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SpotterGuides.com and Le Mans

I originally announced this after last year’s Le Mans, but I have received a large number of emails and messages in recent days, so time to re-confirm.

After fourteen editions, there will not be a SpotterGuides.com Le Mans guide for 2021. As with most things in life, more than one reason for this.

While a good number of teams actively support the guide, a number of others are not supportive(as is their right), which increases the research, (in)accuracy and creation of the guides massively.

Emails and messages flow back from donwloaders,  asking why the free guide is not accurate etc, or bringing to light errors on other guides available! Neither is in my control, but an inaccurate guide is as useful as a chocolate teapot!

The arrival of the Official guide (to clarify, I have no issue, it is entirely their right)  and the increasing challenges of obtaining a sponsor in recent years despite 100,000-120,000 unique downloads has made production of the guides a challenging and unenjoyable project in recent years which takes me away from my my line of work

The #LM24 guides have been an amazing success with upwards of 120,000 downloads at its peak. A huge thank you to YOU once again for your support, downloads and additional exposure. I also wanted to say a huge thank you to the other sponsors who have been partners over that time including AERO Paint,  Dunlop and Nissan.

Also, a big shout out to all the media sites who have promoted the guide over the years. A long list, but Dailysportscar, Radio Le Mans, Marshall Pruett and Sportscar365 have always assisted and more recently r/WEC have been banging the drum massively.

IMSA guides WILL continue thanks to the supprt of the series and all, yes all, the teams. They have been awesome. I am looking to expand into other series in 2022 as we hopefully get back to some normality, but the guides are very time consuming to produce.

In the meantime, Mateusz Grosiak has produced an alternative guide for 2021, using some of my car line art to get him up and running. You can download his LM guide here…. https://spotters.guide

Many thanks for your support, past, present and future

 

Andy

2017 IMSA Spotter Guide now live

The Official 2017 IMSA Spotter Guide is now available to download at its own dedicated page.

The guide will also be available at the events section of IMSA.com

New regs, new cars, new liveries and lots of new driver combination makes the Official Spotter Guide a must. The guide will be updated later in the week with any driver or livery additions (probably after Tech is completed). Livery wise, all except Rebellion have previously been confirmed.

If you are at the circuit, a printed guide/program will be available later in the week.

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The guide also features a number of my own liveries.

Thanks to the teams for their help with reference of the guides, to IMSA of course, the proof readers and you for downloading and sharing the guide!

 

2017 Official IMSA Spotter Guide schedule

I will be partnering with IMSA again in 2017 to produce their Official Spotter Guide for the series. This will be released in print form (at the track) and online.

The online guide will be available here, at SpotterGuides.com, and a smaller size version at IMSA.com from Tuesday 24th January. This will be kept updated during the week.

The guide will be updated prior to each event and the plan is to have this online on the Monday before the race from Round 2 (Sebring).

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Official IMSA Spotter Guides for Petit Le Mans

Thanks to commissions from IMSA, all the IMSA sanctioned races at this weekend’s Petit Le Mans event at Road Atlanta have their own Official Spotter Guide.

You can download a combined Spotter Guide (PDF) featuring all the guides, or download the individual guides at the following dedicated pages:

 

Thanks to IMSA for their support with the SpotterGuide series every season since 2007. Hope to be back next year!

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IMSA Mazda Prototype Lites Spotter Guide launched

I have recently produced a new IMSA commissioned Spotter Guide to join the existing folio of IMSA Spotter Guides. The Mazda Prototype Lites Presented by Cooper Tires is a feeder prototype series for both IMSA and Mazda through their ‘Mazda Road to 24’ program.

Hard copies of the guide will be available in the Lites paddock, or you can download a guide from its new dedicated Prototype Lites page.

This weekend’s IMSA 6 hours of the Glen will see Spotter Guides for EVERY race, including the main event and  Porsche GT3 Cup and Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo. These will be released during Monday once various embargos and liveries have been launched.

Thanks to IMSA for the commission!

Lamborghini Super Trofeo European Spotter Guide joins North American counterpart.

I am pleased to announce another additional to SpotterGuides.com. Commissioned by Lamborghini Squadra Corse, the Super Trofeo European Spotter Guide will debut for this weekend’s races at Paul Ricard and join its North American couterpart at SpotterGuides.com

You can download the European Spotter Guide HERE, while the North American guide will be updated and released on Monday for the Watkins Glen event.

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For those going to Watkins Glen, each of the championships running will have its own Official Spotter Guide including the debut of the Pototype Lites Spotter Guide.

Thanks to Lamborghini Squadra Corse for the commission and helping their fans follow their championship.

Dunlop Le Mans Spotter Guide updated following Scrutineering….

As the title says, the 2016 Dunlop Le Mans Spotter Guide has been updated following two days of Scrutineering in the town of Le Mans. Thanks to some helpful teams and photographers, along with less changes than previous years, I’ve been able to release V2 earlier than ever. Full details including change list on the dedicated Spotter Guide page here.

Feel free to use this advert below if you want to help spread the word!  Thanks all

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Dunlop Le Mans Spotter Guide launched

I am very pleased to announce the Le Mans edition of the SpotterGuides.com has been launched, thanks to a partnership with Dunlop Motorsport.

As with previous years, the guide features all the information you need, be it at home, at La Sarthe itself as a fan, marshal, commentator, media or race engineer. From Driver grading to Pit garage allocation and Twitter handle, everything is covered making this the one resource to have at your fingertips.

The third page of the guide will feature map, timetable and other useful information.

Version1 of the Dunlop Le Mans Spotter Guide is now available on this dedicated page.

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Collection of Spotter Guides launched for IMSA Continental Monterey Grand Prix

One of the biggest sportscar events of the season, the IMSA sanctioned Continental Monterey Grand Prix powered by Mazda at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca takes place this weekend and thanks to new commissions from IMSA and Lamborghini we have a collection of Spotter Guides to help you at track or at home.

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NISMO ELMS 4 hours of Estoril Spotter Guide released

The NISMO European Le Mans Series Spotter Guide for the 4hrs of Estoril is online and has already been updated ahead of this weekend. You can download the guide on the NISMO ELMS page.

Thank you to those who downloaded, re-tweeted, shared or liked the NISMO Le Mans Spotter Guide. We had over 130,000 unique downloads on this site, plus an TBC number via Nissan USA’s press release network.

Thanks to Nissan NISMO for sponsorship of the ELMS, WEC and Le Mans Spotter Guides