Juncos's Miserable IMSA Experience

[@BoxInThisLapVR46]

As a Juncos Fan why did you have to remind me

[@pedroneves4465]

Can you do a video on Nissan's involvement in DPi? Their program wasn't all that great, evidenced by he fact that I only remembered they even existed by spotting them on this video and going "Oh yeah, that did happen".

[@jimmyrecendiz4940]

Hell, I didn't even know it happened lol. I had to Google what the number 54 was because I've never seen it

[@isthisagoodname6279]

Didn’t that car win Sebring in 2016?

[@sunsolaris]

​@@isthisagoodname6279It won Sebring in 2018. And on top of that in 2017 it wonnat Road America and at the Petit Le Mans too. Also in 2018 it won at Laguna Seca too. It was rather successful I'd say, winning four races including two of the most prestigious ones. Problem was the same as Jaguar's ALMS program and Suzuki's WRC program, Nissan didn't really give a shit and seemed to be distancing themselves from prototype sportscar racing after the GTR LM Nismo debacle

[@jaiganticpooey3012]

​@@sunsolarisThey'll never live down their LMP1 failure

[@sunsolaris]

@@jaiganticpooey3012 I'll still defend the Longboi, it wasn't a bad design, a lot of its failure came from a battery supplier who didn't know how to make batteries and Nissan rage quitting instead of pushing through it and taking part in WEC in 2016

[@JTeam45]

I've been watching IMSA for awhile and yet I completely forgot about Juncos' effort. I'm looking at this Cadillac as if I'm looking into another universe because I do not remember it.

[@NukeshotMedia]

I miss Juncos in IMSA. Hope that they return someday

[@r35killa]

I wish that they could have remained in IMSA! That livery was top! I have a close friend that works for Juncos in the Indy Car program and sent him this video to poke the people above to give it another go! Maybe this time in a GTD effort Also seeing footage of the Mazda really makes me miss that car. I really wish they would come back into Prototype racing. It's not the same without them honestly. Also RIP to the Nissan DPI. Shame that it was only ever run at what felt like 7/10ths potential with Nissan not diving fully into it.

[@ciello___8307]

the nissan dpi did great for a privateer effort. A couple wins and was pretty competitive during the ESM days

[@r35killa]

@@ciello___8307 agreed that it was competitive with ESM but just had minimal backing from Nissan. If they had given a larger chunk, it could have been even better

[@eastender416]

I was at mosport when they crashed in turn 2. Heck of a wreck, the slow motion replay they showed doesn’t do justice to how fast and hard he hit that tire barrier. Race was red flagged for like an hour and a bit while they got him out of the car and to a hospital and repaired the tire barrier.

[@spacedisco612]

Rene Bind-her in the wall, is one of my favorite Indycar ride buyers

[@Dmooreslotreviews]

I miss the Mazda RT-24-P. The Junco was the best looking Caddi.

[@rombusch]

The new design of the prototypes is just beautiful. Have a nice day and see you next time

[@joshuak4372]

Saw the DPi crash at Turn 2. I was talking to my dad about Manfred Winklehock who crashed and unfortunately died in the same spot right before it happened. I kinda knew there program was toast.

[@eastender416]

I was there too, standing to the right of the concession/food building. The speed that he hit the tire barrier was immense. Glad he was okay and only went to the hospital as a precaution

[@williamford9564]

This was another of tens of dozens of examples of teams being put together to burn ( gullible) sponsor's dollars. Few, if any could be found ultimately and no pay drivers came on board with dollars from their personal sponsors.

[@alexhndr]

They really should've started on the GT Class first before going up to DPi

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

9:27 - oh heck, it's the IMSA race I flew over from London to watch! I was mostly there for the last race of the Corvette C7R, but a lot of that race ended up feeling like an end of an era in retrospect - last race for the Ford GTs, that generation of Porsche 911 RSR, the by then fairly ancient Nissan DPi (which was pretty decent when it wasn't being driven by owner Jon Bennett, who was comically slow compared to the pros - Colin Braun had to work WONDERS with that car to make it competitive), and as it turned out, Juncos' last outing in IMSA. It definitely felt like they were out of their depth a bit, and were mostly competing against the JDC-Miller Motorsport cars and the CORE Nissan, mostly a big step behind the front runners at Penske, AXS, WTR and Mazda Multimatic etc. It was cool to see them out there though, and if nothing else, their livery looked awesome on the track!

