Congrats To The ROWE Racing Team At Spa 24 Hours

"extraspecialbitter" (extraspecialbitter) 07/31/2016 at 10:37 • Filed to: BMW, ROWE RACING, BLANCPAIN GT

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WOOOO!!!... !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

BMW loves Belgium, I guess. It’s not the kickass Z4 GT3, but the M6 did well... not... exploding...

Also helped out by 4 minutes worth of delays from penalties from the #8 Bentley.

All in all, awesome race.

CONGRATS TO MAXIME MARTIN. Hometown win, y’all!!!

Need moar endurance racing.

I sleep now.

Wheelerguy > extraspecialbitter 07/31/2016 at 10:46

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Shoes: 100% filled. Congrats to ROWE because now they have a DLC slot for Forza 7.

Wheelerguy > extraspecialbitter 07/31/2016 at 10:50

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In other news... Emil Frey needs a new Jaguar racer, or get a Bimmer while Jag dawdles about thinking they’re Tesla.

Also... Callaway pls. Seriously, Callaway’s missing out by not expanding beyond ADAC.

Viggen > extraspecialbitter 07/31/2016 at 10:59

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It’s a much needed win for the M6 GT3, which has struggled all season. Were it not for the penalty though, the AMGs would have dominated.

Viggen > Wheelerguy 07/31/2016 at 11:15

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F-Type GT3 is the rumor, but both XKs were running at the end. Plenty of time to get them repaired before the Nurburgring. And I don’t see Emil Frey leaving their Jaguar efforts, considering their history.

There’s rumors about a team bringing the Callaway Vettes to Blancpain next season.

Hot Takes Salesman > Wheelerguy 07/31/2016 at 11:15

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Seriously, Jag could really cash in on an F-type R GT3, but considering how hard and early they dropped their XK GT program and how they're now taking hallucinagenic drugs and having delusions of Tesla grandeur, it's not likely.

Wheelerguy > Viggen 07/31/2016 at 11:26

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This.

The M6 platform was supposed to be a multi-series car, but talks for GT regs convergence that was supposed to happen this year went to shreds. Now BMW is pretty much lobbying to get it back again so they can pop the M4 or finally do what they wanted to do with the M6.

They’re pretty sucky in IMSA (but fuck IMSA most of the time), and are so-so in SRO, but rather surprisingly they’re doing quite well against MC chassis runners in Super GT300. This win is badly-needed to give BMW confidence in the platform.

Wheelerguy > Viggen 07/31/2016 at 11:30

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“ There’s rumors about a team bringing the Callaway Vettes to Blancpain next season .”

Sure hope they deliver. Brotip: Ninja-sandbag. They’ll be nerfed at first sight to benefit the Yurpeens, so give only 91%.

Wheelerguy > Hot Takes Salesman 07/31/2016 at 11:33

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You try stepping in Jag Racing’s shoes and you too will say “Fuck racing”.

Fortunately, Emil Frey are not out of options.

Viggen > Wheelerguy 07/31/2016 at 11:35

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....But the Callaway Vettes are made in Germany.

Viggen > Wheelerguy 07/31/2016 at 11:40

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From what I’ve read the new GT3 or GTE car will be based on the next generation M5/M6 platform, with the M4 just being the GT4 car. Would imagine it will be an M6 again.

Hot Takes Salesman > Wheelerguy 07/31/2016 at 11:54

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Two years of ALMS pain. It could be a bit easier to have the F-type GT3 compete in something like Blancpain, and then move up to the real big leagues.

extraspecialbitter > Wheelerguy 08/01/2016 at 08:13

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I don’t know about 100% just yet. Even with this win, the M6 has been pretty unspectacular, whereas the Z4 would constantly be in the running for a podium finish. Hopefully it improves next season.