This generation of DP cars has aged like a fine wine. Love seeing it in the mix with the LMPs. The 5.5 is a sweet engine, but I’ll never forget the pure sound of power the 7 liter C6.R GT1 Corvettes made
I was at the Daytona 24 the second of the last year of the GT1. It was practice and the 2 7 liter C6.R’s were turning laps nose to tail. They were the only ones on track at the time. Pure music that i too will never forget.
Music to my ears. This is 99% of the sound from the legendary Sauber C9 and nothing else I've heard gets this close. Absolutely wonderful....thank you for posting.
And sounded like. One pulled up next to me the other day at a gas station. When I heard it I was convinced it was a Honda Civic and looked over to see a C8.
yes, sounds good for a cross plane engine. You can tell it revs quick. For a cross plane. But... Chev developed a flat plane V8 that re defines the entire American culture. Based on the 458, of course. WHY are they not working with that? They already made the Corvette a mid engine. If sacrilege is okay, what is the hold up with the best powerplant?
@@briangriffith3985 Ah, I read Daytona Prototype in the title. And those look like prototypes he's passing at Spa Fish n' Chips. (Alpines maybe?) Either way, sounds great.
@@gcarlson why not both cross planes and flat planes??? More different V8 sounds in the field the better in my opinion. Honestly, more different engine sounds the better too. One of the reasons I love 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, even 2000s and early 2010s racing is due to the diversity of cars & engines on the field. You had 4 cylinders, even 5 cylinders, V6s, inline 6s, V8 (cross & flat plane), inline 8s even, V10s, V12s, H12s, inline 12s (yup, that was a thing, and sounds beautiful), and h16s and v16s all racing together. Mixes between turbos and no turbos too in some eras. Luckily we still have some diverse series out there. But I can't help but feel a little sadness when every car on the grid is a V6 turbo hybrid, or V6 turbo, or only 4 cylinders or only v8s from 1 or 2 manufactures (but hey, at least the V8s still sound amazing despite the lack of diversity). Bring back fields full of V8s, V6s, I6s, V10s, V12s, 4 cylinders etc.
slowly but surely GT3 cars seem to be getting there. Of course they aren't silhouette cars, but something like the Ferrari 296 GT3 is pretty out there on a bodywork level compared to the road car. The old Bentley Continental GT3 was a bit like that as well. I think the best case scenario is something like the Mustang where the GT3 looks crazy next to the road car, and then they make a version of the road car with the GT3 body.
I think I have a soft spot 😆 Once again, an onboard with a V8.. but it sounds so damn good, murica f*ck yeah 😅 But stay tuned, Jaguar e type is coming 👀
The IMSA wheater tech series C7R Corvette was one of the best examples of the Corvette racing team ..every team that had one had great success with them ..
@@tokyosmash For a Prototype they were slow... yes they came far from when they started and were literally slower then GT1/GTS. But even in their last seasons they were still a bit slower then a P2. They were hilariously slow if you compare them to the significantly older LMP1 and LMP2 cars that ran in ALMS before it merged with IMSA. Like the 908, R15, the Porsche LMP2, the Acura ARX01b. Look up the DP laptimes and compare them to pre 2010 LMP1 and LMP2 laptimes and the DPis. Not to mention the comparison with a LMP1 Hybrids or even a 2019 non Hybrid LMP1.
