IMSA Lub Caij Kicks Tawm Nrog Cov Zaj Dab Neeg Zoo Tshaj Plaws Hauv Rolex 24 Ntawm Daytona

Kev lag luam tab tom loj hlob rau Imsa WeatherTech Sports Car Series thaum nws pib lub caij sib tw thoob ntiaj teb xyoo 2023 nrog lub npe nrov Rolex 24 ntawm Daytona.

Imsa yog lub koom haum International Motor Sports Association, sab saum toj-tier ntawm Kev Ua Si Tsheb Sib Tw hauv North America.

Ntau tus neeg tsav tsheb sib tw saum toj kawg nkaus los ntawm thoob plaws ntiaj teb yuav pib lawv qhov kev tshawb nrhiav rau ib qho ntawm Kev Sib Tw Tsheb Sib Tw loj tshaj plaws, kev sib tw 24-teev ntawm Daytona International Speedway. Lub nkoj tab tom xa khoom mus rau qhov chaw nres nkoj 61-tsheb ciav hlau yuav coj tus chij ntsuab thaum 1:30 teev tsaus ntuj Hnub Saturday, Lub Ib Hlis 28.

Tus chij checkered yuav poob 24 teev tom qab ntawd thiab cov pab pawg yeej los ntawm txhua chav kawm yuav muaj qhov tshwj xeeb ntawm kev sib tw ntawm kev sib tw thiab lub moos. Cov neeg tsav tsheb yeej tau txais lub siab nyiam Rolex Daytona Chronograph saib, cim ntawm kev ua tiav zoo kawg nkaus.

Nws yog North America sib npaug rau lub npe nrov 24 Teev ntawm Le Mans, tuav txhua lub Rau Hli hauv Le Mans, Fabkis.

"Yog tias koj rov qab lub moos 61 xyoo dhau los, Bill France muaj lub zeem muag ntawm qhov xwm txheej no thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov yuav coj qhov zoo tshaj plaws los ua ke," Imsa Thawj Tswj Hwm John Doonan hais rau kuv hauv kev xam phaj tshwj xeeb. "Koj yuav pom cov neeg tsav tsheb sib tw zoo tshaj plaws los ntawm ntau yam kev sib tw hauv kev sib tw. Pom tseeb, qhov zoo tshaj plaws Kev Ua Si Tsheb Tsav Tsheb hauv ntiaj teb tab sis koj muaj cov neeg tsav tsheb los ntawm IndyCar, Nascar suav nrog Austin Cindric, xyoo tas los Daytona 500 tus yeej.

"Koj tseem yuav pom lub ntiaj teb cov tuam txhab ua lag luam ua lag luam koom nrog cov pab pawg sib tw uas suav nrog cov neeg sib tw thiab cov yeej.

"Ntxiv tag nrho thiab nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws. Peb npaj tau sau tshooj tom ntej no rau lub asthiv no. "

Lub Caij Nyoog Tshiab

Lub Rolex 24 ntawm Daytona yog lub launchpad rau kev sib tw thoob ntiaj teb. Nws ncaws tawm kev sib tw loj hauv lub Ib Hlis raws li txhua lwm hom kev sib tw loj pib nws lub caij tom qab Rolex 24.

Doonan muaj ntau yam los hais txog, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog los ntawm kev lag luam pom zoo li 18 lub tuam txhab tsheb yuav raug sawv cev hauv txhua chav kawm Imsa ntawm Daytona.

Qhov ntawd yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm cov chaw tsim khoom txhawb nqa, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog xav txog Nascar Cup Series nta peb lub tuam txhab tsheb hauv Ford, Chevrolet, thiab Toyota. IndyCar muaj ob lub cav koom nrog Chevrolet thiab Honda.

Hauv ntau qhov kev sib tw, cov kev cai raug txwv thiab tswj kev sib tw thiab nyiaj txiag vim li cas.

Imsa txhawb kev tsim kho tshiab thiab engineering los ntawm kev nthuav tawm cov thev naus laus zis uas muaj rau cov tuam txhab tsim khoom.

