12 Hours of Sebring - 2017

[afx]

Tomorrow (Saturday-3/18) 10:30 AM-11:00 PM

http://imsatv.imsa.com/

 

[vamach1]

Thanks for the info.

[kitbash1]

Thanks from me as well.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Yes, thanks for the heads-up. Years ago I used to make the annual pilgrimage, either as a spectator or a working race mechanic. The first year I went was the year the Steve McQueen / Peter Revson Porsche finished second with McQueen's broken foot in a cast. Pretty impressive.

I think that was the year I discovered the mystical town of Two Egg, Florida on the way home too, but that's another story entirely.

It's one of the races I usually forget to follow these days, but I'll be sure to have a look tomorrow. Thanks again. 

[tedd60]

I stopped watching car racing years ago, in most of the big series (NASCAR, Indy, F-1) the cars are pretty much all the same, and it seems whenever somebody builds up a lead, out comes a yellow for "debris on the track" to close up the field, so it just stopped being interesting for me.  But a couple years ago I started sim racing (Assetto Corsa) and started watching the endurance events.  I love the innovation, especially in the LMP (LeMans Prototype) classes and will watch the entire 12 or 24 hours if there is TV coverage.

I'll be watching the race and keeping an eye out for those beautiful Fords and Caddys. 

EDIT ... I found a copy of the starting grid:

http://autoweek.com/article/imsa/ford-gt-stages-1-2-qualifying-sweep-sebring

 

 

Edited March 18, 2017 by tedd60

[tedd60]

A Caddy sweep, and a Vette beat the Fords who beat the Porsches and the Ferrari.

I watched the race on Fox Sports and thought the coverage was terrible.  They didn't cover the start or most of the first hour.  The race in the GTLM class had a number of lead changes and was pretty tight, not that you would know it from the Fox coverage.  And the commercials ...

I'm going to have to find another way to watch these things.

 

Edited March 19, 2017 by tedd60

[allis200]

 

I'm going to have to find another way to watch these things.

I watch the races a few days later on YouTube. IMSA has their own channels so you can watch it without commercials. Also check out Nismo TV for overseas races. Currently watching the 12 Hours of Bathhurst.

 

[tedd60]

Thanks, allis200  for the heads up about Bathhurst and Nismo TV!  I found the race on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmLdnnjC0q4

I've driven a couple enduros and 12 hour rallys (several through the Pocono area of Pennsy), I cannot imagine going over Mount Panorama at night.  It's got to be darker than the inside of a cow up there.

 

T

 

[allis200]

lot of action in the Bathhurst race

[tedd60]

lot of action in the Bathhurst race

Over the last couple months I have really gotten into racing in Australia.  I watch on Youtube.  They don't fool around down there, there is ALWAYS a lot of action in their races.  Just do a search for Improved Production Bathurst.  This years Sebring was almost a walk in the park by comparison.