I suggested this with the EuroNASCAR and NASCAR Brazil. Considering I don't rank highly both series(not bad, but not exactly appealing and more 2nd step to other series), I think it would be good to have them running at tracks like Vallelunga or Interlagos or Brands Hatch with these types of cars in those 2 sub series.
I love that Le Mans was so welcoming of this team and allowed them to truly gather as much data and have as much fun as possible. This is what the racing community is all about. We're all in this together!
@@codezilla2382 I mean, the C6 and C7 Corvettes were already proven to be quite competitive for years at Le Mans. The race teams behind the cars were highly respectable in the racing community.
@@codezilla2382 In what way? Because the Nascar was faster? Because Nascar is just a better racing sport? Because it was Unregulated vs Regulated? In what way do you consider Le Mans to not be a real performance?
@@xMidan Not sure I agree on that one friend. Regulation does not mean less real, as there is nothing fake about the performance. So not quite sure what you mean by it being less real. I might be rather pedantic about it here, but I don't believe there are much of anything out there without some sort of artificial limiting in one form or another. Because rules exists, and any rule will by definition be a limit on what you can do. Everything is limited to some extent. Speed will always be limited because physics. Then we have human limits. Now in all fairness, these aren't exactly artificial limits. But is there even any sort of performance out there without some form of artificial limiting? Funding, rules, regulation, morality among others to name a few. Heck, even the 'unregulated' stuff has rules and regulations too, just of a different kind. Not like you can just go and openly sabotage the opponents, or just beat the crap out of them before the competition. If we go by that definition, anything that is not limited by rules, regulation and morals are not real performances. That would then include just about every single legal activity in the world. I guess it then would all come down to what you consider artificial limiting. And what you would consider not. And maybe what you mean by saying it's less real. I'll end it by at least mentioning that I have no idea if you were trying to say that NASCAR is more real or not. Or if you just figured you'd mention your opinion/take on regulation in sport. But NASCAR also has its own numerous rules and regulations.
Honestly, the most exciting development in NASCAR's recent history. It just makes sense. 'Stock cars' are endurance monsters; why not race them in *the* premiere endurance race? Glad to see it come to fruition.
the camaro was never a stock car . but since there are no full size cars built in america any more races like the daytona 500 has become a mustang vs camaro ...since the 2010 z/28 camaro turn in a lap time of the 13 mile nurburgring that was 100%street legal with half the horsepower turned a lap time of 7 minutes 37seconds that was quicker the chevy's own corvette ''at this time maybe i should inform you of the suspension as it a copy of the suspension of the only one of its kind only found on the aston martin one 77
@donniebaker5984 I think there's some confusion... To what "stock car" are you referring??? For future reference, clear communication can be better obtained through proper writing. I can't tell what you're saying, nor is you point being made clear. 🤔
@donniebaker5984 it was 2014, and the corvette of that year set a 7:04 unofficially, stock car had originally stood for unmodified but as i am sure you are aware from the years, had nothing to do with the model
@rogueroger0 I don't think he _does_ realize that, even after I *very* *clearly* distinguished NASCAR 'stock cars' (disambiguating from cars in a stock configuration) via the use of single quotations. His literacy is tenuous at best. He doesn't even use punctuation or capitalize the first letter...
Sneakily stolen from my squadron in the U.S. Navy. Our motto was, "If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." It was the motto painted on the wall for many many decades. I won't try to claim when that actually started, as I do not know. I was in the Navy starting in 1982, and it had obviously been there much longer than that.
@@DanBlackRacing It's worse than that. A terrible sound with speed. Listen to the TT Zero bikes compared to the Senior TT bikes. All you have with the electric bikes are a very loud, very high pitched whine from the electric motor or gear box. Not sure what is making the sound on the TT Zero bikes, but it sounds horrific.
Americans are happy about their team (and it makes sense of course), but I want to underline how amazing it is for Le Mans to allow these projects to join the race. It's in the spirit of the race, of course, but it's still amazing considering that now it's a well enstablished format. You don't see stuff like this anywhere else. Pikes Peak and other competitions are only about unregulated projects, this is a mixup between regulated and well enstablished categories and unregulated, and it's great. It's not granted at all, that after all this time and history, we still see things like this. What I mean is that competitions over time tend to become more and more scientific and predictable, here you can see anything, instead, and I hope it will stay like this forever
Sadly the G56 entries are extremely underfunded, so they often don't end up in the race after applying (getting approved isn't exactly easy). From what I've seen in interviews, NASCAR spent quite a bit of money and time on this, and it shows. Lets hope that the G56 entry recieves a bit more attention in the future, as some of the projects that's applied for it are very interesting with full EV and Hydrogen powertrains.
This was what I loved about it, aside from being able to watch it fly. Le mans is such a big official thing, yet they still had an invitation class with an experimental car. Nice to see Motorsports roots still apply to the biggest race of the year, fast and sometimes weird machines pushing it to the limit. Same with the dacia and foxtail at the n24
Does anyone want electric cars that all look exactly the same and more telemetry than Apollo 11? It's a car race, not a science fair. I don't want predictability, I want to hear engines that roar, a $3 hot dog and a cold beer.
@@dicksonfranssen Do I want EVs in racing? Not really, but what else will they race in 30 years? But I think that EV's are extremely interesting out of a technical aspect, they let you do quite a bit of stuff ICE's struggle with, and I truly want to see how the hell they'll manage to build batteries that can charge 100KWh in less than a minute, it's like trying to squeeze an explosion back into it's casing.
I’m a road course guy and hence, not a huge NASCAR fan BUT, stories like this… they simply make my soul smile. Hence, year after year, hope for more road courses in NASCAR persists. Wicked mad props to the Hendrick Motorsports team for making my soul smile and the same to the Le Mans officials for accommodating the Hendrick efforts AND letting them see it ALL the way to the end. 🏁 🥰 🏁
But it's not a NASCAR. If it was, it would have performed terribly, which by the way is normal, as each race car is optimised to the type of race it is participating in, with the rules imposed on them. Changing a NASCAR to be closer to GT type cars. Here it's just a car that looks like a NASCR, that changed most of the mechanical elements. and that's fine
@@damianlindsey6177 So? Do you realize that every racing category has very strict guidelines and that the NASCAR guidelines are not adapted to race against GT cars? It's not about saying that NASCAR is good or bad. This car was not a NASCAR as all regulations ere thrown out of the window. And that's fine, that made it much more interesting. But no matter the car category, what makes the specifications is the rules. And the rules of NASCAR can not compete on this kind of race with GT cars ! That's the very reason why some teams were worried about the disparity of the performances. And their assessment was right if the regulations would have been followed !
@@fabr5747 this we can agree on. It's why Ford doesn't run the nascar Mustang as both and has a dedicated (or did) gt3 car. Personally, I don't like any of that kind of racing. It's fucking boring. Yeah, the endurance side of things is awesome but it's kids stuff compared to Rally or Baja racing or the kind I really like, street legal drag and drive racing. Wanna know endurance, try making a sub 3000hp car drive over 800 miles, run 250mph in a 1/4, then pack up and do it all again.
The car can never be “a NASCAR.” “NASCAR Cup Series” would be correct. I would cringe inside when a broadcaster referred to the car as “a National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing.” They should know better. :)
It's not as impressive as it seems. It finished place 39 out of 40. The other cars behind 40 were all DNF, which this car also would have been if it had to follow the same rules (gearbox replacement)
@@JoelKleppingerit’s still impressive though. For an hour fix they genuinely could have passed quite a few cars. Also not to mention they had already set the fastest lap time at the start
@@odeo5691 Because Muscle cars are known to have that straight line edge. But Le Mans is literally not about passing other people, it's an endurance competition. Even the LMP cars only use like 400-500HP engines
If you think that's a Chevy you're a goof. All stock cars racing in Nascar are EXACTLY the same car. Nascar DOES NOT allow teams to modify cars according to the teams own design like they did years ago. There are strict regulations now, all the cars are the same in everything except name. This is also why Jimmy Johnson is THE BEST Nascar driver of all time. They're all racing in the exact same version of the fastest stock car to ever drive and Jimmy consistently wins more than anyone else.
I have a buddy who works for Hendrick Motor Sports who was on the Le Mans project. He said it was the most fun that the designers have had building a car in years, and you can really tell in the way Jenson talked about the experience.
I can only imagine. The bane of any race team is the rule book. Throw that out the window & they'll be like a kid in a candy shop. I've often wondered what sort of car would result if a NASCAR team were to take the rules, and ignore other one. Perhaps even building one "even" car and one "odd" car, then run some test laps somewhere.
Too bad they dropped the ball at the very end. I don't understand how no one involved in the project had enough grey matter to give it a blacked out white #3 paint job instead of a blue 24
@@riddell26 I'd be down for that. Maybe have glow in the dark cursive 'Intimidator' written on the hood, so when it kept on creeping on other cars it would be photogenic af
@@riddell26I'm sure you are aware that this entry was built and raced by Hendrick Motorsports, arguably the top team in Nascar. Their most famous Cup series car is the #24 driven by Jeff Gordon. Ironic because Jimmie Johnson drove the #48 in the Cup series. Dale Earnhardt raced for Richard Childress Racing, who are not involved in the Project.
Obviously. Its super dangerous and has almost zero safety precautions. People talk a lot of crap about Nascar but they have some of the safest cars in racing. They dont sacrifice the most basic driver safety on a whim.
@@casematecardinalyes ofc because grosjean flew into a barrier at 140 mph ripped the car in half and was on fire and escaped with just burns to his hands because of what? Coz as you’ve said it can’t have been any of the safety regs
While I've never been big into NASCAR, I've always been told that the mechanics and engineers in it were some of the best in motorsports and completely underappreciated. I'm glad they got to show that not only are they the best, but they're adaptable, too.
@@justno984 f1 cars fall apart if they touch tips. Those cars are designed like speed bicycles and have about as much safety equipment. If they could design a car that didn't disintegrate over the slightest provocation and didn't decapitate, explode, or set their drivers on fire, i would say they were the best. As it stands they are grossly underengineered and have no consideration for driver safety. Plus they aren't fun to drive. See any f1 driver in a different car and they light up. Its purely a spectator sport, its pretty much a blood sport like gladiatorial games
Love it. Thanks to our European brethren for being such good sports about allowing a Nascar in the race. It made for a unique spectacle, and I'm sure it helped the Le Mans race garner a lot of extra attention!
It was a great idea. Bit disingenuous to title it as they beat Ferrari though. The GTE cars run to a restrictive set of rules. The Ferrari makes over 100hp less than the road car it’s based on for example.
@@dblue7711 Absolutely. It was nothing more than an exhibition for the fans, and a means of testing things for the NASCAR crew. A novelty. Still, I think it was fun.
Gotta give props to the wec/Le mans management for being flexible with where they put them and allowing them to continue because they're the testbed team. I'd love to see more crazy things in Le mans. Delta wing 2 maybe?
Absolutely agree. I totally understand this ruffling feathers and upsetting some people, and I love that they made it work, without taking away from the legitimate and returning teams. I definitely feel like this reinvigorated interest in Le Mans, especially from fans who didn’t know or didn’t care prior to this. And, like the man said, it’s just fun.
I know it’s not as cool as this but I would love to see a section for alternative propulsion like EV and hydrogen. Somewhere for the manufacturers to push the batteries, motors, charging, aerodynamics etc. Right or wrong we are coming up to a new frontier for the car and Le Man would be a fantastic place to develop it all.
That’s the first time I’ve ever been excited to watch NASCAR in my life. NASCAR should get into more things like this and more road courses, modernize the cars a little bit, especially in regards to weight and breaking capabilities. Cool video.
I'm a little torn on that. The whole point of stock car racing was to use, y'know, stock cars. Buy a car off the lot, sup it up in your garage, take it to the local track. Course that's kinda already gone I suppose, and they're stuck in a weird middle ground. Restrictor plates on the super speedways, stock cars on the road tracks. I'd love to see a Talladega race without the horsepower cap. Take some steps to prevent the fans in the first few rows from getting turned into a red mist by an airborne car and let the drivers go
@gamemeister27 I really enjoy old stock cars because they were still production cars, just modified. It made the race so interesting, and forced manufactures to make cool cars with intent to modify for racing. Now I find NASCAR boring, because there is no variety in the cars.
@@Borderline5440 Was cutting edge 60 years ago to have center locks and fuel injection, 20 years ago to have sequentials. The Maserati Tipo from 1959 was tube chassis.
I love the idea of the Garage 56 entry, because there is precious little racing that just tells the engineers “make it as fast as possible”. I imagine NASCAR and Chevvy learned a lot about what the car can do, things like what components are limiting factors, how long a gearbox can hang on for, how hard can the engine run power wise. I imagine stripping that engine down afterwards to see how it had faired was very interesting for the engineers.
