OT: Death of Innovation, Continental Tires spec for 3/4 of USCR classes next year Options

[ThePaintedMan]

http://www.alms.com/articles/imsa-tire-str...zed-2014-season

Sorry, this is a couple weeks old, but since no one else has brought it up yet, I figured I would. So the worst fears of many have been realized - NASCAR and it's spec mindset has made it's way solidly into the new USCR series next year. Every class but the GTE cars will have to run on spec Continental Tires next year. Not Michelins, not Dunlops. Continentals. I guess money talks, but this is (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif) . Hey, it'll be an easy way to make sure the DPs are still competitive with the P2 cars. If the P2 cars have to run on bicycle tires and they give the big fat slicks to the DPs, surely the France family can remain happy with their investment staying at the front of the field.

[naro914]

George
I don't disagree with you at all on the spec tire thing. But...even F1, the highest form of racing inovation went to a spec tire....

If anything, I would have thought the Prototypes would have been open to tires, and the GT cars would have been spec.

Yes, its about money. but like it or not, without money, there is no racing. Racing is expensive - someone has to pay for it. And again, like it or not, us Sports Car racing guys are in the minority when it comes to fan viewership here in the US.