IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen | Round 6


>Direct Stream (change /master.m3u8 to /master_06.m3u8 (1080p), _05 (720p Hi), _04 (720p), _03 (540p), _02 (360p) or _01 (270p))
https://d22t65jbw0v36j.cloudfront.net/imsa_international/master.m3u8

>Streams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGeEBJaCil0
https://www.imsa.com/tvlive/

>Live Timing
https://livetiming.alkamelsystems.com/imsa
https://www.imsa.com/scoring/

>Live Track Map
https://livetiming.alkamelsystems.com/imsa/positioning

>Onboards - GTP
#7 Porsche
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_02/master.m3u8
#23 Aston Martin
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_09/master.m3u8
#25 BMW
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_03/master.m3u8
#31 Cadillac
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_04/master.m3u8
#93 Acura
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_05/master.m3u8

>Onboards - LMP2
#04 Crowdstrike Racing
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_13/master.m3u8

>Onboards - GTD
#3 Corvette
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_06/master.m3u8
#12 Lexus
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_08/master.m3u8
#14 Lexus
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_14/master.m3u8
#023 Ferrari
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_11/master.m3u8
#57 Mercedes
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_12/master.m3u8
#64 Mustang
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_10/master.m3u8
#70 Ferrari
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_07/master.m3u8
#77 Porsche
https://dwomb0lw8ct6d.cloudfront.net/imsa_icc_01/master.m3u8

>IMSA Radio
https://player.radioshow.limited/audioplayer.html

>Spotter Guide
https://spotterguides.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/SG_25_WGI_ONLINE_v1.pdf

>Quali Results
https://www.dailysportscar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMSA-2025-Watkins-Glen-Qualifying.pdf

>Quali Replay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcLa54hxWVI

>Race Teaser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTI_BzT9g68

Sports Car News: Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen edition

>Qualifying: MSR Acura rockets ahead to take Watkins Glen 6 Hour pole
Results: https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blte77f57883ea46be1/bltb99d9fd4c6e15a1d/6857133ee0e3fe3fd7ab363a/03_Results_Qualifying_(3).pdf
https://racer.com/2025/06/21/MSR-Acura-Glen-6-Hour-pole

>Watkins Glen Friday Notebook
https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/watkins-glen-friday-notebook-12/

>Pole winner van der Zande knows he has to beat the heat next
https://racer.com/2025/06/21/pole-winner-van-der-zande-knows-he-has-to-beat-the-heat-next

>Iron Dames Porsche Withdrawn From Watkins Glen
https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/iron-dames-withdraw-from-watkins-glen-due-to-gatting-injury/

>Cadillac Gets Power Increase for Watkins Glen
https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/cadillac-gets-power-increase-for-watkins-glen/

>Hyett, AO Racing riding high right on the cusp of IMSA LMP2 greatness
https://racer.com/2025/06/21/hyett-ao-racing-on-the-cusp-of-imsa-lmp2-greatness

>Line-up changes for Triarsi Competizione ahead of Watkins Glen
https://racer.com/2025/06/20/line-up-changes-for-triarsi-competizione-ahead-of-watkins-glen

>Porsche: “Lessons Learned” at Le Mans Ahead of Watkins Glen
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/porsche-lessons-learned-at-le-mans-ahead-of-watkins-glen/

>IMSA Insider: Le Mans to The Glen, Valkyrie’s Steady Hands
https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/michelin-imsa-insider-le-mans-to-the-glen-valkyries-steady-hands/

rengerbroers we gaan

Ohtabros, how we feeling?

Who still here from 24h burger king?

>>149360730
hung aryan anon reporting in
>picrelated

>>149360703 (OP)
Postin in an ebin bread

>>149360730
Here
KANPAI~

Mustang bros, how we feelin?

Gonna pick up some nuggies from McD's. I'll miss the start but fuck it.

>>149360730
HUE here

>>149360758
Gonna pop one open just as the race starts
Preemptive KANPAI~

>>149360730
>burgerking
>bit of 2 wheels in the middle
>pikes PEAK
>imsa at the glen
>indy at road murica
very good weekend for motor/sp/orts frens

>>149360783
>Momo
>Peach
>strong sour
That's what Shamiko deals with everyday

>>149360820
Based otakuGermanbro

>WEATHER UPDATE: Overcast and spots of rain to start this race
dare i say KINO?

How do we stop Acura?

>>149360847
sxarp

>>149360857
inb4 FatJohn rain kino

>>149360809
And /turnleft/ also, we had a JUNYA win yesterday.

Good afternoon race fans I’m ready for some motherfucking sports car racing at historic American road course

>>149360730
unfortunately.

>>149360809
There's been so much vrooms and I'm honestly so tired but it's a good problem to have
We're truly suffering from success

>>149360924
>historic American road course
The best kind of circuit

They still havent figured out how to properly broadcast Hindys mic? come on it cannot sound that bad in 2025

>>149360730
Sports car addict reporting in

>that stand
grim

Still feels fucking unreal that there's an IMSA race right after the N24

>>149360969
>Still feels fucking based
ftfy

>>149360966
>IMSA will not exist in 5 years time

>>149360966
grim

>>149360730

Yeah, it's dark /FAT/ time maties

I am ready for 6 hours of yellow flag procedures

>electric pace car

utter woke nonsense desu

I didn’t know lambo was still running that tractor

Hello totally unknown people who definitely I haven't been shitposting with all weekend

>>149360988
The dreadful horse coom Porsche

BTCC in now, too.

>>149360966
I guess with hosting it on Sunday and IndyCar and /turnleft/ around the corner, that is the result.

Astonbros how we feeling?

>>149360996
At least we know the SC periods can't be too long

>>149361031
Never thought we could have TOO MUCH vrooms

>>149360892
Please let this happen.

Is Race Control here more competent?

What happened with all the porsches at the back? Got a penal?

