For all those complaining about this track being on the calender, it's just another part of the challenge in winning a title. A championship wouldn't be of this level if it was all on the same track. Variety is king.
Thanks ISMA for uploading these beautiful videos. not everyone can be home for these race schedule and its nice that we get to watchback these videos on our own time
When he mentioned he did some simulator work I smiled. As I'm sitting in my simulator driving the Ford GTLM at Long Beach while listening to this. Freakin awesome!
I am still confused about the ruling here for the final positions, particularly in GTLM. Technically all of those cars passed under local yellow, which is a stop-and-hold, or a time penalty tacked on to the end of the race. The acceptable solution, and one that would have typically been put in place during a blocked track situation should have been to go back and freeze the final order where the cars entered the local yellow.
I say change the configuration of the last hairpin can have more run off but keep the same track limit so just push that wall back a foot or two & ad a curb
How come this replay is in such great quality and 60 FPS and live streams are so strangely cropped and really choppy? Why can't you guys stream on TH-cam?
asddf asdqwe if you drive your car into a concrete wall at faster than the speed limit, your car would be damaged. And road cars are designed to avoid damage, whereas these are designed for performance.
As of right now the results as they finished are final. Garcia in the 3 car was said to have been involved in the incident, thereby legitimizing passing the 4 car under a local yellow. IMSA officials said they could not throw a full-course caution at the time of the accident because the overall leader had already taken the checkered flag.
complaining about street courses if you can't drive all the types of tracks in this style of racing you don't deserve championship title. I love street courses the unexpected happens
I don't know what they were talking about when they say the Porsche wasn't penalized for that move last year. The Porsche that turned the Corvette last year had to park for the day because they were too damaged after the contact, so how could they have been penalized?
Why did Vilander think it would be a smart idea to try and overtake a prototype? Only one of two things were ever going to happen, and what did happen was the worse of the two.
I do think those chevies VS other prototype is hardly a competition. it is because of the track that they can keep up with the v8's. go to cota or other long straights there is no doubt they are quicker.. also long beach isnt suited for this too many cautions. oh well nice ending though.
Again IMSA way overboard with full course cautions. Number 5 wrecks, recovers... might as well have full course caution just in case I guess?!?! I really miss the local yellows from ALMS
This track is tough with that last hairpin and nowhere for cars to go if it's blocked but I blame the screwed up race on the bad drivers in the field that decide to dive bomb the cars in front of them there and the officials for inconsistent rulings. They need clear rules about what happens if the track is blocked too. I guess it's just a free for all right there if the yellow flags are waving.
Dethmeister I agree. That was crazy they didn't go full course caution and freeze the field - all but last 30 minutes was extremely disappointing. I think they should just go back to PRO only race no GTD. It's was too much. Granted it was DPI and GTLM on lap one. But Ed isn't exactly pro driver ... but if it wasn't for GTD would could have had clean finish
Yeah but a GTLM Porsche did it too at 58:36 , just like last year. Also a GTLM BMW that was out of contention almost did the same thing to the race leading DPi's at that hairpin at 01:45:44 . Then at 01:51:55 when the 3 GTD cars wrecked at the hairpin, the track is actually being blocked by a DPi that has plenty of room to go but is just stopped for no reason. That cost the leading Corvette a win.
James Lofts The only amateur is ed brown. I would disagree the Nissan dpi actually found speed in this race. That had the fastest lap of the race I believe. The 2 car was on a different strategy then the 10 car. On their last stop the 2 car didn't take tires. Also the 10 car just didn't a better job getting around slower cars and took the lead when the 2 was sort of blocked by a couple of GTD cars on the front straight losing the lead.
Look at overtake on the nissan dpi. He got out-braked from the outside not even close to brake limits on his car. All he had to do was brake late and the hold the inside line keeping the caddy out.
What are you talking about man? Vilander was being pressured by the Ford GT behind him, and that Nissan P car in front of him was driving like a granny.
So just for you to understand: He wanted to overtake the lapped car, braked later, and unfortunately hit him. Porsche has some of the best deivers you can have.
"Great" and Typical unprepared yellow flag at 10:56. It's up to the head safety official to make sure the "Volunteers" actually perform instead of putting on the uniform and Just Show UP! Unfortunately, the head officials are No Better!
I love how the top two comments are "great race" and "terrible race." Anyway, not the biggest fan of Long Beach as a circuit. Too narrow for a series where lapped traffic is so prominent. Think Sonoma, Barber, Gilles Villeneuve or Portland would work better. Maybe even another oval infield.