Qhov ntawd suav nrog yam uas Imsa tau them nqi raws li "Qhov Loj Tom ntej." Nws yog Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) Class, featuring hybrid-powered prototype race car that will make its debut in the "ob zaug ib ncig ntawm lub moos" endurance sib ntaus sib tua.

Tag nrho cov tsheb hauv GTP yog tag nrho cov tsheb tsim rau LMPh cov kev qhia tshwj xeeb, uas kuj ua tau raws li cov lus qhia tshwj xeeb rau kev sib tw ntawm Le Mans. Kuj tseem muaj LMH cov kev qhia tshwj xeeb, uas yuav tsim nyog rau kev sib tw xyoo no ntawm Daytona tab sis tsis nyob rau xyoo no.

Plaub lub tuam txhab - Acura, BMW, Cadillac, thiab Porsche - twb tau cog lus thiab yuav nyob rau hauv daim phiaj rau thawj qhov kev sib tw. Lwm qhov chaw tsim khoom, Lamborghini, yuav koom nrog cov koob hauv xyoo 2024, nrog lub peev xwm rau ntau ntxiv tuaj.

GTP Class yog kev sib koom tes ntawm IMSA thiab Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). Ob lub koom haum tau ua haujlwm ua ke los tsim cov txheej txheem tshiab - Le Mans Daytona h (LMPh) - uas ua rau cov tuam txhab tsim cov tsheb sib tw siab heev ntawm ib feem ntawm tus nqi ntawm cov kev pabcuam saum toj kawg nkaus.

Tsis tas li ntawd, daim ntawv cog lus keeb kwm kev sib koom ua ke ntawm Imsa thiab ACO yuav ua rau cov qauv no tuaj yeem sib tw rau tag nrho cov yeej hauv kev sib tw kev sib tw lub kaus mom hlau zoo li Rolex 24 At Daytona, 24 Teev ntawm Le Mans, thiab Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj Sebring ntawm lwm tus.

"Qhov tseem ceeb ntawm Imsa yog qhov yooj yim zoo nkauj," Doonan piav qhia. “Peb xav kom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo. Kev sib tw yog kev ua kis las kim. Tab sis peb 100 feem pua ​​xav ua ib qho kev lag luam kev lag luam tsheb. Peb tau tsim kev sib raug zoo nrog txhua tus

auto manufacturers uas xaiv haiv neeg nrog peb. Peb tau nug lawv ncaj qha txog tag nrho lawv lub hom phiaj. Peb xav pab lawv kom ua tau raws li cov hom phiaj no. "

Yuav kom ua tiav qhov ntawd, Doonan tau hais txog Imsa xav mloog cov chaw tsim khoom, ua ib qho cuab yeej hauv lawv lub thawv.

Qhov ntawd suav nrog kev nkag siab ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom lub hom phiaj hais txog lub zog tsheb ciav hlau thiab nws cuam tshuam li cas rau lawv txoj kev tsheb. Tsis tas li ntawd, lub zeem muag rau lwm yam roj thiab propulsion nrog rau hybrid thiab kev nce qib mus rau hluav taws xob thiab lwm yam roj.

Doonan tau hais tias "Peb xav txuas ntxiv mus ua theem uas cov tuam txhab tsheb sib tw no," "Peb zoo siab heev uas lawv tau xaiv los sib tw ntawm qib siab tshaj plaws ntawm Kev Ua Si Tsheb Sib Tw hauv ntiaj teb."

Reigniting GTP Class

Xyoo 2023, muaj 11 Imsa kev sib tw nrog rau 1981 qhov xwm txheej uas muaj tag nrho tsib chav kawm suav nrog GTP. Nws yog ib pawg uas pib hauv Imsa hauv 12 thiab txuas ntxiv mus rau XNUMX xyoo tom ntej.

Tau ntau xyoo, nws tau hloov los ntawm cov chav kawm sib txawv, tab sis GTP tau kav txij xyoo no.