>>149361039
yeah, we can't
it's just not possible

>>149361036
Frightfully spiffing, old bean

LET'S GOOOO

>>149361037
IMSA caution laps take forever because they have to wait for pit lane open, then they pit by class and then they get lapped cars back on their lap

TOO MUCH VROOMING

JUST ENOUGH VROOOOMING

>52 KWAB moment

>lmp2

>pee2 moment already

>el em pee two

HERE COMES TWO HOURS OF YELLOW

DENTIST DOWN

RAIN RAIN RAIN

Oh shit lmp2
Oh shit rain kino

>>149360966
>>149361031
It's also raining.

Rain NOW

>shitters in cars with no TC/ABS on slicks in the rain

Get ready for lots of LMP2 moments bros

WHOAAAAAA CADDY

Rain kino incoming

Rain will come to yellow flag for Indy inshallah

PLENTY OF DENTISTRY

DORIFTO

>caddy

the suffering is eternal

Slippery when wet Kino arrives

>MULTI-TRACK DRIFTINGN

Is Lee Diffey calling him Ranger Vander Zander?

caddy bros...

>caddy

>>149360988
JDC AND Proton AND Lamborghini. What a day.

>barely 5 mins in and nonstop kino already
It's actually insane

looks very empty
grimi

>>149361116
IMSA always delivers

>LMP2 ahead of 6 GTP cars...

>Should've bought that stupid DPI cable - week 2
3 screens and I can only use 2

>>149361127
They took the Jackie Chan pill

>GTD fastest on track
We are eating good GT3-bros

GROSJEAN GROSJEAN GROSJEAN

>>149361127
>WE GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

this event desperately needs more spectators around the track

>lambo up to P4
BIGJOHNBROS?!

NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR NASR

I sure hope Cadillac does well when they join the Formula 1 grid

Total cheatin Penske death

This might be the best race start from the season.
But where are the Valkyries...?

>2025
>still unable to do a live timing tower
what the fuck imsa

Why is it so empty burger bros? I thought the Glenn was a big track, non? It’s popular even over here

>>149361190
Got eaten up by the P2s

>>149361190
Battling it out with the lmp2’s for the lead

>>149361196
I'm so fucking mad

>>149361095

>>149361202
Sports car racing is a bit of a niche form of auto racing here and also the glen is in the middle of nowhere

Look at my boy Nasr 3 seconds into the lead already

HAHA NASR WINS AGAIN

>>149361196
No Lemons?

GO 63 GO!

how the fuck is the porsche so far ahead already

>>149360957
German is tool small country for good internet, please understand.

>>149361227
He deserves an Indy seat at some point

Got my nuggies. I miss anything in the first 10 minutes?

>>149361213

>>149361202
they've always struggled to attract a crowd outside of nascar for some reason

>>149361236
cheatin fucking penske

>>149361196
Name so fucking mad.

>>149361239
Yes

>>149361229
>>149361227
Nasrs go home

>Oh, yeah there are also GT cars...
Fucking hell, the TV director needs to remember this more often.

I can sense a Juan that will occur in the esses

>>149361304
I dare say that IMSA gives them more love on the broadcast than WEC, but SGT still trumps both of them by always dedicating sufficient screentime for the GT300 battles

>>149361304
Oh, they are only showing them because the GTP feild is moving through...
Fucking hell.

>>149361202
The track fucked up the scheduling. Last weekend was their normal vintage race event where tickets were $100+, so it's not worth it to attend both in such a short time for most people. And the marketing probably made it confusing between the two

Generally though the attendance looks worse than it is - there are a ton of people camping and watching from non grandstands. That's why attending IMSA races is so comfy, there's no pressure to watch from a specific seat/etc

That cloud is looking beautiful

>>149361327
It was better in the dying days of DPi because, like Super GT there really weren't that many top class cars.
Aaaand now I miss GTE and GTD on the same track.

omnious clouds in the horizon

>rain in 5

Said to myself I was going to nap after Burgerking and skip this since I'm running on 4 hours of sleep but here I am

>>149361359
>Aaaand now I miss GTE and GTD on the same track.
Same
>like Super GT there really weren't that many top class cars.
There's actually more cars in the GT500 field than there are in the IMSA GTP class at the moment

RAIN IMMINENT

RAIN
A
I
N

Rain kino in coming bros

>valkyrie fastest lap is 1.5s better than quickest LMP2

aston bros…

CADDY INTO THE LEAD

>>149361386
>There's actually more cars in the GT500 field than there are in the IMSA GTP class at the moment
Really? I thought there were less than 10. IDK, that series is hard for me to follow. I thought about buying an old iPad just to get their timing app.

PORSHA DOOD
WAT NOU

What would happen if Hypercars would race at the 24h of the Nürburgring?

I think if it rains they’ll have have to put the rain tires on

>>149361441
Death

>>149361448
Thanks for the insight

>>149361421
Dang, I missed it!

>>149361441
Kino of the highest order

lightning caution in 3 2 1...

Does NASCAR run The Boot?

>>149361441

>>149361335
Oh and we're also in a weeklong heat wave across the east coast, and those grandstands will absolutely roast you if you sit in them for too long

>>149361441
Imagine Estre and the Aston, but replace with Hypercar and Dacia. Now imagine the nuclear accident that would occur

>>149361448
This post has been fact checked by real Michelin enjoyers, no lie here

>>149361441
They'd have to do it alone
There's no way they have time to react to a TCR on track

>>149361479
Please do not bully Dacia-chan

>>149361471
Nah they run the short circuit desu

>>149361475
dayum :(

>>149361441
death

Fat John has it up to 4th!!!!

The session is now considered wet

>>149361527
Seems to be sliding back at the moment :(

>>149361527
He’ll find a way to bin it

>>149361527
Is Watkens Glen still somehow dangerous because it killed two drivers back then in the 70s? Cevert and Koinigg

>FCY
Time for a shit break

Here comes the two hours of yellow procedures

>imsa yellow
see you in 3 hours!

