IMSA IMSA 2024

[Adam43]

Aston #27 has an unrelated incident. No yellow.

[veeten]

Jaminet jamming' it up at the hairpin.

[tomcug]

And finally a yellow.

[Adam43]

Stalled BMW in barriers. Took a long time for the yellow. Hoping it can get out?

Originally Posted by tomcug

And finally a yellow.

phew!

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Aston #27 has an unrelated incident. No yellow.

Involved the 86 Porsche. Under investigation.

[veeten]

Did I just see a brake check there?. You sneaky *******...

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Involved the 86 Porsche. Under investigation.

86 penalty.

Racing!all action in GT.

[tomcug]

20.04.2024 23:56 Car 78: Penalty - Incident Responsibility with 6 - Drive Through

While I understand why Spinelli was awarded with a penatly, I'd still call this a racing incident myself. Sure it was Spinelli who hit Jaminet's car but it was Nasr who put him in a difficult situation for absolutely no potential gain of diving down the inside at the hairpin.

[tomcug]

And it's over. Caddy in control from the start until the end and GTD won by the additional Lexus

[Adam43]

I’m wondering if I should revisit my the Caddy is the most driveable of the current cars theory.

[GT3_Fan]

Deserving winners at Long Beach today. I don't think 01 Caddy and 89 Lexus ever were in danger of losing their leads. GTD was a great race from 2nd on back!

[Adam43]

Short, but fun.

I think fondue now.

[veeten]

Caddy looking strong with a 1-2, Penske Porsche brings it home 3 - 4.

[GT3_Fan]

It did look like the #89 was a GTD Pro car running amongst the rest of the field being GTD Am cars. I know that was not the case. Still had that look and feel. Maybe it was the red dots they painted on the front!

[veeten]

Mmmmmmm... Cheese.

[tomcug]

Disappointing race for Acuras and BMWs tho. Good race in general, it was entertaining 100 minutes

[GT3_Fan]

And now to the main event..GT America...lol. But hey at least they got Audis on the grid. For fans who watch both races in person. They get all 12 active GT3 manufacturers to enjoy at some point.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by GT3_Fan

It did look like the #89 was a GTD Pro car running amongst the rest of the field being GTD Am cars. I know that was not the case. Still had that look and feel. Maybe it was the red dots they painted on the front!

Driver ratings for the win!

[v8supes]

It is a curious one that the Lexus is so good in IMSA but not anywhere else.

[tomcug]

Others can't BOP it properly it seems

[flatlandsman]

Not a great race sadly, fairly processional, Caddy clearly on top and a few odd yellows that messed things about as they were getting interesting.

[tomcug]

https://sportscar365.com/videos/cgr-...ichelin-tires/
Didn't realise they did the whole race on one set. So same as last year, double stinting was the key to victory

[Adam43]

Average Lap time

Rank	Car	Fastest	Top 10	Top 20	Top 30	Laps
1	01 Cadillac	1:12.626	1:12.976	1:13.176	1:13.430	68
2	31 Cadillac	1:12.736	1:12.993	1:13.198	1:13.439	68
3	6 Porsche	1:12.975	1:13.168	1:13.374	1:13.629	68
4	25 BMW	1:12.635	1:13.171	1:13.447	1:13.850	61
5	10 Acura	1:13.053	1:13.341	1:13.532	1:13.773	68
6	7 Porsche	1:13.103	1:13.393	1:13.551	1:13.740	68
7	24 BMW	1:13.225	1:13.486	1:13.622	1:13.817	68
8	85 Porsche	1:13.155	1:13.517	1:13.652	1:13.810	68
9	5 Porsche	1:13.154	1:13.543	1:13.750	1:13.931	68
10	40 Acura	1:13.029	1:13.364	1:14.042	1:27.650	30

Close across all. Super close between the two Cadillacs.

[broadrun96]

Good Lord, was Indy in charge of penalties on that last incident? Ridiculous they hit that Lambo who got hit twice by De Phillipi and Jaminet caused the whole thing anyway. But guess Long Beach means oh well, it's the hairpin.

At least De Phillipi got his just desserts later trying to destroy all the extra fronts. And the team didn't check it enough cause something was definitely broken. But proved why LB is only worth watching recorded to skip commercials and track facts nonsense, plus the cleanups

[joeb]

Special Pfaff livery for Laguna. It has some plaid.

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/p...r-laguna-seca/