Development series where the big boys get to race as well seems so counter productive to me.
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Official Motorsports Thread of 2013 (MotoGP, WRC, Le Mans, Nascar, IRL, V8's etc)
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Development series where the big boys get to race as well seems so counter productive to me.
Elfforkusu
Member
It is a lot of the same drivers... because equipment matters a lot in racing, you get to go dominate the B league in the best equipment and make money for it! Woohoo!
It hurts that nationwide races the day before cup on the same tracks most weeks, so it's not even that hard for cup drivers to do. It'd be nice if NASCAR did something to fix it.
JetBlackPanda
Member
Im going to have a bad taste in my mouth until Phoenix now. Lol
Jimmy Johnson and the Bush brothers just piss me off so bad when they win.
Jimmy Johnson and the Bush brothers just piss me off so bad when they win.
It's going to be a long season.
Elfforkusu
Member
As long as JJ doesn't win any more championships (fat chance? idk, never would've thought Gordon was done 10 years ago, and yet here we are), I don't care if he wins.
He's a robot. If he is incapable of emotion, why should I feel emotion towards him?
If you're talking about me, I've mentioned several times that I'm not at all knowledgeable about regarding the sport and history behind it. I would love people to fill me in and correct my assumptions if they're wrong, but if being curious and explaining my position and why I think the way I do gets me an "ignorant" label, then I'll "stay in my own lane" and not bother learning about anything I'm not familiar with.
I mean, I'm not American but I'm sure I can learn to think like that.
Informative post otherwise, though. Thanks for bringing me up to speed
Upcoming Race Warning! Grand-Am at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX 3pm CST Saturday March 2nd On SPEED
A lap of Circuit of the Americas with Turner Motorsports
A lap of Circuit of the Americas with Turner Motorsports
Upcoming Race Warning! Grand-Am at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX 3pm CST Saturday March 2nd On SPEED
A lap of Circuit of the Americas with Turner Motorsports
Hnnnnnnng going to be so good! Only wish it was a double race weekend with the V8 cars there too.
I am planning on going to see the V8s in Austin. Going to wait another month or so to finalize my plans though.
I wish I lived in the area. Had nothing but positive things to say about the city and the track while I was there. Just wish hotel rooms and flights weren't so expensive!
God damn, that's a great photo.Upcoming Race Warning! Grand-Am at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX 3pm CST Saturday March 2nd On SPEED
A lap of Circuit of the Americas with Turner Motorsports
Australian V8s? Or is there another series you guys could be referring to?
If it's the former, I'm glad there's some international interest in it.
From what I understand, there were a few little things here and there that weren't quite finished/ready at CotA for the F1 last year. I assume that it's 100% now?
Oh yes. Australian V8s, my 2nd favorite racing series. I am excited about having Nissan and Merc involved now.
I thought CotA was pretty much finished other than landscaping. The whole area around the track is undeveloped land and looks pretty rough. They definitely need to do a better job of having more concessions and merch available for F1 this year. That was the biggest oversight for me.
Yeah, I think that's typically an oversight that's only ever done once. Pretty sure I've heard of similar oversights happening at other first-year tracks that never happen again, so I think it'd be fine.
It's definitely one that's now on my calendar to go to, so if I don't have the forethought to get it organised for this year, it's definitely happening in 2014.
Dave_6
Member
Speaking of V8 Supercars. listen to the sound of the new Mercedes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyKTkGHg6eY
Another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFmpLAliiuA
Got to love that flat-plane crankshaft!
Wish I live closer to Austin so I could see these and F1
Another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFmpLAliiuA
Got to love that flat-plane crankshaft!
Wish I live closer to Austin so I could see these and F1
Move to Australia!Speaking of V8 Supercars. listen to the sound of the new Mercedes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyKTkGHg6eY
Another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFmpLAliiuA
Got to love that flat-plane crankshaft!
Wish I live closer to Austin so I could see these and F1
Damn they are looking good this year, have to try and follow them for sure.Upcoming Race Warning! Grand-Am at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX 3pm CST Saturday March 2nd On SPEED
A lap of Circuit of the Americas with Turner Motorsports
V8's make my favourite noise in racing these days.Speaking of V8 Supercars. listen to the sound of the new Mercedes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyKTkGHg6eY
Another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFmpLAliiuA
Got to love that flat-plane crankshaft!
Wish I live closer to Austin so I could see these and F1
Dave_6
Member
No thanks, too many deadly spiders down there!
You know it's going to be a bitch for us to watch
(Unless there's some kind of stream that isn't a bitch to watch. I wonder if there's any legit streams that can be accessed via VPN, or if we need to go dodgy?)
No disagreement from me there. I'm also quite pleased with the (slight) de-boganing that two new manufacturers brings.
Nothing to worry about down here! Unless you end up somewhere uncivilised, you're generally fine.
