I'm gonna make a point of watching that somehow. Seems like it'd be a great thing to watch, but I have no idea of the structure of the weekend or anything, ergo no idea how or when to watch it.Only 2 days left until my favourite event of the year starts!
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Official Motorsports Thread of 2013 (MotoGP, WRC, Le Mans, Nascar, IRL, V8's etc)
- Thread starter Dead Man
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Big Takeover
Member
If you do find a way, don't skimp on the sidecars!
Jelly, very jelly.
Only 2 days left until my favourite event of the year starts!
That is glorious.
Will do!
How's everyone else watching it? I need ideas. I'm guessing some kind of a pirate Eurosport stream would be the best (assuming they're broadcasting it) but otherwise, I have zero idea.
Man, so many of these events could make a mint if they had pay-per-view over the internet for these events. I'd gladly drop $10 or so for a weekend of watching Isle of Man or Le Mans.
Have you seen that guy's YT channel where basically all he posts is slow-motion compilations of motorsports? Ugh, they're all a work of art.
That is where geographic distribution rights are fucking them over now.
Edit:LINK NAOW!
Here's one. No idea if it's the latest, but it's the first one that popped up when I searched for "slow motion motor racing" ;P
Just check that guy's channel.
ClassyPenguin
Banned
welp.
well, I just watched the LeMan's Moto GP race. Marquez!
well, I just watched the LeMan's Moto GP race. Marquez!
Elfforkusu
Member
Banished to community.
Unfortunately there is no way to watch the Isle of Man TT live.
I guess it is impossible (financially) to do a live-broadcast of a race that takes place on 37 miles of public roads. Especially because it is a time trial.
There will be a link to a live radio broadcast at least. And ITV4 is doing highlight-shows every day. http://www.itv.com/sport/isleofmantt/
Makes sense. Will that be free to access over the web at all? I think ITV is a free-to-air UK station, but I'm not sure.
Just had a look, and thankfully Unblock-US (a DNS that spoofs your region for certain sites) works on ITV.com and their equivalent of an iPlayer. This is good
Elvin Atombender
Member
Great start to the GP2-race!
Edit: Cecotto made a stupid move into the first corner and about half the field got involved in a massive pile-up.
Edit: Cecotto made a stupid move into the first corner and about half the field got involved in a massive pile-up.
Mastah
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkSKu7yBCcc
He was racing in Brazilian and European Formula 3, but pulled out of European season due to lack of cash.
He was racing in Brazilian and European Formula 3, but pulled out of European season due to lack of cash.
That's not the one I'm thinking of... I might have two events confused. It wasn't a damaged car, it was just two cars going at it down a straight and one visibly tries ramming the car off the road. But yeah, I remember watching the one you linked to live (or possibly shortly after it happened). Stupid, idiotic stuff.
Big Takeover
Member
^^ Look at that, wow.
I just watched Drive's interview with Leh Keen talking about the Nurb24, and the crazy onboard/night/rain video they posted of him. Good stuff.
http://youtu.be/H31zyU6XHmU
I just watched Drive's interview with Leh Keen talking about the Nurb24, and the crazy onboard/night/rain video they posted of him. Good stuff.
http://youtu.be/H31zyU6XHmU
NihonTiger90
Member
Made an Indy 500 OT. I believe it qualifies under the "big event" rule.
Holy shit. You have to wonder why the other guys thought they could just do it flat out when Dempsey just used the slingshot at the VERY last moment. There is literally no way he could've left it any later.
Now, oval Indy racing... is that much different in strategy to Nascar?
BTW, I *love* the simplistic design of the Indycars. I wish F1 was like that. Are they a universal design or do they just have specific regulations and they just look very similar?
NihonTiger90
Member
Indy Lights is a spec series.
IndyCar is as well as far as the body goes for this year only. They will allow different aero packages starting in 2014.
I believe you misunderstand that. I suspect if every discussion within this thread was split up into individual threads that would be desirable. As such I think there is no "Big event" rule, it's rather a "don't create mega threads that have users post perpetually for many months."
e.g.
"Manx TT 2013 - high speed motorcycling on closed roads"
"Indy 500 2013 - going in circles"
"Coca Cola 600 2013 - one oval ain't enough"
"Monaco 2013 - The crown jewel of F1"
"Closest finish ever at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway"
"V8 Supercars in Austin: Australians racing in front of 50.000 Americans"
Those threads would have 6 posts each.
Elfforkusu
Member
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Indy/Daytona/Le Mans are probably the exceptions.
As for my contribution, Dale Earnhardt trolling Ernie Irvan at Darlington for 3+ laps, much to the delight of Benny Parsons, Ned Jarrett, and Bob Jenkins.
Aside from that being apparently what is desired by the people in red I don't actually see a problem with that.
I also believe that depending on the thread-title some other people might be attracted that would never look into the general motor sports thread. Plus it could be linked from this thread as to avoid anyone looking in here missing that a new thread for an event/incident was created.
Yeah, fair enough. I was more takling about if there were only those and not the general motorsport thread.
Figured this belongs here more than anything else:
GT Race Cars PURE SOUNDS
(it's a playlist, so enjoy!)
GT Race Cars PURE SOUNDS
(it's a playlist, so enjoy!)
I got chill bumps from the announcers reaction. That was incredible. No other way to describe it.
Big Takeover
Member
I got a chance to watch that this morning. Epic! The winner was in fourth place about 200 yards before that picture was taken. When you hear stories about what Monza was like in the 70's - there you go.
redmetal86
Member
And.....we're off!
Elfforkusu
Member
:lol NASCAR.
God, the series is self-parody at this point.
God, the series is self-parody at this point.
rangersfan414
Member
How? Isn't the wire over the track?
Well the wire has to start somewhere. I assume it goes over part of the stands, too.
Yep, it was anchored at two ends of the luxury suites above the stands before T1 and after T4. Wonder if KB's engine really blew or if it was damage from the wire.