@pricemcdice : to make sure its not a waste of time to watch , i just wish the spoiler dipshit had more respect for whoever may come along and want watch this , this is the first time out of hundreds of races ive watched here on youtube that some asshole spoils it for others by spilling the results !!! PURE FUCKING DIPSHIT
Why the hell was the #22 not penalized for that pileup on lap 1? That was all caused by Ed Brown not driving to a similar pace of the other Prototypes, if you can't lap at the same speed as the other Prototype drivers, then you shouldn't be driving Prototypes at all. I seem to remember him and Tracy Krohn not driving to Prototype standards at Le Mans last year.
I don't blame Vilander, he came across the slow #22 at the wrong time and in the wrong place. If you watch the start, you can see the #22 drop further and further behind the prototype field. And he had the GTLM's right behind. I get that he wasn't penalised because they both retired, but all of that mess could've been avoided if Brown had actually kept to the pace of the Prototype's in front.
Chris Mawbey if you don't want to see AM drivers competing in Prototypes, then you can say goodbye to several entries in the field. Krohn Racing, CORE Autosport, Extreme Speed Motorsport, Dragonspeed, Racing Team Nederland and lots of other teams are funded by drivers who aren't on the pace of the PRO drivers and do this because they love it.
For all those complaining about this track being on the calender, it's just another part of the challenge in winning a title. A championship wouldn't be of this level if it was all on the same track. Variety is king.
Who was complaining about it?
I love IMSA for uploading these! Amazing driving from everyone!
except lexus, I don't think they finished a race all series.
+Scharfe yea that last corner dive by the lexus was not great driving by any definition
Oscar Castro except Porsche
Thanks ISMA for uploading these beautiful videos. not everyone can be home for these race schedule and its nice that we get to watchback these videos on our own time
Awesome. Thanks IMSA!!
Thanks for uploading the races on TH-cam IMSA
What a crazy race, thanks for uploading these IMSA.
Thank You IMSA! Between the Indycar and IMSA TH-cam channels, life is great!
Amazing helicopter shots, 60 fps ... BIG THANKS
I'm SO glad that someone mentioned that utter robbery of the victory from Corvette by Porsche last year. Same turn. Same EXACT scenario. @ 1:00:17.
What a race. This was awesome. I manage to stay spoiler free untill this point :p What a weekend.
That was barley a race more of a showdown on who was the luckiest
Savage Panda well from 20 minutes down it was very exciting
Love street races, you never know what to expect.
Couldn't that be said for any track?
You can always expect drama in Long Beach and expect last turn to ruin a race...."never know what to expect" goodness silly git
I love this track. Every corner can take you out. Very fun to watch. The texas track is the biggest yawn on the circuit.
When he mentioned he did some simulator work I smiled. As I'm sitting in my simulator driving the Ford GTLM at Long Beach while listening to this. Freakin awesome!
Man thank you SO MUCH for this. I was actually at this race, I'll have to pass it on to my friends!
I Love that you upload these IMSA. Thank You
Thank you I missed it so I now can watch it
Thank you IMSA!
What a Crazy race! Long Beach Rocks!
Excellent post.
You Beauty IMSA.
I am still confused about the ruling here for the final positions, particularly in GTLM. Technically all of those cars passed under local yellow, which is a stop-and-hold, or a time penalty tacked on to the end of the race. The acceptable solution, and one that would have typically been put in place during a blocked track situation should have been to go back and freeze the final order where the cars entered the local yellow.
Yeah, with Chevy taking the top two spots again.
What a race.
I switched my t-shirts 2 times in this race. : D
I was done at the end of the race.
Great coverage ... Thanks!
LOVE IMSA LOVE THIS TRACK.
race starts at 10:20
I love IMSA because got many manufactures to take part in this race
One of the best imsa finishes
58:35 now thats the Porsche I remember from IMSA!
Cranky Jash cheap and douchey?
Lol he hit him
Porsche just loves their classic pit maneuver they never get a penalty for. Ridiculous
What a finish!
the FRUSTRATION on that final corner!!! Poor poor Corvette!
Love corvette
Corvette got robbed.
"...an epic burnout while leaving pit lane!" Thx IMSA!
Why is it sped up by about 3%?
コンクリウォールギリギリまで寄せれるのはスゴイ。
I say change the configuration of the last hairpin can have more run off but keep the same track limit so just push that wall back a foot or two & ad a curb
How come this replay is in such great quality and 60 FPS and live streams are so strangely cropped and really choppy? Why can't you guys stream on TH-cam?
Race strat at 10:17
why are the cars so delicate that a little scratch against the wall makes the car break down completely?
asddf asdqwe if you drive your car into a concrete wall at faster than the speed limit, your car would be damaged. And road cars are designed to avoid damage, whereas these are designed for performance.
How much horse power have the corvette & the ford gt ?
VITA kyo it depends on the BoP
What a great race!
What's the difference between this and the United Sportscar Championship?
MDDeGrande1994 it is the same series, it was just renamed ahead of 2016
1:27:07 "You gotta try pretty hard to hit something" - Ford #67: Challenge Accepted.
