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But i got the impression that A1gp or champcar (when they raced here) got higher interest over here in the Netherlands then DTM does. And those series had no promotion of manufacturers like DTM does. I'm just not a believer that people will buy more audi a4's because it is raced in DTM. Imo they buy more cars because the brand is marketed and receives attention by racing. And that could just as easily have been a formula car. By that logic it is more important to race in a serie that gets attention, and nothing against DTM, but i just think that sportcars or a formula like Cart attracts more interest from race-fans worldwide (assuming equal promotion). |
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There's some speculation in the German press that the Daytona round would be a shared event between DTM and US-DTM, and I think that's a little too big for the Friday evening undercard slot. With the 24hours only starting at 3.30pm these days they could have the race at 1pm on Saturday... But I think they'd rather slot it in somewhere around the Daytona 500-week, if just to shorten the gap till the beginning of the European season a bit...
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Well, now it's said that Audi, BMW and Mercedes are going to sell cars, not run them. Grand-Am boss said he welcomes exciting cars, not teams. The only reason to make that American series (from German side) is to make a new market for their silhouettes. They are going to make money on racing, not to spend. From this point of view it's getting clear, why they are working at DTM-style cars expansion and not Le Mans proto works entries.
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That's now what Marshall Pruett seems to think:
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Whatever the class is going to be, it does make it a different business case for the manufacturers. And makes sense as well, basically expanding the formula for little costs (apart from the obvious b2b/vip things that i would spend some money on if i were them). It does raise the question if there would be enough teams with the $ to run the cars when the manufacturers are not going to fund the racing teams. That remains the problem for most series without manufacturer support. |
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Mario Theissen said he's interested in customers program. So, if he's in, so they should run that program.
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Grand Am has raced on the morning of the Daytona summer race on the infield course... with the 500 being a bigger race than the summer race it might be different, though...
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About the NASCAR events. I think this are the events:
Daytona (roval, summer race) Indy (roval) Watkins Glen Montreal Sonoma/Infineon Road America |
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Looks like the new cars will be Coupes... (in German, run through translator of choice if necessary...)
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Ouch, that sucks. Then it's not Tourenwagen at all.
SK, remember that the Grand-Am tested at Indy road course. They could be adding a new race. |
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If they go the coupe route, BARF.
Goes outside of what I would consider "touring car" racing. Plenty of other 2 door series out there. |
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Two things I understand from this article - BMW will race E92 instead of E90, but as for me there is no difference between E90 and E92. In general, I'd prefer current M3GT2 than aerodinamically shaped ugly A4R14. And the second - DTM cars would race in VLN. We saw them in 2003, we'll see them in 2012. Welcome. VLN now has huge variety of cars, with GT3, GT4, S2000 and other worldwide categories. |
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Let me take this as clear as I can be: that 'autoextremist' is a real scribbler.
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VLN should focus in less classes, that is one class per performance range.
Back to the non-Deutsch, non-Tourenwagen USDTM, ... That would be awesome! The track could work well, with tight, flat corners and short straights. |
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I wouldn't say that Autobild artists have read something about new regulations. It's said that aerodynamics will be cut.
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Anyway, it's too pessimistic to read before meal.
After looking at great Virginia autumn sceneries I think GA 2011 season will be very interesting. So, I'll have to watch that races to prepare myself for 2013:teams,pilots and so on. |
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