Doonan piav qhia tias "Qhov GTP yog muaj kev ywj pheej hauv kev tsim," Doonan piav qhia. "Cov neeg tsim qauv tsim cov tsheb uas koj pom ntawm txoj kev txhua hnub, tib pab pawg ntawm Acura, BMW, Cadillac, Porsche thiab xyoo tom ntej Lamborghini yuav koom nrog peb. Lawv tau txais ib qho qhib pallet ntawm lub easel los tsim qhov kawg qhia ntawm lawv cov hom.

"Thaum koj pom Acura, BMW, Cadillac, thiab Porsche GTP lub tsheb, koj tuaj yeem pom lawv lub npe hauv kev tsim. Nws tuaj yeem yog txoj hauv kev zoo li lub qhov ntswg, lub teeb taub hau, styling nyob rau sab ntawm lub tsheb lossis tus Tsov tus tw lossis lub tis nram qab, lawv sawv cev rau lawv lub npe. Yog tias koj rub txoj kev tsheb version ntawm cov npe tawm tsam cov tsheb sib tw, koj tuaj yeem pom nws hauv kev tsim.

“Cov tub ntxhais hluas thiab cov poj niam hauv cov tsev tsim qauv no tau txais kev ua haujlwm tom tsev zoo kawg nkaus. Lawv puag nws. Lawv txaus siab rau nws thiab thaum lub tsheb dov tawm ntawm kab sib chaws rau Rolex 24 rau hnub Saturday, koj yuav pom kev txaus siab rau qhov lawv ua tiav thiab cov neeg sawv cev ntawm lawv cov kws tsim tsheb. "

GTP Chav Kawm yuav ua haujlwm nrog cov txheej txheem tshiab ntawm cov kev cai lij choj tsawg kawg tsib xyoos tom ntej. Nws tso cai rau lub platform high-tech uas muaj feem xyuam rau cov tuam txhab tsim hluav taws xob thiab kev txhawb nqa kev ruaj ntseg, thiab pheej yig heev.

Lub platform kev xav kom txhua lub tsheb siv ib qho chaw hybrid powertrain system thiab ib qho ntawm plaub qhov kev pom zoo chassis - txo qis lossis tshem tawm cov nqi tsim kho rau cov chaw tsim khoom.

Cov tuam txhab lag luam tuaj yeem nthuav tawm lawv tus kheej tshwj xeeb hauv kev sib xyaw ua ke lub cav muaj peev xwm hauv cov tsheb sib tw nrog cov qauv tsim tshwj xeeb khi ncaj qha rau txhua tus neeg tsim khoom cov khoom siv. Thiab feem ntau ntawm tag nrho cov, cov tsheb no yuav sib tw rau tag nrho cov yeej nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no lub prestigious kab lis kev cai endurance haiv neeg thiab kev paub ntau yam uas los nrog nws.

Imsa Sports Tsheb sib tw thiab nws cov kev cai uas txhawb nqa engineering innovation tau tsim tag nrho cov thev naus laus zis hloov pauv tseem ceeb ntawm kev sib tw thiab kev lag luam tsheb neeg caij tsheb.

Dab tsi yog kuaj thiab paub tseeb ntawm lub tsheb sib tw thaum kawg tuaj yeem siv nrog cov khoom siv hluav taws xob thiab lwm yam khoom siv hauv kev lag luam tsheb neeg caij tsheb.

Brand Identity

Mark Crawford yog Tus Thawj Coj Ua Haujlwm Loj rau Honda Performance Development, uas sib tw hauv IMSA nrog Acura hom.

Acura GTP los ntawm Meyer-Shank Kev Sib Tw yeej tus ncej rau Rolex 24 thaum tsim nyog rau hnub Sunday dhau los.

"Nws yog qhov tseeb ntawm txhua yam uas ntau tus neeg ntawm HPD thiab American Honda thiab pab pawg Acura tuaj yeem txaus siab rau," Crawford tau hais. "Muaj ntau tus neeg tau muab lawv txhais tes rau ntawm qhov project no, nws tau txais txiaj ntsig tiag tiag kom tau txais tus ncej."

