24 Hours of Daytona

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Who's watching the coverage and if so how...getting harder to find this stuff on TV for this poor guy...?

[fast Ed]

Norris McDonald from the Toronto Star mentioned a few days ago on Twitter that it's not being broadcast in Canada this year. IMSA might have an Internet feed going for international viewers, they have that for some of their races.

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Norris McDonald from the Toronto Star mentioned a few days ago on Twitter that it's not being broadcast in Canada this year. IMSA might have an Internet feed going for international viewers, they have that for some of their races.

IMSA has something that airs from a network called NBC S I think it's an NBC Sports channel - but I don't think it's much race coverage a lot of other stuff - don't really understand their site or how these races are covered anymore - (I'm a bit slow that way...lol) kinda sucks but I think they blackout a lot of it in North America.... - the last few weeks I've been watching old races on you tube. Just as well I tend to watch the whole race and then become a basket case for a few days after...lol

[Mellow Yellow]

Local kid racing in the 24.

https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/lakeshore-teen-the-youngest-canadian-to-drive-in-rolex-24-at-daytona

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Caught a twitter feed of the GT4 grey Mustang coming out for it's first practice lap - sounded a bit rough tho hope they get it tuned - will feel more comfortable about my Coyote if these two finish the race....

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Local kid racing in the 24.

https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/lakeshore-teen-the-youngest-canadian-to-drive-in-rolex-24-at-daytona

driving with Audi that's cool...

[fast Ed]

Ford has some great throwback liveries on the GTs running in the 24 event too ...

https://m.at.ford.com/content/atford/fna/united-states/en/homepage/news-and-clipsheet/news/2019/1/daytonagt/_jcr_content/rightpar/textimage/image.img.full.high.jpg/1548162668173.jpg

https://m.at.ford.com/en/homepage/news-and-clipsheet/news/2019/1/daytonagt.html

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yeah I was just checking those out...i'm getting pumped and i'm not a participant...lol

[Mellow Yellow]

What about Alex Zanardi racing in the 24!!!

What he lost his legs a while back in that big accident and has fought his way back.

[fast Ed]

Zanardi is an amazing inspirational story, a real example of making lemonade when life hands you lemons in the biggest way possible. He recovered and became a Paralympic athlete, and then got in to touring car racing in Europe followed by GT racing with BMW. They offered him the chance to race at Lemans or Daytona in a 24 hr, he chose Daytona because he has so many friends and supporters in North America.

[fast Ed]

Nice little piece about Zanardi on the Michelin Motorsport site:

https://michelinracingusa.com/inspirational-alex-zanardi-set-for-rolex-24-debut/

[cudaboy]

The guide for Fibe shows the Rolex 24 starting at 2:00pm on Sat. also described as IMSA Weathertech Championship Race.
Hopefully it will be shown.

[cudaboy]

Should have mentioned that its supposedly on Discovery Velocity.....channel 1519

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Should have mentioned that its supposedly on Discovery Velocity.....channel 1519

cool - i will chck that out not sue what we have i don't watch tv usually - up here in the boonies we only have satelite

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Will be looking out for this group - I checked Discovery Channel/Velocity website and yes it airs at 2pm Saturday as cudaboy suggested - will have to get the kids to hook me not sure what channel that is in our neck of the woods - but one thing is fore shore once I start watching the room will clear and everyone will disappear...lol

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looking forward to watching the night racing and the banked curve...

[fast Ed]

Looks like ch 1601 on the Bell dish for those of you with that service.

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Looks like ch 1601 on the Bell dish for those of you with that service.


we are on the dish - when i finish work i will get the kids to hook me up - are u watching the start...?

[Old Fart]

Also on Velocity. channel 128 on Shaw Direct.

[fast Ed]

Yup, watching the start, and on Bell at least the coverage on Velocity is for the entire race according to the channel guide.

[hammerhead]

Yup, watching the start, and on Bell at least the coverage on Velocity is for the entire race according to the channel guide.

cool - it always blows me away the intensity of the start for a 24 hour race

[fast Ed]

24s are fun for sure. Some of my best memories from driving are from night racing.

[hammerhead]

Yup, watching the start, and on Bell at least the coverage on Velocity is for the entire race according to the channel guide.

Velocity is currently free if your not subscribed...

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MultiMatic Motorsports Mustang GT4s finished 4th in the Throwback Liveries Race

[Old Fart]

Must be so frustrating for the drivers with all the rain!!

[Stephen06GT]

1) Dale needs to lose the goatee/beard.

2) Why didn't IMSA rent the Air Titan track dryers from NASCAR for the weekend?

[hammerhead]

I didn't get to see the final or ending but it appears on the IMSA website that Cadillac wins with Alonso driving - going to be interesting to see if caddy will continue to race after 2019 considering the changes in the future production of that brand...the prototypes seamed a but thin with competitors some of the big names not there makes me wonder....

[G-ForceJunkie]

Pretty disappointing watching the cars sit around most of the day today. Got to see some good racing last night anyways...