Tag: Imsa
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Devel Sixteen Announces Entree for 2025 WEC Season
The UAE based manufacture has finally finished contemplating their own relevancy and has made a special announcement today at le sarthe ahead of this years 24 Hours of Le Mans. The hyper car marque is planning to enter their “production ready” hypercar, the Devel Sixteen, into the top prototype class as an LMH car. Little…
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Micheal Waltrip Announces Renewed Partnership with AF Corsa for 2025 IMSA GTP Entree
In a move that surprised everyone and left many going “wait he’s still alive?”, Michael Waltrip has announced a renewed partnership with Italian racing team and close Ferrari partner, AF Corsa. Having worked together before to field Ferrari 458s in WEC and IMSA, a new partnership has begun to set out an operation to run…
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Our First Serious Article – lmao XD rofl (rawr) (I felt emotions)
(This might be a bit pretentious lmao) You’re a little shit in middle school, and congrats you’re now into cars. McLaren this and Porsche that, and suddenly you’ve been persuaded that those 4 wheeled hunks of metal are the coolest things on the planet. And lucky for you, your dad is nuts, takes you on…
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IMSA asks Peacock to Adjust Ad to Racing Footage Ratio
After being overwhelmed with complaints through the 2023 season, the lads over at IMSA have finally reached out to streaming partner Peacock to renegotiate their contract. Specifically, the clause that dictates the percentage of the stream dedicated to advertisement space. “After being bombarded with complaints, we decided to have a look ourselves.” Head of IMSA…
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HSR Introduces New Category for the Classic 24 Hours of Daytona : Pre-Pre-Season Testing
After several confused reports over the years about why Turner Motorsports was running their active GT3 car or “why is there an LMP3 in my historic race”, organizers at Historic Sportscar Racing have decided to act. For the 2023 Classic 24 hour race at Daytona, they are opening up a new class specifically for teams…
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IMSA takes Inspiration from iRacing Week 13 for 2024 Season
After a night of drunkenly watching iRacing’s “Week 13” shenanigans, directors at IMSA have decided to take inspiration for the 2024 season. “We throughly enjoyed watching a figure 8 race comprised of Skip Barber Formula Dodges vs current F4 cars, and figured we could generate the same type of enthusiasm”, says IMSA head John Doonan.…
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IMSA asks manufactures to please change the shirts they give to people each year
In a move to attract more fans to track side displays, IMSA asks manufacturers to change the shirts they give out during races. “The manufacturers who set up displays at our races, namely Ford, Chevy, Cadillac, BMW, Honda/Acura, Lexus, Lamborghini, Toyota, and Hyundai, have all been reporting a decrease in viewership numbers”, says IMSA head…
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Smith’s Take: Bitchin’ about Racin’
Long gone are the days of the homologation special, turbo monsters, and a questionable understanding of safety. In its place, we have an era of BOP, parity, and really good racing. However, it’s also led to some very questionable and confusing choices from many manufacturers and governing bodies. And today, I’m going to put together…
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IMSA Mandates Flags on All Cars Whenever LMP3’s are on Track
After recent events from the 6 hours of Watkins Gen, IMSA has decided on roll out a new set of regulations as a test before LMP3 is removed from the Weathertech championship: “After noticing a lack of driver visibility from the LMP3 field, we’ve decided on a new course of action to try and fix…
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FSAE Team Ignored for 24 hours
During the biggest IMSA race in history, one formula SAE team found itself relegated to a forgotten corner of Daytona International Speedway. Hoping to secure valuable technical and financial support from the more affluent RaceFan®️ or race team, a local formula SAE team (a university student run automotive engineering competition) secured prime real estate at…