That ending was Insane
When will Porsche be stopped
What was the ruling at the end for the GTLMs? He passed under a local yellow
As of right now the results as they finished are final. Garcia in the 3 car was said to have been involved in the incident, thereby legitimizing passing the 4 car under a local yellow. IMSA officials said they could not throw a full-course caution at the time of the accident because the overall leader had already taken the checkered flag.
TakeNoPrisoners Garcia deserves 1st. Probably the best driver out there.
AWSim you are allowed to pass stationary cars under local yellow
We need INT (Natural Sounds) channel for listening engine songs ... Please :)
Why are the caution periods so long, always around 15 minutes, ridiculous.
Hey guys how fast are the dpi cars compared to lmp1
Slower by several seconds
Nothing but chaos at Long Beach
That was an expensive day.
Should have been 1 2 corvette but whatever.
Blake Patterson Yeah, that was bull. Corvette had that.
What are "burger sports?"
really entertaining race
GO CORVETTE!!! Total poetic justice for what happened last year!!! LMAO!!! WOO HOO!!
What a cracy race!!!
I get it. There is a dolphin statue....
Thank you for posting, IMSA!
That top dolphin apparently has a blowhole under it's throat.
The straight line speed advantage of the BMW was ridiculous in GTLM
Is there a proper explanation for the ending?....new to this I am...🐈
Look at the backend on that Porsche!
complaining about street courses if you can't drive all the types of tracks in this style of racing you don't deserve championship title. I love street courses the unexpected happens
I don't know what they were talking about when they say the Porsche wasn't penalized for that move last year. The Porsche that turned the Corvette last year had to park for the day because they were too damaged after the contact, so how could they have been penalized?
They could be penalized at the start of the next race. They should have been.
Why did Vilander think it would be a smart idea to try and overtake a prototype? Only one of two things were ever going to happen, and what did happen was the worse of the two.
And you got to love the Porsche dumping the ford, getting a penalty yet because he put the ford a lap down he finishes ahead
this must be where amatuers race. so much contact!
10:22 - chester bennington waving the green flag up at the top left - just 3 months before his death... r.i.p. :'(
Rip
I do think those chevies VS other prototype is hardly a competition. it is because of the track that they can keep up with the v8's. go to cota or other long straights there is no doubt they are quicker.. also long beach isnt suited for this too many cautions. oh well nice ending though.
What a hodgepodge!
58:39 That reaction tho 🤣
Cars 2 all over again
Again IMSA way overboard with full course cautions. Number 5 wrecks, recovers... might as well have full course caution just in case I guess?!?! I really miss the local yellows from ALMS
BUBBA BURGER GRAND PRIX!!!!!...….sry but the name is funny.......😵😜 ....ty ISMA for sharing....
sarah sarah the American way of racing and the sponsor names of their races are hell funny😆 do you want 🍟 with that BUBBA🍔
Brandon Jones lol👍......
I don't either, almost better with off road suspension here lol
I love this series and these drivers, but they did NOT represent themselves well here...this was a circus.
This might be a stupid question but do the mazdas still run wankel engines?
46:20 Literally taken out by the title sponsor lmao.
This track is tough with that last hairpin and nowhere for cars to go if it's blocked but I blame the screwed up race on the bad drivers in the field that decide to dive bomb the cars in front of them there and the officials for inconsistent rulings. They need clear rules about what happens if the track is blocked too. I guess it's just a free for all right there if the yellow flags are waving.
Dethmeister I agree. That was crazy they didn't go full course caution and freeze the field - all but last 30 minutes was extremely disappointing. I think they should just go back to PRO only race no GTD. It's was too much. Granted it was DPI and GTLM on lap one. But Ed isn't exactly pro driver ... but if it wasn't for GTD would could have had clean finish
Yeah but a GTLM Porsche did it too at 58:36 , just like last year. Also a GTLM BMW that was out of contention almost did the same thing to the race leading DPi's at that hairpin at 01:45:44 . Then at 01:51:55 when the 3 GTD cars wrecked at the hairpin, the track is actually being blocked by a DPi that has plenty of room to go but is just stopped for no reason. That cost the leading Corvette a win.
That was an infuriating race. So many position changes based on the track being blocked by crash traffic...
Love to see my team win but, Jan/Garcia deserved the win and a 1-2 Corvette finish....sucks.
the fact that this sort of races still exist just proves the murican love for bumper cars instead of proper racing
What is up with all these amateurs in the prototype nissan? How do you throw that away?
Ryan Dalziel is as experienced as they come. The car doesn't seem to quite have the speed.
