The ULTIMATE Guide to IMSA in 2024!

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IMSA and sportscar racing in general can be complicated and hard to understand. This video will will provide you the basics of the sport as well as introduce some of the more complex areas of sportscar racing!
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00:00 A Brief IMSA History
4:38 P1 Web Development
5:26 Race Weekend Structure
6:40 IMSA Class Overview
10:18 BOP Overview
11:11 Quick Notes
11:40 Pit Stop Overview
13:08 Yellow Flag Overview
14:07 Safety Car Procedure
16:53 Championship Points Overview
18:38 IMSA 2024 Schedule
20:31 Learn about IMSA’s Classes!

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@imsaofficial 3 ай бұрын

Well done and appreciated! If you're new to IMSA... you can start with your favorite car, then learn the driver, team and class. If you love sports cars, you'll love IMSA. See you at the track!

@Clyde-2055 2 ай бұрын

If you like participation trophies, you’ll love IMSA …

@notarotomwithhair5637 2 ай бұрын

@@Clyde-2055?

@lordracer7743 4 ай бұрын

I started watching IMSA on their youtube channel, especially the older posted races, in 2020 in the pandemic. And now i am stucked with them and i am very excited for their races.

@needude7218 4 ай бұрын

I always look forward to an IMSA race Thursday on KZfaq

@keeganthacker9072 4 ай бұрын

Take yourself to the 24 hours of Daytona it's a hell of a race to attend

@Untoastedbagel1271 4 ай бұрын

Dude as a new fan this year I can’t thank you enough for these videos. Going through every support series Every class It’s been so helpful

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed them and I hope they helped!

@yankeesfan1899 4 ай бұрын

I’m starting to learn, any tips on how to understand races and cars?

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

@@yankeesfan1899 definitely takes some time! Try and learn something new from each race that you watch and you’ll catch on pretty quickly! Also feel free to DM on Twitter/Instagram, happy to answer any questions that you have!

@traxiii 4 ай бұрын

I started getting interested in IMSA when the guy next door gave us tickets to the L.A. Times G.P. at Riverside International Raceway in 1983. I've been involved as a volunteer with Cal Club and other SCCA Regions working at IMSA races at Riverside, Long Beach, Del Mar, Laguna Seca, and Daytona. I was a track side witness to some of the most awesome GTP and GT cars ever to race in the USA for 40 years.

@bigsquish750 4 ай бұрын

Learned what IMSA was through iracing in 2018. Went to my first race at Long Beach in 2022 Then Indy in 2023. Maybe one day i can go to every endurance round 😍

@OTM-BandiT 4 ай бұрын

Come to Road America. The fan experience is one of the best!

@kelvinst2055 4 ай бұрын

Last year was my first full season of watching IMSA, cant wait for 2024!

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

We're in for a great season!

@cyclone927 3 ай бұрын

I been trying to get into motorsports, thanks for this. The plan is to follow some IMSA and NASCAR races.

@offintheesses 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! We're in for a great season of racing!

@ccgoa6145 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the explanation. I got into IMSA because my son likes Lamborghinis so we bought tickets 2 years ago just to see them race. The fact that the pits were accessible and the pit road walk before the big races got me hooked on the whole organization. It’s a confusing set up but such a great weekend. Next time you are at Watkins Glen I’d like to shake your hand and buy you a beer. Keep up the great content.

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful! IMSA is so open and accessible, the level of fan access is incredible! I will be back at Watkins Glen this year and will definitely be planning a meeting while I'm there, I love to meet up with other fans and just talk racing!

@cb2000a 2 ай бұрын

Attended a couple of IMSA races back in the 80's when Nissan had a great car and then later on Toyota ruled.

@gerglmuff 4 ай бұрын

we ran a support race for IMSA at road america in 2020, and man, it was a great weekend.

@kyleoosthuizen3203 4 ай бұрын

As someone who has been watching Endurance racing for many years and likes to think they know all the ins and outs this has been such a great refresher series. This series is also great for people getting into IMSA / WEC. Great work!

