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If Dempsey are planning on running a new Lola-Judd, then unless he planned to hire Level 5 to run it, then I don't see why their plans would be affected by Tucker's situation- unless Tucker is in some way involved in financing the deal, or they're leasing one of his Lolas from last year, and upgrading it to 2012-spec.
IIRC, there were two Level 5 Lola Coupes and a Spyder last year- but wasn't one of the Coupes written off at Spa though? They certainly shipped a Spyder over for Imola, before skipping Silverstone and switching to the HPD for Petit If so, and with Black Swan leasing/buying the remaining ex-L5 Lola coupe, then maybe what's happening with Level 5 has no bearing on Dempsey's plans? |
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Well, he could still decide that a three car class is a lot less attractive than a 5 car class and go play elsewhere with his shiny new toy.
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His options are pretty limited though- He might get in at a few WEC rounds on a race-by-race basis, but otherwise his only option (short of cancelling the Lola order altogether and going shopping for either a Daytona Prototype or a GT car of some kind) is ELMS, or calling time on the whole plan until 2013...
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He'd probably get in at every WEC round except Le Mans on a race by race basis and with his late start he would be out of the running for the championship in ALMS anyway.
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I guess Tom Kjos finally got mad with it all, under the tagline "Tucker was for Suckers. No Soup for You. Sports Car Racing, the Money Laundering Activity of Choice."
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John Dagys, as he said he would, got the facts and wrote an informative article.
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Conquest to Nissan power by the way http://twitter.com/#!/EBachelart/sta.../photo/1/large
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Were they not running Nissan at Sebring ?
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The Morgan thing is a deal between OAK and Morgan, so it would be independent of the engine that is in the car.
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Hey I like that Morgan/OAK-Nissan combo. OAK is a good enough chassis, the Nissan a known quantity.
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Too many Nissan P2 doing the rounds ..... turning into near enough a one make engine series .
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Not in the alms! This is the only nissan engine. I do agree with you in wec though. But i dont think we are in a position to complain about any alms lmp entries at this point. The more the merrier.
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Double header would have to drop other support races, I think. The Laguna paddock would be pretty cramped with just ALMS and Indy. The ALMS weekend with WC, Porsche series, etc., fills the available paddock space. It should allow more more track time for ALMS and Indy cars, though.
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I was talkin about the WEC ..... but a nice reliable edition for the ALMS .
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