@@TheNecromancer6666 Lot of yapping for someone who has no clue what they're talking about. It takes one google search to show that GT1 was NEVER EVER at the pace of DP OR DPi. Daytona results showed that GT1 cars were 7 seconds off pace from the 1:36.394 set by Cadillac during the 2017 Rolex 24, which were 2.2 seconds faster than all LMP2 spec equivalents that ran against them per lap. Meanwhile LMP1s had nearly 4x the cost being less than 3 seconds per lap faster with notorious reliability. Nearly losing the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans against LMP2s!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAOOOOOOO
@@N75911_ That coming from you... It takes one Google Search to see that at the Start of the DP era GT1/GTS was at the pace of DP. DP also has nothing to do with DPi. DPi had a comparable pace advantage to DP, like LMP1 has over LMP2. Sunshine: in 2017 the GT1 class was defunct for 7 years. There was no GT1 in Daytona 2017. So there can't be a pace comparison. Just to reiterate who between the two of us is clueless since you aren't even able to look up which classes raced in IMSA in 2017. A factory LMP1 Program in that era was about 250 to 300 Million Euro. So they are a bit more expensive then just 4 times more then a DPi. A privateer LMP1 cost precisely double of what an LMP2 cost and a DPi was somewhere in the middle, with factory aero and engines but LMP2 Chassis. On Average LMP1 was way more reliable then DPi or LMP2. Which isnt a big suprise because they fucking factory cars with F1 Budgets. Regarding the Pace difference: LMP1 Hybrid cars were faster then any other racecar except for F1, and between 2014 and 2016 their racepace was as fast as F1. The DPi Lap Record around cota is a 1:57.198. The LMP1 Lap Record is a 1:47.052. Sebring? LMP1 1:41.800, DPi 1:46.151. LMP1 makes DPi, or every other sportscar look like a toy. So just you know, zip it instead of embarassing yourself.
@@mephistopheles8220it's because wec only allows carbon tubs that are built to lmp1/ hypercar specification( p2 tubs meet p1 specs now), tube chassis were banned in wec for prototypes so dps and the Deltawing( didn't meet any of the wec prototype rules other than the tub)could only race in IMSA. The only way they could get on the grid would have been through garage 56 and the dps don't use any new tech so they wouldn't have been allowed for that either.
@@m_cabralyea I hated that they couldn't but that was because tube chassis prototypes are banned in the wec. And garage 56 is only for something new or innovative and the dps don't meet either of those two so they were never allowed to race.
Yeah, quite an old one too 😅 So I use a GoPro 7 2.7k/ 50 fps with the old microphone for my Sony, an Audio Technica pro24cm Definitely why I jump on the occasion to put the camera in it 😁
I think what surprised me more than the exhaust soundtrack is the shifter. I always thought the old DP cars use sequential shift levers. This one is paddleshifted. Not sure if its part of the car stock or converted to paddles by the owner.
Love the bass boom. Proublem is the slow revs make it sound and feel slow. But if it reved as hard as a 4,6 it would be impossible to drive. Why must we always have to compromise.
The flat plane crank Chevy engines didn't exist when this car was built. The original engines in these cars were 5.5 litre engines derived from the LS9.
Kinda sorta. It is a similar layout. This was a 3rd gen Daytona Prototype car. It’s a tube frame chassis. When these came out they were butt ugly, but “affordable” in race car terms. There were years where there were 20 plus cars in the top class at Daytona with these cars. It was a way to get into the top class in Grand Am and not break the bank. When Grand Am and ALMS merged in 2014 they came out with this generation of DP car. They had to speed the cars up so they could put these and LMP2s in the same class. IMSA also allowed the manufacturers to style the body, which is how we got this Corvette version. In my opinion, this version of the cars were pretty good. Raced pretty good too. It was just hard to balance them with P2 cars. IMSA replaced these cars with the DPi formula in 2017, which then led to LMDh, which is basically DPi 2.0, in 2023.
Yeah, this is what a Vette should sound like. Hell on wheels. Not a European sounding V8. Performance is better with a flat plane, but the classic American soul of the car is just dead.
i wish all cars of lmp and that type of classes would look more like the good old gt1s from the 2000 and earlyer. way more sexy and the sound is hot. i wish porsche, ferrari and all others would look feel and sound like this banger of a track car nowerdays !
@@PistonAvatarGuy The DP category as a whole was extremely weird. They're all tube frame chassis, have relatively limited aero, and for the first few seasons only had a 5-speed gearbox. They're the prototype equivalent of a stock car, and they were stupidly cost effective because of it.
@@PistonAvatarGuy Yup, then the ALMS and the Rolex Sports Car Series merged to create IMSA, they ran these Daytona Prototype's alongside LMP2 Cars for a few years, then everyone upgraded to DPi's in 2017.