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Kyle! Glad you enjoyed it!

@dylanwhitmire7433 4 ай бұрын

The FCY procedure part is super well done and helpful

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Dylan!

@Crypto-vb3tx 4 ай бұрын

amazing history

@Boomhauersdad Ай бұрын

Thanks for this vid bro

@offintheesses Ай бұрын

Hope it was helpful! Great name as well, King of the Hill fan?

@ronbelanger4113 4 ай бұрын

IMSA is something to pass time with waiting for F1 season to start.

@AudicyVEVO 4 ай бұрын

My dad has been taking me to the VIR race for IMSA since I was about 14. I'm 25 now and take him every year for the best racing there is!

@robertharvey2580 4 ай бұрын

This is a great video! Thanks for the detailed explanations. Can’t wait for Daytona where I always try to take in as much of the 24hrs as possible.

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Robert, glad you enjoyed it! Yeah it's crazy to think that in just a couple of weeks the 2024 season will be underway!

@drewstevens2909 4 ай бұрын

Im just getting into the sport this year and the website was a bit confusing so im glad this video cleared alot of things up. Im definitely looking forward to this first race

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! IMSA features some of the best racing in the world and I think if you can get over the steep learning curve of learning the ins and outs of the sport then it's easy to see why there are so many die hard fans of the series!

@fredericauger8573 4 ай бұрын

Wooow that’s the best explanation for the full course yellow procedure ever. Having watched many races I already understood it but I was never able to explain it clearly to other persons.

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Frederic! Yeah, that's one of the most complex parts of the sport and I think slowing it down and going step by step with it helps a lot of people understand what's actually going on!

@mitchellhayes9172 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this! I've been a VERY casual fan of auto racing for a few years (mainly IMSA, f1 and Dakar) but have made it point to start to learning how they all actually work. IMSA has been super confusing as there are multiple classes and types of cars. Everything is laid out beautifully here and should make this season much easier to digest

@offintheesses 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Mitchell!!

@XBFMC 4 ай бұрын

I love this because I just recently got into GT racing and Prototypes because of Forza Motorsport. Thank you for such a good video!

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@jonnymartin3694 3 ай бұрын

Looking forward to another great season and more videos. Daytona was a great race in 2024!!!

@offintheesses 3 ай бұрын

It was a fantastic race with so many great battles, it's going to be a great year!

@beneddu 4 ай бұрын

A really helpful video thanks :)

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@johntempleton0987 4 ай бұрын

thank you for this absolutely amazing content. I’ve been showing this to teach my mom and she is falling in love with it. Thank you. Getting her to look forward to something.

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Glad you guys are enjoying it!!

@TheMrFishnDucks 4 ай бұрын

This is fantastic video. Entertaining and informative. Thank you for animating the yellow flag explanation. Keep up the good work.

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

@maxmustermann6612 4 ай бұрын

I absolutely adore imsa for their accesability! As a german fan i can follow everything perfectly.

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

It's great how easy it is to follow online! Hopefully we'll see them continue to bring in new elements of the broadcast this year and push the production to even greater heights!

@whalesequence 4 ай бұрын

I'm looking into going to Laguna Seca this year. I'm a big GTD fan. I always go for the Corvettes.

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

I hope you're able to, you'll be in for some great racing!

@whalesequence 4 ай бұрын

@@offintheesses What's crazy is I've been to Sonoma like 15 times over the years for NHRA and Nascar, but I've never been to Laguna Seca.

@davidclarke7728 4 ай бұрын

You cleared up some grey areas for me and since I am new to all this I now realise there is the American season as well as what I have been watching which is the WEC and Le Mans racing mainly in European tracks which I now find more exciting than F1

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Yeah sportscar racing is fantastic and offers some really good racing! If you're not in the US then all of the IMSA races will be free for you to watch as well!

@tomlathrop4094 4 ай бұрын

What is needed for casual fans or new fans is a detailed explanation of what parts of the stock road car must remain on the GT car and what parts are different.

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

I will keep that in mind!