Crawford tau hais tias qhov kev sib piv ntawm GTP, thiab qhov qub DPi faib suav nrog kev ua tiav cov qauv tshiab thiab qhov chaw. Txhua yam uas zaum ntawm plaub lub log yog txawv, nws piav qhia.

"Muab nws ua ke thiab nws zoo li zoo sib xws, tab sis shockingly, tsis muaj dab tsi zoo sib xws ntawm DPi thiab LMPh lub tsheb," Crawford hais. "Lub styling yog txhua yam tshiab nrog qee cov kab huv huv. Lub tsheb DPi yog lub tsheb zoo, tab sis cov neeg tsim qauv tau nqis tes ua lub tsheb no thiab ua kom nws zoo dua.

"Cov kiv cua yuav pom qee qhov sib txawv ntawm cov ntawv sau nrog lub siab dua-revving twin-turbo V6. Muaj ntau lub sijhawm rau kev txhim kho nrog lub tsheb tshiab no. Lub cib fim

uas Imsa tau muab nrog cov qauv no yog tiag tiag thib ob rau tsis muaj. Muaj ntau ntau qhov kev sib tw uas tau khov kho, tab sis Imsa tau muab peb cov ntawv huv. Txhawm rau muab peb cov thev naus laus zis rau nws nrog peb cov kev tswj hwm thiab coj cov kev paub dhau los ntawm Acura mus rau qhov kawg ntawm kev ua kis las yog lub sijhawm loj. "

Txhua lub tsheb sib tw LMPh yuav siv lub tshuab hluav taws xob hybrid uas suav nrog Bosch Motor Generator Unit (MGU) nrog rau cov roj teeb tsim thiab muab los ntawm Williams Advanced Engineering thiab lub gearbox los ntawm Xtrac. Lub hybrid powertrain ntxiv rau cov chaw tsim khoom siv lub tshuab hluav taws xob sab hauv (ICE) nrog kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm 500 kilowatts (kwv yees li 670 horsepower) raws li ntsuas ntawm lub qag nram qab.

Nyob rau ICE (sab hauv combustion engine) pem hauv ntej, txhua tus neeg tsim khoom muaj kev ywj pheej xaiv nws tus kheej lub zog xav tau. Acura tau xaiv mus nrog ib tug me me-tsav, twin-turbocharged V6 engine, thaum Cadillac siv ib tug loj-tsav chaw, ib txwm aspirated V8. Ob leeg BMW thiab Porsche yuav siv lub cav ntxaib turbocharged V8, ib yam li Lamborghini thaum nws nthuav tawm xyoo 2024.

Kev hloov pauv tswv yim

Kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm ob tau hloov lub tswv yim ntawm kev tswj cov roj thaum lub sijhawm sib tw 24-teev.

"Nws tsis yog lub tank roj ntxiv lawm, nws yog lub tank roj virtual thiab lub tsheb roj ntxiv rau lub zog koj siv," Chip Ganassi Racing Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Mike O'Gara piav qhia. "Nws tab tom nrhiav seb qhov twg yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev siv lub zog hybrid nrog lub cav ICE. Muaj refueling lub sij hawm uas yuav tsum tau factored nyob rau hauv, yog li kuv xav tias koj yuav pom los ntawm ntau pab neeg ua hauj lwm ntev los mus txiav txim lub zog ib stint thiab qhov zoo tshaj plaws ua ke.

“Nws tsis yog lub pob qhov rooj rau roj trims lawm. Nws yog ob peb lub pob tw, ob peb lub keyboards thiab ntau lub paddle lossis ob qho uas cuam tshuam rau tag nrho nws. Peb ntsoos txhua zaus uas lub tsheb tawm hauv lub qhov taub. "

GM tus thawj tswj hwm kev ua si tsheb sib tw Laura Wontrop Klauser saib xyuas Cadillac Imsa program thiab tau ua tiav "Ib Pab Pawg" los ntawm kev nqa Chip Ganassi Racing thiab Action Performance los koom tes. Yav dhau los, qhov ntawd yuav luag tsis xav txog.

