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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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 6 2013, 03:01 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 |
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? I'm alright with it. They will be making the DPs faster so they can compete with LMP2. DPs already have more HP, but as you said are Tanks and are heavier. Plus the DeltaWing can compete head to head They can't handicap or dumb-down the LMP2 Cars as then they would not be LeMans eligible. So the LMP2 and GTE cars are still within the rules to go to LeMans, that keeps the Manufacturers happy as they don't have to create different cars. Unfortunately Porsche's LMP1 car coming in 2014 will not be within the Rules |
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