@notarotomwithhair5637 2 ай бұрын

I watched the Rolex 24 because I needed to watch some racing, and it did not dissapoint

@offintheesses 2 ай бұрын

It was a fantastic race!

@jeremyt7722 4 ай бұрын

Got back into GT racing because of le mans on boards this year. KZfaq recommended a MX-5 race at Daytona and I was instantly hooked

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

KZfaq made a darn good choice then, in my opinion the MX-5's are some of the best racing around!

@mattk5898 4 ай бұрын

@offintheesses What is the best channel to watch the 24 hours of Daytona in your opinion? I've watched on peacock the last few years and there seems to be more ads and less in car camera the last couple years.

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like you're in the US so no too many other options! I know a bunch of people will watch on peacock and sync up the IMSA Radio feed for audio so they at least have audio while the ads are playing. I believe the in car camera feeds anyone can watch on IMSA.TV as well!

@AuteryMotorsports 4 ай бұрын

I’m wanting to get into IMSA more I’ve gained a lot of respect and had a lot of fun racing in the Iracing endurance events

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

It's some really great racing! Being able to relate how it feels on iracing to what it looks like on TV is pretty neat as well!

@AuteryMotorsports 4 ай бұрын

@@offintheesses I’m normally a dirt track I even own a dirt track car but after running the iracing event I’ve been running nothing but road events I even convinced my buddy to get road stuff going so we can run Sebring We are gonna watch the 24 hours at Daytona for my Birthday this year so this video helped me to understand what i should expect

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

@@AuteryMotorsports I love to hear it! Have a couple more videos still to drop this week about the Rolex 24 so keep an eye out for those and of course if you have any questions I read all the comments!

@AuteryMotorsports 4 ай бұрын

@@offintheesses will do had my buddy watch this video yesterday while we were doing team practice on iracing at Sebring. Can’t wait for the videos 🤟

@kgsimracing 4 ай бұрын

To stop sand bagging, could they have a group of 2 or 3 pro drivers unassociated with the teams run the cars or even have their competitors run their opponents car a couple weeks ahead of time to determine the Balance of Power

@charleyrichardson8211 4 ай бұрын

I saw my frist imsa race in long beach 2015 ive ben going ever year scince then

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Long Beach is a race I want to make it out to one of these years!

@charleyrichardson8211 4 ай бұрын

@@offintheesses it's a fun race we go for all 3 days

@truckercowboyed2638 4 ай бұрын

So how is imsa different than say the WEC and European tour...i notice sometimes Imsa and WEC are titled on many international events...

@Watchmedome3017 4 ай бұрын

Thank you because I’ve been trying to watch it but I’m so lost 😂

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Hopefully this helped!

@RA1N3racing 4 ай бұрын

Hi this is Carver me and my dad recognized and met you Thursday night I was wondering if you would like to use some of my photos that I will be getting throughout the season as I am going to every endurance race plus road America and mid ohio

@louislepage5111 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info, this is comprehensive 😊

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and hope it helps!

@WyldStallion-bs9oo 4 ай бұрын

Ya know OTE, some historical videos would be great after seeing you do this. There were parts of the 1990s that I really liked. The Nissan 300Zx GT car that won Daytona overall was the first car I feel in love with. But that was followed by my loving of the Panoz GTR1 and Porsche GT1 later that decade. Then we had the Corvette C5R and Dodge Viper right after!! ALMS was mixed for me to be honest. I really did not start enjoying it until the GTLM category took shape after 2010. Granted I know a lot liked the LMP cars in 2008. I could not stand Grand Am. I did like the Corvette DP though. And honestly the Daytona 24 was a non existent race between 2004 through 2013. Not even on my radar as a racing fan until 2014 merger year. For me it was as if the Daytona 24 died after 2003, did not exist for a decade, before it was resurrected in 2014.

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

I have played around with the idea of doing some historical stuff but just haven't gotten around to it yet. Definitely want to thought and it is right at the top of my list of things I want to do!

@MinionInc 4 ай бұрын

Where can we watch the live races (besides on TV Networks)?