Wontrop Klauser piav qhia "Yog tias peb sim tawm ntawm cov Islands tuaj sib txawv, peb yuav tsis tuaj yeem sib tw thaum peb mus txog Rolex," Wontrop Klauser piav qhia. “Peb yuav tsum ua haujlwm ua ke. Peb yuav tsum tau hloov cov khoom rov qab los kom paub tseeb tias cov tsheb khiav. Peb yuav tsum sib qhia kev kawm thiab, kuv xav tias, qhov tsim nyog yuav yog qhov cuab yeej zoo tshaj plaws uas koj tuaj yeem muaj nyob rau hauv koj lub cuab yeej vim tias yeej tsis muaj lwm txoj kev xaiv kom tau txais qhov kev pab cuam no dua li kev sib koom tes.

"Qhov ntawd tau tsav cov lus, thiab qhov kuv xav tias yog qhov zoo yog pom cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev sib koom tes, pom lub peev xwm kom tau txais qhov kev sim ua tiav ntau dua los ntawm kev muaj ob pab pawg pab peb thiab khiav ob lub tsheb es tsis txhob khiav ib lub tsheb. Cov txiaj ntsig tau los rau hauv. Peb tseem muaj lub roob loj loj nce thiab pheej thawb lub pob zeb ntawd nce toj.

“Ua tsaug, peb txhua tus tau sib sau ua ke tom qab pob zeb ua ke - nyob ntawm seb lub pob zeb twg peb thawb hnub ntawd. Yog li, nws yog qhov zoo uas muaj cov neeg sawv ntawm koj sab xis thiab sab laug thaum koj tab tom sim ua qee yam tsis txaus ntseeg. "

Los ntawm txoj kev pom kev, kev hloov ntawm DPi mus rau LMPh tau nyuaj los ntawm qhov kev xav ntawm engineering.

Lub Rooj Sib Tham Engineering Sib Tw

Tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov engineers ua los ntawm kev sib tw thiab nrhiav kev daws teeb meem.

Wontrop Klauser tau hais tias "Tus lej code thiab software uas tau sau tseg kom khiav lub tsheb no yog qhov txaus ntshai," Wontrop Klauser tau hais. "Peb tsis tuaj yeem muaj software engineers txaus ua haujlwm tam sim no vim tias txhua yam ntawm lub tsheb txuas nrog. Tej yam uas peb yeej tsis tau txhawj txog kev cuam tshuam rau ib leeg yav dhau los nrog DPi lossis lwm yam kev sib tw, tam sim no yog ib qho me ntsis tawm nws yuav tsis khiav lossis tig lossis nres lossis txawm tias nws yuav tsum ua.

"Qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev ua kom paub tseeb tias tag nrho cov calibrations yog qhov tseeb thiab tom qab ntawd qhov kev nyab xeeb tseem ceeb ntawm qhov ntawd kom paub tseeb tias txhua yam yog qhov tseeb yog qhov loj. Ua hauj lwm los ntawm tag nrho cov uas tej zaum yuav yog lub roob loj tshaj ib zaug peb muaj tag nrho cov seem ntawm lub tsheb mus kuaj. Qhov kev pabcuam tag nrho no tau muaj kev sib tw. "

Rau cov tib neeg xws li Doonan thiab Crawford, Rolex 24 zoo ib yam li Rolex 48. Lawv tuaj txog ntawm txoj kev taug kev thaum sawv ntxov hnub Saturday thiab ua haujlwm rau cov kev sib tw 24-teev. Nws tsis xaus rau ntawm tus chij checkered, txawm li cas los xij, vim tias qhov kawg ntawm kev kuaj xyuas kev sib tw thiab kev sib tw ua ntej yuav rov qab mus rau lub tsev so lossis hauv Doonan rooj plaub, chaw nyob, hmo ntuj hnub Sunday, ze li 48 teev tom qab.

Tom qab ntawd, nws yuav nyob rau lub caij so, vim Rolex 24 ntawm Daytona yog tus chij ntsuab rau kev sib tw tsheb thoob ntiaj teb.