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I think the Porsche actually looks better... Coz the livery just has some more going on
Here we go with full quality
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NEIN
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Real phat V8 hours
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mellow marsh
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The BWT Livery of the 1990's
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what
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Congrats @lean hatch, you're now on lap 20
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real Indy hours?
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I thought it was Michael in the Kraco's, unless that was later
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Name a better duo: Fast Goodwood times and twitch oversteerhttps://youtu.be/o60hOmg6Ibc
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Thats the Corolla generation of that in initial d isn't it
ae86 toyota corolla
the levin model
I forgot the difference between the levin and the trueno
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they're extremely handsome cars
a bit of modding and you have this
Ah yes popups, true
Wanna get a ride with them
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They looked so advanced for their times
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Bud Light, Castrol, Factory, JVC, Silk Cut or Suntec
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You can never go wrong with the Silk Cut Livery
Although I really like the Suntec livery
It looks great in Green
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thats one hot image
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it goes with the aerodynamics tho
yeah
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The first event took place on September 21, 1957, a California Sports Car Club event. Richie Ginther and Ricardo Rodriguez won the opening day twin features for sports cars. Remarkably, Rodriguez was aged just 15 at the time and thus too young to drive on California's highways. The racing director had to obtain special permission from the highway patrol for Rodriguez to compete...
intresting
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That was senna testing a Indy car
during 1993 i think
since it was his last year
and he would leave mclaren
and that was prob before he signed for williams
and he tested whit an indy
whit his indeed
iconic sponsor
Marlboro
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That was senna testing a Indy car
That was Senna during his F3 days
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oh lol
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He was racing at Macau in that photo
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oh lol
i got a question
why is Macau gp so important?
like
every time i see somebody telling the entire career of someone
around open wheel racing
they almost everytime mention
the Macau grand prix
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why is Macau gp so important?
Maybe because of the Macau GP being so demanding, considering how the Guia street circuit is very twisty, narrow, and challenging. It's either that or the rich history it holds or something.
I don't know either tbh
But all I know is that it's basically the crown jewel of Junior Formula Racing
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(even though monaco was used for F3000, GP2, GP3, F2, and F3)
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But longer and worse
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let's hope for 2022 cars to take a big chunck of size from current ones
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let's hope for 2022 cars to take a big chunck of size from current ones
... The cars will remain at 2m wide, and have a wheelbase cap at 3.6m, as opposed to Mercedes 3,726mm...
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That's the 2022 rulebook bruh
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ok, was just asking
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Also wdym you can't get an F1 car around it? Macau has GT3 cars around it and they're 2,050mm wide... Unless you meant the length
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I think he was talking about wideness+ length combined
still f1 cars would be way to fast for macau imo
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it's not an issue in Monaco
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they could do a lap round it but even a hotlap would be tricky imo
monaco is less twisty and a bit wider than macao i think
(there are some wide places at macao but most of it is really tight)
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yes, and the problem with that isn't the speed of the cars, but their dimensions 🙂
They can fit through Baku
Oh wait nevermind
most of them can
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mental path
last race just started late 70s cars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpMLOmBD_Fc
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Fave CART scheme, go
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Texaco v Marlboro v Pennzoil v Target v Valvoline
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Texaco v Marlboro v Pennzoil v Target v Valvoline
No particular fave, huh?
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Probably
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Oh wow
That's something I've never seen before
I thought Chip only started around the same time as Pacwest in 1993/4
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Yeah he was with Pat Patrick's racing team till '89
then they split and he went off to form Chip Ganassi Racing
Midpack team until they struck gold with the duo of Vasser & Zanardi
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that livery looks surprisingly modern for the early 90s
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1996 jarno trulli in an opel f3 car
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Seems kinda weird seeing an F3 car with a Benetton livery
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I love it
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Gimmie this windscreen aesthetic
But maybe a tad taller at the front, with a lil centre beamy bit
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The Miller is Bobby Rahal's Lola-Honda
The other is Paul Tracy's Penske-Mercedes
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These winscreens wavy
I could just imagine the modern day aeroscreen being photoshopped to recreate the old windscreens
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what the fuck are the last 2
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The menards one has a Buick V6
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why does that exist even
Like I understand why you would want to divert airflow from a draggy mass called a humna head
but that just looks plain ugly and draggy
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but that just looks plain ugly and draggy
Yeah, it isn't as aesthetically pleasing
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That's the MP4/5 innit?
