A car and driver combination that nobody could've foreseen coming. Also, yes, I know this video is a bit late.......
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@zaedin17 ай бұрын
Rick Ware Racing is more of a meme then the loveable back markers of NASCAR however their ability to somehow participate in every known form of motorsport is impressive.
@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT7 ай бұрын
The problem with the Cup team is that the sponsors and Rick kept picking mid or bad drivers to drive his cars. I think they’re doing a bit better comparing to like 3 years ago.
@speedhunter71567 ай бұрын
Hell RWR even has a drag racing team i just learned that yesterday
@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT7 ай бұрын
@@speedhunter7156 they’ve won 3 races last year with Clay Millican
@speedhunter71567 ай бұрын
@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT i wouldn't doubt that their only farce was NASCAR XD seems like they are trying to turn it around
@KingofWolves32777 ай бұрын
Maybe they'll have more of a chance at entering F1 than Andretti by FOM standards!
@christodejong427 ай бұрын
When I saw that there was a non Oreca entry I immediately decided to support them for this year's race
@Yosh1az7 ай бұрын
that Ligier LMP2 looks so out of place among those sea of Oreca LMP2s
@duckheadgaming7 ай бұрын
That was me until they caused roughly 25% of all cautions in the race haha
@aojracing48857 ай бұрын
Same here. In hindsight I kind of regret it. Still, they're running the full season, so I have hope.
@leevilduck7 ай бұрын
@@aojracing4885 oh no
@ayoliya7 ай бұрын
@@duckheadgamingtheir bronze driver is probably the worst of all teams. I really think they could've done much better if it was someone else driving.
@johndaniels46237 ай бұрын
Ah yes -a bronze (decent bronze) -a nascar joke/LMP2 19-20 AM division champ (yes he has a title) -a nascar nepo baby (with some talent) -and TWO HOW WERE THEY NOT DRIVING PORSCHE’S IN THE RACE?
@superimu7 ай бұрын
Austin Dillion appearance did make some sense. NASCAR drivers sometimes use the Daytona 24 to improve their road course skills. With NASCAR adding more road courses on the calendar, Dillon probably felt like he could use more practice.
@K9RacingAndStuff7 ай бұрын
Why couldn't he just do the 4 hour MPC race in the Rebelrock Camaro like a normal NASCAR driver though. Or what Ford does every year at Daytona. He says before remembering that GM kinda doesn't care about customer racing and the only reason why the Corvette GT3 even exists is because literally everything has forced their hand.
@ColtonGoertz7 ай бұрын
He tested positive for the first Cup race at the Daytona Road Course and he fell behind and thought this was a great to learn the track before the Clash and Cup race.
@K9RacingAndStuff7 ай бұрын
Oh, but consider the previous attempt that RWR tried with Algarve Pro Racing. In a Riley-Multimatic. Ultimately it didn't pan out because Multimatic had a parts shortage and couldn't supply the team with a spare rear end, which Rick attributed to them prioritizing Mazda, and the lineup wasn't as wacky, but yeah. Also tbf this was in the era of Cup drivers being hyped to do road courses. After all, this was the same race with Chase Elliott and Jimmie Johnson in it in separate DPis
@jeracerx7 ай бұрын
There's so many weird ass Daytona entries, a high point for me is the Toyota AE86 that came up from Ecuador for the 94 race
@m3lgar5827 ай бұрын
Daytona 24 2021 was literally the last time the LMP2 class had 3 different chassis from Oreca, Ligier, Dallara
@willomalley76196 ай бұрын
Wana buy a ligier and make and entry with me?
@gavalant3667 ай бұрын
For a driver that's usually known as a walking meme in the NASCAR world Cody Ware is actually pretty decent in prototype cars. Along with the 4th place here in Daytona he also has 2 wins in the Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 Pro-Am class along with the class championship. Currently, he races LMP3s in the IMSA VP Sportscar Challenge where in only 2 starts he got 1 podium.
