Glad to see the old Grand-Am Series get some spotlight. I miss Grand-Am a ton
@danielecattabriga2168
Жыл бұрын
Relatable… back when you could stand next to the fence at Daytona… the Riely chassis was so cool
@Haulinbassracing
Жыл бұрын
In the 90s grand-am was stock body 2 door coupe on track radials i believe with no wings allowed,
@nathanstroud2223
Жыл бұрын
The Grand American name was used by NASCAR long before Grand-Am Road Racing was established as a sanctioning body.
@kpegc
11 ай бұрын
@@danielecattabriga2168 And back when driver crossovers from other series were more common. I still remember the 2007 Rolex 24 when Gordon, Johnson, Stewart, Legge, Allmendinger, Montoya, Tracy, the Dysons, Castroneves, Dixon, and so many others, all shared the track.
@danielecattabriga2168
11 ай бұрын
@@kpegc Allan mcnish drove at the Daytona 24 hours too during the grand am era
@danielecattabriga2168
Жыл бұрын
I’d love to see a deeper dive into the Grand Am series… was a huge fan of how many engines supplied the top cars and the crazy look of the DP’s… couldn’t decide wether I liked the euro based ALMS or all American Grand Am more as a kid
@DaytonaPrototypes
Жыл бұрын
Both were really cool. I favored Grand Am just a bit more.
@danielecattabriga2168
Жыл бұрын
@@DaytonaPrototypes relatable
@nathanstroud2223
Жыл бұрын
I liked ALMS probably because those were the races my dad took me too. Being fractured into competing series may not have been a good thing for sports car racing or open-wheel racing on the whole, but as a kid growing up in that era I liked having the variety.
@kpegc
11 ай бұрын
I was crazy about motorsports as a kid in the late 2000s, and I can remember not really choosing sides in the "split series", so to speak. I liked watching Champ Car and the Indy Racing League equally, and the same was true for both Grand-Am and the ALMS too. I just loved racing no matter what form it came in, and the Speed Channel was my childhood.
@gavalant366
Жыл бұрын
DPs and Open-roofed LMP2s were last seen around 2016 which was 7 years ago. Crazy how quick times and regulations change..
@DuncanEnde
Жыл бұрын
A deep dive in the GX class would be great, but the story of the GX class is really just a brief chapter in the saga of the Mazda diesel program, and that farse is truly the tale that must be told.
@heliofaros1344
Жыл бұрын
Nothing deep there...3 cars, 2 of which just quit almost every race smoking + 1 Porsche Cayman for which no-one ever explained what was special about it and why it was there. So it was about who did not crash/burn to take the "win".
@corvetteguy2223
Жыл бұрын
Man I miss r8's in imsa. Cool looking even when they weren't winning
@99dndd
Жыл бұрын
I’d love to see IMSA and WEC do a Twin 6 Hour at Indy. IMSA having a 3pm Saturday start and WEC starting Sunday at midday.
@tobynagata8616
Жыл бұрын
would loove a semi deep dive into the imsa GX class, it has always confused me a bit
@heliofaros1344
Жыл бұрын
That gave me an idea: semi trucks in a sports car race...
@KikuraKun
8 ай бұрын
That 01 car after hitting the Camaro is a gamer. No damage at all.
@ZontarDow
Жыл бұрын
Indianapolis is being treated as special because it's Indianapolis, the international capital of racing, even GT World America gets attention there. Personally I'm disappointed that the endurance race next year is 6 hours when I feel the 8 Hours of Indianapolis should be made the IMSA event and the GT World race reduced to 6 hours.
@williamford9564
Жыл бұрын
The SRO has been there for several years and they are not going to reduce their race to please another race organization. IMSA can on its own lengthen their race and maybe that is a possibility further down the road. They are starting slow and going step by step.
@ZontarDow
Жыл бұрын
@@williamford9564 The SRO isn't a peer to IMSA.
@williamford9564
Жыл бұрын
@@ZontarDow That does not matter. It is a separate organization that has a contract with the Speedway. They pay MONEY to the Speedway and Roger Penske is smart enough to know that you do not shit on your race organizers.
@ianrynerson6904
Жыл бұрын
@@ZontarDowyes sro isn’t on the same level but in talking to some of the teams that run both series they don’t want the 8 hour to go anywhere else but Indy the teams and drivers love the weekend and don’t want to lose it
@isthisagoodname6279
Жыл бұрын
Sro has no affiliation with Imsa they’re not going to do anything for them
@Dmooreslotreviews
Жыл бұрын
Really excited, I love IMSA it's my favourite series, followed by WEC.