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

I'll link a video I did that goes over how you can follow along but if you're in the US then you're kind of stuck with NBC/Peacock and if you're outside of the US then it's IMSA.tv! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oZqHrZV9rsixZYE.html

@MinionInc 4 ай бұрын

@offintheesses awe that's why I'm not that into Imsa. I wach F1 live on F1 TV app

@ronbelanger4113 4 ай бұрын

@@MinionInc Best part is zero Sky TV fools on F1TV!

@KittyPurrfect100 4 ай бұрын

Peacock took off the 2022 and 2023 content of IMSA recently like this week. I was watching the 2023 Rolex 24 part 4 a lot when the sun comes up and now it’s gone. What happened? Lee Diffie and Calvin Fish! Indycar is still there on Peacock

@WyldStallion-bs9oo 4 ай бұрын

No worries the youtube channel for IMSA Official is better anyway with the IMSA radio guys. And no commercials.

@1zzKolby 4 ай бұрын

As a porsche fan i get flashbacks every time i see 13:30

@aycz 4 ай бұрын

Why is GTP not at Long Beach?

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

GTP will be at Long Beach!

@QuietStormX 4 ай бұрын

Yep! ;-D

@jadendubose4066 4 ай бұрын

Off In The Esses explained next????

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

I don't know if many people would want to watch that hahaha

@jadendubose4066 4 ай бұрын

@@offintheesses i would if it makes you feel any better😂

@knots83 4 ай бұрын

nice video, just keep it out of the cabbage 🛣

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Knots!!! Throwing it back to the iRacing stream days! How's it going?!?!

@knots83 4 ай бұрын

@@offintheesses it's great I haven't raced in a while busy busy these days you know how it goes. I have to watch the rest of your series of explained race series

@1320crusier 4 ай бұрын

Modern gtp/ lmdh are lmp2 chassis so its in no way connected to the original dp cars.

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

The original DP cars laid the groundwork for the LMDh cars. The DP cars had influence on the DPi's and the LMDh (DPi 2.0) cars are heavily influenced by the DPi's.

@bassjunki 4 ай бұрын

How would I get one of those shirts?? Its sick 👌

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

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@jstones9872 4 ай бұрын

not confusing at all. LOL!

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Sportscar racing, confusing? Nahhh haha

@rynosraceroom66 4 ай бұрын

Why is the IMSA channel not in the US

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

There are IMSA fans around the world, not just in the US

@grantlauzon5237 4 ай бұрын

Will the BOP in the WEC affect the BOP in IMSA?

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

No, the BOP's in the two championships are different from one another!

@ronbelanger4113 4 ай бұрын

One is a minor national series, the other is a global one.

@alaeriia01 4 ай бұрын

Rexy my beloved 💚

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

What do you think of their LPM2 car Spike?

@alaeriia01 4 ай бұрын

@@offintheesses I love it! I hope the second car is called Barb, in keeping with the theme.

@serbeefheart9964 4 ай бұрын

Bummed no storyline or racer personalites included

@saltyaphid3195 4 ай бұрын

The dts mentality

@serbeefheart9964 4 ай бұрын

@saltyaphid3195 Racing is entertainment, this "ultimate guide to IMSA" did nothing to convince me this series is exciting to watch. No amount of dts could change the fact that f1 is boring af.

@saltyaphid3195 4 ай бұрын

@serbeefheart9964 what series do you like?

@serbeefheart9964 4 ай бұрын

@@saltyaphid3195 motogp, wsbk, aus supercars

@serbeefheart9964 4 ай бұрын

@@saltyaphid3195 motogp, wsbk, aus supercars

@carroll2499 4 ай бұрын

Did the ALMS/Grand Am rivalry have the same bitterness as CART/IRL?

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

I don't believe it ever quite got close to those levels of bitterness!

