So You Want To Watch Free Motorsports Online?
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Stuck online and bored? Don't have cable and want to get your motorsports fix? Refuse to go to some seedy site for bootlegs? I'll show you seven professional racing series that are made available free of charge online.
Yes, believe it or not, the top-tier open wheel series in the US will just let you watch their races online for free. Formula One it ain't, but maybe that's a bit of a good thing.
American Le Mans Series
If sports
cars are your thing, they don't get much better than the ALMS. While a
bit light on the prototypes, the GT racing is bar none the most
competitive in the world. The laptime differential is usually only about
half a second, and fields stay tight with battles happening throughout
the race. If you've got enough time, they're even uploading vintage
races from the last decade and a half.
DTM
They call
themselves touring cars, but don't be fooled. These Teutonic beasts are
built over a common carbon safety cell for good reason. These
high-powered, high-downforce V8 Monsters are a cross between the tight
racing of NASCAR and the technology and pit stops of F1. Do they make
you pay for that awesomeness? Nope, free for everyone!
Grand-Am
Coming back
stateside, we have two more sports car series under one roof. First is
the Rolex Series, with lower tech more strictly balanced sports cars
than you find in ALMS, but with more tight racing and close quarters
combat. They also provide the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge free
online, their lower level series where cars begin on the showroom and
get modified into mid-level touring and GT machines.
World Challenge
We've
written about World Challenge before, and how they're our favorite
sports car series. If you like modified race cars that started life on
the showroom floor, this gives you four more classes in two series to
choose from. Both the Touring Car and GT series are available online.
So there
you have it, seven series worth of free race cars along the entire
spectrum of speed. You'll never be bored again. Did I miss a series that
also has official free races online? Let everyone know in Kinja below.
Source:lifehacker