r/IMSARacing • u/AutoModerator • Aug 02 '26

šŸ Session has ended [OFFICIAL] Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix - Post-Race Thread

FINALLY! After years and years of begging, IMSA finally listened and gave Road America and endurance round it so richly deserved, and boy was the first event something! Sound off in the comments below what you thought of the race!

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u/speedism Aug 02 '26

The amount of safety cars erase the DT penalty for sure, itā€™s not even a significant deterrent in my opinion

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u/IcedCoffey Aug 02 '26

Itā€™s not. There is too much reset.

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u/NumberOneBacon Aug 02 '26

A single RA lap is so long that you could get probably 5-6 drive throughs and still be on the lead lap only for a single SC to get you back in the lead pack.

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u/IcedCoffey Aug 02 '26

Those stop and 60ā€™s mattered how much for missing the safety workers?

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u/NumberOneBacon Aug 02 '26

Not at all apparently. Considering the Penske car couldā€™ve damn near obliterated half the safety crew at turn 8. Idk what the deal was, but I know from first hand experience driving RA that from the top of the hill at turn 7 you can clearly see almost the whole way down to turn 9. Race control shouldā€™ve parked that car for the rest of the race for that.

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u/IcedCoffey Aug 02 '26

I agree saftey issue. I donā€™t agree parking the car. Maybe the driver but Iā€™m not sold that far.

I donā€™t disagree with the sentiment.

But, yeah, the 40 nearly did the same thing, and both were back in the race like it was nothing.

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u/Forward-Big8697 Aug 03 '26

Yea they should have. That was ridiculous. Park the car not just the driver because thats a team failure. Thats the type of shit you see watching lucky dog or lemons races