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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
Of course there is. Petit Le Mans became tradition much faster than 5 years. And the new unified IMSA is much less than that and has plenty of traditional dates already.
Silverstone for WEC/ELMS was a good traditional date, as was Spa before Le Mans as a LM test day.
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To be fair, the Petit has always moved around quite a bit from, roughly from late September till mid(ish) October so it's a bit of a moving target.
The Spa 6H have been held on the first weekend (Saturday) of May for the last 5-6 years with most of the previous runnings usually on the second weekend. No where near the traditional date like LM or Sebring but showing more consistency that the Petit date.
Anyway, avoiding date clashes between major sportscar championships (which both WEC and IMSA undeniably are) should be a bigger priority for sanctioning bodies. It would boost the sportscar racing market quite a bit!