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Yes, the MP4/5B
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I'd have the visor height windscreen with that 2019 impact protection nipple
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I'd have the visor height windscreen with that 2019 impact protection nipple
I quite like the sound of that
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Like an aeroscreen that isn't... Bulky
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(and more aerodynamic)
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No bulky aeroscreens
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See actually it's about the height I'm into
The main thickness stops at the top of the visor, and the little I assume radio spindle at the top is a bit taller
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I still like the look of it even now.
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Here we go
This windscreen the flat zone on the front, then slightly raise down height to match the bar
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I was thinking of doing something similar to the 2018 aeroscreen
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Nah
Y'know other ideas that're totally reasonable?
Nah
That tub lengrh tho
This being my favourite CART Image
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Ugh the tubs are so short...
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What's wrong? I don't really see any problems.
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Well just... The front axle centreline is so not ahead of the cockpit
I'm used to F1 tub lengths of 1,800mm from cockpit rear to front axle
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Omg what car is that, that’s beautiful
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Isn't that like a 308 or something?
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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/600157465816072213/836327607737909298/002...
Something tells me this competed in Group 5 racing
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Ah boog this is an XFE that doesn't belong here...
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Twitter
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Man those NASCARs look good
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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/600157465816072213/837034303354437672/94b...
the cagiva was one of the most beautiful bikes ever
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kindred shard
This being my favourite CART Image
Hot
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I still like my wider tyres but augh
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All Lolas oof
Whatever Lola wants... Lola gets...
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Apart from a company lifeline
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RIP Lola
1958-2012
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that one is hot
The Penske Rahal-Hogan... Lola, aka a Miller Genuine Draft Lola-Mercedes lended to Penske (in this case Emmo's one, Al Jr's was the Duracell of Raul Boesel) in a fruitless attempt to qualify for the Indy 500 in 1995
Because I believe they had a critical setup issue that they thought they could use from this other track, I think it was Phoenix or something, and paste it into Indy's setup, when it's foundation was flawed
Also they did a Ferrari and biased Goodyears
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Today I learned TENORAS sponsored Toyota
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and TENORAS is???
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They seem to be a Japanese Designer Clothing brand
But I only knew about the scheme coz of Nissan
However despite finding the Toyota also had it, I can;t find any images of the Toyota with it, oonly models
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huh.
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Also damn... Roland drove some hot cars
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Hold on a second...
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Never knew he tested for CART
Especially in Scott Brayton's car
It's kinda strange just thinking that Ratzenberger and Brayton both died nearly 2 years apart from each other.
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What team is it?
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No clue
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Oh wow Scotty ran that scheme from 1991-1993
And a slightly different one before hand
Ahhh, dick Simon racing
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interesting, what race was this?
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According to several sources, Senna competed in the 1984 1000km of the Nurburgring with this car
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also if we're gonna be precise, the entry name for the team in 1988 was Honda Marlboro McLaren
guessing Honda was also a title sponsor and not just the engine supplier, but that's beyond the scope of this channel
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Woah vintage sidecars
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Bro current sidecars are so hot
I'd love them to try the same 1,000cc engines as the senior class but alas
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what engine is this?
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The OG 911 GT1? Nah nah nah
The GT1-98 Evo? Oiiiiyeee
Having another version of the not... Great sounding B6's isn't fun tho
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Benetton-Lotus, huh?
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1981...
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Bobby Unser, James Hunt, Dan Gurney & Brett Lunger
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Was this taken at one of the old International Race of Champions events F1 did?
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Wouldn't it be the opposite rather
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it's not a Porsche originality to have a streamlined body like that
but both look great
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you definitely need earplugs for the 917
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heard it live at the RB Ring
they had many other Porsches, but this sounded the best, the Kurzschwanz
was also the slowest obviously.