Come down!
http://youtu.be/eRhQRv6YV00?t=30m18s
God when the first 911 bounces off the redline it sounds amazing. Someone take me to Spa now. Put some headphones on and turn it up really loud.
God when the first 911 bounces off the redline it sounds amazing. Someone take me to Spa now. Put some headphones on and turn it up really loud.
I must find a way!
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Here is the schedule for the Grand-Am Race this weekend at Circuit of the Americas:
http://www.grand-am.com/Portals/0/Images/Events/schedules/2013COTAOfficialsched.pdf
They will have the SPEED coverage online (looks like after the fact) here:
http://www.grand-am.com/GRANDAMTV.aspx
Really? Crap. I didn't watch it much but I enjoyed what I did watch. AUS-gaf we need your help! Shaneus get unbanned!
But the race is live on SPEED Tv right? I checked my DVR a few days ago but the time on Saturday looks right.
MoGamesXNA
Unconfirmed Member
Speaking of V8 Supercars. listen to the sound of the new Mercedes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyKTkGHg6eY
Another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFmpLAliiuA
Got to love that flat-plane crankshaft!
Wish I live closer to Austin so I could see these and F1
Damn that sounds huge. There's a big difference in sound between the Merc, Nissan, Holden and Ford. I'm going to the race on Sunday, should be a good one.
Qualifying for the Adelaide 500 starts this afternoon. I have my pizza and beer ready.
Did you get that from a local joint or from the basic food stands? I had nothing but good (and relatively cheap) food from the various trucks setup on the west side of the track.
Can't speak for beverages though, only drank "water" I brought in
Yeah, thought you might not like that. Grand Am stuff looks nice though, thanks. Delayed will probably be fine since the normal race time is is about 4am Sunday for us I think.
Yeah, seems a bit stupid considering they had a great little streaming service last year. Might still be around but the page from last year is not active, and I can't find it anywhere else on the site.
Jealous, I'm working all weekend so I'll be able to watch it on tv at work but not go.
If I find an official stream for the V8's I'll post it up.
Charlie McCarthy
Member
Casey Stoners first race is coming up soon. Its such a mindfuck for me to see him in a car, as its like he was born be to be on two wheels. Im disapointed he left MotoGP as a fan, but do understand his reasons and really hope one day he can be a top V8 Supercar driver. I think he can be, but he will have trouble for a while accepting he is not "the man" anymore.
Yeah it will be live on Speed TV.
Be sure and take and post pictures you Gaffers in attendance of any of the Grand-Am weekend at COTA.
First day of the new V8 Supercars era was great. The cars look and sound fantastic, especially the Mercs, they bring a sort of European tone compared to the traditional grunt of the Holdens and Fords (and now Nissans, yes the Nissans have a grunt/raspiness to them very similar to the Fords whereas the Holdens sound a bit cleaner). The TV coverage did a decent job of trying to convey the different sound of the Mercs but you really need to hear these things in real life, they're great (too bad they're at the back of the field).
Even more excited for the V8 year after today's practice and qualifying (just sucks that I'll miss tomorrow's race because my city is the worst at planning events and thought it would be a good idea to have a music festival on the same weekend as the Clipsal 500 (and a bunch of other stuff, fuckin' Adelaide)).
Even more excited for the V8 year after today's practice and qualifying (just sucks that I'll miss tomorrow's race because my city is the worst at planning events and thought it would be a good idea to have a music festival on the same weekend as the Clipsal 500 (and a bunch of other stuff, fuckin' Adelaide)).
Soundwave? Yeah, March is mental.
Yeah, Soundwave.
Adelaide in March really is crazy. Took longer to go about 600m in the city than the previous ~15km trip on the bus this morning.
This appears to be an official online stream of the V8 race: V8 Supercars IPTV
According to the site it will be free for the first race and work internationally but I will not know if that is true until the race starts as I missed the earlier sessions. It looks like you will need to pay a subscription to access future races.
Edit: If you live in the US and have a specific TV provider you can watch several European GT series on Speed2.com.
According to the site it will be free for the first race and work internationally but I will not know if that is true until the race starts as I missed the earlier sessions. It looks like you will need to pay a subscription to access future races.
Edit: If you live in the US and have a specific TV provider you can watch several European GT series on Speed2.com.
I dont have cable so that is a no go.
Working well for me from the US.
Nice find!
Good to hear.
Edit: Crompton is such a geek, but I really enjoy his commentary.
LOL
Are you getting a "clear" connection?, I've got 20mbps according to speedtest but its a bit more pixalated then i would likeShame this is only going to work for one race
Isn't the best quality, and there has been some buffering issues, but I'm not complaining as I didn't pay for a thing
OK, sounds about the same. Sucks that it will be one of the only live races I will see. Considering its practically 1am here now.Isn't the best quality, and there has been some buffering issues, but I'm not complaining as I didn't pay for a thing