Endurance Chat

Endurance Chat S8E3 - Daytona 24 paddock walk

In this episode of endurance Chat, Austin and newcomer Indecisiverock walk the Daytona 24 paddock on Friday, chatting about the weekend's activities ahead of the first major 24hr event of the year.

 

This is raw audio with literally no editing, so excuse the 20 seconds of dead air to start, but enjoy the ambiance of the sounds of Daytona speedway in the background!

Endurance Chat S8E2 - Rolex24 Post-Qualifying - LIVE

Welcome back for Season 8 of Endurance Chat!

Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening everyone! Austin, Kris, Ollie, and newcomer Josh (JebTheRebel) host a post-qualifying session of the 24 Hours of Daytona - LIVE! We talk about updates, developments, hunches, and take questions from Discord and Youtube! 

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:03 Thoughts on what we've seen so far of LMDh/GTP
• 0:07 Daytona 2023 - Race action at The Roar, MPC supporting, and 61 cars in the main event
• 0:17 New GT3: new sounds and new car's BoP woes?
• 0:24 LMP2 - Qualy Recap
• 0:28 GTP - Qualy Recap?
• 0:37 Moar GTP to iRacing?!
• 0:39 GTD - Qualy Recap - winners and losers
• 0:41 New GT3: new sounds and new car's BoP woes?
• 0:47 GTD-Pro - Qualy Recap
• 0:52 Rolex24 Event Schedule review
• 1:00 Outros!

Endurance Chat S8E1- The dawn of a new era; the 2023 Rolex 24 at Daytona Preview

Welcome back for Season 8 of Endurance Chat!

Today, Michael, Kris, and newcomer Josh (JebTheRebel) preview the 2023 Rolex 24 at Daytona, and there's plenty to discuss! 61 cars across 5 classes, with the brand-new GTP class featuring 9 LMDh machines making their debut. As always, we ask the hard questions, make outlandish predictions, and mispronounce driver names!

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Welcome Jeb!
• 0:03 The Daytona 24 Hours - the event, the atmosphere, and the banking
• 0:18 Daytona 2023 - Race action at The Roar, MPC supporting, and 61 cars in the main event
• 0:24 GTP - 9 brand-new LMDh machines ushering in a new era of sportscars
• 0:46 LMP2 - 10 Oreca 07's, with American machines up against some of the world's best
• 1:03 LMP3 - 9 cars with good variety, but should it be on such a big grid?
• 1:18 GTD-Pro - An all-out GT showdown with 9 cars from 8 different marques
• 1:42 GTD - 24 cars of GT3 mental-ness!
• 2:15 Kris previews all of MPC without taking a breath
• 2:18 How to watch, and how to be involved!

Endurance Chat Presents: Final Stint E04

Cookie and Kris catch up on December for the Final Stint!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Intro/Random News
• 05:27 - Gulf 12hr Recap
• 10:10 - Dubai 24 Preview
• 35:50 - AsLMS Season Preview
• 49:20 - Listener Questions!
• 01:09:10 - New segment: Grinding our GearsTM
• 01:32:35 - Outro - next races/episodes (live episode coming up after Rolex24 qualifying)

 

Endurance Chat Presents: Final Stint E03

.....I don't know how but we literally never uploaded this episode for you guys. 100% apologies and basically useless but for consistency sake, here is the 40 day delayed episode of our 3rd Final Stint!

-Cookie

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Cookie and Kris catch up on November for the Final Stint!

Timestamps:

• 01:50 - 8 Hours of Bahrain Recap
• 18:15 - Gulf 12 Hours Preview
• 1:16:45 - Various updates / WEC Calendar Changes?
• 1:26:30 - Our Christmas Wish for the World of Sportscars in 2023! (rants 'about' BoP and broadcasting)
• 1:49:00 - Looking ahead

Endurance Chat Presents: Final Stint E02

Cookie and Kris catch up on October for the Final Stint, featuring a surprise appearance by Floody!

Timestamps:

• 02:45 - WEC Bahrain Weekend Preview
• 29:20 - FIA Motorsport Games
• 42:30 - Ross Chastain and NASCAR
• 54:50 - General F1 chat
• 1:07:35 - Eulogy of CORE Autosport
• 1:16:40 - Kris' info: upcoming race weekends for the rest of 2022

Endurance Chat S7E14 - The 2022 Bathurst 1000 Preview

A yearly tradition, Michael and Chris get together to talk about Australia's premier motorsport event, the Bathurst 1000. We pick apart what makes Bathurst so special, and walk you through the form guide and the driver combos ahead of 1000 kilometres of Australia's most famous piece of tarmac - including a few familiar names to regular sportscar viewers!

Endurance Chat Presents: Final Stint - E01

Join Kris (Wascher) and Austin (Zetzman) as they explore the previous month's sportscar topics, general motorsport buzz, or even non-racing related sports topics we've been itching to talk about.

Look for upcoming episodes to feature live, at the track on-location, and also guest appearances by some of you!

Episode 1:

00:00 - Intro

07:27 - IMSA Recap-Summary 

25:21 - WEC future Hypercar category entries

35:12 - Thoughts on ByKolles program 

47:35 - Audi's departure from LMDh/Hypercar

52:31 - Thoughts on F1 through the summer break

1:05:15 - NASCAR Daytona/Playoff thoughts

1:15:35 - IMSA changes for 2023

1:21:48 - Hosts talk shop with new interests, hometown team venting, and massive homerism

1:36:05 - Hosts discuss their go-to sports teams

1:41:28 - Ending

***Audio Levels Warning - Fixed for Ep2***

Endurance Chat S7E13 - The 2022 24 Hours of Spa Preview

Just in the nick of time! Join Austin and Kris as they look towards the premier GT3 race in the world, the 24 Hours of Spa Francorchamps. Part of the SRO Intercontinental GT World Challenge, it is the crown jewel in the GT3 hierarchy. We take you through every car in every class, as well as where to watch and all the support category action!

Endurance Chat S7E12 - The 2022 Le Mans 24 Hour Review

Today, we review the Grand Prix of Endurance; the 24 Hours of Le Mans for 2022. Join Michael and Ollie as they dive into the nitty gritty of the numbers behind the biggest storylines from this year's Le Mans. Were Alpine hamstrung unfairly? Was LMP2 dominated by super silvers? Can a bronze be faster than a platinum? We answer these questions and more!

Timestamps;

• 0:01 Ollie's Le Mans Experience
• 0:05 Overall thoughts - how did we feel about Le Mans?
• 0:08 Hypercar - 5 cars in a 2 horse race
• 0:31 LMP2 - JOTA show their class as some of the favourites fall over at T1
• 0:50 GTE-Pro - Corvette's shocker, Ferrari's falter, and Porsche prevail
• 1:12 GTE-Am - Keating takes a fantastic win!
• 1:26 Broad discussions; reliability, Toyota, and Le Mans
• 1:39 Ollie's 24 to Le Mans
• 1:47 WEC Monza - What to expect from the Temple of Speed