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you're one lucky guy reb
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was a nice adventure going to this race
take the first metro at 530 to go to the train station for a train at like 7, reach Stuttgart around 9 sth, then on the road from Stuttgart to Spielberg (about 10 hours)
with a person i had only previously talked online, first time seeing irl
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no that wasn't someone from this discord
erm that was 2017 so i don't think there were
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ahh
The 917 is such a brilliant car though
it killed a series even
Sunoco 917/30 was a beauty
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what did it kill, CanAm?
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yep
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wasn't this series dead anyway with onlyMcLaren winning
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kinda
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It also holds the official track record for Talladega, the only car to break the 220mph mark there.
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Why did the Ford GT mk4 look more like a Porsche
There's only so many ways to make something Aerodynamic... Also I'd say more Lola/McLaren type
Also the 917/30 didn't really kill Can-Am
There was also a thing called the Oil-Crisis, I dunno if you heard of it
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Nascar stock cars raced Le mans
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Yeah, that one
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The dovetail Audi 90 is just gorgeous
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where dis
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for how many years have they bought momo wheels and ghetto modified them?
Wdym?
indycar used to buy stock momo wheels, and cutting the top half to put the insert for the shift leds and what not
they've stopped quite recently i was told
Also not all of them were built with tops
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Special appearance by the Mazda MXR-01!
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Man...
Those cars are so hot
As much as it was a killmove
3.5L Gr.C is just great
i don't understand how it was a killmove, can you explain?
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basically Bernie got Max Mosley to enforce 3.5L F1 engines for the SportsCars too
whcih drove costs wayyyyyyyyy up
and Group C died
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i don't understand how it was a killmove, can you explain?
Bernie and Max saw that in 1988 not only were the cars really damn fast, they were also... Incredibly competitive, grids were huge, so uhm... F1 is at threat, and we can't have that can we?
mhm of course not
So for 1990 tho delayed a bit to 1991, they just stuck an extra 100kg or so of weight on the current cars, then allowed 750kg cars with the 3.5L Engine regs found in F1 at the time
The idea to make everyone make those instead, find out it's too expensive, then just migrate to F1 coz they already had the engines built
Peugeot fell in the trap
the 100kg is for the F1 cars?
iirc they were like 515kg heavy at the time
No for the Group C1 cars
ah ok
so they nerfed C1, allowed a new group that was more competitive because of that, and that also could be translated somewhat to F1
right?
Group C1 was 800kg, they jacked up the weight by legit adding just more rather than allowing the cars to be strengthened, turned it into C2 so the 3.5L cars would always start first
Actual C2 was beaned to kill off any privateers
so Peugeot spearheaded it with the 905, to lead them to be awful in F1
Jaguar went with the XJR-14 aka... the Ford HB that already existed
Toyota made their TS010 and didn't want to go to F1 anyway, so they just developed the C-V line again
Sauber-Mercedes made their F12, which for Group C cars with tunnels made it unreliable coz they had to tilt it upwards, so we ended up getting Mercedes into F1 with Ilmors that already existed
Nissan was clapped
alfa romeo was already kicked out of F1 with theirs' and went to Group C as a last resort
do you have clues why Peugeot ended up being so bad in F1?
They couldn't recognise their own faults
1994 they'd pitched up with basically the same engine, from 650 to 710 or so hp
Turns out a clutch/not-quite-flywheel assembly can't tolerate that increase without modification
Aka Bernie and Max killed off a 6-way Constructors championship plus privateers for 1 engine and 2 names
Hence why I don't trust the FIA/FOM's decisions on making things more competitive, and would rather the Americans write the rules
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and even they only have like 3 manufacturers for DPI
also don't forget the whole CART vs IRL thing
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They can write technical regs really well tho so things actually last
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that'll be 100% a Chevrolet Stock Block of the time
Oh it sounds gorgeous
It would've been the 355ci Stocks at the time
Unless they swapped it since
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It says in the description of that video
In 1988? they made them allowed up to 390CI
To hope to use NASCAR V8 basis
But that didn't happen
Wait no... They went to 355 for that
Then went to 390 to be like ayo now you can make em... Like easier
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Do people actually like that type of V12 noise?