This generation of DP cars has aged like a fine wine. Love seeing it in the mix with the LMPs. The 5.5 is a sweet engine, but I’ll never forget the pure sound of power the 7 liter C6.R GT1 Corvettes made
I was at the Daytona 24 the second of the last year of the GT1. It was practice and the 2 7 liter C6.R’s were turning laps nose to tail. They were the only ones on track at the time. Pure music that i too will never forget.
Music to my ears. This is 99% of the sound from the legendary Sauber C9 and nothing else I've heard gets this close. Absolutely wonderful....thank you for posting.
Excellent. Thank you for no talking, no music, just big bore sound.
I sooo agree !
When the c8 was announced, this is what I was hoping it looked more like.
Me to
And sounded like. One pulled up next to me the other day at a gas station. When I heard it I was convinced it was a Honda Civic and looked over to see a C8.
They should really consider making a road going version of this car. Its sick!
I agree. The C8 needs a widebody kit to look right. This one looks like a proper mid-engine car.
@@JCP_323 sure bro
This is what a Chevy should sound like.
Omg!🤩that sound of that V8 is absolutely f*cking awsome😍
Ive seen this on track back in the DP era.....when it revved to its original redline....MAN you'll love it even more
Ricky Taylor would be proud. Good job getting around the blocking LMP2s.
Great sound - better than the newer cross-plane engines, great footage at Spa...Ballsy driving. Wet tracks highlight the best drivers.
This and the Cadillac are the best imo
yes, sounds good for a cross plane engine. You can tell it revs quick. For a cross plane. But... Chev developed a flat plane V8 that re defines the entire American culture. Based on the 458, of course. WHY are they not working with that? They already made the Corvette a mid engine. If sacrilege is okay, what is the hold up with the best powerplant?
@@gcarlsondid it for GT class racing, not prototype.... and that might not be a factory backed car either
@@briangriffith3985 Ah, I read Daytona Prototype in the title. And those look like prototypes he's passing at Spa Fish n' Chips. (Alpines maybe?) Either way, sounds great.
@@gcarlson why not both cross planes and flat planes??? More different V8 sounds in the field the better in my opinion. Honestly, more different engine sounds the better too.
One of the reasons I love 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, even 2000s and early 2010s racing is due to the diversity of cars & engines on the field. You had 4 cylinders, even 5 cylinders, V6s, inline 6s, V8 (cross & flat plane), inline 8s even, V10s, V12s, H12s, inline 12s (yup, that was a thing, and sounds beautiful), and h16s and v16s all racing together. Mixes between turbos and no turbos too in some eras.
Luckily we still have some diverse series out there. But I can't help but feel a little sadness when every car on the grid is a V6 turbo hybrid, or V6 turbo, or only 4 cylinders or only v8s from 1 or 2 manufactures (but hey, at least the V8s still sound amazing despite the lack of diversity).
Bring back fields full of V8s, V6s, I6s, V10s, V12s, 4 cylinders etc.
Whooo, wow
Nicest chevy I've ever seen or heard
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I yearn for the return of race cars that barely look like their road going variants
Japans JGTC GT500 would be for you then
There's NASCAR
i mean this is hardly a "variant" of the corvette it's so different it's kinda like what we have now which are just pure prototype racecars.
slowly but surely GT3 cars seem to be getting there. Of course they aren't silhouette cars, but something like the Ferrari 296 GT3 is pretty out there on a bodywork level compared to the road car. The old Bentley Continental GT3 was a bit like that as well. I think the best case scenario is something like the Mustang where the GT3 looks crazy next to the road car, and then they make a version of the road car with the GT3 body.
These things are unbelievably loud in person. The exhaust points directly towards the side of the track too
Like a wall of sound.
You EV lovers need to crank up your volume, sip your beer, and listen to this delightful sound!
I think I have a soft spot 😆
Once again, an onboard with a V8.. but it sounds so damn good, murica f*ck yeah 😅
But stay tuned, Jaguar e type is coming 👀
Hell yeah I love the e type
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The IMSA wheater tech series C7R Corvette was one of the best examples of the Corvette racing team ..every team that had one had great success with them ..