>>149361386
I think its good for the sport that GTE is gone, there is more manufacturer interest than ever in prototypes and costs are very controllable for GT3.

>>149360703 (OP)
ion msa.tv the broadcast is not loading. Only the onboards

lambobros...

>using that curb in the rain
Not the brightest idea I’ve seen

Time for 45 minutes of cawshun bros

6 H O U R S P R I N T

>>149361564
No, it's probably safer than a lot of tracks

Just chucking it down now

VERY HEAVY RAIN
WE ARE SO BACK

It’s always annoying when some shitter ruins the transition to rain

it’s fucking pissing it down lads

holy

>commercials
Oh right. This is why I don't watch imsa

>that rain
ho
lee
fuk

>>149361622
a c e z

>>149361622
VPN + IMSA YouTube channel

>>149361622
Was just thinking this, total NBC death

>silly michelin endurance tire
no thanks

are they scared of rain in imsa will they red frag?

>>149361607
>commentators calling it monsoon rain
Rookie moisture levels for us Equatorbros

>pee2

>>149361647
Yes
I fucking hate IMSA

Good lord it’s absolutely pissing it down

Classic

more casualties

>el em pee two

>Binning it under SC
>LMPee2

>crashes on straight
classic pee2

>>149361650
I would kill myself if I had to deal with monsoons and high humidity and high heat all the time

Alright, stop showing off the instant river from HAARP, we want racing

They are bringing out the aero cars at Pikes Peak

lol crowdstrike ceo just binned it on the straight

>George Kurtz
>Crowdstrikes into cars
what did he mean by this

>>149361682
You just get used to it I guess
It's the hot part of the year now and I've my AC on for most of the nights

>el eem pee momento

Aston bros... Even the Lambo can sneak into top 5 for a time... Its it- *starts fading away*

>>149361605
Singapore style rain.
Kek

Looks like an iracing lobby

>>149361710
iRacing lobbies are better because there's no safety car, we'd be just be vrooming

>>149361701
I’m never going to be convinced the Valkyrie is total shit until we see some proper drivers get a chance with it

>>149361697
It’s like 90-95 F here at this time of year but my apartment stays at like 73-75 F without AC because I’m at the base of a hill that blocks sunlight and I’m on the ground floor, but at night I put the AC at 71 F with a fan going at full blast so I can sleep.

In the winter it gets very cold but I turn off the heat at night and leave a fan going on.

t. North Carolina chad

>>149361701
The Grosjean effect in the wet
Ynr his performance at the Battle on the Bricks last year: >>149360892

>>149361632
Yeah I'm on it

>safety car for rain
Vrooms are weaklings now

JANNY IN

>>149361730
>Valkyrie is total shit
they can't actually race, they are 'testing' all the time
if they would crash, it would be actually over

Some madman staying out

>>149361622
We are checking dot online

Wait what happened to the #31 and why did it get dumped to the back of the GTP field

>>149361783
Yes I’ve thought that from watching on boards during a race but it doesn’t explain slow qualy

>>149361803
Very slow stop

>Imsa, Indy and Nascar all on at the same time
Fuck off with that.

>>149361803
Shit pit crew

>>149361697
The older I get the more I hate the heat.

>>149361816
pocono is a snoozer so I shan’t be watching but I might tune into Indycar since it’s a road america

>>149361811
>>149361821
grim

>>149361803
I must suffer.
Simple as.

>>149361803
why did they just pit again???

>>149361846
>#31 into the pits again
thefuck

imsa big ole titties girl.

>>149361763
I think about that every day.
>>149361701
Still 4th.

>>149361846
Red pill me on Cadillac and coors

>>149361846
Haha the 40 will pull it together...

Does the Aston get to rejoin the big boys?

>>149361783
>>149361805
It's all about keeping the chassis together. It needs massive aero and suspension development but they can't do that if they have to rebuild the thing.
It's a but of a glass cannon. It's too bad it's essentially a privateer effort, just imagine if it was a Ferrari or Toyota style factory team.

>braddu pittu tt movie
Lol

>commentators talking about the F1 movie
Bros, I'm honestly tempted to watch it just for the IMSA/Daytona portion

>>149361895
Then why are they even fucking racing just test it for another 1-2 years, it’s probably more dangerous running slow with the pee2 shitters

>>149361506
that's the 70s layout.

>Actual WET racing
wait that's illegal

>>149361859
>Red pill me on Cadillac
Big fuck off NA V8 and the only American cars in Hypercar at least for now.
>coors
Best domestic lager beer at an affordable price. 5% ABV is just right for not getting completely shitty while drinking beer over the course of a race.

>pee2

is this a BIG JUAN?

>lmp2

HAHAAHAHAHAH HUGE LMPEEE 2 MOMENT

LMAO

Shitshow unfolding LIVE

big juan

>>149361853
Ficks sake.
I miss Ganassi so fucking much, it's unreal.

DENTISTS CANT HANDLE IT
SHUT IT DOWN

SOME JUAN

>>149361941
limited testing, same problem F1 has.

how the hell did the windshield come off?

Amateur hour

whoa

>windshield gone
>wiper still working
kek

>windscreen off
WTF?

>>149361949
kek

how

>Windshield came off
>Wipers still work
lmao

>screen gone
>wiper works
greatest ally

>>149361996
Orecas unsafe!

>windscreen wiper still going after the glass fell out

lmao based

>>149361996
we open cockpit now

>>149361954
I meant is there a connection between coors and caddy kek

>>149361941
There's not better way to test something than under combat conditions.

That LMP2 wiper cleaning the dash, kek

>Managed to break the windshield of a LMP2
That's a good effort

>MY SEAT, IT'S FULL OF WATER

Why didn’t they just build the car out of windshield wiper

sat right in the blind spot

>>149361937
I am 100% going to go see it. I'm sure it will be kind of retarded, but it will also be visually amazing.