Like the McLaren F1/Lamborghini aventador
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¯_(ツ)_/¯
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higher pitch >
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If it revved at 13,800 RPM, then it would probably sound like the Mclaren MP4/6/MP4/7
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Well it's the same bank angle
Same basic setup, just larger
The XJR's had this tone too
But the Valkyrie goes from Zonda to 333 pretty quick
Idk what they do with the exhaust to make an engine lost that top end resonance but... Idk for me that BMW V12 gets it wrong
I feel like I shut this down too much
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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/600157465816072213/839481272572706856/Scr...
the 959 😩
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ok now I'm horny
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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/600157465816072213/839829147403812885/bd5...
Reminds me of this
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Spoder
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Spyder
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WHERE'S MY LMP-2000
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I wish I could've heard what the F1 and LMP spec versions of that engine were like
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What? the RS Spyders?
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... No, the Porsche Typ.980/01 V10 in 3.5, 5.0 and 5.5L specs berore finally getting production in 5.73/350 form in the Carrera GT
I don't like the RS Spyder...
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Not as much at least
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The Porsche V10 in its F1 spec, I imagine, would sound cool.
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Imagine if the ProMarkt logos were replaced with Benson and Hedges logos
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I have always loved images of this type
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I have always loved images of this type
Team presentations?
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Yes
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choose your character
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1988 XJR-9
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1988 XJR-9
Why the 1988 one?
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Didn't it win Daytona and Le mans?
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Didn't it win Daytona and Le mans?
I thought it was 1989... Then I remembered the Sauber C9 exists
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Rothmans Alfa GTV6? I'm astounded.
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If someone has nitro here you have:
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Tony Stewart?
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Oh hey so it is
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I thought they only had the bump in 1995
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I thought they only had the bump in 1995
IRL lol
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I know, but I thought the Menards in 1996 went back to smooth covers
Coz y'know the record went to Arie... But, not in a Menards
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Luyendyk left Menards after the 1995 season, right? 
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pretty sure team menard ran the bulge while they had buick engines
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Yes, but the Bulge I thought was only for 1995
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Real Aurora hours
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AYO WAIT
That had some get up
But ugh
Hearing the IRL and IMSA Racing Auroras is next level tho
Coz they're like... 10,300-10,700rpm 3.5-4.5L Cross-Planes
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Not-so-Lucky Strike
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Coz I prefer the two light, with slats look of the 1970 models
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And that record still stands to this day.
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f l i p
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the DAMS F1 concept?
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I originally thought the DAMS concept used Renault power, not Ford.
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we have another race at the Indy Road Course
rinse & repeat with different outcome plz
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Oop
fossil stream
oop
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zenith tundra
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Really cool posters
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Especially the Michigan pic
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Wacky Indy cars
And now some old NASCAR
Mark Martin has had some good schemes
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Wacky Indy cars
Damn, never knew USAC Indycars 1-Upped F1 cars when it came to having 6 wheels
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250cc?
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Yes, it's Carlos Lavado
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.../ Why've you put this in Classic?
Like it does parallel CART
Opps wrong chat
I gotchu bruh
Have like 255mph speeds
Quick 😳
The Cart Cars are the Fastest Race Cars on Earth when it comes to speed
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The Titans 
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CLR
Crash Landing Racer
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CLR
Crash Landing Racer
This cursed thing. 👁
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As driven by Erik Comas
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Ayyyy
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Are those faster than cup cars
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Are those faster than cup cars
no
Modified - 650-700-horsepower - power-to-weight ratio - .26
Cup car - 800-850-horsepower -power-to-weight ratio - .25
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Bruh
What’s the point of being half open wheel and having a huge carburetor poking out the hood then
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@spring finch my brother corrected me modifieds are faster than cup cars
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THAT’S MORE LIKE IT
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<@!348730016353484802> my brother corrected me modifieds are faster than cup car...
On short tracks, they could definitely keep up with Cup cars, their lighter weight being a huge bonus. There’s a cool video on YouTube about the history of the series that I highly recommend watching. My favorite remark is how they look like the illegitimate offspring of an Indycar and a dune buggy. Makes me laugh every time.
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On short tracks, they could definitely keep up with Cup cars, their lighter weig...
