Looks like Fox and FS1 and FS2 again this year - http://www.imsa.com/how-watch/domestic-coverage

 

Yea, they are back at it in Daytona. Turner Motorsport is down there also.

https://www.instagram.com/minijcwteam/

 

Are there any live feeds anywhere along with a schedule? I find the coverage of the CTS practices & racing to be very poor! I guess nobody cares & that's not where the money goes!

 

Nothing listed at this time, but keep checking back. Here is the link:

http://sportscarchallenge.imsa.com/

Drive Hard. Drive Safe. Keep Grinning.

 

All of the races will be live streamed at IMSA.tv

The racing earlier this month was the Roar Before the 24. An official IMSA testing session for the race later this month. I keep track of the team on MINIRaceFan.com. You can find all of the information there for watching the race.

Here's a link to the Daytona event schedule. Events run from the 26th to the 27th. Daytona is a 4 hour endurance race this year

http://miniracefan.com/2017/01/09/ev...ge-at-daytona/

 

http://sportscarchallenge.imsa.com/

DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
Saturday, February 11, 2017 – 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM EST
FS1

Drive Hard. Drive Safe. Keep Grinning.

 

Ok, the 24 hours weekend is approaching! What day and time will the MINI JCW Team be racing this weekend? Friday? Anyone going?

Go Team JCW!

 

I'm definitely going. The race is on Friday the 27th at 12:15 PM EST. Get there early though because their doing a Meet and Greet where you can get a raffle ticket for a chance at some hot laps.

Enjoy the race!

 

Pictures and/or video or it never happened....

Hey, have a grand time. Hope you win.

 

Thanks for the update! If I still lived in Florida I would do my best to be there! Nothing like it!

Enjoy!

 

Woot! The #73 was P1 in the first practice session! Great way to start the day

http://miniracefan.com/2017/01/26/da...ice-1-results/

 

Qualifying results are in. All 3 MINIs will be starting in the top 10! The 73 was the highest qualifier in 3rd.

http://miniracefan.com/2017/01/26/da...fying-results/

 

MINI's in 1st & 2nd with 30 min to go! What a sight! ;-)

 

Matt Pombo in #73 RULES!!!!! He won!!!! Yay!

 

Matt Pombo in #73 RULES!!!!! He won!!!! Yay!

MINI wins Daytona!!! How about that?

 

Congratulations! Finally. Looks like they took care of the brake issue, they LASTED 4 HOURS! Looks like I am going to have to motor to a couple of races this year.

 

And a far cry from the durability of the Gen II MINIs that weren't even raced.

Nice to see that they have consistently gotten better. And 1st place win puts the spotlight on them and MINI in general.

I'll have to go to Lime Rock again this year to see them run.

Go MINI

 

What an exciting race! Definitely the most fun I've ever had at the track I did a full race recap if you're interested here:

http://miniracefan.com/2017/01/28/ra...nce-challenge/

 

Great write-up...thanks! It was sooooo cool seeing the JCW's pass other cars like that! Long overdue! And watching Mat Pombo cross the finish line in first place well ahead, even after a restart, was awesome!

They may be boxy and less aerodynamic but I like to think the combo of the front wheel drive and the short wheelbase on the MINI compensates for less aero advantage.

On to Sebring!

 

Disappointed that IMSA has not posted the Daytona Continental Tire Challenge race yet. The full 24 hr race is posted. No MINI race...The highlights they posted don't show the MINIs except by chance. They must have thought they had no chance of winning. And that no one cares about the lesser series of cars. Not a good way to promote business...

 

Unfortunately they don't post the race online until after the Fox Sports broadcast. The broadcast is Sunday, February 12, 2017 from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM EST.

Yep they took a 4 hour race and edited down to 2 1/2 hours. That probably takes a while and is why they are waiting 16 days after the race to finally broadcast it.

The good news is that IMSA has been posting the full live stream broadcast of the event online lately instead of the heavily edited FS1 one. You can expect that to be up shortly after the FS1 broadcast.

 

This is the main reason I REALLY miss the old Speedvision Network & then the Speed Channel....they would televise races from flag to flag for us gearheads! And regularly rebroadcast historic races. I guess it always gets down to the money & advertising time...sad!

 

It looks like IMSA has finally posted full 4 hr race. It is up on YouTube

Only watched the first 10 minutes. Some pretty aggressive racing right off the start.

 

Well, how'd Team MINI JCW do yesterday at Sebring? I think I saw where #73 finished 4th in class. Anyone go? I would have been there if I still lived in south Florida but like a dumb snowbird I sit inside with the remnants of a blizzard still outside! I thought Spring was suppose to be here! lol!

 

The 73 did indeed finish 4th. The 37 was 11th and 52 was 13th. It was an exciting race to watch. There was some real hard racing throughout.

I wanted to go but unfortunately didn't make it out, maybe next year.

I did a full race recap here: http://miniracefan.com/2017/03/17/ra...t-sebring-120/