>>149362028
must be the water

>>149362033
It's too expensive

>THAT HIT
wow, he got VERY lucky, side impact would be death (in minecraft)

>>149361954
Coors sucks and isn't domestic (owned by Molson; Canadian) get Yuengling. Independent family-owned company, available in most states. Has lager, pilsner, and porter varieties.

>>149362006
>>149362007
>>149362025
I miss open top Pee2s

>windshield pops out

captcha: gay™

lol

>already dry
this is fucking gay

How much do track Jannie’s get paid

>woman
>black
>woman
>black
>white boomer
and that's ford trying to be patriotic

>>149362004
cheeped out on glue

>>149362015
>I meant is there a connection between coors and caddy kek
He's literally me.

>>149362094
was he swearing?

>>149362062
Like fucking crazy.

>>149362118
LMU moment

>>149362062
all sports cars should be open top

>>149362038
Yeah I feel the exact same way.

>i let Jesus take the wheel
HOLY BASED

>>149362077
THANK YOU!
>>149362105
I was.
>>149362061
>get Yuengling
I don't, sometimes. I like the lager, black and tan and the Chesterfield, although the Chesty is a little higher ABV and makes mowing the lawn after tge race a bit harder.

Updated

>>149362134
Lincoln Memorial University?

How long has it been since green racing?

>>149362148
I'm more of a coupe fan, since my favs are all closed cockpit coupes, but I like there to be a good mix

>>149362196
No, Leeds Metropolitan University. Why would I be talking about Lincoln?

Wake up, anon

>>149362038
>but it will also be visually amazing.
Yeah no doubt. I just want a Le Mans or Daytona movie on that scale with beautiful cinematography. It'll make me very very happy
I suspect the Daytona portions of the F1 movie will leave me sorely craving for more

GREEN FLAG

GREEN GREEN GREEN

JANI JANI JANI

Anyone enter the sweepstakes? I just did. Wish me luck bros!

FCY

YELLOW YELLOW YELLOW

>another FCY

Yellow the race

30 minute sprint race, 5 hours and 30 minutes of FCY. Thank you IMSA!

>>149362222
that's a GT car.

imsa is impossible to watch

>>149362254
> I just want a Le Mans or Daytona movie on that scale
I normally hate remakes, but a modernized version of Steve McQueen's le Mans could be unreal.

>2025 Sahlen's Six Hours of Full Course Yellow

>they gonna pit for slicks
>another crashes
fuck this shit

>>149362254
>>149362329
Ford vs Ferrari was kino

>>149362278
Nani Nani Nani!
>>149362324
For you, maybe.

ARGY BARGY

ok this is epic

>>149362370
I WANT OUT AAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>149362358
>argyle bargle

>>149362344
I like Rush as well

>eeeeeeeeeeeVROOOM

>>149362344
It was absolutely kino, but I think I was the only one who had a little kek every time there was a pop and a little puff of smoke to indicate that a car was having a mechanical failure.

It would be funny if not a Hypercar wins this but a GT3 Car

>LMP2 4th
O-ok

>>149362305
30 minute sprint motorsports themed EXHIBITION, it doesn't meet the legal threshold to be called a race.

>>149362329
Yeah 2 hours of onboard muffled farting noises with a plot about how Le Mans is a really cool and probably legal way for a CEO to launder millions of dollars out of corporations would really get people excited.

https://youtu.be/AVEVUgM0ytU

>>149362344
>>149362387
Probably my favourite movies in recent memory

Total Oreca Domination

>Oreca 1-2-3-4
STOP THE COUNT

>Proton P8
>JDC P11
I still believe in a good result for my privateers at the end of the 6 hours

>>149362414
Your super power is being a miserable fuck and dragging everyone around you down.
Enjoy being alone forever.

>>149362387
>Rush
best casting in recent memory
also KINO+SOVL

huh????

>porsche using nine-eleven for marketing their cars
shameful

>>149362669
>69
noiiice

Seems like Days of Thunder 2 is happening, with that and F1 hopefully we start to see a bit of a resurgence of motorsport movies. Someone needs to convince
Jerry Bruckheimer to do endurance racing next.

>lambo slipping backwards
sadge

>>149362731
>Someone needs to convince Jerry Bruckheimer to do endurance racing next.
I'd cum so hard

>>149362770
WE WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN

>>149362770
/biz/ idea:
>F1 movie - the sequel
>protagonist gets fed up with the slurpfest that is F1 racing
>switches to endurance racing
>KINO
>SOVL

>>149362810
Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise are teammates at Le Mans

>>149362810
>switches to endurance racing
>drives yellow car
>wins le mans
looks good to me

>>149362731
Never seen the original. Any good?

>>149362825
>Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise are teammates at Le Mans
leo or bale as 3rd driver

>>149362839
>Tom Cruise
>starring as GIGA KUBICA

>>149362876
>does his own stunts and driving
>actually drives it one handed
I'd watch it

>>149362731
no tony scott no watch

>>149362863
If you like other Tony Scott movies like Top Gun you will like it. The story is nothing amazing but the visuals are great so it's worth watching.
>>149362866
Michael Fassbender

>>149362731
>Jerry Bruckheimer to do endurance racing next.
Please, this.

>>149362922
>Michael Fassbender
K I N O

>>149362922
>Michael Fassbender
Perfect!

>>149362936
>road to shitting it into the wall after blaming the team for the car having no pace when it was just your shitty driving

Astonishing how quickly the track has dried out after the insane downpour earlier on

>>149362936
>crashes
yep, it's kino

Nice save

cadibros...

>>149363067
>>149363078
KEK honestly I've been calling it KWAB to Le Mans

>kwab.

CadalACK...

>PAFF

Jack Aitken keep the car on the track challenge: impossible

the car shuts down?