Another SlapShoes fan i see
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Another SlapShoes fan i see
He puts out amazing content that’s informative and to the point. And yes, I find that comparison funny 😆. It’s also more accurate than the comparison Allen Bestwick made the describe them in Dirt To Daytona, saying they resembled a cross between a sprit car and a dragster.
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He puts out amazing content that’s informative and to the point. And yes, I find...
yeah love his content
missed his weeb life
but definitely love this phase
idk how you even describe this kek
and if anyone wants to appreciate the tradition of bumping
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Modified - 650-700-horsepower - power-to-weight ratio - .26
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Then we have Supermods and 410's 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVibUVsumiU
sprint car off brand go zoom
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ISMA ones are crazy
470ci/7.7L, 1,850lb/839kg
Either you stay under 7600rpm or you stay within the Final drive
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Kazuyoshi Hoshino
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legend this dude
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yea
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also he's the first f1 driver to wear Bridgestone boots
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Noice
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sadly his team didn't have enough sets, and he retired from the race after his tyres were done, guessing they only had like wet rubber for the race
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Laguna Seca, 2008, right?
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Yes
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The doctor 😎
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ultra chad
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👌
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Why is it so stretched
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i dont think it is
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It's stretched horizontally quite a bit
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can i talk about how fucking sick the group b rally cars were? and how incredible the speed was? Like jesus
Just for example this is nuts
Or this
Some of these things just looked fuckin sick.
I'd argue Group B is the best ever group rally has ever had.
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Oh I don't think people think they're not crazy
They were just far too crazy for the 80's
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Thats why there were several deaths, but they were something else that shouldve been a separate sport. For sure should be brought back but with just bit modernized versions!
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Oh yeah you could do it now, I'd think
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Yea, use newer cars but safer ofc.
Its just crazy how they avoided crowds at those speeds. Ofc that one crash but yea. It could be brought back for sure.
Very much safer
hell
you could even 1v1 the old and new
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Even at the time isn't... Massively dangerous
But it was perfect storm of crowds ignoring police, cars being extreme, and 80's contractual blackmail
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the cars we have had for the last year or so have been the closest to group B in spectacle so far
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i mean right now they are faster than grup b i think
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i mean motorsport has gotten a helluva lot safer
lets not talk about yesterday but genuinely it has
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Well Bike Riding is different imo
even that has gotten safer
airbags in suits, better helmets etc
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Yeah they're 380hp
But they got Downforce now and carbon tubs and that so like
WRC fahst
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back then they had cardboard tubs
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but i wouldnt expect it to be much changed
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one thing i dont get is that they dont even seem to try to make the isle of man tt any safer
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Because it's... Public roads
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i mean you still see fucking hay bales
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And it's the Isle of Man TT
It's like the goodwood Festival for Superbike racing.
It's not in a championship
People just do it because it's the Isle of Man TT
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i understand that but couldnt they atleast put air fences at crash zones
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Also Hybrids will give em 100kw/134bhp and 180nm/133ft-lb
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the fact that its not in a championship doesnt matter i mean every year at it about 5 people go home in body bags
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I don't know how to say this because I don't race in it really but
Like...
In a way it's kinda the appeal
Also last year it was 1
As in 2019. Okay not great
But less so
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Okay the deaths themselves aren't the appeal
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like come on its
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But it's like... Everywhere
Also it's just a banger track to watch, and I'm sure to ride
I think that's the main thing... Sorry I'm all over the place
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obviously thats true but theres quite a few things they could do to stop the entire thing being overshadowed by people dying
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Like what?
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air fences
i get that it will never be as safe as permanent track racing but yknow they could atleast try
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idk what an air fence is
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i understand that but couldnt they atleast put air fences at crash zones
air fences at the TT's speeds will do jackshit
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idk what an air fence is
NASCAR catchfence
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What about plasma fencing?
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Ah yes
We don't want riders having awful injuries
Just have them float away and fall apart like going through a Portal gate with a companion blocj
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The plasma fence idea came to me after seeing a Modern Marvels episode on Star Wars Tech, which during the segment on weapons, mentioned the possibility of deflector shields using cold plasma, which is being considered to potentially shield satellites in orbit around earth 🌍. After seeing that, I got to thinking, “Maybe this technology could be used for catch fences at racetracks.”