Was at the race last weekend, this car was amazing. Made us laugh every time it came past as it just sounded so bloody good. A breath of fresh air at the race and so glad that they made it to the end, they should all be proud of giving us fans something really different. Loved it.
Hear me out, teams in Nascar and LMP2 should have alliances (like Hendricks and Europol) for LMP2 Oval races and Nascar around Monza, dare I say Monaco, or Spa.
I was rather skeptical when they rolled up in that thing before Le Mans, giving it a good 3-4h before shutting the garage door. At the end of the race I was literally screaming at it lap after lap. It was an absolute joy to see and I’m genuinely happy that I was able to experience such a monster in real life.
I'm a Brit and I love NASCAR, I've been to the US many times but 2 of those occasions were specifically to go to the Daytona 500. What an amazing event that is, no Formula 1 race comes close to the insane passion of NASCAR. Making an "European race spec" NASCAR is a motoring wet dream for me! 😍
@@jeremyweems4916 - I was in the British military for 25yrs and served with Americans many times, that's where I got my love of NASCAR. The first time I went to Daytona was with a couple of USMC guys from Tennessee who I'd served with in Iraq.
@JammyDodger45 Awesome! I was in the US Army for 7 years. I got to train with some Brits once. You guys even drink hot tea in the field. We loved the commitment you guys have for your hot tea 😂
@@jeremyweems4916 - tea is a way of life not just a commitment! I trained with US Army plenty of times, at Forts Benning, Drum and Carson. Brilliant experiences each time, you guys are extremely welcoming and generous.
But. They didnt finish, the car actually broke down and was allowed to change parts that are never allowed in a race car. Not to mention the carbon fiber, weight loss, 25x more expensive braking system, custom made tyres just for this race and this car etc.... a "cheap" stock car became something completaly different... It just kept its outer shell and engine block base.. but even that was overtuned with parts that you cant and wont find in NAscar rules nor Le Mans rules. The Garage 56 did a great job... but....the greatest work was made by the marketing team.
@@elisterr They saw the checkered flag, they finished. Add whatever qualifiers you need, doesn't change that fact. Don't be "that guy". Sometimes it's best to just STFU 😂
@@elisterr You're way off base here. That's because it's a one-of car. Thinking that NASCAR couldn't compete in GT2 or something similar is very silly. A lot of the companies that compete in NASCAR also were pretty strong in GT2 etc.
This was just an all around feel good, good for Motorsport event that’s not so common. NASCAR and Lemans got great publicity from this and opened a lot of people’s minds to experiencing racing in different ways. The fact that they worked with each other to pull this off is awesome. And mad props to Hendricks Motorsport for investing fully into this car. I always looked at NASCAR as not my style because of a lack of engineering, and was I wrong. They showed what they can do and it’s excellent. Respect!
Yea I agree too. I haven't been a NASCAR fan for over 25 years, I guess the Gordon era turned me off. But this car is sick! I hope this car is used in all nascar races soon. Prob wont though; too much love for that tank they drive.
@@majorrev8690 yeah. I probably won’t start following NASCAR, but I have more respect for it. Now going to see NASCAR live, I’ll absolutely do that- it’s a blast. I’ve been twice, and to the Indy 500 3x, MotoGP half a dozen times, F1 once, and NASCAR is possibly the most fun race live
Agreed for the most part. The car was extensively modified away from being NASCAR regulated - more towards the GT cars we all appreciate. So it's basically a different type of GT car, just with less restrictions since it's not in an actual class. The bones are still there, of course, and I'd like to see more experiments like this.
I love this because it does actually address that Hendricks HAD to extensively modify it towards a GTE because NASCAR stock cars are meant to run one 3hr race and then run a different car next race. So how Hendricks made a 3hr lifespan car turn into a 24hr car is amazing and shows that if NASCAR was looking for endurance they could easily make some outstanding cars.
As someone who lives in America but prefers FIA racing, I hope that this signals an interest in both sides crossing the pond a little more for fun stuff like this.
@@brianstabile165 Indy cars can't pull the G's of an F1 car. Don't get me wrong, watching a cart break 230mph is rad, but there is nothing sweeter in cart racing than watching a machine defy our perception of physics by pulling 6 G's through a sweeping corner. I agree with some of the aforementioned though, watching the cars go in a circle the whole time gets boring after a while. And I can see where oval fans could get bored without their contact, intensity and "danger." However, Group B Rally (God rest it's soul) was the MOST entertaining to watch. The cars and drivers ran on pure hi-octane testosterone (and probably cocaine, it was the 80's.) Never a dull moment. Hence why it was cancelled... That's what we should all be banding toward bringing back.
It would be no match, and that's not strange since they have completely different sets of rules. Nascar rules are a bit primitive on purpose, this way it keeps cost under control and it keeps the differences between teams as small as possible increasing the excitement in the race. For a bystander it doesn't make any difference if the car is 5 seconds a lap faster as long as the racing is close.
I went to this year's 24 Houres of Le Mans and you could hear that car coming from miles away, is one of the best sounding cars that I have ever heard and one of the most beautiful at night.
@@TheGreekModeler drag racing is amazing. if ur interested, the channel 1320 goes to the big dragracing events and interviews the drivers about their cars and documents the racing. there are a few events a year where people have to drive their cars (ranging from like 500hp all the way to 3000hp) over 1000 miles to 5 different race tracks and then turn in time slips. the most famous one is called Drag Week but theres also Sick Week and Rocky Mountain Drag Week. all these cars have to be street legal and reliable but still have thousands of horsepower and GIANT rear tires. its a fun event to follow.
Never thought I'd live to see the day a NASCAR shares the same grid with an LMP car. This is awesome to see and glad you made this video or I wouldn't have known
@matthewnosal6893 They were there just to raise attendance. Doesn't shock me they were slow. Early American Oval Racing had cars using truck parts to last the race, not for speed.
Honestly, if Le Mans created a new class for stock cars, get some Aussies from V8 Supercars to drive too, I think it would do a lot to save NASCAR globally. I would love to see a more global audience for a sport with such humble beginnings.
Being a lone American f1, wec, and wrc fan in Texas, I had so many people asking me about this car. This heightened the intrest of people that usually have no interest in anything other than nascar or "football". It was fun introducing people to the world of endurance racing and discussing all that is involved.
@@varski76no disrespect but I’ve noticed sum bout yall europeans, yall really sarcastic and lowkey condescending🤣 its funny cause yall hid insults as compliments. Not to diss you but just a observation ive made. Love from texas.
NASCAR needs its own series of cars like this..... I'm honestly loving this unlimited class style racing and wish for a better gearbox to handle the power next time around.
I 100% support this message. Classes with no rules or very few rules are where innovation is born. A class with only a spec tire size, engine size, and minimum weight would be great.
I'm super happy they kept the same firing order, V8 sound and cross plane crank, for that oh so sweet Nascar sound. Shoot I'd get into this racing series myself.
A 5.8l V8 with a flat plane crank would probably shake your eyeballs out of their sockets at high engine speeds. I know someone very briefly tried it for drag racing (I think Pro Stock) and they reported it was vibrating so badly they couldn't see the tach!
I'm old school NASCAR and haven't watched it much since the introduction of the COT. I've never watched it since they introduced stages or segments. It's just become a castrated sport equivalent of The Apprentice. It's heartening to know that their are still folks that want to test the limits.
Things change. The new car is exponentially better than the older cars. Just be glad NASCAR hasn't gone the hybrid route like F1.... and even F1 is now considering changing the engine rules for 2030 to do away with hybrids and go back to strict ICE's only.
If I am not mistaken, the gearbox was not swapped but was removed and rebuilt using the destroyed one! Lots of people were surprised due to the fact no one usually rebuilds stuff, just replace it and call it a day!
They did have a spare (several actually, including one in the backup car... Yes, they brought an entire second car in case of issues during testing/free practice) so it was replaced entirely. It would have been impossible to try to remove the floor and suspension of the car, get the gearbox out, completely rebuild it, reinstall it, and put the floor and suspension back on in that amount of time
Even if they replaced, they're not competing for anything. It's just for fun of the drivers, the team, the fans and to research new techs. I'd let them swap the entire engine if they wanted lol
NASCAR really is under appreciated. Raikkonen even said it's the rawest and purest form of motorsport. Not to mention the engineers. Also, NASCAR has dedicated countless millions into driver safety, there have been wrecks in recent memory that looked like an absolute horror show just for the driver to popout unscathed.
The driver safety is what I appreciate the most. While I'm perfectly OK with minor injuries happening, I do NOT want to see a driver get killed or maimed. After all, driving that fast is inherently dangerous, so it's a safe bet that the drivers DO sign up for the possibility of bumps, bruises, and the occasional broken bone and are perfectly OK with dealing with those things after hitting a wall at 180 MPH. But NOBODY signs on to die or get permanently and seriously injured. Dale Earnhardt was the last driver fatality in the NASCAR cup series and let's hope it stays that way.
@@kakuja2977 Who doesn't? Too bad they would have to make enough changes to it to satisfy all of the ridiculous government regulations that it would be a very different car once it was actually road legal.
When the most beloved driver in the history of your sport dies in a wreck, it's a pretty big wake up call. Safety has been NASCAR's #1 priority since Earnhardt died. NASCAR is really the only form of auto racing I enjoy because its meticulously balanced to ensure the races are won by the best race teams, not the deepest pockets. The whole point of oval is to ensure it's driver vs. driver, not car vs. track.
That is a huge W coming from the organisers. They show how passionate they are about the motorsport and let experimental teams like them enter. Hope to see more like this in the future and I'm glad everything went safe (except the gearbox)
It's very much a double-edged sword. Sure it's cool to see something different, but given the amount of crashes even in the strictly regulated classes I don't even want to think about what happens if you throw a few dozen experimentals of varying levels of sketchy into the mix.
@@zimbabwejim7153 would love to see the expirementals break off and become their own racing league, might draw in some bigger names from the manufacturing side in terms of testing new tech
That was an awesome showing, for a first attempt, wow. Mad respect for the Cup teams, engineers, mechanics and all their drivers. They've proven a lot.
@@ernestogasulla7763 they were promotional. Helping out those euro boys. This was a true toe in the water scenario. Would make for an interesting new class of cars or race series
The adaptability NASCAR showed to even show up and put on the way they did is impressive in itself. I’m sure folks knew the ZL was going to display raw power right out the gate. I can’t imagine what they could do with all they learned and came back at it a 2nd go
I actually thought they ran the 550 hp setup, but if they ran a 750 hp is explains why it was faster on the early straights. It did showpromise, so very unique and impressive that they got it through for so long.
There's no way anyone in NASCAR would run a restrictor plate unless required to. It would make more sense to just use a less powerful motor, which they weren't going to design from the ground up.
@@seth094978 but they weren't running NASCAR, they were running an endurance race. I recall reading earlier this year about the possibility to run at 550 hp, to reduce stress and pressure on moving parts to ensure 24H reliability. Considering the gearbox malfunctioned after close 20H it might have been a good idea if they had run at less power, as they were pretty much building the car from the ground up anyway.
I was there last weekend and I can say that the G56 Nascar was the favorite car of the field. It was incredible, the sound was amazing, just like the Cadillacs, it looked so appart but so at home. This is the true spirit of Le Mans to me. I can hear it until now 👍
I’ve never been a NASCAR fan, but I’ve always respected it. My mother and father-in-law are mega NASCAR fans. I’ve always loved F1 and endurance. This car has made me obsessed. I religiously followed what they were doing during the race in the build up to it and cannot stop watching highlights of it after. This was the greatest promotion NASCAR is ever done, and they need to do this again. Love to see them work on a brake concept that gets it to work changes faster for them and then they will really be up there. So amazing.
I'll never get tired of just how mean thouse NASCAR engines sound. The sound of those flybys is definitely one of the biggest draws of NASCAR racing. I hope we get to see even more road racing with those crazy cars.
I still vividly remember my first flyby at a NASCAR race. Can't really describe the feeling, it's just so much "motor muscle" at breakneck speed. The roar of the engine is amazing.
As an F1 fan I like the fun of oval racing, but was a bit skeptical about this project. But it surely has proven me wrong in the best way possible. I'm genuinely amazed tbh
Hearing comments like this makes me happy. I was always about the indy car series until the pandemic hit and everything shut down. Then NASCAR started doing the virtual racing. It was the only thing going at the time so I watched it. Turns out it was an absolute blast. Then when NASCAR started real racing again I started enjoying it. It’s weird how things like that work. It’s certainly a different kind of racing and I’ve learned a lot about it and can appreciate it now.