>>149363130
i think he tried to restart it
probably failed because FCY

What a beauty
Shame about the pace though

>>149363139
no no, in the replay, the lights turn off while on track

Not again
>>149363124
Not his fault the cadillacs have wall magnets in them

>>149363147
oic

>>149363112
Did you see that thing he did about Carerra Cup? I watched part of it after NHRA, but the stream cut out half way through.

>Another Yellow Flag
Why am i even watching IMSA

cadibros, we are so back

Anyone been to Lime Rock? I'll be there next weekend.

>>149363175
I’m not sure if it’s the organisers or just shitty drivers who can’t stop crashing to blame desu

>>149363175
Why aren't you also watching IndyCar?
That's the question. That shit is cash.

nooooo my europol

>>149362936
>Michael Fassbender
Does he still racing or what ?

Anyone here knows how to nurse a Sunburn.
Got a massive sunburn on my feet

>>149363242
lmao

>>149363285
aloe vera and patience

LAMBO IN THE LEAD
LAMBO IN THE LEAD
LAMBO IN THE LEAD

>>149363309
Lambros, it's /our/ TIME

>>149363285
put tomato on it

FAT JOHN 1st!
STOP THE CLOCK!

>>149363315
Sliced, diced or Ketchup

>>149363345
sliced

Fat John will bin it

I could have sworn they said #63 retired

>>149363285
Watermelon, grape drink, fried chicken, fentanyl, bix nood

>>149363210
This one seems like it was a car problem, however we wouldn't have all these flags if they dropped LMP2 and GTD. Maybe WEC has the right idea.

>Ohta in
Awww yiss

>>149363285
I always put alo gel on it. I keep it in the fridge for extra soothing.

>>149363379
WEC has been kino this year I just dont care about LMP2 or having several classes for GT3.

Bros, it's 2:25 AM GMT+8 over here and it's been a long day honestly
I've caught most of the N24, British GT, Italian GT and now this. I'm knackered and I have work in the morning
Would really love to stay for the whole thing but it ends at 6AM over here and I really can't
Loved your company and how comfy everything's been. Hope my Lambo, Valkyrie and privateers score good points at the end of this one since victory doesn't really seem possible
See you lads for the Spa 24 next weekend, vroom on

>>149363398
>several classes for GT3
Everything about the drivers rating system is completely fake, gay and retarded.
>>149363378
>bix nood
Kek, classic.

>8th
it works

GREEN

>GT KINO

how is the lamborghini leading?

>>149363439
Good night, fren. It's been a pleasure as always.
Take care of yourself.

>>149363508
BoP

>>149363508
fat john simply is that good

>>149363508
B I G J O H N

>>149363508
Pit strategy. Also, Grosjean was running 4th, so a good deal of pace, too.
>>149363477
>GT KINO
You love to see it.

>>149363508
Yes. It’s actually gapping 2nd

>>149363242
>Palou/Kirkwoodwinslol

>>149363550
Maybe, but they are 10th and 12th respectively right now. It's been a banger so far.

>>149363523
https://youtu.be/xbFKr_kXnzA

YELLOW

this is getting silly now

GTD strikes again

Mustang Sample, noooooooo

>SLUUUUUUUUUUUUURP

>mustang sampling
fug

RIP Mustang hypercar

Good thing Singapore bro went to sleep.

>imsa
>indy

Tune into Indycar
>full course caution
Tune into IMSA
>full course cautions
do these mfs actually do any green racing

>>149363766
Which yellow flag are you enjoying more?

>>149363769
No its against our culture

what the fuck was that amg doing its a full on murder

fatbros...

>>149363784
same thing happened at burgerking 24h i think
i do not condone merc terrorism

>>149363713
If you can't handle the dentists stay out of the office.

>>149363778
For me, it was definitely the one that put Grosjean in first.

>>149363778
indy
daly is a retard

>>149363929
That was 11/10 hilarious.

>race goes green
>stupid interview

FCY FCY FCY

>YELLOW
YELLOW
>YELLOW
fuck this 'race'

lmpee2 has behaved surprisingly well, unlike gt3 shitters

dude ffs what is this semen slurping. fcy 24/7

>another fucking yellow
now i remember why I dont usually watch imsa...

black flag this lambo already

Pfaff Lambo ran out of electricity again

Could he not make the gap in the barrier? FFS

Grosjean please drive good enough to convince lambo to build a second car

Cam on Riley, prove yourselves!!!

>>149364174
>convince lambo to build a second car
they can only have one car in imsa?
in wec they would have to build second car after one year or something like that

fucking lambo

>>149364211
>Riley, prove yourselves
They suuuuuuure did.

>if only you knew

is grosjean ok

>>149364218
>they can only have one car in imsa?
No, they only want to pay for one.

aston mardin

>>149364289
After that pitstop undoing his hard work I doubt it

>>149364289
as ok as one can be after spending 3 hours in a lambo oven

>>149364288
>TFW you hand the car over and the teamnloses 8 places on the pit stop.
He is 100% on his way to the airport already.

nooo lucille

>>149364289
soon it will all be solve

we nascar

his wheel come off

>>149364218
Yes I dont think Lambo or Aston are planning on building a second car for IMSA

>SEXUS

>>149364289
>is grosjean ok
Yeah, but Riley is in shambles.

nyoooo Lexus...

what even ís a green flag

>>149364368
Total Lexus death.

How many minutes of green have we had so far?

>>149364465
about tree fiddy

so much FCY, they do it for the smallest incident it’s insane

based track janny enjoying some seat time

>I'm cooked. And I know cooking.

he said it

GREEN GREEN GREEN

>inb4 FCY in about two minutes

3 wide and Cadillac comes out in front.
Absoltly loving it!

Rexy bullying the Croquette

>>149364689
cadillacbros we can't stop winning

>>149364539
We are the land of lawyers. If anyone gets hurt, it's over.

if Peugeot and Alpine were smart they'd bring the their cars over to IMSA to have some extra track time to help develop them quicker.

