ALMS & Grand-Am to Merge, Hooray |
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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: 121,608 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. |
naro914 |
Jan 6 2013, 02:27 PM
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Losing my mind... Group: Members Posts: 2,476 Joined: 26-May 06 From: Charlotte, NC Member No.: 6,073 Region Association: South East States |
I posted this over on Rennlist:
What I was hoping for (class names are for example purposes): P1 - Some version of ALMS P cars. Most likely not current P1 since there really isn't any racing here anyway, so lets say they are current P2 cars. P2 - Grand Am DP cars GT1 - ALMS GT cars GT2 - combined Grand Am GT and ALMS GTC cars Some think 4 classes is too much because it's too confusing to keep track of, but in this scenario, it would be easy to follow (ALMS P cars look nothing like DP cars, and ALMS GT cars are not the same as GA GT cars) Unfortunately, this classing would not happen - GA took over ALMS. In what I laid out, all ALMS classes are ABOVE GA glasses....France family would never let that happen... Combining DP and LMP cars is stupid. LMP cars are fragile high performance machines. DP cars are medium performance tanks that can run over other cars without getting a scratch. To match speeds, you'll either have to develop the DP cars or handicap the LMP2 cars. And if you dumb down the LMP2 cars....well...why bother running them? ALMS was all about advancing technology - if you can't compete, step UP your game and make your car better! Grand Am was all about parity - if you can't compete, the faster cars will be handicapped to bring everyone DOWN to the lowest common denominator. The series is now in the hands of Grand Am people.... |
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