Best gT1-GT2 car. I miss it
Daytona Prototype was such a good era, it is missed
NO! They were painfully slow and looked so clumsy. DPi was when IMSA and American Motorsport started getting to its feed again.
@@TheNecromancer6666 “painfully slow”, my man they were FAST near the end of their lifespan
@@tokyosmash For a Prototype they were slow... yes they came far from when they started and were literally slower then GT1/GTS.
But even in their last seasons they were still a bit slower then a P2. They were hilariously slow if you compare them to the significantly older LMP1 and LMP2 cars that ran in ALMS before it merged with IMSA. Like the 908, R15, the Porsche LMP2, the Acura ARX01b. Look up the DP laptimes and compare them to pre 2010 LMP1 and LMP2 laptimes and the DPis. Not to mention the comparison with a LMP1 Hybrids or even a 2019 non Hybrid LMP1.
@@TheNecromancer6666
Lot of yapping for someone who has no clue what they're talking about. It takes one google search to show that GT1 was NEVER EVER at the pace of DP OR DPi. Daytona results showed that GT1 cars were 7 seconds off pace from the 1:36.394 set by Cadillac during the 2017 Rolex 24, which were 2.2 seconds faster than all LMP2 spec equivalents that ran against them per lap. Meanwhile LMP1s had nearly 4x the cost being less than 3 seconds per lap faster with notorious reliability. Nearly losing the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans against LMP2s!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAOOOOOOO
@@N75911_ That coming from you... It takes one Google Search to see that at the Start of the DP era GT1/GTS was at the pace of DP. DP also has nothing to do with DPi. DPi had a comparable pace advantage to DP, like LMP1 has over LMP2.
Sunshine: in 2017 the GT1 class was defunct for 7 years. There was no GT1 in Daytona 2017. So there can't be a pace comparison. Just to reiterate who between the two of us is clueless since you aren't even able to look up which classes raced in IMSA in 2017.
A factory LMP1 Program in that era was about 250 to 300 Million Euro. So they are a bit more expensive then just 4 times more then a DPi. A privateer LMP1 cost precisely double of what an LMP2 cost and a DPi was somewhere in the middle, with factory aero and engines but LMP2 Chassis. On Average LMP1 was way more reliable then DPi or LMP2. Which isnt a big suprise because they fucking factory cars with F1 Budgets.
Regarding the Pace difference: LMP1 Hybrid cars were faster then any other racecar except for F1, and between 2014 and 2016 their racepace was as fast as F1. The DPi Lap Record around cota is a 1:57.198. The LMP1 Lap Record is a 1:47.052. Sebring? LMP1 1:41.800, DPi 1:46.151. LMP1 makes DPi, or every other sportscar look like a toy.
So just you know, zip it instead of embarassing yourself.
Great video. Talented and smart driver dealing with cars blocking him in rain. I own the ‘04 Rolex 24 winning DP and have dreamed of Spa.
Cool man wow! 🏆✨️💎
cant believe they brought a DP into spa
Me neither so.. I had to put the GoPro in it 😁😁
Miss watching the Corvette DPs thunder through Lon Beach. Literally cheered for this exact car in its day
The beast
old Wayne Taylor Racing car. I miss seeing these on track.
Those were good days. I became a fan of WTR in the Corvette DPi era
The engine sound is music to me ears, soo soothing!
Very good race driver in Vette !
Maybe the c9 will be more like this… a man can dream lol
God bless America 🦅 🇺🇸
0:51 my first thought was "CLK GTR"
great looking car! - and the sound is even better
Don't you mean the CLK LM?