>>149364705
Mostly because we never started, kek.

>>149364806
Do poojoo or alpine even sell cars over there?

Also no amount of track time is going to improve the 9x8. It’s cooked. Sure maybe different BoP helps, but they want to win Le Mans they aren’t interested in IMSA

>>149364892
>Peugeot
not since 1993, but they're owned by Stellantis which means they could slap a Stellantis corporate cousin's badge on there (Dodge, for example)
>Alpine
sorta, I've never seen one in the wild though. same as above, though; Renault are butt buddies with Nissan so they could just brand it as a Nissan entrant here.

Hows Porsche not facing success balast? 30kg heavier and around 40kw less power lmao. same trash as wec

>>149364972
Yea actually I did read something saying a new car might be under one of the other brands.

But it’s a bit like saying why don’t Honda bring the Acura to WEC and run it under the Honda brand. In the end it probably all comes down to money

>>149365063
I think Honda is more about corporate politics where Japanese Honda won't let American Honda race outside of America

>>149365063
Honda don't run the Acuras stateside, IMSA is all privateers, no factory teams. The only money they stand to lose is in developing the car at the factory; they don't spend a penny on running teams. If teams wreck their cars, Honda makes money because it means they can sell more chassis.

>>149364979
It’s got a hard BoP because it’s been dominating

>>149365182
so success balast, instead of data driven bop

>the race is so boring that they started talking about anthems on le mans
wew

>>149365165
Isn’t this just semantics and technicalities though? It’s like saying Porsche, Ferrari or Caddy aren’t factory teams.

I think the manufacturers worked out a long time ago it’s cheaper and will lead to better results to get an experienced outfit to run their cars for them

>>149365063
>WEC and run it under the Honda brand.
they might not want to fight (and lose) toyota in wec

HULK mentioned

>FCY

Yell fuck sale

>sniffer

>come back from Indy
>FCY

>FCY
this can't be real

>BMWABED

tf? another yellow?

he didnt sniff so good

>>149365317
Penske and Ganassi are still technically independent, which is why they also race in other series using stuff other than Porsche/GM. AF Corse is definitely just a subsidiary of Ferrari proper at this point, at least the 50 and 51 cars. the 83 I think is ran by the GT3 crew and therefore has much less support from the factory squad.

you should get a fucking penalty if you driver your kwabed car down the track leaving your shit everywhere

Why don’t they just do yellow flags in the sectors? Why the need for FCY and safety car for every tiny incident?

It’s like it was designed to put people off watching it intentionally

>>149365607
people's lives are at stake

>>149365607
they use NASCAR-style cautions because IMSA is owned by NASCAR and they don't want to have incongruencies with the rules between the two series, for whatever reason.

>>149365607
In this case its because the BMW dragged itself back to the pits and scattered debris across the track. For the other incidents where its just a car stopped on track though it makes no sense.

>>149365607
need to bunch up the field for muh excitement
taking a page off of the worst book out there (n*scar)

What’s up with usanda tracks and pit lanes? Here, Road America and Sebring all seem to be like this. The pits don’t have proper garages but there looks to be plenty of space for them

>>149365772
Garages are expensive to build and maintain

>>149365772
walls are cheaper than a complete building

>>149365772
The pits are for pitting, why would you need a garage there?

>>149365607
Basically all North American tracks are owned by cheap faggots and even if you had the political will to do local yellows they can't actually do jack shit because they don't have the equipment or track access to clean shit up without sending vehicles out from the pit lane anyways. Like look at any international level European or Asian track and they will have access roads that go all the way around the track probably on both sides so you can haul a car out of the gravel and send it back to the pits without stopping the race while most American shitholes that haven't been meaningfully upgraded since 1970 require bringing them back on a flatbed truck on the track because that's the only pavement in the entire property. Facility wise they're like street tracks, operating out of tents with diesel generators and shit too, often they don't even have real toilets.

Watkins Glen is particularly bad because large chunks of the track have guardrail right along the sides of the track so any stopped car will be on the track.

>>149365841
So you can fix your car when your POS driver stacks it instead of having to drive off into some weird no man’s land

>again

FCY

FCY LET'S FUCKING GO

looking forward to the flag analysis tomorrow

explaing to my inexistent gf how many fcy were
also
>aston malding

>>149365940
Sounds grim. Seems weird given how the usanda projects its image to the world. Thanks for the insight. I didn’t think the tracks would be too old given the country itself isn’t that old. I guess all the money is in nascar type series

guess im just gonna watch nascar then

>>149365165
>Honda don't run the Acuras stateside
HRC does all the engineering work for the 93, but let the Americans do the pit monkey stuff.

They aren’t sending their best to the glen

>>149365772
it's called setting up a tent next to the transporter. Euros are soft and need their fancy garages and tire blankies.

I am once again requesting the end of GTD. Move it to the pilot challenge or something.

>sit behind the pace car for ten laps, tyres cold as ice
>race goes green, driver crashes because of cold tyres, bringing out the pace car for another ten laps
the ride never ends

>>149365607
You can't trust the drivers to obey flags when the track jannies are out cleaning up messes.

>>149366153
CAWSHUNS BREED CAWSHUNS

>>149366153
>driver crashes because of cold tyres
skill issue, good drivers can manage tires

>>149366191
Great, this isn't a series for good drivers though.

>>149366191
that's beside the point, all it takes is one shitter

>>149366191
Good drivers aren't in GTD

>>149366197
Kek appears to be true though tbf

>>149366197
Sure it is. We will just have to wait until the end to find out who they are.

This is still winnable, right Valk bros?

>>149366283
The rules are literally constructed such that it is a disadvantage to drive faster than your worst teammate under normal circumstances.

>>149366342
We just need the front 9 cars to shit it into the barrier and it’s all ours

>tune back in
>caddy 1-2-3
what the fuck im cumming

>>149365940
f1 still sends out track jannies with literal brooms to sweep up debris.