@silvy30477 ай бұрын
Cody Ware was this nascar generation's Montoya
@Koyomimatic7 ай бұрын
@@silvy3047 don't put JPM's name anywhere near that talentless scrub
@jeracerx7 ай бұрын
That Asian Le Mans championship is kinda a red herring, because he was the only driver who did the whole season and there was max like 4 cars in that class per round
@Theel257 ай бұрын
I like how saying Yoluc was inexperienced in LMP2's at the time, and now he just got upgraded to Silver rank due to how much he stomped the field in LMP2 Pro/Am in ELMS(admittedly he lost the title, but that was a mistake he made at Portimao and reliability problems at Aragon that sniped it away).
@podium88317 ай бұрын
He managed to win the Pro/Am title the year before though. Before getting a silver license Yoluç used to be a sharp knife in the bronze drivers category
@VkmSpouge7 ай бұрын
I do love entries like this. Unusual car, strange driver line-up, not around for very long. Almost a bit of a novelty act.
@Kingofweasles7 ай бұрын
OK, while I generally enjoy your content, I have to say that you need to make at least a few more videos on this subject. While in terms of sheer weirdness in the modern era, Yes the Eurasia Motorsport with Rick Ware Racing Ligier LMP2 was the most unusual entry in 2020. HOWEVER! This car/driver combo doesn't even come close to some of the weirdest entries the Daytona 24 Hours has seen across its vast history. From the 1990s with the likes of the front-engined Cannibal WSC to the Mosler raptor GT1 that ran in 1998 with a "Split Windshield" design that made it look like a boat, to the "Pepsi Challenger" Aston-Martin Nimrod Group C car with NASCAR royalty driving... All way back to 1970, when somebody entered a homebuilt car based off of a Formula Vee chassis, powered by a Porsche engine and sporting a modified Meyers Manx dune-buggy body! There are several other choices you could've made here. This one, in my humble opinion, doesn't clear any of them.
@gchampi26 ай бұрын
Indeed. The '95 race springs to mind, when Paul Newman finished 3rd overall, 1st in class, aged 70, in a Trans-Am Mustang...
@plisskenationbackfromthede36577 ай бұрын
I dont think its that weird. Rick ware himself raced everything from nascar to indycars to imsa. Not that strange that he would foot the bill for his kids to do the same. Not even weird that nascar guys raced an lmp2. Hell kyle petty was racing a porsche gt1 in 2001. If you want an odd entry, check out that year and the busch grand national monte carlo that got turned into a sports car. Now that thing was weird lol
@3DWorldMan7 ай бұрын
gotta love the purple nurtec cars, however i feel like their 2011 Rolex 24 Lineup is also... strange
@Jfunkey7 ай бұрын
I'd really love a follow up video on this year's non Oreca entry. It's worthy of discussion and kind of hilarious. Five FCYs
@adenkyramud50057 ай бұрын
You can take the dentists out of LMP3 but you can't take the LMP3 out of the dentists 😂
@stevenblakesley7 ай бұрын
Tim Allen driving a Saleen with Steve Saleen is up there for me on the Rolex 24 weird drivers scale. Add in that Craig T. Nelson was in the race too that year
@imrustyokay6 ай бұрын
I will say, I do kind of miss each car having distinct number fonts. I get all the entries having number badges that are color-coded and clear, but I dunno, both the artist and sad nostalgic who can't get over the fact that Carl Edwards is retired in me really loves those old number fonts.
@matsimmo62087 ай бұрын
5:05 I remember this story, the race director or some other top official said something along the lines of “that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen anyone ever do”
@DJDiarrhea7 ай бұрын
I like lmp2 as a class but it gets dragged down by being basically formula oreca. I always support teams running different chassis
@W123KartSport7 ай бұрын
I would also mention theillnesses. Every year the goal was to raise $1 million dollars for a different charity.