What do the rest of you think?
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So they're essentially a Glass panel that doesn't break that drivers clart instead of like Grass?
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So they're essentially a Glass panel that doesn't break that drivers clart inste...
I think that’s the general idea. Look up the episode since I don’t know if I’ll be able to share it in here.
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I think that’s the general idea. Look up the episode since I don’t know if I’ll ...
How does that break anyone's fall at all doe? You'd just die for all to see rather than some
Also Ahrlyn those IMSA E36's were hot cash money
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How does that break anyone's fall at all doe? You'd just die for all to see rath...
First of all, it’s not glass, it’s plasma. Second, did you even read what I was suggesting it for? I swear, your question was so bad it gave half of the server brain cancer! I was talking about using a cold plasma as a catch-fence. In theory, it’s less prone to being penetrated by debris and could even stop a full car from going into the stands. If one had been there at Le Mans in 1955, those spectators who were showered in flaming wreckage might have gotten off a lot easier than they did.
rustic helm
Nice... Random insults?
pulsar siren
I’m not the one who asked a stupid question.
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spring finch
Is that an f3000?
lean hatch
European F2
slate herald
First of all, it’s not glass, it’s plasma. Second, did you even read what I was ...
..cold plasma as a catch fence?
even putting aside the technological impossibilities, why do you think that would be better than traditional fencing or debris containment solutions?
also, saying "a plasma fence might have helped at le mans in 1955" is absolutely absurd, because 1) the technology didn't, and doesn't, exist, and 2) a traditional catch fence would do the same job
assuming you've made that as a genuine suggestion
there are already existing solutions that can accomplish the same thing
with the benefit being.. they actually exist
pulsar siren
Name those alternatives, then!
slate herald
raising the safer barrier, beefing up the cables between fence posts, raising and moving fence posts backwards, relocating spectator seating, plexiglass/ballistic windows to replace fencing etc.
also you've completely misunderstood the behaviour of such a plasma 'shield'..
so i dont know why you were so aggressive to the other guy
and i'm sure you're aware of why it's a bad idea to send cars and drivers into a plasma field with temperatures of 15,000 kelvin
rustic helm
B-bUt He SaId CoLd PlAsMa
slate herald
well that's not a thing for plasma 'windows' lol
i found the paper the star wars documentary was talking about
it would have literally zero use for debris containment at a track
putting aside the absurd energy requirements you'd need, the constant supervision and maintenance of equipment, the space needed etc.
assuming it's even possible, which i don't think it is
rustic helm
Man was defensive immediately about a tech that doesn't exist
slate herald
plus, if tracks are shooting down options like raising the SAFER barrier and seats because of cost reasons.. what would they say to an enormous plasma 'wall'??
slate herald
*Man was defensive immediately about a tech that doesn't exist*
that doesn't exist and wouldn't even work as a debris shield
i mean it's not the dumbest question in the world if it isn't your area of expertise
but weird to just fly off the handle at someone when they're (rightfully) confused..
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slate herald
anyway this was my total amateur idea towards replacing catch fencing
which i think has been looked at occasionally
have a semi-rigid plexiglass/plastic/whatever screen with the support posts embedded in it, running through the concrete wall and into the track surface
slate herald
compared to the majority of current catch fences, a lot safer for cars to end up in
with fences, cars hitting posts and digging in can cause massive damage
slate herald
so like.. embedded support posts in the shield itself
so you'd have some deflection between posts, but nowhere near the amount as you'd get with a catch fence
lots of things that make it a terrible idea though
probably a structural nightmare as well
rustic helm
Yeeeaaa
slate herald
i'd be presumptuous and say it's a safer solution than catch fencing
but also massively more expensive, makes sound worse for spectators, hard to keep clean etc.
and even raising the SAFER barrier by a little bit can make a big different, so there are better alternatives
rustic helm
Talking of the Isle of Man TT
I wanna do a Subaru and take something car wise around it
rustic helm
Well no, not national ones, only locals, and of course safe driving laws
But I meant the circuit itself with something not so street legal
slate herald
oh right
tbh that doesn't grab me much
iom is a bike course, there are a lot more 'scary' tracks i'd rather do in a car
i feel like it would just boil down to hooning it round the street in a race car
rustic helm
But like
Idk I don't seem to have the typicasm that most motorsport fans have about motorsports
slate herald
the what
rustic helm
Typicism? The... Association of what certain motorsports should have being "typical" in some way
slate herald
same i guess
rustic helm
I've ruined my wording here
slate herald
but instead i have no desire to drive tracks like the nordschliefe
rustic helm
But like for example, I don't characterise IOM as a "Bike Circuit," just a circuit that needs everything tried on it
Oh yeah Nords can like... Leave
rustic helm
Well like I just have no passion to run Nords...
