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> ALMS & Grand-Am to Merge, Hooray
carr914
post Sep 1 2012, 04:53 PM
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http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/spo...alizing-merger/

Too much division to come to an end - I'm glad to see it before one went under.

I wondered what was happening when I read that the Circuit of the Americas was negotiating for the US FIA Race that typically has been held at Sebring (& Petit). The fact that a P1 Car wasn't even in the picture at the end of todays race in Baltimore tells the story that small fields & competition in Sports Cars had deluted the landscape

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post Sep 3 2012, 09:29 AM
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http://www.autoextremist.com/fumes1/

According to this article, Grand-Am (NASCAR) buys ALMS and Panoz's tracks (Atlanta and Sebring), effective 2014. For 2013, if there is an ALMS season, it will likely have no P1 class: Lola is bankrupt and Dyson can barely get enough parts to finish this season. Muscle Milk, with one year remaining on their contract with the Wirth chassis/Honda engined HPD, probably won't run without competition. As TC said above, the glue holding ALMS together after Sebring, for the past several years, has been the GT class.

There'll be much said Wednesday at the Daytona press conference, and a lot a speculation about what's left unsaid.
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carr914   ALMS & Grand-Am to Merge   Sep 1 2012, 04:53 PM
Zimms   I agree. I don't think there is enough sponsor...   Sep 2 2012, 02:02 PM
carr914   What I would like to see; A True Prototype Class ...   Sep 2 2012, 04:32 PM
Rleog   So what do you think after reading this: http://w...   Sep 2 2012, 06:42 PM
damesandhotrods   I don’t see any way this can be good. Getting c...   Sep 2 2012, 07:29 PM
Vacca Rabite   I'd love to see sports car racing televised ag...   Sep 2 2012, 07:57 PM
seanery   I'd love to see sports car racing televised a...   Sep 3 2012, 06:33 AM
carr914   So what do you think after reading this: http://...   Sep 2 2012, 08:03 PM
ThePaintedMan   This whole thing is a :stromberg: sandwich. I hea...   Sep 3 2012, 06:23 AM
ellisor3   With NASCAR attendance and interest sinking, I see...   Sep 3 2012, 07:03 AM
Cap'n Krusty   With NASCAR attendance and interest sinking, I se...   Sep 5 2012, 04:45 PM
bcheney   With NASCAR attendance and interest sinking, I s...   Sep 5 2012, 08:04 PM
carr914   I'd love to see sports car racing televised ...   Sep 3 2012, 08:41 AM
carr914   I hate to see the Technology of Prototypes go away...   Sep 3 2012, 08:50 AM
ellisor3   I hate to see the Technology of Prototypes go awa...   Sep 3 2012, 09:41 AM
Rleog   http://www.autoextremist.com/fumes1/ According to...   Sep 3 2012, 09:29 AM
stuttgart46   It's like sitting on pins and needles waiting ...   Sep 3 2012, 10:22 AM
damesandhotrods   European teams are not going to come to US to race...   Sep 3 2012, 11:30 AM
Type 47   European teams are not going to come to US to rac...   Sep 3 2012, 08:36 PM
carr914   European teams are not going to come to US to rac...   Sep 3 2012, 11:41 AM
Rleog   "Porsche will not race against Audi" Po...   Sep 3 2012, 02:20 PM
carr914   "Porsche will not race against Audi" P...   Sep 3 2012, 04:04 PM
Britain Smith   It will be interesting to see how this pans out. ...   Sep 3 2012, 06:54 PM
ThinAir   This stinks. I stopped watching ALMS because the r...   Sep 4 2012, 10:57 AM
ThePaintedMan   This stinks. I stopped watching ALMS because the ...   Sep 4 2012, 11:50 AM
dlestep   "- too many classes on the track at once to ...   Sep 5 2012, 08:50 AM
ThinAir   "- too many classes on the track at once to...   Sep 5 2012, 09:18 AM
URY914   Yea, I read that sentence too and thought differen...   Sep 4 2012, 12:41 PM
Rleog   More comments by owners and drivers: http://www.r...   Sep 4 2012, 03:52 PM
seanery   Details of tomorrow's announcement start to le...   Sep 4 2012, 07:21 PM
Zimms   The Announcement will be streamed live @ 10 EST fr...   Sep 5 2012, 07:19 AM
Zimms   Nothing groundbreaking. The details: No new name ...   Sep 5 2012, 08:54 AM
seanery   I could see some type of DP/P2 melding set to happ...   Sep 5 2012, 08:59 AM
carr914   I optimisticly look for the 2 Groups to work toget...   Sep 5 2012, 09:01 AM
Zimms   I optimisticly look for the 2 Groups to work toge...   Sep 5 2012, 09:12 AM
seanery   yeah, I agree, and from a fan perspective, I wish ...   Sep 5 2012, 09:04 AM
seanery   Ed Brown shouldn't be going anywhere, Jim Fran...   Sep 5 2012, 09:15 AM
Rleog   2013 ALMS trivia question: Which owner, and in wh...   Sep 5 2012, 10:24 AM
carr914   I kinda Disagree, Jim France is a Sports Car Guy u...   Sep 5 2012, 08:24 PM
bcheney   I kinda Disagree, Jim France is a Sports Car Guy ...   Sep 7 2012, 05:06 AM
carr914   Gregg Pickett of Muscle Milk has gone on Record sa...   Sep 6 2012, 05:50 PM
carr914   Press Conference today to outline the Classes for ...   Jan 4 2013, 07:58 AM
ThePaintedMan   Press Conference today to outline the Classes for...   Jan 4 2013, 10:59 AM
carr914   The LMP2/DP was a forgone conclusion - the surpris...   Jan 4 2013, 02:25 PM
naro914   I posted this over on Rennlist: What I was hoping...   Jan 6 2013, 02:27 PM
mr914   DP cars made me stop my annual pilgrimage to the r...   Jan 6 2013, 02:52 PM
carr914   Combining DP and LMP cars is stupid. LMP cars ar...   Jan 6 2013, 03:01 PM
naro914   Unfortunately Porsche's LMP1 car coming in 20...   Jan 6 2013, 03:20 PM
Zimms   Unfortunately Porsche's LMP1 car coming in 2...   Jan 6 2013, 07:57 PM
carr914   Group Road Trip!   Jan 6 2013, 06:58 PM


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