I’m a huge F1 fan but I’m American, so that means I also have a soft spot for NASCAR. I’m loving the shift towards more road courses but this was a dream come true. Just the sound of it at LeMans was epic and made me proud as an American. It was almost a throwback to the old days at the same time.
I find it funny that folks think a professional race car team's engineers can't figure out how to build a car for another discipline. At the end of the day, it's all trying to go fast around a track.
@Anschutz270 yeah mate but this exceeded expectations. Things can always go wrong no matter how profound the teams are, I mean just look at mclaren honda from 2015 to 2017. We all appreciate the drivers and the teams behind it but it's not easy to build a quality race car
I watched that run at LM last year and I can tell you now, you knew when it was coming because it was so loud! You could actually hear it coming off of Arnage on its way down to the Porsche curves
BTCC will likely not ever race Le Mans proper. But in the Creventic 24H Series, the organizers allowed a TCR spec touring car to run the Monza 12H. They gave it a weight break and allowed them to have a slightly lower ride height than TCR regulations. It was actually pretty quick
@febrianadji5758 it was quick for running 2:01 around Monza,but it was still amongst the slowest,and was one of the last classified running cars. I believe all cars kept it under 2mins for Monza. TCR by no means slow,just not yet quick enough to really fight a GT4. But BTCC I believe runs TCR regs. TCR is a set of rules cars are built to. The idea of going TCR was so the rules were "unified" and one car can compete in any TCR championship,much like any GT3 can compete anywhere under GT3.
I believe part of the reason why they didn't go with a winged spoiler was the fact that many of these engineers remembered the rolling bricks known as the Car of Tomorrow (Gen 5). The first couple of years with those wretched things had wings that actually proved to only make the cars incredibly unstable rather than adding pointless downforce. Now that could have just been the design of the wing, but I feel the designers made the right decision going with a traditional (albeit incredibly large) stock car style spoiler.
Yeah idk about that. "The King" Plymouth Superbird would disagree. Also, a lot of rear wings are mounted to the frame directly, so the suspension isn't pushing agaisnt the wing. Rather the wing is pushing down directly on the tires.
the COTs were incredibly stable at higher speeds moving forward. that wing did a great job at creating a shit load of downforce for those cars. the only issue with them is when the car got sideways, that same wing that was generating a ton of downforce was now generating that same amount in lift. a 747 takes off only at 167mph, you get you a car that weighs a fraction of that moving ~30mph faster. its honestly a wonder that those cars didn't wreck more than they did.
I’ve heard nothing but good vibes about this. I’ve heard European fans loved the car, you’ve got clips of the drivers saying they love the car, you guys clearly are enthusiastic about this beast. It’s awesome to see something so cool bringing everybody together like this.
As someone said in another comment, NASCAR, as a governing body, should consider more road course racing because, in my humble opinion, it is actually closer to the moonshining runs of the sport's founders: they ran like hell away from the government men through twisty forest roads and at all times of the day in all kinds of weather. This needs to happen.
In my eyes it’s one of the most exciting things to go to LeMans in recent years. I loved seeing it destroying the stereotypes we normally give to American cars. And it sounded mega.
@@ssilent8202 they all think we can't turn any direction other than a mild left. Its like they completely forgot or simply don't know about a 1963 Tempest that lapped everyone, including the 427 Corvettes in a road race, and was then bought by Mercedes and taken to Germany.
A lot of people seem to be in agreement that they'd love to see this car race again, perhaps even in a series. My proposal is to add a NASCAR class to the Rolex 24 in Daytona. If we're ever going to actually see it happen, I feel like that's the most likely place. It's only a few weeks before the Daytona 500, so getting crew into town for it shouldn't be as big of a hassle as it might be anywhere else.
@@lodrbyroni That's another big turnoff for people. Is there a better name for a race than Firecracker? Yes it's money for the sport but some things should be left as they were.
And perhaps they should run in this configuration also back in the USA, provided that a version of the car with some of the "upgraded" feature should be available for sale!
Although they said they removed the "restrictor" (tapered spacer), the hp was significantly lower than the stock cars of 2014 (when they didn't run the restrictors). Obviously, its so it can run 24h. I ran a comparison of how fast this car actually was in a straight line, and although it's significantly faster than the 3400 lb 670 hp current cars, it's significantly slower than the cars of the past: 100-180 mph G56: 17.76 s 2014 Cup: 10.22 s For comparison, Cadillac Hypercar: 10.79 s
Another thing that held them up was the safety car restarts. For the start, they were placed between the P2 and the GTE, but on restarts they had to drop behind the GTEs, and as the three SCs were all early in the race before the field spread itself over several laps, they were effectively being sent to the back of the race each time. But G56 is ultimately about putting on a show, and they certainly achieved that.
I was pretty disappointed at the limited amount of camera time this car got during the race. I was almost thinking they were purposely cutting away from it. However, you could always hear that engine! Amazing effort from the whole team.
I thought the same thing! Then again, the broadcast was only focusing on the HyperCars the whole time. You could tell the commentators wanted to see the Camaro.
Radio lemans gave it a good coverage. Though with the return of Ferrari to top class and the fairy tail story that brought it was hard to compete. More over the US stole the show with the story behind Cadillac, Gickenhaus… the last of the corvette’s…oh & that all female team…. So much drama this year. It’s not surprising it didn’t shine forth more.
This for some reason makes me proud of NASCAR for bringing an American car to try out at Le Mans. Venture out to other motorsports. Sucks they didn't "technically" finish. But trial and error, they oculd become a true contender. Thanks for this informative video.
I very much enjoyed your commentary on this race. You helped me understand what team 56 had actually accomplished. Hats off to LeMans for letting the team replace that failed gearbox. I will have to add LeMans to my viewing schedule next year. Well Done, Thank You! Ric
I’ve Never watched Nascar but my XC team volunteered at a track. when the engines started running I was blown away. I Never knew car engines could get so loud and as they flew by you could feel the rumble throughout your body. 😵💀
All this sounds like in reality NASCAR might be experimenting on expanding. I think they felt the pressure of Drive to Survive and how it boosted F1 popularity by a lot that they might be trying to evolve their sport too. For example the steering wheel, the new tracks and the experimenting a little here and there with the car. Something feels like they might just be looking to turn the sport into something else on the future.
They're absolutely throwing stuff at the wall till it sticks, and I'm all here for it. 6-7 years ago, NASCAR started to feel stale. Great drivers, and that generation car was a fan favorite, but nothing has really properly shaken up the sport for a while. NASCAR was on the dangerous precipice of either deciding to double down on what they'd been doing and continue to watch viewership and revenue decline, or looking at ways to organically regrow that support while finding a way to repackage stock car racing for a new generation. They've made a lot of changes, big and small, in the time since; some have been questionable but they keep what works and adapt from there. The number of road courses on the schedule every season has been growing slowly, and they're discussing city road circuits now as well. Hell, they ran stock cars on a full dirt track a few years back. It's good to see the direction they're headed
One thing I remember hearing from the Broadcast is that the full carbon brake upgrade dropped the vast majority of the 400 lbs off the car from the steel which is nuts. th-cam.com/video/bVFaoWoiQ_k/w-d-xo.html This is the video in question to the correct time stamp for when this is said. P.S. This comment was edited after rewatching the video as I did miss interpret what was said and took it as the 400 lbs was just the brakes.
the 400lb was from the crash protection structure, NASCAR is down dirty when car contact is discussed so the stock cars use very strong but bulky support cages under the body panels
400 lbs is total weight saved, as Scott mentioned in the video, but as 200 kg (which is roughly 400lbs). Every pound saved in the unsprung weight makes the biggest difference, so the brake upgrade is very important. The suspension is not working to stop a heavy brake rotor from bouncing around, so it can work to maintain grip and have a more forgiving setting.
Nascar use their breaks a ton at some tracks. At the super speedway, they may not touch them outside of the pits. At short tracks, though, they are constantly on them. At Bristol, they have 2 turns in 15 seconds. 2 seconds of break, coast through the middle for a second, then hit the gas for four seconds (roughly). I remember back in the early 2000s, they came up with brakes for Martinsville that would work while still glowing red hot. This is a 500 lap or 250-mile race, so there's no way these brakes would go the distance in a 24-hour race. The reason they moved to bigger tires was also for bigger brakes. It was fun to see it race there. I hope they come back next year. The Ford GT blew all their engines the first year.
This was a great video. I lost interest in NASCAR years ago. However, this is a unique twist to their platform. I was surprised to hear of the changes like rear diffusers and moving away from traditional multi wheel lugs. I'm kind of wanting to see more on this now.
With the single wheel nuts we get to experience the same lost wheel oopses as happen in Indy, F1, and other racing series. One happened in this past Sunday's NASCAR race.
Earing the Camaro on track was fun and exciting as hell, everyone had a dumb smile when the car was flying by as the Cadillac too. This cars brought back my chilhood after this hybrid race world we have now. This wild engines made me feel happy only on it´s sound. Really great entry for this centenary race, hope to enjoy it again.
@@carreviewer6345 You've got it backwards.........EV's need to be banned from racing, hybrids should be too, but at least majority of power from a hybrid race engine will be from the internal combustion engine with a little electric assist. I'd rather not have hybrid or full ev but unfortunately hybrid Cup engines will eventually be used. Part of the intoxication of racing is hearing the glorious sound of a V8 racing engine and the smell of high octane racing fuel racing engines burn!
Super glad you did a video on this. Not a Nascar fan, but was super stoked to see the entry this year, and even better to have you walk me through everything that went into making that happen.
I grew up in a NASCAR family and the tracks always bored me to tears, even though the cars, drivers, and crew are world class. I got into FIA as an adult, and this crossover (and success) truly excites me. Might be time to watch a NASCAR race again....?
As someone in a similar boat, let me tell you NASCAR is absolutely doing the work to adjust with the times. I was so worried that they'd be stuck in the past but they've done a lot in the recent years to inject excitement into the slowly withering corpse that was stock car racing. There are way more road courses, they ran a DIRT TRACK a year or two ago, and iirc they're discussing the possibility of adding city circuit tracks a la F1 to the schedule as well.
@@Chilipotamusthey did do most of these and some have become permanent fixtures. Bristol and Darlington (I am saying both because idk if El Dorado Speedway will come to the schedule. If it did then I gotta brush up on next season) both run firt races during the opening seasons after Daytona, Chicago City Circuit was a huge success for this season and then there was the revival of North Wilksboro Speedway, a track new faces to NASCAR may only remember from iRacing events. Next season might be packed a little more as there are plans to bring the Cup Series back to the Nashville Fairgrounds Dirt Track like they did this season with North Wilksboro.
Real impressed by the Nascar - LeMans edition, altho it did struggled in the last third of the race and needed extended pauses nobody was expecting it to be both so fast and reliable.
The best response; I met a lot of other drivers asked what do you get out of it ? Fun! What's the point otherwise. If you're not smiling what's the point of doing it.
As an American nascar fan (and F1 fan lol) I really can’t express how much I appreciate this video. I’m absolutely obsessed with this car, and this video included some fun info I didn’t even know. Thank you so much for taking the time to cover and appreciate this. I genuinely cannot remember a time where I’ve been more proud of something NASCAR has done. This was too cool, and spoke so much to the versatility of the Next Gen. That’s why we run 8 road courses a season now, and a street race! :)
@@larrysmith6797 XTrac have had their gear in a number of Le Mans winnders. I wonder if the one that broke at this year's Le Mans was an off-the-shelf spec that I suspect was not designed or tested at endurance timescales on a car as heavy as the Camero.
@@Daz555Daz Xtrac does a lot of transmissions (like in EVERY single LMDh) for folks, and I would assume that the one used on the NASCAR was for.... NASCAR. Which again, is impressive.
1:55 Can we appreciate the fact that that a couple of Europeans are getting a kick out of driving a V8-powered NASCAR in a storied European series filled to the brim with track-optimized European entries?
I was at le mans this year. Car 24 was the star of the show. It looked amazing, was huge and had the most stunning roar. It kept me awake all night, hearing it every 4 minutes scream past!
It is so on my bucket list to hop the pond for a couple of these 24 hour races, Nburg, Spa, and this one. Just looks awsome. Picking up sim racing 2 years ago got me totally hooked on GT3 , endurance racing so awsome to acctually recognizes these iconic tracks
This was great! Thanks to Nascar, Hendricks Motorsports, and Le Mans for making this happen. Would love to see this and a Australian Supercar and BTCC join in next year too.
If I recall correctly, this isn't the first time NASCARs have raced at Le Mans. I believe there was a pair of NASCARS, a Ford Torino and a Dodge Charger, back in 1976. I think it was the same issue that took out the Ford after half a day; blown transmission. The Dodge went out after just two laps with a blown motor due to the only fuel available in France at the time being too low of octane for the motor.