@@fyfyi6053 i had the CLK GTR roadster in mind, which looks pretty similar with its big wing.
but the LM also looks like it
Not allowing these to race in WEC was a mistake. How cool to see a DP at Spa. So fast!
hey, can you explain it further? I'm genuinely wanted to know please
Me too
At least a LeMans invitation for the IMSA champ in a DP or LMP2 would have been nice. They already had a BoP table at the time. What could have been 😊
@@mephistopheles8220it's because wec only allows carbon tubs that are built to lmp1/ hypercar specification( p2 tubs meet p1 specs now), tube chassis were banned in wec for prototypes so dps and the Deltawing( didn't meet any of the wec prototype rules other than the tub)could only race in IMSA. The only way they could get on the grid would have been through garage 56 and the dps don't use any new tech so they wouldn't have been allowed for that either.
@@m_cabralyea I hated that they couldn't but that was because tube chassis prototypes are banned in the wec. And garage 56 is only for something new or innovative and the dps don't meet either of those two so they were never allowed to race.
The most beautiful of all the Vettes!
Just having this running all morning on a loop. Engine go brrrrrrr
My gosh thanks for the flashback!
Magnifique!!!
Awesome car!
Every video I've seen from that track, it always ends up raining.
That's the Spa curse for ya. Then you play it on any F1 game and it never does rain 😂
That was great ! Only thing I missed was the radio coms . What a cool car - I need one ! 😅
It's like Gran Turismo, but IRL. I love the Corvette DP, i didn't think it could keep up with a Peugeot Prototype. This is amazing!
With the diffuser and wing upgrade they’re LMP2 fast so some eras of LMP1 will be equal/slower.
Awesome sound 😍
Those sneaky GM engineers, making the exhaust play a coded version of 'Move B*tch, Get Out the Way' through 8 burbling, high revving cylinders.
the car design is simply beautiful
Awesome, thanks for not talking over the car.
Thank you Dallara.
I was reminded of the old Group C Corvettes running the Goodwrench Sponsor
ship
The original and best performing cars of the earth every auto manufacturer copied
Nice and didn't think we'd see one of these over in Europe any time soon! Whats the onboard camera/mic set up? Just a regular GoPro?
Yeah, quite an old one too 😅
So I use a GoPro 7 2.7k/ 50 fps with the old microphone for my Sony, an Audio Technica pro24cm
Definitely why I jump on the occasion to put the camera in it 😁
@@Geowin97CarChannel Seems to work just fine, particularly the sound pickup. How is the microphone mounted in the car, I assume tied to the roll bar
@@PescaraProductions yeah, tied on a tube (not the roll bar actually) just next to the exhaust, perfect spot 😎
great looking prototype…
Great car, driver and video🥇
Sounds very much like amg mercedes v8, awesome sound to be enjoyed
I think what surprised me more than the exhaust soundtrack is the shifter. I always thought the old DP cars use sequential shift levers. This one is paddleshifted. Not sure if its part of the car stock or converted to paddles by the owner.
DPs used paddle shifters from 2014 to 2016 and the 6th gear was allowed, but in this video, the car just reach 5th.
Best sounding Vette ever!!! I gotta get me one of those! That looks like something Batman would drive....does it come in black?....lol.
You have to listen with headphones, WOW.!!
Engine sounds perfect! Looks like a lot of fun, but you know if you screw up it's going to be a lot of money in repairs...
Yes V8 racing engines racing gasoline speed love it
what laptimes could this thing do arounds spa im curious?
that v8 sounds magical
Looks easy to drive.
The C8 we should have gotten
This video makes me smile more than my wife. 😬
It's time to ask you some questions 🤣
Every corner he accelerates out of the tires get loose, crazy.
This place would be insane on a liter bike
Hey, I didn't know the cadillac v-lmdh had a brother.
Two, actually, the Cadillac DPi-V.R was the successor to this car and the precursor to the V-LMDh.
Well that was awesome. Especially when screen mirroring on the big screen. Epic sound. I thought I won
What's from a Corvette? Brake lights?
Hey, that straight up hast the body lines of the Koenigsegg Regera, im sort of confused on WHERE that resembles a corvette
Love the bass boom. Proublem is the slow revs make it sound and feel slow. But if it reved as hard as a 4,6 it would be impossible to drive. Why must we always have to compromise.