@mark4837 4 ай бұрын

Dude I’ve been attending IMSA races since 2011 I think. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard it was on the rise. The race came to the nations capitol. Then never did again. It came to Baltimore MD then never came back. Then it merged with another racing body. Peugeot pulled out. Years later Audi and Porsche pulled out of P1. Then it was only Toyota. Toyota was given trophies to race against cars in Lowe classes. Basically Toyo ta raced against no competitors and was just handed trophies like a heavy weight boxer going against a featherweight boxer. And a Toyota was all happy because they won Lemans. Racing against basically no one because all the major competition pulled out because of the money to keep teams going. So when you say it’s on the rise again. It’s always on the rise. I’ve heard it all before.

@Halliday57 4 ай бұрын

Are you sure you’ve been attending IMSA races ? because what you’re describing about Toyota winning against the lower classes is the WEC

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

I'll say it again then, IMSA is on the rise haha. The increase in entries as well as fan interest the past couple of years is clear and indisputable. Sportscar racing has very clear ups and downs, the fall of GTLM could be argued as a down period. The introduction of the LMDh regulations was definitely the start of an up period though and we're definitely living in that period of growth right now!

@disciplemike1 4 ай бұрын

problems i see with IMSA and related - too many car classes that change almost every year. and so highly regulated, there seems to be very little competitive overtakes.

@grantlauzon5237 4 ай бұрын

Why not call them LMDH and GT3?

@pmayo7894 4 ай бұрын

Won't exactly work that way considering that Aston Martin (from 2025 onwards) will be the first manufacturer to race in IMSA GTP using the LMH regulations.

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

The GTP name is a nod to top class that ran in the 80's and early 90's. Plus as was already pointed out this doesn't cause confusion when an LMH car runs in the class! As for GTD it's been the class name since the merger and they adopted the GT3 regulations for the class a number of years ago

@Corvetteran88 4 ай бұрын

Where can a guy watch these races?

@offintheesses 4 ай бұрын

Depends on if you're in the US or elsewhere! In the US you need Peacock, outside it then you get it free on IMSA.TV! I did a quick video on it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oZqHrZV9rsixZYE.html

@WyldStallion-bs9oo 4 ай бұрын

The safety car procedure is the WORST part of the series by far. Especially in endurance races. It makes the race not really endurance anymore. Just a 23 hour parade and a mad dash at the final hour. Or maybe 5 minutes if there are safety cars there. I suggest Code 60/FCY for debris and stalled car situations to avoid artificially bunching the field again. Only use full safety car periods for crashes and bad weather. I think it is good to see the gaps and fuel strategies play out over a minute by minute, hour by hour time frame. That is part of the story. Safety after Safety car ends that. That is why the Nurburgring 24 is my favorite endurance race now. They don't have that there.

@robertbearden785 4 ай бұрын

Some of the best racing is after the safety car goes in though with the field bunched up for the green flag, kind of imsa charm especially in sprint races code 60 would take that away however will agree the yellow periods are too long though

@AudicyVEVO 4 ай бұрын

@@robertbearden785 Yeah the rules for having to unlap people and get the classes all together again take a good chunk of time. Wish there was a more efficient way.

@WyldStallion-bs9oo 4 ай бұрын

@@robertbearden785 110% disagree with you. Then go watch sprint races. This is Endurance racing. Every hour of the race should matter. The reason why you don't like is EXACTLY why I think the idea is fantastic.

@robertbearden785 4 ай бұрын

@@WyldStallion-bs9oo more than half of imsa races are technically sprint races so

@WyldStallion-bs9oo 4 ай бұрын

@@robertbearden785 A sprint race in sportscar racing in my mind is the 1 hour races you see at GT World Challenge Sprint series and DTM. I think there is value to spend an hour in a race to build up that 30 second lead over the competitor. Only for the safety car wipe it away due to a small piece of debris falling to the track or a car stalling out...which sometimes restarts on its own after they threw the caution for that stalled car.

@Eagleracer38x 4 ай бұрын

DP cars were a joke... They were beaten by GTS cars on performance a number of times, so Grand-Am said no more GTS cars.

@maxb4085 4 ай бұрын

They got beaten in 1 race which was the 2003 Daytona 24 which also happened to be the first race for the DP cars granted the DP cars werent that much faster but also had so many mechanical failures being the first race the cars were run.