Don't know all the details, but yes there was a NASCAR contingent one year. And the crowd had the same reaction to hearing them then as they did this year.
@@dgthe3Aside from Karens, a V8 engine that sounds like a old big block V8 will always make the fans smile. The Cadillac and that Camaro were a breath of fresh air compared to the hi-pitched or quiet engine noise we get here from all the regulations.
You know, in 1950 Briggs Cunningham entered two Cadillac Series 61 into LeMans. One bone stock and one with aerodynamic bodywork. The stock coupe finished in 10th, ahead of the modified car in 11th. Technically the stock Cadillac would have qualified for Nascar races as back then the cars were truly stock, and in fact there were a few mad lads who did actually race Cadillacs in Nascar.
I've watched my first NASCAR race(s) last February in Atlanta and it was incredible fun. So much fun that I will come back (from Germany) in September to watch the autumn races in Atlanta and Talladega. I followed NASCAR since the 90's on TV and later the internet and I always wanted to see one in person and it was really worth it. When the whole field comes out of turn 4 and fly's by it is so intense and incredible loud you cannot imagine till you see and hear it in person.
wasn't it literaly the fastest? it got first place in the qualifying, it just wasn't reliable enough and started in last place. but yea, it sounded awesome
hope this helps to bridge the gap between european and american racing. we're not so different! all forms of racing take large amounts of engineering, and I'm glad NASCAR got its time to show it
But it wasn't a NASCAR car. This car would be disqualified from any NASCAR race. This was basically a completely new car that was stylized to look like something from NASCAR, although not 100%, as the aero makes a huge difference here. Calling it a NASCAR car is just a marketing ploy at best.
@@zbyszannano shit Sherlock. It's Le mans, so they need to make something that goes by their rules. Just like how le man's cars would have to abide by NASCAR rules if they wanted to try that out.
That car sounded so, so good. Was a great weekend for GM with Cadillac taking 3rd, Corvette Racing taking 1st, and the incredible job the team at Garage 56 did with that Chevy. Amazing.
You should give it a shot, they’re switching to NBC for the remainder of the season so you’ll get some proper professional coverage of the race and not the goobers over at fox. Remember, NASCAR is an endurance series, too, just not like WEC.
The “spoiler” was not for downforce, it was for drag. It wasnt even a spoiler at all instead a BoP’d gurney flap in order to prevent the car from passing everyone on the mulsanne and interrupting hypercar battles before slowing into the chicane at a snails pace. In fact, the Caddy that finished on the podium spun because the camaro was going slow af thru the chicane.
Yes, usual bob tail spoilers slope back to reduce drag but still give downforce. There is an optimal angle, something like 45 degrees or maybe nearer 30.
@@LZ_Protogen it would be embarrassing for a 499 to see a non-spoilered NASCAR Camaro capable of 210-212mph, the same speed as the 499’s top of 343kmh to be side by side with it approaching Virage de Mulsanne. The 499 would outbreak the Camaro and negotiate the corner ahead 8/10 times however.
@@540chevhell9 the reason it is capable of a high speed is because it *doesn't* have the same downforce and therefore drag that the other cars have, and I'm pretty sure that it has more hp than them to (although feel free to fact check me)
I’m not a NASCAR fan but I went to a NASCAR race this year and can confirm the sound is incredible. I’m still not big on NASCAR, but I loved seeing this at the 24H
Someone else suggested it would be cool to see NASCAR, Trans Am and V8 Supercars get combined into one LeMans class with BOP regulations and become a full time thing... that would be phenomenal
People want to talk down on it for finishing 39th but it’s the first ever 24 hour race for the car and the gearbox lasted 20 hours on its first real test. Imagine how good it’s gonna be when they are able to go back, research and develop the durability aspects, and hopefully find a way to drop a little bit of weight because it is pretty absurdly heavy compared to the classes running. I’m predicting a top 20 finish next time they attempt a 24hr race, which I hope comes at the Daytona Rolex 24hr race since Daytona is basically the birthplace of NASCAR
I missed most of the race but I got to see a little bit and I was wondering if they had not blown the gearbox and it was 100% reliable. Where would they have finished overall?
People talk it down cause its NOT a Nascar car,i dont follow nascar but even i know it has a set of rules & spect and this "nascar car" isnt following any of them,if this car as is cant race in "nascar" then how can it be that? Thats the problem with it,nothing against what it did performance wise its just the fake name & bs of this car thats the problem,also yank say they are proud of this car yet didnt Corvette win the gte class and some dont even talk about that?Isnt that something more important?
@@doubleutubefan5 around 26th I believe was the position they were running prior to the gearbox dying. Which when you take into account all the added time from pits and just trying not to get in the way or make mistakes, not really going full out for most of the race, it’s a really big accomplishment to have been running there and just unfortunate that in the final 4 hours they had to do a gearbox change
@@TheREALBillyMan thank you for the reply. That's pretty impressive. Especially for their first time out there. Would have been pretty awesome to see it. Go the full distance but with a failure like that, it's also good in the fact that they can go back and do some research and development to make improvements
People aren't talking down about where it finished. They are talking down on the nimrods championing it over the competition when it is an unrestricted class entry.
Not a Nascar fan but I LOVE that they did this. It runs in the same vein as the Shelby Cobra and the GT 40. A different mindset (American) going into the European theater, learning and adapting to the new territory, ultimately creating better technology for the factory and the customer while also providing huge entertainment.
Honestly they should create a Nascar Class. As for Nascar itself they could really make this Next Gen car even more Next Gen with what they simply learned at LeMans. You still got the Ridiculous Weight, Horsepower & Box like Aerodynamic figures but you got Something UNIQUE.
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NASCAR needs to do an entire series of road courses with this spec of car. This appetizer is too tempting to not go to a full course.
NASCAR GT Series!
Trans Am
I suggested this with the EuroNASCAR and NASCAR Brazil. Considering I don't rank highly both series(not bad, but not exactly appealing and more 2nd step to other series), I think it would be good to have them running at tracks like Vallelunga or Interlagos or Brands Hatch with these types of cars in those 2 sub series.
Good idea, but probably way too expensive. They replaced alot of a normal stock car with carbon fiber....that = $$$.
V8 supercars is what youre describing
I love that Le Mans was so welcoming of this team and allowed them to truly gather as much data and have as much fun as possible. This is what the racing community is all about. We're all in this together!
I love that America let Le Mans see what real performance looks like.
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I mean, the C6 and C7 Corvettes were already proven to be quite competitive for years at Le Mans. The race teams behind the cars were highly respectable in the racing community.
@@codezilla2382 In what way? Because the Nascar was faster? Because Nascar is just a better racing sport? Because it was Unregulated vs Regulated? In what way do you consider Le Mans to not be a real performance?
@@kopicat2429 Artificially limiting performance will by definition be less "real" performance than unregulated.
@@xMidan Not sure I agree on that one friend. Regulation does not mean less real, as there is nothing fake about the performance. So not quite sure what you mean by it being less real.
I might be rather pedantic about it here, but I don't believe there are much of anything out there without some sort of artificial limiting in one form or another. Because rules exists, and any rule will by definition be a limit on what you can do.
Everything is limited to some extent. Speed will always be limited because physics. Then we have human limits. Now in all fairness, these aren't exactly artificial limits. But is there even any sort of performance out there without some form of artificial limiting?
Funding, rules, regulation, morality among others to name a few. Heck, even the 'unregulated' stuff has rules and regulations too, just of a different kind. Not like you can just go and openly sabotage the opponents, or just beat the crap out of them before the competition.
If we go by that definition, anything that is not limited by rules, regulation and morals are not real performances. That would then include just about every single legal activity in the world.
I guess it then would all come down to what you consider artificial limiting. And what you would consider not. And maybe what you mean by saying it's less real.
I'll end it by at least mentioning that I have no idea if you were trying to say that NASCAR is more real or not. Or if you just figured you'd mention your opinion/take on regulation in sport. But NASCAR also has its own numerous rules and regulations.
Honestly, the most exciting development in NASCAR's recent history.
It just makes sense. 'Stock cars' are endurance monsters; why not race them in *the* premiere endurance race? Glad to see it come to fruition.
the camaro was never a stock car . but since there are no full size cars built in america any more races like the daytona 500 has become a mustang vs camaro ...since the 2010 z/28 camaro turn in a lap time of the 13 mile nurburgring that was 100%street legal with half the horsepower turned a lap time of 7 minutes 37seconds that was quicker the chevy's own corvette ''at this time maybe i should inform you of the suspension as it a copy of the suspension of the only one of its kind only found on the aston martin one 77
@donniebaker5984 I think there's some confusion... To what "stock car" are you referring???
For future reference, clear communication can be better obtained through proper writing. I can't tell what you're saying, nor is you point being made clear. 🤔
@donniebaker5984 it was 2014, and the corvette of that year set a 7:04 unofficially, stock car had originally stood for unmodified but as i am sure you are aware from the years, had nothing to do with the model
@rogueroger0 I don't think he _does_ realize that, even after I *very* *clearly* distinguished NASCAR 'stock cars' (disambiguating from cars in a stock configuration) via the use of single quotations.
His literacy is tenuous at best. He doesn't even use punctuation or capitalize the first letter...
@@devilselbow correct, he does
"if you're not smiling, what's the point of doing it?" has got to be one of the quotes of all time
Which is why we will not all drive electric cars. Silence with speed is boring.
@b1battledroid476 About as good as Logano at Daytona, "It's speedway racing. It's a lot of fun until it sucks!".
Sneakily stolen from my squadron in the U.S. Navy. Our motto was, "If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." It was the motto painted on the wall for many many decades. I won't try to claim when that actually started, as I do not know. I was in the Navy starting in 1982, and it had obviously been there much longer than that.
@@DanBlackRacing It's worse than that. A terrible sound with speed. Listen to the TT Zero bikes compared to the Senior TT bikes. All you have with the electric bikes are a very loud, very high pitched whine from the electric motor or gear box. Not sure what is making the sound on the TT Zero bikes, but it sounds horrific.
@@leroyrussell8766it is certain, unequivocally, undeniably, a quote.
Americans are happy about their team (and it makes sense of course), but I want to underline how amazing it is for Le Mans to allow these projects to join the race. It's in the spirit of the race, of course, but it's still amazing considering that now it's a well enstablished format. You don't see stuff like this anywhere else. Pikes Peak and other competitions are only about unregulated projects, this is a mixup between regulated and well enstablished categories and unregulated, and it's great. It's not granted at all, that after all this time and history, we still see things like this. What I mean is that competitions over time tend to become more and more scientific and predictable, here you can see anything, instead, and I hope it will stay like this forever
Sadly the G56 entries are extremely underfunded, so they often don't end up in the race after applying (getting approved isn't exactly easy). From what I've seen in interviews, NASCAR spent quite a bit of money and time on this, and it shows.
Lets hope that the G56 entry recieves a bit more attention in the future, as some of the projects that's applied for it are very interesting with full EV and Hydrogen powertrains.
Amen
This was what I loved about it, aside from being able to watch it fly. Le mans is such a big official thing, yet they still had an invitation class with an experimental car. Nice to see Motorsports roots still apply to the biggest race of the year, fast and sometimes weird machines pushing it to the limit. Same with the dacia and foxtail at the n24
Does anyone want electric cars that all look exactly the same and more telemetry than Apollo 11? It's a car race, not a science fair. I don't want predictability, I want to hear engines that roar, a $3 hot dog and a cold beer.
@@dicksonfranssen Do I want EVs in racing? Not really, but what else will they race in 30 years? But I think that EV's are extremely interesting out of a technical aspect, they let you do quite a bit of stuff ICE's struggle with, and I truly want to see how the hell they'll manage to build batteries that can charge 100KWh in less than a minute, it's like trying to squeeze an explosion back into it's casing.
I’m a road course guy and hence, not a huge NASCAR fan BUT, stories like this… they simply make my soul smile. Hence, year after year, hope for more road courses in NASCAR persists.
Wicked mad props to the Hendrick Motorsports team for making my soul smile and the same to the Le Mans officials for accommodating the Hendrick efforts AND letting them see it ALL the way to the end.
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But it's not a NASCAR. If it was, it would have performed terribly, which by the way is normal, as each race car is optimised to the type of race it is participating in, with the rules imposed on them.
Changing a NASCAR to be closer to GT type cars.
Here it's just a car that looks like a NASCR, that changed most of the mechanical elements. and that's fine
@@fabr5747you do realize that nascar has been running road course races for the last 30 years right?
@@damianlindsey6177 So?
Do you realize that every racing category has very strict guidelines and that the NASCAR guidelines are not adapted to race against GT cars?
