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Official Motorsports Thread of 2013 (MotoGP, WRC, Le Mans, Nascar, IRL, V8's etc)
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Wax Free Vanilla
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He was moving his arms when they took him out of the ambulance, restart in 13 mins.
NihonTiger90
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SATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Just won at Long Beach.
Just won at Long Beach.
Yep and he totally dominated the race too. Good for him. Also nice battle up front in the motogp race, just kinda stinks nobody else could touch them.
RapidCancel
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Amazing Moto 3 race today at COTA. The 5 lap sprint was amazing.
Got Ben Spies to sign my camera and my t shirt =]
A lot of it smeared off though after using the camera throughout the day.
Got Ben Spies to sign my camera and my t shirt =]
A lot of it smeared off though after using the camera throughout the day.
ClassyPenguin
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Couple of gifs from today at COTA
Holy shit! Marquez is so damn good. That pass on Pedrosa was gutsy, but not too aggressive.
That Moto 3 race crash was terrifying.
For the Austin 400 there will be a required pit for tyres for each of the 4 races. In addition to this, all teams and drivers will be allowed to compete in practice 1 on Friday.
First lap by a V8 Supercar at Texas, starting straight flyby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1dPIWwbpkA
First lap by a V8 Supercar at Texas, starting straight flyby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1dPIWwbpkA
It's going to be great seeing them on a wide open track like that, even if it is Tilke. So many tracks over here are really narrow. Which makes for great biffo, but sometimes makes the racing a bit less elegant.
There will be large potential for biffo as they all come together at Turn 1 after fanning out at the start.
James Courtney and Kurt Busch are doing a V8 Supercar / NASCAR swap today so hopefully there will be more video of it running around COTA soon.
Interested to see what they think of each others rides.
Big Takeover
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Vale tested KB's Nationwide car yesterday at Charlotte. It seems to have gone well for being just a promo event. He set some fairly competitive times.
Dave_6
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Awesome video of the Audi R18 E-Tron flat out at Monza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKIc1BcWDlM
Big Takeover
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Holy shit, running the original, no chicane Curva Grande. That is seriously badass! The video description claims 350kph, and I'm hearing no lift. Onions.
Shame hey couldn't do it with Ambrose, given they're both (ex)Falcon V8 drivers.
Spaceman Spiff
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Goddamn, that thing is hauling. Great find.
I'm looking forward to seeing what the R18s can do at La Sarthe in a couple of months. Hopefully Toyota will be able to stay in the fight a little longer, because, for a while, they sure made it exciting up front last year. Between that battle for the lead, and Davidson's massive crash just seconds later, I thought Carlton Kirby was going to pass out in the booth, :lol.
Elfforkusu
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V8 Supercars/NASCAR Driver Swap Another video, this one is more them talking, but it does show just how fast those NASCARs are in a straight line. Pretty impressive.
That is otherworldly. The speed and the noise. Thanks.
Yeah, but then you wouldn't have someone who had never driven one having the experience. Still would be nice to Ambrose back in a Falcon.
That is otherworldly. The speed and the noise. Thanks.
Yeah, but then you wouldn't have someone who had never driven one having the experience. Still would be nice to Ambrose back in a Falcon.
Business
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You may want to use spoiler tags
What makes you think that?
I think he has more where that came from, even if it's not a completely Honda friendly track.
I doubt it. It was just a connecting arm that was too light. It didn't give him any advantage. TRD just screwed Gibbs again. Gibbs needs to reopen their engine shop and build their own engines.
Nope.
-Crew chief fined $200,000, suspended for six point paying races (All Star race included), and put on probation until Dec. 31.
-Docked 50 owner points. Owner's license also suspended for those seven races and the car won't receive any points for those races.
-Docked 50 driver points.
-Docked 5 manufacturer points.
-Pole award stripped.
-Bonus points for winning won't count for the Chase.
-Win won't count for potential wild card.
If it had been Jimmie Johnson, there wouldn't be any fine. NASCAR probably wouldn't have even announced that there was something wrong with his engine. I don't know why Brain France is so determine to have Jimmie win the championship every year.
Ah ok, I just did a quick glance and didn't see any mention of the win not counting for the wild card spot in the chase. He could still make it though, if he counters the 6 no points races with a string of top 10s for the rest of the year.
And that does seem like a big penalty for something so small, but the rules are rules (unless your initials are J.J). I just wanted to see Kahne win again
That is what it sounds like in Hell, I'm pretty sure. lolHeh, then we both know that ain't metal
Nice. I hate that 1st turn chicane with a passion, too. One of the worst corners in motorsport.
Dumb it down if possible
One of the connecting arms in the engine was three grams too light.
That's it. It was three grams under the 525 gram minimum weight limit.
I just hope I have a screen close by to watch the action around the track. Went back and watched Grand-Am of the Americas last night and it was very action packed and exciting racing.
The driver's fondness of the track and the layout seems to lead to great racing.
if you haven't seen the race within 48 hours, stay away from the thread in my opinion
Business
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Actually I was talking about the rest of the season.
Even a quick google search for Chad Knaus proves this isn't true. The 48 team's been caught and penalized a few times. The penalties weren't as harsh as what's happened to Penske and Gibbs this year, but in all honesty the penalties weren't all that harsh in general before this current season.
DarkJediKnight
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Trying to make sense, compared to f1 car? It doesn't look as fast, and neither did I expect it to but how close is it to modern f1?
Dave_6
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I believe it's around 6 to 7 seconds a lap slower, possibly more.
what am i spoiling then? lol
I'm not going to jump on the board and reveal the winner right away
Business
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Despite lower power(~550hp), they acheive similar or slightly better top speeds than F1 cars due to lower drag/downforce, but this also hurts them in the corners, enabling F1 cars to lap a typical track a good bit quicker overall as Dave said.
Saw this thread bumped, so thought I'd share a little video compilation from my weekend at COTA. Was all shot on my Galaxy, so forgive the so-so quality. Anyway, gives you a good sense of the awesome sounds of these bikes. Our seats for the weekend were at Turn 15 (best seats in the house, IMO) -- last couple clips were from the main MotoGP race at Turn 15.
http://youtu.be/YmJ0-r51fN4
http://youtu.be/YmJ0-r51fN4
moojito
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Very nice! The quality's fine, considering it's a phone. You're right about turn 15 being a nice place to sit as well. Great view from there.
Yeah, you get to see them come down the long straight and then go through that series of turns. What's great is to see the little differences between the riders and how they handle turns and coming out of turns. Marquez was so smooth.
I just can't see it..he'll podium of course, I just don't think he'll be on the top of the rostrum again. From testing, COTA just seemed to fit his riding style that much more than anyone else's...not to mention that COTA is definitely a Honda track (35% of the track is in 1st gear). He won't enjoy that advantage at any other track. MAYBE Motegi...maybe.
But then of course, Marq can win next round and make me eat crow
Honda will do well at quite a few tracks, just like last year. And he's proving that he can beat Pedrosa, so I see no reason why he couldn't win several more races this year. Sachsenring, Indy, Aragon, Brno, etc. I think he'll have a shout these places and more.