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ALMS & Grand-Am to Merge, Hooray |
carr914 |
Sep 1 2012, 04:53 PM
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Racer from Birth Group: Members Posts: 118,949 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Tampa,FL Member No.: 1,623 Region Association: South East States |
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 T.C. |
carr914 |
Jan 4 2013, 07:58 AM
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Racer from Birth Group: Members Posts: 118,949 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Tampa,FL Member No.: 1,623 Region Association: South East States |
Press Conference today to outline the Classes for 2014 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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ThePaintedMan |
Jan 4 2013, 10:59 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,886 Joined: 6-September 11 From: St. Petersburg, FL Member No.: 13,527 Region Association: South East States |
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/gra...ture-announced/ So, a quick breakdown, we'll have: DP/LMP2 LMPC GTE GT/GTC Not how I would have done it, but I assume money plays a big role here. Why they're continuing to support a "spec" prototype category (thought thats basically what DPs were?) in the form the the LMPC class is a bad move. It stifles innovation and that chassis is aging. But Chevy, Michelin and ORECA have their hands in there and I expect they put up some money to keep that class by itself. As much as I hate DPs, I would have traded DPs as the premier prototype class and combined the LMPC cars with LMP2. The GX class is a joke - GTE cars already use alternative fuels/technology. But since Grand Am will be running it this season (only 6 entries for Daytona so far) I guess they will need to find a way to get it into 2014, which will be in the GT class. We'll see what happens, but I'm only cautiously optimistic at this point. |
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