>>149366042
Watkins Glen was built in 1956, it hosted F1 races during the era of Jim Clark and Graham Hill, and really has not changed since then.
Most of the top American tracks were built in the 50s and 60s. the IMSA calendar, for example:
>Daytona, 1959
>Sebring, 1950
>Laguna Seca, 1957
>Mosport, 1960
>Road America, 1955
>VIR, 1957
>Indy, 1909
>Road Atlanta, 1970

i like how imsa cannot display their penalties on screen

>>149366342
The Valk must have horribly bad BoP I guess

>>149366428
>f1 still sends out track jannies with literal brooms to sweep up debris.
Among other things

This is just another example of on location resources being used instead of sending three F550s out to drive around the entire track at 30mph.

>>149366377
The drivers rating system is retard and gay.

>>149366543
I think it’s at min weight and max power they are just doing the usual Sunday drive routine avoiding incidents because they are terrified of damaging the car

>>149366554
This is an imsa thread you cant contradict slander of f1

>>149366420
Don't worry, Acura will make the pass with 5 minutes to go.

>>149366578
>they are terrified of damaging the car
are you memeing or it's the new copium ?

>>149366571
It's not about rating but bop

>>149366554
>three F550s
You just use what you have at hand.
In Japan it's natural brooms. In Italy its gay little street sweepers and backpack leaf flowers and in the US it's fuckhuge trucks.

>>149366578
>>149366634
Gabe simply can't afford the repair bill

BIZ idea:
A 4-5 car LMP3 field at every race as a show element to fuck shit up even if regular drivers are producing a slurper
They have way laxer dnf rules to keep them on the track even if they smash their front suspension to million pieces

>>149366634
>are you memeing
I think there is some truth to it. I have yet to see the Aston contest a position. They just point everyone by and never attack.

>>149366634
>It's not about rating but bop
How? BoP is results based, not lap time based.

>>149366634
Neither, it’s genuinely my impression from watching them in Wec and here. For example at Le Mans we saw in qually the car could compete, not right at the top sure but not right at the back. But whenever you watch an on board, they don’t really race or fight at all. They are just trying to get round the track.

The only reason I can think they do this is because they know they don’t have the money to fix the car if it catches big damage. That might also explain the somewhat lacking driver line ups.

Gaben is fishing for more sponsorship money to help out and it’s working. It’s one of the most popular cars amongst fans despite its results

>>149366710
That's already how it works but with LMP2s

Ok I gave up on /turnleft/ that was awful, I'll watch /imsa/

genuine shame only two championships are taking advantage of the endurance racing renaissance.

>>149366720
>>149366781
>That might also explain the somewhat lacking driver line ups.
wanted to say they don't really have the sharpest of the lineups
> They are just trying to get round the track.
Maybe also to get mileage, they don't risk, more so that in IMSA they have only 1 car.
Somebody mentioned that at Le Mans qualy it looked like the car was very nervous when they pushed it, tried to step out and shit all the time

Oh boy

>penske

suddenly nude porsche

>poorsche
we /openwheel/ now lmao

TOTAL PORSCHE DEATH

>fcy
>again

One down, eight to go. All part of the Valk master plan.

OH SHIT TANDY NO

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
DIE
PORSCHE,
DIE

Neked Porsche

THIS FUCKING PRODUCTION IS FUCKING AWFUL
HOW CAN YOU MISS THIS CRASH

>pornsche

bet that hurt

>>149366878
How can you say that with middle east le mans championship getting customer hypercars (and I guess ELMS will follow suit with time)

KWAB

>loses it on curb
really

How?

>on his own
they truly are not sending their best at all

porschepenskebros...

>>149366915
honestly looks better like this

>>149366915
imsa modifieds when

>>149366915
HOLY SHIT THERE'S AN LMP2 UNDER THE GTP

>6 hour FCY sprint race of the glen

>>149366904
Trust the process

>>149366947
I mean Tandy is a pretty handy driver he has the enduro triple crown. Just made a mistake

Also
>trying to drive your naked car back to the pits when one wheel is pointing straight and the other is at 80 degrees of lock kek

>>149366930
Asian LMS only uses P2 and P3 cars, what?

>>149367116
hypermeme 26/27 onwards

>>149367116
https://www.dailysportscar.com/2025/06/13/pro-am-hypercar-entries-to-be-accepted-for-2026-2027-asian-le-mans-series.html

>>149367116
>>149367148
mandatory bronze shitter in the hypercars for maximum memes

>>149366930
didn't they say only 2 or 3 hypercar entries? inb4 its all porsche 963s

>>149367148
>Chinese bronze drivers in Hypercars
this will end well

>>149367181
>tfw it’s van wall and isotta

truly a shitter series for the ages

>>149367175
Literally just randomly select people from the crowd at this point.

The race needs to go green before 5:25 and not have any more cautions in order for most of the race to have been run under green

>>149367138
>>149367148
I'd rather the return of the JSPC

>>149367240
>tfw it’s van wall and isotta
I'd watch that. Especially if you add Glickenhaus.
I wonder where the Alpine LMP1 car went.

>>149367240
>a wild glick appears out of nowhere

>>149367258
That's not gonna happen. There are way too many cars on this short if a track.

>>149367290
At least one chassis for the car formerly known as the Rebellion R13 is in Oreca's shop. It's not LMH or LMDh so it wouldn't be allowed obviously.

>>149367279
why, Super GT GT500 cars are faster than LMH/LMDh

over 2h40 of yellow until now
will we crack the 3 hours? stay, watch and find out!

>Valk p5
STOP THE COUNT

>>149367368
are they?

That’s it valky baby, weave for daddy. Show me your shape

>>149367368
more manufacturer support, more variety. 4 cylinder Lexus racing a Civic is boring

>>149367364
>it wouldn't be allowed obviously
Yeah, but I always wonder what happens to all these cars. Like where are all the IMSA GTP Lights go? Or all the 1980s Trans-Am cars?

