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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
IMSA needs to be very careful not to follow WECs path here. With Acura and Mazda not selling customer cars yet, the reliance is on Caddy to build, sell and support all the customer cars. The LMP2 class got the same treatment as LMP1-P, with the feeling of "eh, we don't really want you, but here's a class that's not great to run in" being pretty prominent.
I think IMSA is smart enough not to follow WECs path, but there are certainly parallels going forward. 3 manufacturers, limited customer cars, and no place else for privateers to go.
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Yeah, I'm hoping things were lost in by the sources about Penske not wanting to allow other Acuras in 2020. Think the deal was exclusivity through this season and someone apparently had asked and were politely rebuffed. Hope something was lost about the exclusive being through 2020 and they weren't ok with early sales. Hopefully Mazda will allow someone else to run a car now that it seems to be sorted but no rumors to that effect yet.