It's not about saying that NASCAR is good or bad. This car was not a NASCAR as all regulations ere thrown out of the window. And that's fine, that made it much more interesting. But no matter the car category, what makes the specifications is the rules. And the rules of NASCAR can not compete on this kind of race with GT cars ! That's the very reason why some teams were worried about the disparity of the performances. And their assessment was right if the regulations would have been followed !
@@fabr5747 this we can agree on. It's why Ford doesn't run the nascar Mustang as both and has a dedicated (or did) gt3 car. Personally, I don't like any of that kind of racing. It's fucking boring. Yeah, the endurance side of things is awesome but it's kids stuff compared to Rally or Baja racing or the kind I really like, street legal drag and drive racing. Wanna know endurance, try making a sub 3000hp car drive over 800 miles, run 250mph in a 1/4, then pack up and do it all again.
The car can never be “a NASCAR.” “NASCAR Cup Series” would be correct. I would cringe inside when a broadcaster referred to the car as “a National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing.” They should know better. :)
the fact they only lost 10 places during the gear box failure and the end of the race is what I find to be very impressive
It's not as impressive as it seems. It finished place 39 out of 40. The other cars behind 40 were all DNF, which this car also would have been if it had to follow the same rules (gearbox replacement)
@@JoelKleppinger ya but it was also out of the competition for a complete hour out of 24
@@JoelKleppingerit’s still impressive though. For an hour fix they genuinely could have passed quite a few cars. Also not to mention they had already set the fastest lap time at the start
@@JoelKleppinger Fastest lap and finishing the race despite massive mechanical failure is pretty impressive.
@@odeo5691 Because Muscle cars are known to have that straight line edge. But Le Mans is literally not about passing other people, it's an endurance competition. Even the LMP cars only use like 400-500HP engines
Not a Chevy fan but can’t deny this was simply amazing. NASCAR needs to take this idea to a full series. That would bring a brand type of fan.
Chevrolet and that NASCAR beast have very little to do with each other. Other than name and shape they share nothing😂
What’s your beef with Chevy?
If you think that's a Chevy you're a goof. All stock cars racing in Nascar are EXACTLY the same car. Nascar DOES NOT allow teams to modify cars according to the teams own design like they did years ago. There are strict regulations now, all the cars are the same in everything except name. This is also why Jimmy Johnson is THE BEST Nascar driver of all time. They're all racing in the exact same version of the fastest stock car to ever drive and Jimmy consistently wins more than anyone else.
well, we all know what happened when they let Ford take a rip 😆
That's okay because other than the bow tie, that wasn't a Chevy.
I have a buddy who works for Hendrick Motor Sports who was on the Le Mans project. He said it was the most fun that the designers have had building a car in years, and you can really tell in the way Jenson talked about the experience.
I can only imagine. The bane of any race team is the rule book. Throw that out the window & they'll be like a kid in a candy shop.
I've often wondered what sort of car would result if a NASCAR team were to take the rules, and ignore other one. Perhaps even building one "even" car and one "odd" car, then run some test laps somewhere.
how do you get a job to work on projects like this
Too bad they dropped the ball at the very end. I don't understand how no one involved in the project had enough grey matter to give it a blacked out white #3 paint job instead of a blue 24
@@riddell26 I'd be down for that. Maybe have glow in the dark cursive 'Intimidator' written on the hood, so when it kept on creeping on other cars it would be photogenic af
@@riddell26I'm sure you are aware that this entry was built and raced by Hendrick Motorsports, arguably the top team in Nascar. Their most famous Cup series car is the #24 driven by Jeff Gordon. Ironic because Jimmie Johnson drove the #48 in the Cup series. Dale Earnhardt raced for Richard Childress Racing, who are not involved in the Project.
Just on a side note: Jenson Button looks and sounds genuinely relaxed and happy in these interview clips. Glad to see he''s enjoying life post F1.
Obviously. Its super dangerous and has almost zero safety precautions. People talk a lot of crap about Nascar but they have some of the safest cars in racing. They dont sacrifice the most basic driver safety on a whim.
@@casematecardinal im so curious, what has f1 done that is so unacceptably bad?
@@casematecardinalyes ofc because grosjean flew into a barrier at 140 mph ripped the car in half and was on fire and escaped with just burns to his hands because of what? Coz as you’ve said it can’t have been any of the safety regs
@@casematecardinal1 Cars aren't that bad, the survival cell is an engineering marvel
@@Atisdel_Entertainment_Official it doesn't take an engineering marvel to make a car thats somewhat safe. How many had to die for that I wonder?
While I've never been big into NASCAR, I've always been told that the mechanics and engineers in it were some of the best in motorsports and completely underappreciated. I'm glad they got to show that not only are they the best, but they're adaptable, too.
They're simply the best... even better than F1 I'd say.
@@justno984 f1 cars fall apart if they touch tips. Those cars are designed like speed bicycles and have about as much safety equipment. If they could design a car that didn't disintegrate over the slightest provocation and didn't decapitate, explode, or set their drivers on fire, i would say they were the best. As it stands they are grossly underengineered and have no consideration for driver safety. Plus they aren't fun to drive. See any f1 driver in a different car and they light up. Its purely a spectator sport, its pretty much a blood sport like gladiatorial games
Lol
@@justno984 i agree, they have to do so much more with less people
They got learnt while running moonshine whiskey how to be fast.
Now, the alcohol is in the tank!
The slim, taped on temperature sensor on the inside of the tire is next level. I love stuff like that.
Very interesting. I would love this data.
Love it. Thanks to our European brethren for being such good sports about allowing a Nascar in the race. It made for a unique spectacle, and I'm sure it helped the Le Mans race garner a lot of extra attention!
I hate that you tube don't let history show through ford cobra?
well you allowed us up pikes peak, in trans am, in imsa gto and in can am.
It was a great idea. Bit disingenuous to title it as they beat Ferrari though. The GTE cars run to a restrictive set of rules. The Ferrari makes over 100hp less than the road car it’s based on for example.
@@dblue7711 Absolutely. It was nothing more than an exhibition for the fans, and a means of testing things for the NASCAR crew. A novelty. Still, I think it was fun.
@@dblue7711 but it was faster, lmfao
Gotta give props to the wec/Le mans management for being flexible with where they put them and allowing them to continue because they're the testbed team. I'd love to see more crazy things in Le mans. Delta wing 2 maybe?
that would be nr 3.......
Absolutely agree. I totally understand this ruffling feathers and upsetting some people, and I love that they made it work, without taking away from the legitimate and returning teams. I definitely feel like this reinvigorated interest in Le Mans, especially from fans who didn’t know or didn’t care prior to this. And, like the man said, it’s just fun.
I know it’s not as cool as this but I would love to see a section for alternative propulsion like EV and hydrogen. Somewhere for the manufacturers to push the batteries, motors, charging, aerodynamics etc. Right or wrong we are coming up to a new frontier for the car and Le Man would be a fantastic place to develop it all.
@@vipe650rIf that upsets you then Europeans really are snooty and holier than thou.....
Can't wait to stereotype a continent can you? All you've achieved is to reveal your own xenophobia.
That’s the first time I’ve ever been excited to watch NASCAR in my life. NASCAR should get into more things like this and more road courses, modernize the cars a little bit, especially in regards to weight and breaking capabilities. Cool video.
I'm a little torn on that. The whole point of stock car racing was to use, y'know, stock cars. Buy a car off the lot, sup it up in your garage, take it to the local track.
Course that's kinda already gone I suppose, and they're stuck in a weird middle ground. Restrictor plates on the super speedways, stock cars on the road tracks. I'd love to see a Talladega race without the horsepower cap. Take some steps to prevent the fans in the first few rows from getting turned into a red mist by an airborne car and let the drivers go
@gamemeister27 I really enjoy old stock cars because they were still production cars, just modified. It made the race so interesting, and forced manufactures to make cool cars with intent to modify for racing. Now I find NASCAR boring, because there is no variety in the cars.
Fuel injected V8s, sequential transaxles, tube chassis, and center lock wheels isn't modern?
@@Borderline5440 Was cutting edge 60 years ago to have center locks and fuel injection, 20 years ago to have sequentials. The Maserati Tipo from 1959 was tube chassis.
@@iuunito3991 don't gatekeep
I love the idea of the Garage 56 entry, because there is precious little racing that just tells the engineers “make it as fast as possible”.
I imagine NASCAR and Chevvy learned a lot about what the car can do, things like what components are limiting factors, how long a gearbox can hang on for, how hard can the engine run power wise. I imagine stripping that engine down afterwards to see how it had faired was very interesting for the engineers.
I doubt that Chevy had much input, since there probably not one stock chevy part on it.
Was at the race last weekend, this car was amazing. Made us laugh every time it came past as it just sounded so bloody good. A breath of fresh air at the race and so glad that they made it to the end, they should all be proud of giving us fans something really different. Loved it.
Hear me out, teams in Nascar and LMP2 should have alliances (like Hendricks and Europol) for LMP2 Oval races and Nascar around Monza, dare I say Monaco, or Spa.
I was rather skeptical when they rolled up in that thing before Le Mans, giving it a good 3-4h before shutting the garage door. At the end of the race I was literally screaming at it lap after lap. It was an absolute joy to see and I’m genuinely happy that I was able to experience such a monster in real life.
do what ever you want no rules
Kudos to Le Mans for letting this happen. That’s awesome
yeah, they finally got a real car on the road
Yeah that was pretty nice to let them do it
@@The_Gallowglassthe explosive transmission you mean?
They knew it would be good PR and it was.
@@hetzer7575Transmission failure is a common problem for any manufacturer and team in endurance racing bud
I'm a Brit and I love NASCAR, I've been to the US many times but 2 of those occasions were specifically to go to the Daytona 500.
What an amazing event that is, no Formula 1 race comes close to the insane passion of NASCAR.
Making an "European race spec" NASCAR is a motoring wet dream for me! 😍
I had no idea Europeans watched NASCAR. That's awesome.
@@jeremyweems4916 - I was in the British military for 25yrs and served with Americans many times, that's where I got my love of NASCAR.
The first time I went to Daytona was with a couple of USMC guys from Tennessee who I'd served with in Iraq.
@JammyDodger45 Awesome! I was in the US Army for 7 years. I got to train with some Brits once. You guys even drink hot tea in the field. We loved the commitment you guys have for your hot tea 😂
@@jeremyweems4916 - tea is a way of life not just a commitment!
I trained with US Army plenty of times, at Forts Benning, Drum and Carson. Brilliant experiences each time, you guys are extremely welcoming and generous.
@JammyDodger45 That's so cool man. I was stationed at Ft. Benning for 4 years. From 2005-2009. I was infantry. Were you there then?
As a NASCAR fan, I am so proud of the entire crew that made this happen. To finish this race in its entirety is something I honestly wasn't expecting.
But. They didnt finish, the car actually broke down and was allowed to change parts that are never allowed in a race car. Not to mention the carbon fiber, weight loss, 25x more expensive braking system, custom made tyres just for this race and this car etc.... a "cheap" stock car became something completaly different... It just kept its outer shell and engine block base.. but even that was overtuned with parts that you cant and wont find in NAscar rules nor Le Mans rules. The Garage 56 did a great job... but....the greatest work was made by the marketing team.
@Callme_pamyla yet you don't know that the dollar sign goes before the numbers 😂🤣🤡
@@elisterr They saw the checkered flag, they finished. Add whatever qualifiers you need, doesn't change that fact. Don't be "that guy". Sometimes it's best to just STFU 😂
#TeamHendricks🔥🔥🔥
@@elisterr You're way off base here. That's because it's a one-of car. Thinking that NASCAR couldn't compete in GT2 or something similar is very silly. A lot of the companies that compete in NASCAR also were pretty strong in GT2 etc.
This was just an all around feel good, good for Motorsport event that’s not so common. NASCAR and Lemans got great publicity from this and opened a lot of people’s minds to experiencing racing in different ways. The fact that they worked with each other to pull this off is awesome. And mad props to Hendricks Motorsport for investing fully into this car. I always looked at NASCAR as not my style because of a lack of engineering, and was I wrong. They showed what they can do and it’s excellent. Respect!
Couldnt agree more.
Yea I agree too. I haven't been a NASCAR fan for over 25 years, I guess the Gordon era turned me off. But this car is sick! I hope this car is used in all nascar races soon. Prob wont though; too much love for that tank they drive.
@@majorrev8690 yeah. I probably won’t start following NASCAR, but I have more respect for it.
Now going to see NASCAR live, I’ll absolutely do that- it’s a blast. I’ve been twice, and to the Indy 500 3x, MotoGP half a dozen times, F1 once, and NASCAR is possibly the most fun race live
Agreed for the most part. The car was extensively modified away from being NASCAR regulated - more towards the GT cars we all appreciate. So it's basically a different type of GT car, just with less restrictions since it's not in an actual class. The bones are still there, of course, and I'd like to see more experiments like this.