>>149367368
>>149367438
>2024 6h of Fuji pole 1:28.901
>SuperGT round at Fuji pole 1:26.093
always surprised at how quick those GT500 are

>>149367438
yeah, Fuji Speedway lap record for GT500 is 1:28.493, lap record for Hypercar is 1:30.735. LMP1 lap record is 1:24.645.

>>149367438
Yes, but it's because the LMH/LMDh cars are tuned down and the GT5000 cars are all but maxed out.

>>149367506
sold or in some museum

>>149367514
is almost as of a light car with a powerful engine was a good combination to go fast

>>149367506
a lot of them get stuffed away in a garage and left to collect dust.

>>149367514
different BoP. the GT500s are basically a spec series but with different bodywork, so they can afford a higher BoP. HCs need to be balanced down to the shittiest entrant which means the much faster cars are probably sacrificing 5+ seconds a lap.

>>149367540
>LMH/LMDh cars are tuned down
they're just slow, LMP1-era LMP2s were quicker than LMHs are

>>149367540
no, the LMP2's are tuned down so they don't embarrass the LMH/LMDh

>>149367514
The Super GT race was less than half as long.

>>149367608
They weighted less and has less power. It was so wildly different it's hardly comparable.

I’d like to see Harper get a shot in a hyper

>>149367635
Kek, that, too, but they could give all the cars 20% more power, but it wouldn't improve the racing. Same with IndyCar. NASCAR, too, but they are so Nerffed they actually need it on "plate" tracks.

How did the 10 Cadillac get so far back?

>>149367755
were they the ones who pitted a lap before the FCY?

>>149367812
Maybe, there have been so many...

what would be the note for this race?

That was a fukken good save

gonna need a fcy soon or we ain't cracking the 3 hours, mayne

>>149367971
IMSA desperately needs to examine its classes and field size.

>>149368069
Only if the FCY puts the Valk in the lead

>LMPee 2

>Shittipaldi

That was a close one for FCY

>>149367971
fuck FCYs, as usual

Why is LMP2 like this?

based vette

why 'vettes have to be the punching bag of every enduro race?

>>149368247
They have to put the engine back in the front to lift the curse

>>149368220
Many such cases.

>>149368247
punishment from the racist gods for leaving the FMR layout and pushrod V8s

>>149368284
Yes, please.

>24h LM
>24h Nurbur
>6h Watkins
Fuck, I might get addicted to Endurance Bros—how do I cope during the weeks when there aren't hours of content like that?

What the fuck is this commentary? You have 4 cars racing for positions and the guy is rambling about some bullshit ignoring the race.

Mies is going insane.

>>149368326
Thanks!

>>149368352
same
my life isn't the same (it's now better, except i'm still virgin) without non-f1 races

Energy levels not looking good Valk bros...

>>149368355
they are just taking the piss whole race
i hate these cunts

>>149368438
#77 AO Racing also lifting and coasting for +2s/lap while in 7th. Tragic

>>149368438
>Energy
*fuel

>>149368438
Everyone else needs fuel too. We can still get p5

>Corvette bros...

FCY WILL SAVE US VALK BROS

one more caution please

Ferrari…

>gm

>>FCY

And here it is !

FCY

WHAT THE FUCK NOW HALF THE FIRLD DONT HAVE ENOUGH FIRLD TO FONISH AND CSNT GET FUEL??

Aaaaaaaaaand another Corvette problem.

GREEN
WHITE
CHECKERED

so that was the curse?

PLACE YOUR BET, GENTLEMEN

>>149368548
>Ferrari…
I can see why you might think that, but no. It's a Corvette.

whole race was a mess. 2/10 best I can do

>>149368608
BIG JOHN FTW

>>149368608
Cadillac bins it somehow and I finally KMS.

>>149368608
Valkyrie podium

>>149368613
KWAB

>>149368666
Checked lets go Satan

>>149368608
Honders 1-2

>el em pee 2

>>149368672
At least Wickens isn't in that car today.

>seabass

The fuck is wrong with that Lmp2.
Seabass, wtf

FUCK DENTISTS TOTAL GENTLEMAN DRIVER DEATH

this fucking race

LOL

OH NO NO

KEK WHAT A KWAB

cadi bros...

Acura wins, then

>wtr
>caddy

NOOO SEXUS

It's not even funny anymore

IT KEEPS HAPPENING

>rari

IM KILLING MYSELF
RIGHT NOW
GIVE ME A NOOSE

Wow, two fule savings superstars where faggot ass Honda wins.

Next time Valk bros...

>ferrari

Eternal caddy suffering

>cars out of “””energy”””
>still driving

What a mem ending for a meme race

How dumb you got to be to lose because of the fuel

>>149368643
...

Praise Lord Gaben, deliver us from this mess.

Lexuspals… did we win?

That Vette never would've died and caused the caution to ruin everything if it was still front engine.

>>149368827
We almost had them

Fuck, Di Resta and United Motorsport won in LMP
We were so close of a perfect result

>>149368879
The new vettes are so soulless desu looks like a shitty combination of Ferrari/Mclaren/Lambo

hilarious end
the lexus just sitting ass out on the track is very funny

>>149368841
It's been nice knowing you boys.

europol getting humped

one final >lmp2 moment

>>149368839
It's a strategy thing and all the yellows followed by a long green fucked it all up.
>>149368827
At least they finished. Lamborghini, too.
There was a really good race going right up until the end.
>>149368829
>Eternal caddy suffering
Dude, tell me about it.
>>149368871
No, DNF

>>149368908
Total Hawksworth death

>win race
>have to wear silly hats

>>149368946
Kek
Maybe NASCAR will be good...

>>149369048
Sahlen's hotdogs are the best there is.

>>149369048
>ynr how the wienie 500 was rigged