I just feel kinda lost on it, similar to modern Fuji, or how I did feel about Magny-Cours
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calm field
so we stopped by barber motorsports
yes the cars are suspended in space so you can walk underneath
rustic helm
wow looks great
calm field
that's an ultra-hires shot, click '
open original'
random storage area
another hires
also, these "1:1 scale airfix" displays are beyond cool they had this plus a 250GTO and one other
nothing to see here, move along
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@calm field bruh this is so awesome
also I see a Porsche 914 👀
not a very Porsche car but still rather underrated
also a 968 too? bruh that's a obscure forgotten Porsche jackpot
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watch this
slate herald
wouldn't have guessed from these pics
george barber is a MASSIVE bike guy
slate herald
dude's a fucking legend
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dirtbike display
slate herald
there's something like 1400 bikes and cars at the museum
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this is the 2nd time ive been
everything is new or restored to as new quality
some bikes are racked up on walls
you ride up an elevator and they're displayed in space you view them as you go up and down
this is high res... look deep into the photo
plus there's a basement
it's staggering
lean hatch
you ride up an elevator and they're displayed in space you view them as you go u...
Now that's a cool feature
calm field
yeah but not expensive. if you were to look at everything you'd spend all day there
for example, m'lady and I have no interest in antiques, so we skipped that collection of like 200
they even have a brand new paso like mine on display. they also have one of the largest literature libraries in the world
lean hatch
I think this would be the USA's equivalent of the Honda Collection Hall in a way
calm field
it's every make and model of moto. the autos are focused primarily around Porsche and lotus
lean hatch
I like the sound of that
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nothing to see here, move along
my fav ever
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rustic helm
worthy flicker
rustic helm
For a category that was sniped like that... I love these cars
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V10
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March 85C
March 85C (Can-Am spec)
(god, this looks cursed, but not as cursed as the Longhorn LR02)
rustic helm
March 85C
That is so cursed at that Ride Height
No Open-Wheeler for the road should be up that high
lean hatch
Is it me or does it look a bit longer than usual?
rustic helm
Which one?
lean hatch
The Can-Am version
rustic helm
I think they beefed out the wheelbase, yeah
lean hatch
At first I thought it was one of the cars used in the Fuji GC series.
rustic helm
Aaaaaaahhhh, maybe not...
I think because there's just a flat side it kinda can force the eyes to see the wheels as further apart
But I could be wrong
spring finch
Speaking of fuji gc series
lean hatch
Group 6?
spring finch
No clue lol ripped it off facebook
lean hatch
Imagine if there was a revival series for the Fuji GC series
spring finch
What cars would they even use, lmp2?
spring finch
Isn’t that an lmp2? and open cockpits have really been phased out because of safety so there’s not really a way to get that look anymore
And if they used lmp2 there wouldn’t be much point in the series because gt500 is already as fast or faster than lmp2
insert bruce almighty typing gif
lean hatch
And if they used lmp2 there wouldn’t be much point in the series because gt500 i...
oh yeah...
spring finch
The only solution is gt500 convertibles
lean hatch
Eh, well my next best idea was for the series to use old Riley Daytona Prototypes, but that's gonna fall flat anyways.
lean hatch
He's @rustic helm after all.
lean hatch
RIP Sachio Fukuzawa
rustic helm
I wish Toyota just moved that wing back
It was still in that pre... Intergrated wing era
spring finch
Oh my god that’s pretty
rustic helm
Best believe it's gorgeous tho
lean hatch
Exquisite.
spring finch
I thought they were just a prototype that never raced but i am very glad to be wrong
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