[Dyson Mazda]

Originally Posted by Maelochs

In a way, Pesnke got shafted by Both halves of modern IMSA.

He had a good thing going with his P2 Porsche Spyders, where he could compete for overall wins with Audi on a much smaller budget... but ALMS shut that down.

In Grand Am, he got shafted as Chernaudi mentions.

Penske is seeing a situation where he tried joining the second class and fighting the top class, and he tried joining the top class ....neither worked.

Now, if he is going to join the top class (DPi) he wants it to be the Top Class. He doesn't want to play the role of Audi, getting beat by the P2s.

And he doesn't want to build a fast car and get hamstrung by BoP, so he can watch cheaper cars kick his butt.

Of course he wants a split in the top class.

But Penskle has never looked long-term for the good of any series he was involved in (Look at his history with CART and IRL.) He goes where it benefits Penske Racing. So ... his desire to see two P classes might be disastrous for IMSA, but Penske doesn't care so long as he gets to win a title or two before the series goes broke.

I thought VAG shut that down after Audi started complaining that he was kicking their butts with a much cheaper car