@johnvandeventer86687 ай бұрын
I think their main goal was to finish
@ElliottFan_97 ай бұрын
I recall austin nearly wrecking this thing
@DaveyZee727 ай бұрын
Speaking of IMSA. You could do an in depth review of the visit Floridas trial by fire with the Riley P2, given they were somewhat moderately successful with it and the only team to have one outside of Riley tech. They switched mid season and I think the switch and a crash sent them bankrupt.
@GR1MRACER7 ай бұрын
Where is The Spirit Of Daytona Mitsubishi Eclipse
@JackOldenburg7 ай бұрын
Lance willsey did terrible cause to many full course yellows let’s all hope he doesn’t do that again at Sebring
@RACECAR7 ай бұрын
...he's totally gonna do it again at Sebring. That place screams "dentistry"
@JackOldenburg7 ай бұрын
I know that guy probably has a problem he just kinda piss me off a bit
@MercilessMe7 ай бұрын
Shoulda just asked me, I woulda raced at Sebring.
@Rerags_7 ай бұрын
you know, i respect that they commited on being different and make the best of what they had with highly unorthodox ways of operating comoared to the rest xD
@chrislivengood73507 ай бұрын
Makes me wonder if that chassis is the disastrous #33 from this year.
@heeltoeautomotive49627 ай бұрын
Not the weirdest entry. Weirdest entry was the Mayers Manx dune buggy entered in 1970. Granted, they didn’t start the race because of an issue that Porsche had with them
@CharlesB94967 ай бұрын
I had to hold back laughter with the power steering comment because of recent happenings
@benwalter48427 ай бұрын
The Nashville street course has been officially closed (due to construction interference from the new Tennessee Titians stadium! Indy is racing on the super speedway instead! Time to do a street circuit failure video on it!
@Speedworx7 ай бұрын
I wouldn't call this a weird entry. RWR and Ware had LMP2 experience. Yoluc was getting ready for an ELMS season and any LMP2 running is good. NASCAR drivers take part in the Rolex24 so Dillon wasn't a surprise. The oddball choice is Sven Muller who hasn't gone any races outside of GT cars since.
@Sjjekoaopw7 ай бұрын
This year’s Ligier had an incredible pro line up…shame it was so unreliable
@jt-hb8lh7 ай бұрын
That Marcos though ❤❤❤
@kuroshine7 ай бұрын
It's better than a car full of Orthodontists
@nate_motorsport_photography7 ай бұрын
Tye, should you do a Bathurst 12 hour preview? I think that would be a really cool video
@TiresBlocksandCountryballs7 ай бұрын
Can you do the Mainz Airfield circuit in your street circuit series?
@stephenbritton92977 ай бұрын
Anything involving RWR is gonna be interesting…
@matsimmo62087 ай бұрын
If you’re moving to also talking about terrible cars then the Riley/Multimatic Mk.30 LMP2 and the Nissan DPi probably deserve their own videos
@gabrieletiglio6997 ай бұрын
Please mate do Rome Formula E track failure
@GrantMerle7 ай бұрын
i still think the Delta Wing car is the weirdest
@KLAASTAD7 ай бұрын
Nice
@cbrunnem61027 ай бұрын
Austin Dillon being a bad choice because he was a NASCAR driver with 0 sportcars experience is the silliest naive reason ever.... their are a lot nascar drivers that would dominate in sportscar if they switched full time. silly
@terribleshockex1107 ай бұрын
Womp womp
@jackmcpeake21377 ай бұрын
NASCAR had a car in the 24 hours of Daytona a while back
@tijmendr90067 ай бұрын
That was le mans
@xnotasweatx7 ай бұрын
I don’t think so the only times NASCAR has ever had entries in endurance racing was back in the 70s 24h of Le Man, and 2023
@3DWorldMan7 ай бұрын
@@tijmendr9006 both actually
@K9RacingAndStuff7 ай бұрын
Y'all, Jack's actually (at least somewhat) right, there was a Chevy Monte Carlo stock car in the Rolex 24 in the early Grand Am days, or the pre Grand-Am days.
@aojracing48857 ай бұрын
@@K9RacingAndStuff Just looked it up. Chevrolet Monte Carlo LM, in 1996!