no longer an Porsche works driver. I really thought Bamber was untouchable to be honest. They’ve made some baffling decisions. Also dropping Christensen and promoting Jani to a GTE drive.

[ARTGP]

KMag against Pipo Derani should be fun. 

 

Bull meets horns  .

Edited by ARTGP, 13 December 2020 - 11:25.

[paulb]

https://sportscar365...factory-lineup/
Some Porsche news. Although Bamber will run and drive a Porsche next year he’s no longer an Porsche works driver. I really thought Bamber was untouchable to be honest. They’ve made some baffling decisions. Also dropping Christensen and promoting Jani to a GTE drive.

and VanThoors in GTD? Thats not fair to the other drivers. Wright, Pfaff, and maybe Park Place were the only Porsche cars in 2020. Where are the “new guys” gonna go?

[FLB]

https://sportscar365...factory-lineup/

Some Porsche news. Although Bamber will run and drive a Porsche next year he’s no longer an Porsche works driver. I really thought Bamber was untouchable to be honest. They’ve made some baffling decisions. Also dropping Christensen and promoting Jani to a GTE drive.

I'm tempted to think it may have been a mutual choice. Bamber was already lookiing for opportunites on his own this year. He has NASCAR ambitions, for one thing, and with the addition of further road courses, he'll be in demand.

[juicy sushi]

He also has his own team, doesn’t he? Expansion plans might’ve been a factor from his side?