I love this because it does actually address that Hendricks HAD to extensively modify it towards a GTE because NASCAR stock cars are meant to run one 3hr race and then run a different car next race. So how Hendricks made a 3hr lifespan car turn into a 24hr car is amazing and shows that if NASCAR was looking for endurance they could easily make some outstanding cars.
As someone who lives in America but prefers FIA racing, I hope that this signals an interest in both sides crossing the pond a little more for fun stuff like this.
Indy car is better than F(number)
@@brianstabile165 When you grow up you'll realize NHRA is all that matters.
@@jeffersonbuckles8905😭 when u lose brain cells sure
@@brianstabile165 Indy cars can't pull the G's of an F1 car. Don't get me wrong, watching a cart break 230mph is rad, but there is nothing sweeter in cart racing than watching a machine defy our perception of physics by pulling 6 G's through a sweeping corner. I agree with some of the aforementioned though, watching the cars go in a circle the whole time gets boring after a while. And I can see where oval fans could get bored without their contact, intensity and "danger." However, Group B Rally (God rest it's soul) was the MOST entertaining to watch. The cars and drivers ran on pure hi-octane testosterone (and probably cocaine, it was the 80's.) Never a dull moment. Hence why it was cancelled... That's what we should all be banding toward bringing back.
NASCAR has been running races, and even full series, abroad for decades.
I'm from Europe and that NASCAR Camaro sounds absolutely GLORIOUS!!
The G56 Nascar was awesome, but I kind of wish we got to see a direct comparison between a normal stock car and GT3 car.
Then we’d actually have needed those white flags.
@@geogmz8277 It would barely beat a Huayra B.C. or McLaren Senna at SPA according to lap projections. Big cars that don't handle for a racing car
Why does everyone think these are GT3 cars? They're GT2 cars, now known as GTE.
@@turbo_marc he's not talking about gte he's actually saying he wanted to see this car against gt3 cars not gte cars
It would be no match, and that's not strange since they have completely different sets of rules. Nascar rules are a bit primitive on purpose, this way it keeps cost under control and it keeps the differences between teams as small as possible increasing the excitement in the race. For a bystander it doesn't make any difference if the car is 5 seconds a lap faster as long as the racing is close.
I went to this year's 24 Houres of Le Mans and you could hear that car coming from miles away, is one of the best sounding cars that I have ever heard and one of the most beautiful at night.
You should come to a open public night at a Texas drag strip if you want to hear beautiful sounding motors scream.
@@bradbutcher3984 If I ever travel to America I will keep that in mind thanks.
@@TheGreekModelerYou don't need to be in Texas, there are drag strips in every state.
@@TheGreekModeler drag racing is amazing. if ur interested, the channel 1320 goes to the big dragracing events and interviews the drivers about their cars and documents the racing. there are a few events a year where people have to drive their cars (ranging from like 500hp all the way to 3000hp) over 1000 miles to 5 different race tracks and then turn in time slips. the most famous one is called Drag Week but theres also Sick Week and Rocky Mountain Drag Week. all these cars have to be street legal and reliable but still have thousands of horsepower and GIANT rear tires. its a fun event to follow.
hate the sound of these american engines. It really is played-out
Never thought I'd live to see the day a NASCAR shares the same grid with an LMP car. This is awesome to see and glad you made this video or I wouldn't have known
Nascar did this back in the 70’s with a ford torino and dodge charger.
@@matthewnosal6893 They did it during the OPEC crisis for the gigs.
@@jakesullivan9179 the torino and charger looked like cows running through the field….
@matthewnosal6893 They were there just to raise attendance. Doesn't shock me they were slow. Early American Oval Racing had cars using truck parts to last the race, not for speed.
@@jakesullivan9179 i agree. They would barely last 500 miles back in the 70’s with the 358 ci rule much less 24 hrs.
Honestly, if Le Mans created a new class for stock cars, get some Aussies from V8 Supercars to drive too, I think it would do a lot to save NASCAR globally. I would love to see a more global audience for a sport with such humble beginnings.
Mentioning V8 Supercar... it breaks my American heart that Holden isn't around anymore.
Being a lone American f1, wec, and wrc fan in Texas, I had so many people asking me about this car. This heightened the intrest of people that usually have no interest in anything other than nascar or "football". It was fun introducing people to the world of endurance racing and discussing all that is involved.
So it has achieved its one purpose in that regard too. How nice to hear :)
@@varski76no disrespect but I’ve noticed sum bout yall europeans, yall really sarcastic and lowkey condescending🤣 its funny cause yall hid insults as compliments.
Not to diss you but just a observation ive made.
Love from texas.
Sir, have you ever heard of the Bathurst 1000? Might be right up your alley
@@pablo4yu I don't watch to be mean, but by using "y'all" and other stuff like this, it's easy to be sarcastic to you guys
@@garbage2882 I won't speak for anyone else, but I use y'all because it is an easy way to distinguish between you and you all.
NASCAR needs its own series of cars like this..... I'm honestly loving this unlimited class style racing and wish for a better gearbox to handle the power next time around.
I 100% support this message. Classes with no rules or very few rules are where innovation is born. A class with only a spec tire size, engine size, and minimum weight would be great.
I for one would start watching that series
That needs to be what the Cup Series is
@@davidhawthorne9637 I totally agree. It would be a great class that scratches that "lets see how fast we can go without turning our cars into coffins
@@casematecardinal You mean go back to the good old days of F1 and NasCar before they got all squeamish.
I'm super happy they kept the same firing order, V8 sound and cross plane crank, for that oh so sweet Nascar sound. Shoot I'd get into this racing series myself.
A 5.8l V8 with a flat plane crank would probably shake your eyeballs out of their sockets at high engine speeds. I know someone very briefly tried it for drag racing (I think Pro Stock) and they reported it was vibrating so badly they couldn't see the tach!
WEC is awesome. IMO WEC and IMSA are the best racing series out there right now.
I'm old school NASCAR and haven't watched it much since the introduction of the COT. I've never watched it since they introduced stages or segments. It's just become a castrated sport equivalent of The Apprentice. It's heartening to know that their are still folks that want to test the limits.
Things change. The new car is exponentially better than the older cars. Just be glad NASCAR hasn't gone the hybrid route like F1.... and even F1 is now considering changing the engine rules for 2030 to do away with hybrids and go back to strict ICE's only.
the stages are truly horrible
@@cosmicr670 🤡
So, the Camaro is a Nascar just like the 919 Evo was an LMP1 car. Got it.
Pretty much yes.
It would be really cool to see the evo at Le Mans
@@gurito4374I'd sell my kidney to watch that 😂
@@gurito4374 that car would be the fastest on the track.
@@chrish931nascar in this instance is just short for nascar cup car
If I am not mistaken, the gearbox was not swapped but was removed and rebuilt using the destroyed one!
Lots of people were surprised due to the fact no one usually rebuilds stuff, just replace it and call it a day!
I imagine they weren't expecting the gearbox to blow up so didn't even have a spare. But fixing it is even more impressive.
They did have a spare (several actually, including one in the backup car... Yes, they brought an entire second car in case of issues during testing/free practice) so it was replaced entirely. It would have been impossible to try to remove the floor and suspension of the car, get the gearbox out, completely rebuild it, reinstall it, and put the floor and suspension back on in that amount of time
Even if they replaced, they're not competing for anything. It's just for fun of the drivers, the team, the fans and to research new techs. I'd let them swap the entire engine if they wanted lol
@@yurigodoy93 which is pretty much the reason why Show Car class was created! For the show and the test!
I'm pretty sure to remember an Audi Lmp gearbox change back in the days. Rules must have changed.
NASCAR really is under appreciated. Raikkonen even said it's the rawest and purest form of motorsport. Not to mention the engineers. Also, NASCAR has dedicated countless millions into driver safety, there have been wrecks in recent memory that looked like an absolute horror show just for the driver to popout unscathed.
The driver safety is what I appreciate the most. While I'm perfectly OK with minor injuries happening, I do NOT want to see a driver get killed or maimed. After all, driving that fast is inherently dangerous, so it's a safe bet that the drivers DO sign up for the possibility of bumps, bruises, and the occasional broken bone and are perfectly OK with dealing with those things after hitting a wall at 180 MPH. But NOBODY signs on to die or get permanently and seriously injured. Dale Earnhardt was the last driver fatality in the NASCAR cup series and let's hope it stays that way.
Entire Series? My guy I just want a road legal production model of this thing
@@kakuja2977 Who doesn't? Too bad they would have to make enough changes to it to satisfy all of the ridiculous government regulations that it would be a very different car once it was actually road legal.
@@craigcampbell8560 fuck the government, you and I go steal that thing rn
When the most beloved driver in the history of your sport dies in a wreck, it's a pretty big wake up call. Safety has been NASCAR's #1 priority since Earnhardt died.
NASCAR is really the only form of auto racing I enjoy because its meticulously balanced to ensure the races are won by the best race teams, not the deepest pockets. The whole point of oval is to ensure it's driver vs. driver, not car vs. track.
That is a huge W coming from the organisers. They show how passionate they are about the motorsport and let experimental teams like them enter. Hope to see more like this in the future and I'm glad everything went safe (except the gearbox)
I’d love to see more in the experimental category
It’s why I like to watch pikes peak hill climbs so much, so many unique vehicles
It's very much a double-edged sword. Sure it's cool to see something different, but given the amount of crashes even in the strictly regulated classes I don't even want to think about what happens if you throw a few dozen experimentals of varying levels of sketchy into the mix.
@@zimbabwejim7153 would love to see the expirementals break off and become their own racing league, might draw in some bigger names from the manufacturing side in terms of testing new tech
@@LunarKittyLily They did that once, we call it drag racing now
Also, lookup Pikes Peak and Autocross
I really enjoyed the Delta Wing, too. Great to see this Nascar getting the chance to be developed and run at LeMans!
That was an awesome showing, for a first attempt, wow. Mad respect for the Cup teams, engineers, mechanics and all their drivers. They've proven a lot.
Second. In 1976, a Charger and a Torino raced at Le Mans under NASCAR specs.
@@ernestogasulla7763 they were promotional. Helping out those euro boys. This was a true toe in the water scenario. Would make for an interesting new class of cars or race series
i am french and it was an honor of seeing a NASCAR at Le Mans, i hope to see much more of them on this racetrack in the futur.
Except this wasn't a NASCAR stock car. It was a Le Mans car. 2:25 explicitly stated.
@@UnitSe7en Of course but the look the sound are the same ;)
@@philr34 But that doesn't make it a NASCAR stock car, silly Frenchie.
@@UnitSe7en Kiss my ass, i call it like it's in the title, return play video game, moroon
@@UnitSe7en i'm french and i do agree with you 😉
Just hearing the sound comparison of that stock car engine to the other GTE cars was incredible.
The adaptability NASCAR showed to even show up and put on the way they did is impressive in itself. I’m sure folks knew the ZL was going to display raw power right out the gate. I can’t imagine what they could do with all they learned and came back at it a 2nd go
Maybe a different gearbox and slightly fewer horses
@@Ramtamtama 1,200 horsepower and a grille-mounted machine gun
@@agentzapdos4960 Yes, dog fighting nascar. Let’s go.
If they come back with a ford they'll take first place, wait ford's already done this a bunch at lemans.
Hoonicorn Vs LeMans 😂
I actually thought they ran the 550 hp setup, but if they ran a 750 hp is explains why it was faster on the early straights. It did showpromise, so very unique and impressive that they got it through for so long.
There's no way anyone in NASCAR would run a restrictor plate unless required to. It would make more sense to just use a less powerful motor, which they weren't going to design from the ground up.
@@seth094978 but they weren't running NASCAR, they were running an endurance race. I recall reading earlier this year about the possibility to run at 550 hp, to reduce stress and pressure on moving parts to ensure 24H reliability.
Considering the gearbox malfunctioned after close 20H it might have been a good idea if they had run at less power, as they were pretty much building the car from the ground up anyway.
@@kimf.wendel9113 they need to redesign the gearbox for this. Not lower hp, just tuffer gearbox.
@@Toxic2T you cant make an unbreakable gearbox, plus the price is also a factor, limiting hp is easier and more cost effective
@@Infinitetech-ogda I mean theres plenty of gearboxes for sub 1k HP cars. Mostly are found in the drag scene but yeah.