[@lewisgilbertson7506]

watched this video to completion in the 1 minute since it was uploaded

[@lewisgilbertson7506]

ive returned since actually finishing and to me i wasnt a waste cause i mean they got proper DPi experience and the drivers got great opportunities and considering he was able to sell the team rather then going bankrupt is good too

[@BoxInThisLapVR46]

2:43 He most likely said that in Spanish as he only recently learned English

[@CARLOS62B]

As a life long Ferrari fan` I can safely say they did an amazing job in a very short time ... and it took guts to even consider taking on such a massive project. I only started watching IMSA in 2012 after I got bored of watching F1 racing all my life ... I found IMSA far more entertaining because of the close racing and the wide range of cars that enter each race. I think Juncos should try running a LMP2 team or even an LMP3 and they would have a better chance of winning a few races in IMSA .. or simply buy a GT3 and have a go at racing on the Global stage at Blue Ribbon events like Daytona 24 and Spa 24.

[@darkestyeti]

Franzonis crash at mosport bankrupted him and now he’s essentially a slave to juncos. Not having the money to pay him back for the crash damage, you can see him walking around the Indy lights paddock being a reserve/driver coach for the juncos team. Still 5 years after his mosport crash

[@Red_Bull_DieHardFan]

Kyle Kaiser grabbed the last spot of the grid for 2019 Indy 500 away from Fernando Alonso. I believe he has the talent, but was he in the wrong car for the DPi program? Well, I don't think he was; maybe it was too early for the team to join to the top class.

[@motorsportracer97]

a video on the riley lmp2 would be cool, since there isnt a lot of info or footage of that car to begin with

[@pete5534]

I hope Mazda reconsiders involvement in IMSA as I truly enjoyed their battles with Acura and Cadillac, and feel that a highly competitive series not only boosts brand exposure, but the companies morale. Mazda’s racing Mazda’s is not enough for me.

[@Evarakeus]

I can't imagine how gorgeous a Mazda GTP would be, I really hope they return

[@Katomivt]

Could you do Lotus' time in Indycar (2012-2012)

[@MX-RT]

For me Juncos Racing reminds me of 1 thing.Kyle Kaiser Indycar

[@JollyRogerRacing000]

They should’ve just fielded a GTD or GTLM car before DPI.

[@AndrewGeierMelons]

At this level of racing, the drivers should be paid professional racing drivers, not pay drivers. You get what you get. But then again, I can't think of a series where the drivers are paid except for top level open wheel.

[@aslamnurfikri7640]

Even in F1 there are still pay drivers, although this is more common in lower field teams. Late 80s-mid 90s though was the golden era of pay drivers with broke teams willing to hire anyone with cash

[@km6832]

Sometimes some of these teams shoot themselves in the foot by going straight to the top level of a series, they couldve easily settled in lmp2 to get acclimatised to the machinery and how they series operate, they only look at the advertisement returns on the top level and thats why they will always fail. Look at glickemhaus, 3 years in hypercar and nothing to show for it, he can easily enter in lmp2 and cut his teeth there, but "american taking the fight to the europeans"

[@ciello___8307]

competing in a couple N24 in a uncommunicative class is not a lot of experience@@Soarpasser

[@johndaniels4623]

Meanwhile me seeing only 2 LMP2 cars at 2019 petit: BRUH! *sad LMP2 fan noises* Oh yeah JUNCOS! I think they did good for a privateer entry. I think there is really something to be said about privateers vs factory no matter the level.

[@marktucker208]

I dont remember seeing a Juncos Hypercar?

[@ciello___8307]

this was before hypercar class.

[@porsche.963]

What were DPIs?

[@theocousins6386]

The predecessor to LMDh, and the same concept - LMP2 chassis used as a base for a manufacturer to build a prototype which they only need to supply the engine and bodywork for

[@abdelrhmanmarie16]

honesty you take a long time talking and use long sentences which can be shorted in one word . slow speaking for making long videos isn't good mate. i get really bored watching your videos