"willkinton247" (willkinton247)
12/19/2013 at 17:01 • Filed to: TUSCC, Pickett Racing, Oreca, Nissan, LMP2
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"willkinton247" (willkinton247)
12/19/2013 at 17:01 • Filed to: TUSCC, Pickett Racing, Oreca, Nissan, LMP2 | 3
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Well here is their car for 2014. An Nissan-Oreca 03. This thing looks the business.
Also, this may be a French chassis with a Japanese engine, but that rear spoiler is pure 'Merica.
This is great, because the DPs and the LMP cars will be in equal numbers, and each of the LMPs will be from different manufacturers.
Stef Schrader
> willkinton247
12/19/2013 at 17:10 |
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OOMF.
'Hokay. Pickett with more competition. This should be fun.
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willkinton247
> Stef Schrader
12/19/2013 at 17:13 |
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Yep.
EL_ULY
> willkinton247
12/19/2013 at 17:13 |
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this car sounded great at COTA, they need to stick that V8 beast in the NSX
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willkinton247
> EL_ULY
12/19/2013 at 17:13 |
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Why would Nissan put their engine in an NSX?
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EL_ULY
> willkinton247
12/19/2013 at 17:17 |
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oh crap, it's not a Honda anymore :( What will become of that V8 then?
Somethingwittyer likes noisy
> willkinton247
12/19/2013 at 17:19 |
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Can't wait to see the fight between Picket and Oak.
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willkinton247
> EL_ULY
12/19/2013 at 17:22 |
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Well, that was a P1 car, and those are no more in this series. The HPD ARX-03B will still be run in LMP2 by Extreme Speed Motorsports. The -03C with the V8 is still eligible for the WEC, AFAIK.
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willkinton247
> Somethingwittyer likes noisy
12/19/2013 at 17:23 |
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I really love that every LMP2 competitor is coming to the table with a different car.
Extreme Speed Motorsports is in the HPD ARX-03b, Pickett Racing has the Nissan/Oreca 03, SpeedSource has the new Mazda SKYACTIV-D Smart Diesel, and OAK has the Morgan/Nissan.
Fred (FreddsterExprs)
> willkinton247
12/19/2013 at 18:12 |
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Going to root for Pickett, ESM and Mazda in TUSC.
Love the muscle milk livery on the Oreca, imho it looks even better than the HPD they ran before. They will also be racing an LMPC car as well right?
BullManUGA
> willkinton247
12/19/2013 at 19:55 |
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Once the season gets underway at Sebring (Daytona is going to be a hilarious mess) I'd look for this team to be really competitive. The Honda P2 car and engine combo is a massive piece of crap. I believe there was a total of one team in Europe running it last year. At Le Mans, the Honda was 10 seconds a lap slower in qualifying and 5 seconds slower during the race on a 3:40 lap.
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willkinton247
> BullManUGA
12/19/2013 at 23:01 |
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Sounds like other Honda racing efforts?