I was there last weekend and I can say that the G56 Nascar was the favorite car of the field. It was incredible, the sound was amazing, just like the Cadillacs, it looked so appart but so at home. This is the true spirit of Le Mans to me. I can hear it until now 👍
Jenson Button is a legend for doing this
I’ve never been a NASCAR fan, but I’ve always respected it. My mother and father-in-law are mega NASCAR fans. I’ve always loved F1 and endurance. This car has made me obsessed. I religiously followed what they were doing during the race in the build up to it and cannot stop watching highlights of it after. This was the greatest promotion NASCAR is ever done, and they need to do this again. Love to see them work on a brake concept that gets it to work changes faster for them and then they will really be up there. So amazing.
I'll never get tired of just how mean thouse NASCAR engines sound. The sound of those flybys is definitely one of the biggest draws of NASCAR racing. I hope we get to see even more road racing with those crazy cars.
Corvettes used to sound like this until they went midengine with a different engine setup.
@@firebald2915the pushrods will be missed
I still vividly remember my first flyby at a NASCAR race. Can't really describe the feeling, it's just so much "motor muscle" at breakneck speed. The roar of the engine is amazing.
American muscle baby.
Accept no substitute.
Then maybe America should make some real race tracks and race cars and not only turn left.
As an F1 fan I like the fun of oval racing, but was a bit skeptical about this project. But it surely has proven me wrong in the best way possible. I'm genuinely amazed tbh
Hearing comments like this makes me happy. I was always about the indy car series until the pandemic hit and everything shut down. Then NASCAR started doing the virtual racing. It was the only thing going at the time so I watched it. Turns out it was an absolute blast. Then when NASCAR started real racing again I started enjoying it. It’s weird how things like that work. It’s certainly a different kind of racing and I’ve learned a lot about it and can appreciate it now.
@@VictoryAviationno doubt. I am also happy bout that.
I’m a huge F1 fan but I’m American, so that means I also have a soft spot for NASCAR. I’m loving the shift towards more road courses but this was a dream come true. Just the sound of it at LeMans was epic and made me proud as an American. It was almost a throwback to the old days at the same time.
I find it funny that folks think a professional race car team's engineers can't figure out how to build a car for another discipline. At the end of the day, it's all trying to go fast around a track.
@Anschutz270 yeah mate but this exceeded expectations. Things can always go wrong no matter how profound the teams are, I mean just look at mclaren honda from 2015 to 2017. We all appreciate the drivers and the teams behind it but it's not easy to build a quality race car
I watched that run at LM last year and I can tell you now, you knew when it was coming because it was so loud! You could actually hear it coming off of Arnage on its way down to the Porsche curves
Its size next to the other cars is hilarious. Next year I’d like to see a BTCC car get reinforced for 24hr Le Mans.
BTCC will likely not ever race Le Mans proper.
But in the Creventic 24H Series, the organizers allowed a TCR spec touring car to run the Monza 12H.
They gave it a weight break and allowed them to have a slightly lower ride height than TCR regulations.
It was actually pretty quick
Haven't seen BTCC for long time
How different it is than TCR class on N24?
Wrc cars
reminded me of big m8
@febrianadji5758 it was quick for running 2:01 around Monza,but it was still amongst the slowest,and was one of the last classified running cars.
I believe all cars kept it under 2mins for Monza.
TCR by no means slow,just not yet quick enough to really fight a GT4.
But BTCC I believe runs TCR regs.
TCR is a set of rules cars are built to.
The idea of going TCR was so the rules were "unified" and one car can compete in any TCR championship,much like any GT3 can compete anywhere under GT3.
I believe part of the reason why they didn't go with a winged spoiler was the fact that many of these engineers remembered the rolling bricks known as the Car of Tomorrow (Gen 5). The first couple of years with those wretched things had wings that actually proved to only make the cars incredibly unstable rather than adding pointless downforce. Now that could have just been the design of the wing, but I feel the designers made the right decision going with a traditional (albeit incredibly large) stock car style spoiler.
Yeah idk about that. "The King" Plymouth Superbird would disagree.
Also, a lot of rear wings are mounted to the frame directly, so the suspension isn't pushing agaisnt the wing. Rather the wing is pushing down directly on the tires.
@@BigZ971 It works on some cars, but the way that Nascar designs their cars these days causes those big rear wings to cause more harm then good.
@@BigZ971Don’t forget about the Daytona aswell
The diffusers probably made the larger wing unnecessary
the COTs were incredibly stable at higher speeds moving forward. that wing did a great job at creating a shit load of downforce for those cars. the only issue with them is when the car got sideways, that same wing that was generating a ton of downforce was now generating that same amount in lift. a 747 takes off only at 167mph, you get you a car that weighs a fraction of that moving ~30mph faster. its honestly a wonder that those cars didn't wreck more than they did.
I’ve heard nothing but good vibes about this. I’ve heard European fans loved the car, you’ve got clips of the drivers saying they love the car, you guys clearly are enthusiastic about this beast.
It’s awesome to see something so cool bringing everybody together like this.
0:43 nettspend refrence😍😍
Drank drank drank
I'm a former Hendrick employee so I loved it. I can't wait to hear your F1 experience and opinions 😉
Why are you guys so cool?
@@pablo4yuseems like its plan A.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED it to see a NASCAR like racecar drive at Le Mans, as the sound is something else.....giving me goosebumps
American V8 engines are epic.
As someone said in another comment, NASCAR, as a governing body, should consider more road course racing because, in my humble opinion, it is actually closer to the moonshining runs of the sport's founders: they ran like hell away from the government men through twisty forest roads and at all times of the day in all kinds of weather. This needs to happen.
Yeah, nothing like the rumble of a V8, I love the sound of v10s aswell tho lol.
In my eyes it’s one of the most exciting things to go to LeMans in recent years. I loved seeing it destroying the stereotypes we normally give to American cars. And it sounded mega.
And these cars are a dime a dozen on actual American streets
@@derson754amen. Honestly, nascar so the rawest, purest form of Motorsport. I’m honestly surprised it isn’t popular in other places yet.
@@ssilent8202 they all think we can't turn any direction other than a mild left. Its like they completely forgot or simply don't know about a 1963 Tempest that lapped everyone, including the 427 Corvettes in a road race, and was then bought by Mercedes and taken to Germany.
I applaud the Chevrolet Z28 for finishing the race and Ferrari for finally winning again 50+ years later. Richard Petty must be grinning ear to ear.
A lot of people seem to be in agreement that they'd love to see this car race again, perhaps even in a series. My proposal is to add a NASCAR class to the Rolex 24 in Daytona. If we're ever going to actually see it happen, I feel like that's the most likely place. It's only a few weeks before the Daytona 500, so getting crew into town for it shouldn't be as big of a hassle as it might be anywhere else.
That is a damn good idea and of course.....the crowd goes wild!
That, or have it on the Daytona RC during Speedweeks.
It'll be back in 24.
I think you mean the Coke Zero 400 (used to be the Firecracker 400)... 500 was in Feb. I live in Orlando use to go to Daytona every year for races
@@lodrbyroni That's another big turnoff for people. Is there a better name for a race than Firecracker? Yes it's money for the sport but some things should be left as they were.
So basically in the end Garage 56's car wasn't anymore a NASCAR car, rather an hybrid of a NASCAR and a GTE without restrictor plate on the engine.
And perhaps they should run in this configuration also back in the USA, provided that a version of the car with some of the "upgraded" feature should be available for sale!
+ carbon discs vs. cast iron ones of GT AM and more maximum fuel capacity, ...
@@sergiogiacomosammartano7623 nascar owns IMSA. I think one day we could see it happen
Although they said they removed the "restrictor" (tapered spacer), the hp was significantly lower than the stock cars of 2014 (when they didn't run the restrictors). Obviously, its so it can run 24h.
I ran a comparison of how fast this car actually was in a straight line, and although it's significantly faster than the 3400 lb 670 hp current cars, it's significantly slower than the cars of the past:
100-180 mph
G56: 17.76 s
2014 Cup: 10.22 s
For comparison, Cadillac Hypercar: 10.79 s
Ummmm,,,,,, Not sure hat you are talking about. Stock cars have never have run restrictor plates at road courses.
Another thing that held them up was the safety car restarts. For the start, they were placed between the P2 and the GTE, but on restarts they had to drop behind the GTEs, and as the three SCs were all early in the race before the field spread itself over several laps, they were effectively being sent to the back of the race each time. But G56 is ultimately about putting on a show, and they certainly achieved that.
I'd love to see this more often. It looks incredible, and I love seeing new types of car on the track. So much for only being able to turn left!
I love that the rules were flexible for the spirit of the experimental class, and the good of the fans and the sport.
"If you're not smiling, what's the point of doing it"
*BARS* 😤
Remember when bars actually rhymed... Pepperidge Farm remembers 🤷♂️
Ahhahahah bars! Ohhhhhhhhhh
@@jasoncaine2600Get the joke, foo.
I was pretty disappointed at the limited amount of camera time this car got during the race. I was almost thinking they were purposely cutting away from it. However, you could always hear that engine! Amazing effort from the whole team.
I thought the same thing! Then again, the broadcast was only focusing on the HyperCars the whole time. You could tell the commentators wanted to see the Camaro.
It was a pity pass entry, zero need to watch it run in a class of 1.
Radio lemans gave it a good coverage. Though with the return of Ferrari to top class and the fairy tail story that brought it was hard to compete. More over the US stole the show with the story behind Cadillac, Gickenhaus… the last of the corvette’s…oh & that all female team…. So much drama this year. It’s not surprising it didn’t shine forth more.
Why? It wasn't even in the race.
@@AB-80X It was on _track_ and was an interesting novelty. IIRC, the Nissan Deltawing got more coverage and it was in the same boat.
3:42 - about the cars sound....OMG! that's beautiful noise
Jensen is such a cool guy..racing just for fun puts a smile on my face
This for some reason makes me proud of NASCAR for bringing an American car to try out at Le Mans. Venture out to other motorsports. Sucks they didn't "technically" finish. But trial and error, they oculd become a true contender. Thanks for this informative video.
I very much enjoyed your commentary on this race. You helped me understand what team 56 had actually accomplished. Hats off to LeMans for letting the team replace that failed gearbox. I will have to add LeMans to my viewing schedule next year. Well Done, Thank You! Ric
I’ve Never watched Nascar but my XC team volunteered at a track. when the engines started running I was blown away. I Never knew car engines could get so loud and as they flew by you could feel the rumble throughout your body. 😵💀
Obviously you don't live in Idaho.
All this sounds like in reality NASCAR might be experimenting on expanding. I think they felt the pressure of Drive to Survive and how it boosted F1 popularity by a lot that they might be trying to evolve their sport too.
For example the steering wheel, the new tracks and the experimenting a little here and there with the car. Something feels like they might just be looking to turn the sport into something else on the future.
They're absolutely throwing stuff at the wall till it sticks, and I'm all here for it. 6-7 years ago, NASCAR started to feel stale. Great drivers, and that generation car was a fan favorite, but nothing has really properly shaken up the sport for a while. NASCAR was on the dangerous precipice of either deciding to double down on what they'd been doing and continue to watch viewership and revenue decline, or looking at ways to organically regrow that support while finding a way to repackage stock car racing for a new generation. They've made a lot of changes, big and small, in the time since; some have been questionable but they keep what works and adapt from there. The number of road courses on the schedule every season has been growing slowly, and they're discussing city road circuits now as well. Hell, they ran stock cars on a full dirt track a few years back. It's good to see the direction they're headed
One thing I remember hearing from the Broadcast is that the full carbon brake upgrade dropped the vast majority of the 400 lbs off the car from the steel which is nuts.
th-cam.com/video/bVFaoWoiQ_k/w-d-xo.html This is the video in question to the correct time stamp for when this is said.
P.S. This comment was edited after rewatching the video as I did miss interpret what was said and took it as the 400 lbs was just the brakes.
400lb for brakes doesn't sound right. Maybe 400lb off the total weight but I can't see any way brakes weigh 400lb
40lb maybe… not 400lb. Maybe they were saying it was the equivalent of dropping 400lb handling wise, because it’s unsprung weight.
I think they were saying that was one of the biggest weight savings in the cars total weight reduction.
the 400lb was from the crash protection structure, NASCAR is down dirty when car contact is discussed so the stock cars use very strong but bulky support cages under the body panels
400 lbs is total weight saved, as Scott mentioned in the video, but as 200 kg (which is roughly 400lbs). Every pound saved in the unsprung weight makes the biggest difference, so the brake upgrade is very important. The suspension is not working to stop a heavy brake rotor from bouncing around, so it can work to maintain grip and have a more forgiving setting.