James Lofts The only amateur is ed brown. I would disagree the Nissan dpi actually found speed in this race. That had the fastest lap of the race I believe. The 2 car was on a different strategy then the 10 car. On their last stop the 2 car didn't take tires. Also the 10 car just didn't a better job getting around slower cars and took the lead when the 2 was sort of blocked by a couple of GTD cars on the front straight losing the lead.
Look at overtake on the nissan dpi. He got out-braked from the outside not even close to brake limits on his car. All he had to do was brake late and the hold the inside line keeping the caddy out.
Tobi Ogunsanwo Ed Brown, who is an amateur, funds the programme. Without Brown the ESM cars wouldn't be racing whatsoever.
I really love that ! ! ! But I want to listen more car sounds. Please, Shut up a little bit… Nothing personal :)
god damn ferraris man, had to take out the prototype and the ford :(
What are you talking about man? Vilander was being pressured by the Ford GT behind him, and that Nissan P car in front of him was driving like a granny.
hulley5223 fr
Just like last year Porsche spins a car on that last turn.
I love those porches but I hate that manufacture Porsche team, bunch of dirty racers.
Savage Panda the fact that ford is being tagged instead of ford itself
It was a mistake. He made a bad decision in a bad moment, but it was not dirty driving.
Of course dirty drivers because of one mistake, you definitley got it xD
So just for you to understand: He wanted to overtake the lapped car, braked later, and unfortunately hit him. Porsche has some of the best deivers you can have.
Hindhaugh begging for a penalty for every car in the race is rather annoying. Thank god Shaw is there to keep him sane
Dang, Milner should of let Garcia slide in front of him.
56:33 terrible move my the Mazda
I can't watch, my eyes are bleeding just remembering the horror that ended this race.
"Great" and Typical unprepared yellow flag at 10:56. It's up to the head safety official to make sure the "Volunteers" actually perform instead of putting on the uniform and Just Show UP! Unfortunately, the head officials are No Better!
I love how the top two comments are "great race" and "terrible race." Anyway, not the biggest fan of Long Beach as a circuit. Too narrow for a series where lapped traffic is so prominent. Think Sonoma, Barber, Gilles Villeneuve or Portland would work better. Maybe even another oval infield.
That last hairpin turn ruines the integrity of the race in my opinion
Arturo Saldana agreed. It's a hazard due to obvious reasons. And if someone spins there the inevitable happens and then race control have a meltdown.
Ryan Daziel needs to learn how to get thru traffic. That blue Porsche cost ESM the win.
I love IMSA so much but they need to use local cautions and need to penalize people who do really dirty moves, 10 at Daytona and Porsche here
Damn, clusterfuck indeed. I'm stressed watching this.
so happy for team Konica/Minolta for winning. last 15 mins were very exciting.
Thanx for the spoil dipshit !!! Now i dont have to watch the race !!
Why would you read the comments? Idiot.
Rick Brissette you're welcome fuckhead!
Rick Brissette you're the dipshit fucker. your fault you should've watched it when it was live.
@pricemcdice : to make sure its not a waste of time to watch , i just wish the spoiler dipshit had more respect for whoever may come along and want watch this , this is the first time out of hundreds of races ive watched here on youtube that some asshole spoils it for others by spilling the results !!! PURE FUCKING DIPSHIT
Wow. Mazda with the terrible stops yet again... why am I surprised at this point. It's just what they do -______-
Why the hell was the #22 not penalized for that pileup on lap 1? That was all caused by Ed Brown not driving to a similar pace of the other Prototypes, if you can't lap at the same speed as the other Prototype drivers, then you shouldn't be driving Prototypes at all. I seem to remember him and Tracy Krohn not driving to Prototype standards at Le Mans last year.
Chris Mawbey Because the 22 retired after right after the incident.
they don't punish drivers for being crashed into by someone else , That was tomas Villander fault
Chris Mawbey Even if he wasn't driving his best, Toni Vilander should know better than to try passing a car 2 classes ahead of him.
I don't blame Vilander, he came across the slow #22 at the wrong time and in the wrong place. If you watch the start, you can see the #22 drop further and further behind the prototype field. And he had the GTLM's right behind. I get that he wasn't penalised because they both retired, but all of that mess could've been avoided if Brown had actually kept to the pace of the Prototype's in front.
Chris Mawbey if you don't want to see AM drivers competing in Prototypes, then you can say goodbye to several entries in the field. Krohn Racing, CORE Autosport, Extreme Speed Motorsport, Dragonspeed, Racing Team Nederland and lots of other teams are funded by drivers who aren't on the pace of the PRO drivers and do this because they love it.
OMG, purely luck of the Irish here.
Putting these kind of cars on a "track" like this is ridiculous.
LaurenS Vantoor. just saying
All IMSA races should be on CoTA. It's what you fans want, and don't complain when there's multiple reports of no variety on the circuit.
Also all P cars should be Orecas.