Cadillac revealed the all-new 2017 Cadillac DPi-V.R race car yesterday and announced that it will compete in IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series Prototype (P) class in 2017.
The 2017 Cadillac DPi-V.R will first be driven competitively at the 2017 IMSA season opener—the Rolex 24 At Daytona on January 28-29, 2017—by Wayne Taylor Racing and Action Express Racing.
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It looks good and hopefully it has a better career than the last Caddy Proytotype car.
Look at those big gaping fender vents, driving behind this car will be interesting unless the track is very clean...
GameboyRMH wrote: Look at those big gaping fender vents, driving behind this car will be interesting unless the track is very clean...
Those open fender tops are pretty much standard now. Yeah, I wonder how much debris they throw about. Let me ask some friends who would know.
Personally, I'm always happy to see more manufacturers get into racing. Lately Cadillac has had a big presence in Pirelli World Challenge--with big paddock displays. Welcome back to prototypes, too.
Jordan Taylor just posted this on Instagram:
How cool is this!? Jeff Gordon will be driving alongside Ricky, Max, and I at the 2017 Rolex 24 in the new Cadillac DPi-V.R! #Cadillac #KonicaMinolta #Rolex24
Link to his post:
How cool is this!? Jeff Gordon will be driving alongside Ricky, Max, and I at the 2017 Rolex 24 in the new Cadillac DPi-V.R! #Cadillac #KonicaMinolta #Rolex24 A photo posted by Jordan Taylor (@jordan10taylor) on Dec 1, 2016 at 8:04am PST
looks really cool, but it sounds as though there will only be about 5-6 prototypes total fighting for the win.
David S. Wallens wrote:GameboyRMH wrote: Look at those big gaping fender vents, driving behind this car will be interesting unless the track is very clean...Those open fender tops are pretty much standard now. Yeah, I wonder how much debris they throw about. Let me ask some friends who would know. Personally, I'm always happy to see more manufacturers get into racing. Lately Cadillac has had a big presence in Pirelli World Challenge--with big paddock displays. Welcome back to prototypes, too.
I thought I read that this just replaces the Corvette DP though so it's the same manufacturer just a different badge.
David S. Wallens wrote:GameboyRMH wrote: Look at those big gaping fender vents, driving behind this car will be interesting unless the track is very clean...Those open fender tops are pretty much standard now. Yeah, I wonder how much debris they throw about. Let me ask some friends who would know.
IIRC, they're in the rules. Helps prevent aerodynamically assisted inadvertent inversions.
Keith Tanner wrote:David S. Wallens wrote:IIRC, they're in the rules. Helps prevent aerodynamically assisted inadvertent inversions.GameboyRMH wrote: Look at those big gaping fender vents, driving behind this car will be interesting unless the track is very clean...Those open fender tops are pretty much standard now. Yeah, I wonder how much debris they throw about. Let me ask some friends who would know.
Indeed. No one wants to relive the Porsche and Mercedes blow overs from the mid-nineties.
Also the correct placement of the over tire vents can gain some downforce.
Funny how they waited until Audi left. Likely coincidence but.....
Different prototypes. These are the DP cars, yes? Basically a spec tube frame, body within certain parameters, variety of power trains but don't go too fast or they make your restrictor tiny. Audi was playing a much different game.
Saw these race back in their day.
Glad Caddy is back in the game.
My hope is that this is a sign that Caddy will build the GM mid-engined supercar and leave Chevy to the front-engined ones.
Kreb wrote: My hope is that this is a sign that Caddy will build the GM mid-engined supercar and leave Chevy to the front-engined ones.
I was thinking the same thing.
Latest is that Jeff Gordon will be part of the driver team at Daytona. Guess Caddy's really are built primarily for retirees.
markwemple wrote: Funny how they waited until Audi left. Likely coincidence but.....
Audi never was at Daytona.
Call Chilli Palmer. It's the Cadillac of prototypes.
Seriously, though. I hope Caddy does well with it.
stafford1500 wrote: Also the correct placement of the over tire vents can gain some downforce.
Do they actually gain downforce, or just reduce lift from venting the high-pressure in the top of the wheel wells? Or is reducing lift the same thing as gaining downforce?
It's all just a continuum.
In reply to markwemple:
They raced against Audi in ALMS years ago but did not do very well.
I am probably a bit too excited for this.
It looks like it has one of these near the rear wheels. Why is that?
All the numbers in endurance racing are light up now so that the cars can be identified at night.
The number panels are used to display the real time position the car is in within their class. I think the color of the number is different for each class too. So, all of the DP cars might have red numbers while GT cars have white numbers, etc.
It took me awhile to figure the system out the first time I saw it in person, but it does make it much easier for spectators to follow the action when you've got tons of very different cars mixed up on track at the same time, especially in endurance races that extend into darkness.
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