Nascar use their breaks a ton at some tracks. At the super speedway, they may not touch them outside of the pits. At short tracks, though, they are constantly on them. At Bristol, they have 2 turns in 15 seconds. 2 seconds of break, coast through the middle for a second, then hit the gas for four seconds (roughly). I remember back in the early 2000s, they came up with brakes for Martinsville that would work while still glowing red hot. This is a 500 lap or 250-mile race, so there's no way these brakes would go the distance in a 24-hour race. The reason they moved to bigger tires was also for bigger brakes. It was fun to see it race there. I hope they come back next year. The Ford GT blew all their engines the first year.
Love seeing American and European motorsports collab like this.
This was a great video. I lost interest in NASCAR years ago. However, this is a unique twist to their platform. I was surprised to hear of the changes like rear diffusers and moving away from traditional multi wheel lugs.
I'm kind of wanting to see more on this now.
With the single wheel nuts we get to experience the same lost wheel oopses as happen in Indy, F1, and other racing series. One happened in this past Sunday's NASCAR race.
Earing the Camaro on track was fun and exciting as hell, everyone had a dumb smile when the car was flying by as the Cadillac too. This cars brought back my chilhood after this hybrid race world we have now. This wild engines made me feel happy only on it´s sound. Really great entry for this centenary race, hope to enjoy it again.
Lightning Mcqueen was wrong that Race cars don't need headlights
Hybrids and electric cars need banned from racing in my opinion.
@@societyisboring Electric no hybrid yes
@@carreviewer6345
You've got it backwards.........EV's need to be banned from racing, hybrids should be too, but at least majority of power from a hybrid race engine will be from the internal combustion engine with a little electric assist. I'd rather not have hybrid or full ev but unfortunately hybrid Cup engines will eventually be used. Part of the intoxication of racing is hearing the glorious sound of a V8 racing engine and the smell of high octane racing fuel racing engines burn!
The Cadillacs sounded amazing. Pure V8 filth at 110dB.
As soon as you have to make a right turn, it's no longer NASCAR... and I'm all for it!
Super glad you did a video on this. Not a Nascar fan, but was super stoked to see the entry this year, and even better to have you walk me through everything that went into making that happen.
I grew up in a NASCAR family and the tracks always bored me to tears, even though the cars, drivers, and crew are world class. I got into FIA as an adult, and this crossover (and success) truly excites me. Might be time to watch a NASCAR race again....?
As someone in a similar boat, let me tell you NASCAR is absolutely doing the work to adjust with the times. I was so worried that they'd be stuck in the past but they've done a lot in the recent years to inject excitement into the slowly withering corpse that was stock car racing. There are way more road courses, they ran a DIRT TRACK a year or two ago, and iirc they're discussing the possibility of adding city circuit tracks a la F1 to the schedule as well.
@@Chilipotamusthey did do most of these and some have become permanent fixtures. Bristol and Darlington (I am saying both because idk if El Dorado Speedway will come to the schedule. If it did then I gotta brush up on next season) both run firt races during the opening seasons after Daytona, Chicago City Circuit was a huge success for this season and then there was the revival of North Wilksboro Speedway, a track new faces to NASCAR may only remember from iRacing events. Next season might be packed a little more as there are plans to bring the Cup Series back to the Nashville Fairgrounds Dirt Track like they did this season with North Wilksboro.
Real impressed by the Nascar - LeMans edition, altho it did struggled in the last third of the race and needed extended pauses nobody was expecting it to be both so fast and reliable.
The best response;
I met a lot of other drivers asked what do you get out of it ? Fun! What's the point otherwise.
If you're not smiling what's the point of doing it.
As an American nascar fan (and F1 fan lol) I really can’t express how much I appreciate this video. I’m absolutely obsessed with this car, and this video included some fun info I didn’t even know.
Thank you so much for taking the time to cover and appreciate this. I genuinely cannot remember a time where I’ve been more proud of something NASCAR has done. This was too cool, and spoke so much to the versatility of the Next Gen. That’s why we run 8 road courses a season now, and a street race! :)
Oh, so the transmission gave up the ghost in the morning.... damn.
I have to say, that is impressive that is even lasted that long.
The BRITISH Xtrac transaxle.
@@larrysmith6797 XTrac have had their gear in a number of Le Mans winnders. I wonder if the one that broke at this year's Le Mans was an off-the-shelf spec that I suspect was not designed or tested at endurance timescales on a car as heavy as the Camero.
they havve done couple fo 24 hours runs without issues. Stuff happens sadly ;)
@@JoeMaters
I heard about the testing, the sad part.... it's testing, you might not get everything in testing no matter how much you do.
@@Daz555Daz
Xtrac does a lot of transmissions (like in EVERY single LMDh) for folks, and I would assume that the one used on the NASCAR was for.... NASCAR. Which again, is impressive.
3:50 the sound compared to all the other gave me goosebumps loved hearing it
try the sound of an 8000 horsepower top- fuel dragster running on nitromethane that is something that you will never forget
@@JCHarris-iu6myyeah bro. Totally dude. You really burned him there. But if you haven’t seen 4 wide in top fuel, have you even seen real racing?
Same here. Absolutely incredible sound.
1:55 Can we appreciate the fact that that a couple of Europeans are getting a kick out of driving a V8-powered NASCAR in a storied European series filled to the brim with track-optimized European entries?
I was at le mans this year. Car 24 was the star of the show. It looked amazing, was huge and had the most stunning roar. It kept me awake all night, hearing it every 4 minutes scream past!
Same, I uploaded a compilation of my POV of it passing by.. and how different it sounds to the rest of the cars haha it was awesome
It is so on my bucket list to hop the pond for a couple of these 24 hour races, Nburg, Spa, and this one. Just looks awsome. Picking up sim racing 2 years ago got me totally hooked on GT3 , endurance racing so awsome to acctually recognizes these iconic tracks
4min well ferrari does 3.20 and below so how is that car faster
@@jeroenverzijl8596 I didn't say it was faster. Just better
This was great! Thanks to Nascar, Hendricks Motorsports, and Le Mans for making this happen. Would love to see this and a Australian Supercar and BTCC join in next year too.
If I recall correctly, this isn't the first time NASCARs have raced at Le Mans. I believe there was a pair of NASCARS, a Ford Torino and a Dodge Charger, back in 1976. I think it was the same issue that took out the Ford after half a day; blown transmission. The Dodge went out after just two laps with a blown motor due to the only fuel available in France at the time being too low of octane for the motor.
Don't know all the details, but yes there was a NASCAR contingent one year. And the crowd had the same reaction to hearing them then as they did this year.
@@dgthe3Aside from Karens, a V8 engine that sounds like a old big block V8 will always make the fans smile.
The Cadillac and that Camaro were a breath of fresh air compared to the hi-pitched or quiet engine noise we get here from all the regulations.
You know, in 1950 Briggs Cunningham entered two Cadillac Series 61 into LeMans. One bone stock and one with aerodynamic bodywork. The stock coupe finished in 10th, ahead of the modified car in 11th. Technically the stock Cadillac would have qualified for Nascar races as back then the cars were truly stock, and in fact there were a few mad lads who did actually race Cadillacs in Nascar.
I've watched my first NASCAR race(s) last February in Atlanta and it was incredible fun. So much fun that I will come back (from Germany) in September to watch the autumn races in Atlanta and Talladega. I followed NASCAR since the 90's on TV and later the internet and I always wanted to see one in person and it was really worth it. When the whole field comes out of turn 4 and fly's by it is so intense and incredible loud you cannot imagine till you see and hear it in person.
Wasn't the fastest car on track, but surely the one with the more epic sound.
wasn't it literaly the fastest? it got first place in the qualifying, it just wasn't reliable enough and started in last place.
but yea, it sounded awesome
@@brunoseabra8089 no?
It was the fastest
After the GTE cars.
@@brunoseabra8089 it didn’t start in last place, they moved it in front of the GTE cars before the beginning of the race.
@@brunoseabra8089 Faster than GTE, slower than LMP2 and Hypercar
hope this helps to bridge the gap between european and american racing. we're not so different! all forms of racing take large amounts of engineering, and I'm glad NASCAR got its time to show it
But it wasn't a NASCAR car. This car would be disqualified from any NASCAR race. This was basically a completely new car that was stylized to look like something from NASCAR, although not 100%, as the aero makes a huge difference here. Calling it a NASCAR car is just a marketing ploy at best.
@@zbyszannano shit Sherlock. It's Le mans, so they need to make something that goes by their rules. Just like how le man's cars would have to abide by NASCAR rules if they wanted to try that out.
That car sounded so, so good. Was a great weekend for GM with Cadillac taking 3rd, Corvette Racing taking 1st, and the incredible job the team at Garage 56 did with that Chevy. Amazing.
Props to Le Mans for continuing to allow experimental cars and teams try to race. Thats the spirit of racing
I'm not a NASCAR fan at all, but this was brilliant!
You should give it a shot, they’re switching to NBC for the remainder of the season so you’ll get some proper professional coverage of the race and not the goobers over at fox. Remember, NASCAR is an endurance series, too, just not like WEC.
The “spoiler” was not for downforce, it was for drag. It wasnt even a spoiler at all instead a BoP’d gurney flap in order to prevent the car from passing everyone on the mulsanne and interrupting hypercar battles before slowing into the chicane at a snails pace. In fact, the Caddy that finished on the podium spun because the camaro was going slow af thru the chicane.
Yes, usual bob tail spoilers slope back to reduce drag but still give downforce. There is an optimal angle, something like 45 degrees or maybe nearer 30.
Yes without it, it could have been a bit embarrassing as the 56 topped 212mph on Mulsanne.
@@540chevhell9 wouldnt be embarrassing at all, just unfair for hypercars who have to deal with it in slow corners
@@LZ_Protogen it would be embarrassing for a 499 to see a non-spoilered NASCAR Camaro capable of 210-212mph, the same speed as the 499’s top of 343kmh to be side by side with it approaching Virage de Mulsanne. The 499 would outbreak the Camaro and negotiate the corner ahead 8/10 times however.
@@540chevhell9 the reason it is capable of a high speed is because it *doesn't* have the same downforce and therefore drag that the other cars have, and I'm pretty sure that it has more hp than them to (although feel free to fact check me)
I’m not a NASCAR fan but I went to a NASCAR race this year and can confirm the sound is incredible. I’m still not big on NASCAR, but I loved seeing this at the 24H
It's pretty amazing that they could change an entire gearbox in an hour. My car would be in the shop for 3 weeks for a transmission change.
Someone else suggested it would be cool to see NASCAR, Trans Am and V8 Supercars get combined into one LeMans class with BOP regulations and become a full time thing... that would be phenomenal
And dangerous 😅. Still love to see a separate race just for all out cars. Now that’s an idea.
Who would govern it😓?
People want to talk down on it for finishing 39th but it’s the first ever 24 hour race for the car and the gearbox lasted 20 hours on its first real test. Imagine how good it’s gonna be when they are able to go back, research and develop the durability aspects, and hopefully find a way to drop a little bit of weight because it is pretty absurdly heavy compared to the classes running. I’m predicting a top 20 finish next time they attempt a 24hr race, which I hope comes at the Daytona Rolex 24hr race since Daytona is basically the birthplace of NASCAR
I missed most of the race but I got to see a little bit and I was wondering if they had not blown the gearbox and it was 100% reliable. Where would they have finished overall?
People talk it down cause its NOT a Nascar car,i dont follow nascar but even i know it has a set of rules & spect and this "nascar car" isnt following any of them,if this car as is cant race in "nascar" then how can it be that? Thats the problem with it,nothing against what it did performance wise its just the fake name & bs of this car thats the problem,also yank say they are proud of this car yet didnt Corvette win the gte class and some dont even talk about that?Isnt that something more important?
@@doubleutubefan5 around 26th I believe was the position they were running prior to the gearbox dying. Which when you take into account all the added time from pits and just trying not to get in the way or make mistakes, not really going full out for most of the race, it’s a really big accomplishment to have been running there and just unfortunate that in the final 4 hours they had to do a gearbox change
@@TheREALBillyMan thank you for the reply. That's pretty impressive. Especially for their first time out there. Would have been pretty awesome to see it. Go the full distance but with a failure like that, it's also good in the fact that they can go back and do some research and development to make improvements
People aren't talking down about where it finished. They are talking down on the nimrods championing it over the competition when it is an unrestricted class entry.
You’ve explained it in a way that’s completely changed my view. How informative and concise. Good on them and good on you.
Not a Nascar fan but I LOVE that they did this. It runs in the same vein as the Shelby Cobra and the GT 40. A different mindset (American) going into the European theater, learning and adapting to the new territory, ultimately creating better technology for the factory and the customer while also providing huge entertainment.
Honestly they should create a Nascar Class. As for Nascar itself they could really make this Next Gen car even more Next Gen with what they simply learned at LeMans. You still got the Ridiculous Weight, Horsepower & Box like Aerodynamic figures but you got Something UNIQUE.