@useless2764
Жыл бұрын
Oh god that foreshadowing with curb repairs
@williamford9564
Жыл бұрын
Great that you gave us this historical presentation.
@lordkinbote74
Жыл бұрын
The complex of corners inside of oval Turn 1 DID exist at this time, as it was used by motogp as early as 2008.
@GamersHolyArmy
Жыл бұрын
I don't know if this is a hot take or not, but I like the pre-2014 version of the Indy RC more than the current one.
@aldouscoroza
Жыл бұрын
Same Fam Same
@BB_Sebring
Жыл бұрын
It's not, the chicane was added because Indycar doesn't have power steering. Why everyone else with power steering (minus motorcycles) still use the new circuit instead of the old one is beyond me. I can understand bypassing Turn 1 for safety reasons given the crashes F1 saw in its stint at Indy, however that was largely the result of a tire war between Bridgestone and Michelin; not the track itself
@albert_gyorgy
Жыл бұрын
That's not a hot take at all
@albert_gyorgy
Жыл бұрын
@@BB_SebringThe last corner single handedly made the old road course layout interesting. With it being bypassed, it's just a very mediocre circuit at best with not much excitement.
@heliofaros1344
Жыл бұрын
Bypassing the only good corners of the track didn't improve its character at all. And it didn't have that much to start with.
@ritchiesiepman5511
9 ай бұрын
1:15. A Mazda RX-8 in IMSA🤯🤯🤯
@cheetocatto01
Жыл бұрын
No 90 degree left-handers today. I started watching imsa races recently and didn't even know grand-am existed at some point in time...,
@user-zm3kc8ms3y
Жыл бұрын
I’m going to the 8 hours on Indy this year and I will see if the six hours of Indy will compare
@johndaniels4623
Жыл бұрын
I do like the slower F1 hair pin at least driving wise, you’re not on the edge of grip at T3 then slalom to the right to setup the eating curbs chicane
@isthisagoodname6279
Жыл бұрын
I want some multiclass racing on the oval
@corvetteguy2223
Жыл бұрын
Was the "beautiful" for the daytona prototypes sarcastic. The rileys are the worst looking things to ever race in imsa imo. Love your content
@jackarmstrong7285
Жыл бұрын
They look good from some angles but are horrific in others imo
@FlashoftheBlades
Жыл бұрын
By the Gen3 era, the Daytona Prototypes did look better aesthetically.
@ZontarDow
Жыл бұрын
I liked them
@cnd0011
11 ай бұрын
Corvette guy hates the corvette DP wow
@bernardomacedo9106
Жыл бұрын
Do street car failures of Vila Real
@ianrynerson6904
Жыл бұрын
Also Jorg Bergmeister that year
@michaelstaunton1632
Жыл бұрын
👍👍
@EndaMRacing
Жыл бұрын
This might be a dumb question, but has there been an open wheel endurance race/Series?
@rexthewolf3149
9 ай бұрын
Nope
@Wec-Enjoyer-
Жыл бұрын
Cheese
@BUSCUIT28
Жыл бұрын
You really can't call yourself a proper racing series unless you tear up the curbs at the Indy RC.
@wroomwroomboy123
Жыл бұрын
The lack of terrain is where it breaks down for me. I want to like the track. But flat circuits just arent that appealing.
@ianrynerson6904
Жыл бұрын
So quick question what’s you opinion on Sebring it’s flatter that Indy
@wroomwroomboy123
Жыл бұрын
@@ianrynerson6904 actually it's more like the Indy road course is a local GoKart track just scaled up to GP size while not actually being that good of a race track, good races come and go - but it's not the norm. Which Sebring definitely isn't, the actual track layout is prretty good and the bumpiness adds some nice pazzazz to it. I have the same gripes with Silverstone and Hockenheim just being there because of the legacy they hold from a different layout.
@thandontantiso3744
Жыл бұрын
You should
@cnd0011
11 ай бұрын
Juan Montoya ruined the 2012 race. Wrecked the 01’s competition. Zero respect for Juan for being a wrecking ball that whole race
@xesle2774
Жыл бұрын
The constant stuttering of this video makes my eyes hurt.
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