HI performance windshield wipers! 25-30 hp per wiper!
Can't believe what balls this guy has in the wet just awesome
Is this a flat crank sound? Always wondered about the reason for that.
8:50 the balls on this driver must be huge. Let's go
Make this go in Le Mans Hypercar.
The 2012 - 2016 Daytona prototypes are more hypercar than the hypercar class.
“Ear-gasim”😂
bro this is lightning MCqueen
Aslo, probably some pucker factor starting at 8:16.
Will this be at the 2025 daytona rolex 24. If so, im there to sleep in the stands to listen to this.
Merica!!!!!!
11:47 😮
The rear almost looks mercedes CLK- GTR-like.
I agree. One of the best looking prototypes in my opinion
Yes, feels like GT1 class from the 90s!
CLK GTR, 911 GT1...
Is that a radar detector on the dash?😉
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What about the C8R?
The in-vehicle video is V8, but it sounds like V10
I think my 1000hp 69 Camaro might give it a run😆
Is this the flat-plane crank version from the road car or cross plane?
The flat plane crank Chevy engines didn't exist when this car was built. The original engines in these cars were 5.5 litre engines derived from the LS9.
Will it race？
What is the power of this monster?
Gen 3 Evo Daytona Prototypes were capped at 600hp, so probably around that.
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is it faster than a miata
I miss ALMS
Is this gt1 car?
Dp was get around at the 908 non hybrid!
Sounds like a all Alum McLaren 6.9
So this is the predisessor of the C8
Kinda sorta. It is a similar layout. This was a 3rd gen Daytona Prototype car. It’s a tube frame chassis. When these came out they were butt ugly, but “affordable” in race car terms. There were years where there were 20 plus cars in the top class at Daytona with these cars. It was a way to get into the top class in Grand Am and not break the bank. When Grand Am and ALMS merged in 2014 they came out with this generation of DP car. They had to speed the cars up so they could put these and LMP2s in the same class. IMSA also allowed the manufacturers to style the body, which is how we got this Corvette version. In my opinion, this version of the cars were pretty good. Raced pretty good too. It was just hard to balance them with P2 cars.
IMSA replaced these cars with the DPi formula in 2017, which then led to LMDh, which is basically DPi 2.0, in 2023.
Yeah, this is what a Vette should sound like. Hell on wheels. Not a European sounding V8. Performance is better with a flat plane, but the classic American soul of the car is just dead.
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It's not the car. It's clearly the driver
Just me or does it look really similar to a konisegg
Low rpm and crossplane is🤌🤌🤌🤌
Driver?
Matteo Ferrer-aza
i wish all cars of lmp and that type of classes would look more like the good old gt1s from the 2000 and earlyer. way more sexy and the sound is hot. i wish porsche, ferrari and all others would look feel and sound like this banger of a track car nowerdays !
Not being a gamer, that steering wheel looks very intimidating.................
5.5 twin cam V8
Nope, this is an old LS-based pushrod engine. The DOHC LT6 wouldn't come around until 8 years after this car was built.
Priapism!
Sexy eargasm ❤ 🍻 GM
Looks more like an LMP car than a Corvette. At least the old Corvette race cars tried to look like the road car.
Well, it's a Daytona Prototype. The chassis is Dallara with a Chevrolet Corvette branding on it 😉
@@Geowin97CarChannel Weird.
@@PistonAvatarGuy The DP category as a whole was extremely weird. They're all tube frame chassis, have relatively limited aero, and for the first few seasons only had a 5-speed gearbox. They're the prototype equivalent of a stock car, and they were stupidly cost effective because of it.
@@PistonAvatarGuy Yup, then the ALMS and the Rolex Sports Car Series merged to create IMSA, they ran these Daytona Prototype's alongside LMP2 Cars for a few years, then everyone upgraded to DPi's in 2017.
@@tda024 IMSA is 55 years old! They merged to form the WeatherTech Sports Car Championship.
Is this the same 5.5l engine that’s in the Cadillac LMDH?
No bro its a older car and this is a Corvette bro not a Cadillac