Daytona 24 - On now

[Jonny69]

Anyone watching? Don't know a lot about the IMSA classes but it looks like some kind of prototype class, GT class including Corvette, Aston Martin, Ferrari, what looks like might be a Lotus and Ford GT. About 19 hours remaining as of midnight UK time.

Official live video feed from IMSA: http://www.imsa.com/camera/imsatv#imsa-tv-timing-scoring

There's an app as well but I haven't managed to get it to work properly.

Usual Radio Le Mans coverage.

 

[Jonny69]

Me too. Can't seem to get this to stream to the Chromecast which is FRUSTRATING!

Class structure was confusing me but I found it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeatherTech_SportsCar_Championship#Class_structure

There are four different classes in the United SportsCar Championship series, featuring two sports prototype categories and two grand tourer classes:

• Prototype (P): the flagship class, combining Grand-Am's Daytona Prototype with the American Le Mans Series P2 prototypes and the DeltaWing, built to 2014 specifications.
• Prototype Challenge (PC): a spec class carried over directly from the American Le Mans Series, featuring Le Mans Prototype Challenge cars built by Oreca with engines supplied by Chevrolet and tires from Continental.
• GT Le Mans (GTLM): a continuation of the ALMS GT class, consisting of cars matching the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's GTE specification.
• GT Daytona (GTD): a class that combines the Grand-Am GT & GX classes with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars from the ALMS GTC class and cars built to FIA GT3 specifications.

Prototypes are the ones that look like 1990s Le Mans Group C cars. Prototype Challenge are the ones that look like the older open-top LMP2 cars. GTs are the ones that look like road cars but I haven't worked out which are GTLM and which are GTD. GTD I think are the ones that don't comply to Le Mans GTE spec, so it's the Viper, Audi R8, Lambo. 42 cars out in total, I think.

 

[Jonny69]

Looks like that Daytona Prototype class is a deliberately backward type of car to keep the speeds (and cost) down. Tube chassis and basic aero, no carbon tubs. Probably explains why they don't get away from the GT cars like LMP1 do. Prototype Challenge can hardly make passes at all, and I can't quite work out where the Ligier P2 fits in because it's a full carbon downforce current LMP2 car. Unless they've just shoved a Corvette engine in to make it fit in the class?

Anyway. 9 hours left as of 10:30, still dark, dawn should be breaking pretty soon.

 

[Jonny69]

The RLMS stream might be an alternative if you can't get the IMSA one: http://www.0157.org/radiolemans2/imsa-live-video-stream/

The IMSA one was a real resource hog on my phone and kept cutting out.