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Front of the Corvette and it is going to have a turbo engine.

(audio) https://sportscar365.com/industry/audio ... bo-engine/

I don't hate it... That downshift at the very end of the audio was pretty righteous... That thing painted yellow with the black accents... Bring it on.

Nissan (with ESM / Ligier - Onroak) will be the first manufacturer to offer DPi kits to customer teams
https://racer.com/2018/08/10/esm-to-rel ... -for-2019/

Mazda will not have a customer DPi program for 2019
https://racer.com/2018/08/09/mazda-rule ... -for-2019/

United isn't running the NAEC races in 2019
https://sports.yahoo.com/united-autospo ... 29966.html

Juncos racing adds a Caddy DPi to the stable in 2019...

https://racer.com/2018/08/15/juncos-racing-to-join-cadillac-dpi-ranks-in-imsa/

The C8.R with it's artists rendered paint... Sort of...

10kg weight increase for LMP2 Oreca for Laguna Seca.

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/lmp2 ... guna-seca/

A bit ironic because LMP2 (best-in-class car) performance was supposed to be the locked baseline performance, and that DPis are balanced against that. And just a few weeks ago when they announced the split classes for 2019 it was about letting DPis loose. And then suddenly the problem is that LMP2s are too fast.

Sounds like they're pandering to DPi OEMs.

I like it as a car.... but it's not a Corvette to me, it should be front engined V8

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It's at times like these you realise, despite the series coming together, the sports car civil war never really ended

If I had an LMP2 i'd pack it up and race somewhere else, they clearly don't want anything but their beloved DPs to win.

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When you let the factories in to race and they're paying the bills, you tie your hands. Had they never allowed stock LMP2's to compete in the first place it wouldn't be a problem.

RIP Don Panoz

All-time fav car:

Ford & Ganassi taking the GT's up to Bathurst for a demo run.

Porsche Unveils Retro Liveries for Petit Le Mans
https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/pors ... t-le-mans/

Agustin Canapino toured the Juncos Racing shop and tested Dallara's DPi simulator. As that Canapino is a current GM factory driver in Argentina, it wouldn't be surprising if he ran with Juncos next year.

Heinricher Racing partners with Meyer Shank Racing & Caterpillar, will run the #57 Acura NSX GT3 in GT Daytona as a a all-female team for the 2019 IWSC season with Jackie Heinricher, Simona de Silvestro, Katherine Legge & Bia Figueiredo (Ana Beatriz)
https://racer.com/2018/10/12/heinricher ... st-popular

Pfaff Motorsports to move up to IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship to compete in GT Daytona's mini Sprint Cup championship in a Porsche GT3. Scott Hargrove and Zacharie Robichon will race the entry
https://racer.com/2018/10/12/pfaff-moto ... mpionship/

2019 schedules for the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA & IMSA Ultra94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada has been released.

On the American side: Montreal & Laguna Seca has been added, with Montreal supporting the F1 weekend & Laguna Seca supporting the IndyCar weekend. Other races outside of IMSA weekends include Barber which supports their IndyCar weekend. Montreal will be a combined race with the Canadian series. The US-based series will now feature television coverage on NBCSN on a tape-delay basis as apart of their new 6 year deal (which moves from sydincation broadcasts on Sinclair free to air networks). The round at Montreal will not be broadcast on television or streaming as Formula One owns the on-track rights for that weekend.


On the Canadian side: The championship will return to Mont-Tremblant for their season finale. Road America will be the 2019 comboational race in the USA. With Montreal being a combined event with the USA series, the Cayman GT4 class will not compete.


2019 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama Schedule:
04/06/2018 - Barber Motorsports Park (AL)
04/07/2019 - Barber Motorsports Park (AL)
05/04/2019 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (OH)
05/05/2019 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (OH)
06/08/2019 - Circuit Gilles Villenuve (QUE) - TBC
06/09/2019 - Circuit Gilles Villenuve (QUE) - TBC
06/27/2019 - Watkins Glen International (NY)
06/28/2019 - Watkins Glen International (NY)
08/03/2019 - Road America (WI)
08/04/2019 - Road America (WI)
08/24/2019 - Virginia International Raceway (WI)
08/25/2019 - Virginia International Raceway (WI)
08/21/2019 - WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (CA)
08/22/2019 - WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (CA)
10/10/2019 - Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta (GA)
10/11/2019 - Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta (GA)


2019 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama Schedule:
05/18/2019 - Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (ONT)
05/19/2019 - Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (ONT)
06/08/2019 - Circuit Gilles Villenuve (QUE) - TBC
06/09/2019 - Circuit Gilles VIllenuve (QUE) - TBC
07/06/2019 - Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (ONT)
07/07/2019 - Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (ONT)
07/13/2019 - Streets of Toronto (ONT)
07/14/2019 - Streets of Toronto (ONT)
08/03/2019 - Road America (WI)
08/04/2019 - Road America (WI)
TBA - Mont-Tremblant
TBA - Mont-Tremblant

Sources: Speed Sport, SportsCar365, RACER.com (Montreal dates which are TBC)

Good riddance.

Hopefully IMSA has some good coverage next year on NBC, but I will miss the good parts of FOX's coverage as well.

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AIM Autosport to partner with Vasser-Sullivan & Lexus Performance to field a GTD team for 2019.
https://www.imsa.com/news/102018/lexus- ... -gtd-class

Doubtful, just look at NASCAR for an example, it always amazes me how everybody thinks NBC will be the Lord and saviour for coverage every year, then a few weeks later all I see is "I can't wait for this coverage to go back to Fox" whist failing to realise the only thing that changes between networks is the commentary team.

NBC has NASCAR, Indycar, IMSA and two main channels, so one of them at least is going to end up on CNBC whenever they clash.