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The series needs more causal fans (coming soon). The public from F1 is used to racing in these prestine tracks. If these formula one guys, or Moto GP guys catch a bit of WEC racing in the conditions that Road America might provide, (little grandstands, old asphalt) they will not want to know what is this that they are watching. It is hard to get this in the head of mostly americans in this thread (no offense intended, God bless the USA). If you go over to the F1 threads it is mostly europeans. They couldn´t care less about...hmmm... say Corvette Racing for example. There are many drivers in the WEC right know that are ex formula one drivers. They raced covered in cotton and will definetly not enjoy bumpy tracks. Remember while the ACO might enjoy these american tracks the FIA is now in control and their partnership with the ACO is mostly due to the fact that they own La Sarthe. I am sure Montreal is in their head prior to these tracks.
Remember that even though mulsanne´s straight asphalt was not that bad, it got new paviment last year. Plus if the series eventually seriously grows circuits like Road America would need more grandstands.
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