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But you have to remember that GTD is supposed to be a pro-am class, where there has to be at least one pro-am/gentleman driver per car. The all pro line ups that the Merc had in the endurance races it won will most likely be illegal unless one of the drivers mentioned is old enough to be demoted a level on the ranking system.
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Green Hornet has sold their SLS...
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It's also basically already a different car they run in pwc from the fia gt3 spec, with what's been said already a gtd spec gt3 is going to get a spec wing,that alone is going to need the entire aero redone and may even cause the car to be unbalanced or uncompetitive and be reengineered.it may as well be a whole different car than what's racing in Europe. Plus bleekmolem has raced with papas before in gtc and they got it done wining the championship a few times, if an amg is going to take it I'd put them at the top of the list.
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Same rule at Le Mans... you get black-flagged and called into the pits for repairs if your headlights are broken.
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RE DP-engines in P2:
The ACO's cost cap for LMP2 is rather restrictive, as far as I now, DP-engine budgets are way (way, way) higher than that. |
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Yet, a DP engine is much more of a literal "stock block" deal than the Nissan VK45 is. Aside from different cylinder liners, the 5.0 Cammer is little different from the old 4.6 Ford V8, or the current 5.0 Coyote V8 from the Mustang.
The VK45 is considerably modified from the production engine, namely the use of the flatplane crank (the stock engine uses a crossplane crank) and various other modifications to suit it's use in Super GT. Only difference is that the engine was de-tuned to suit the LMP2 power regs, where it makes about 100 less BHP than it did in GT500. |
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So... I'm guessing you we're never a Trans-Am fan? Funny... I remember Trans-Am being awesome in the 80s and 90s... Guess what constitutes as awesome these days are mild Euro rulesets |
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Please see a related post in the grand Am thread. http://tentenths.com/forum/showthrea...135535&page=57
While Trans Am (or what you are apparently too young to remember, Camel GT) were indeed tube-framed, and tremendously exciting, they were not all that technically advanced. Live rear axles, big V8s, wide tires, huge fender flares and big wings, hurrah! But not in any way high-tech refined sports-racing prototypes. Sorry for you, but some folks like high-tech cars. Doesn't mean they don't like sprint cars or NASCAR or didn't like trans-am--they just prefer to watch the latest, most advanced racing vehicles on the planet. Seems F1 gets a few fans that way, eh? The idea that because Trans Am was a great series, therefore Rolex must be a great series, is based on no fact or logic. Both had some tube frames; both also were exclusively four-wheeled vehicles. Does that mean any racing series using four-wheeled vehicles is automatically great? Different strokes. Some people like IndyCar, some like F1, some like up-to-date sports prototypes which use the best available technology. Some people don't care about technology. But try to realize, please---"Tube Frames" is not the issue here. Last edited by Maelochs; 31 Jul 2013 at 11:18. |
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The Camaro has had a different US race heritage than say in Europe. |
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Continental rocks to be sole tire for all USCR classes but GTE:
http://www.alms.com/articles/imsa-ti...ed-2014-season Lame, but not surprising. |
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I do hope they open it up for the top class, if they truly pursue having a top tier Prototype category in the future, but with the provision that any tire manufacturer providing tires to any entrant, must be willing and able to sell the same spec tires to any and all other entrants. |
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And of course, this is going to screw any P2 team that wants to race Le Mans.
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While it’s certainly a complication that may reduce participation at the margin, the bigger problem is simply money. Or rather, lack of it. While many P2 teams may want to run Daytona and Sebring, whether they have the financial resources to come over and do so remains to be seen. Case in point: Exactly one European P2 car was at Sebring this year (Greaves), and they came essentially as a ride-seller.
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Now Hindy is saying USCR plans to "adjust" ALL classes, even GTE, which will obviously take it away from ACO compliance. Doesn't make any sense. I hope he's wrong here. They change GTE and kill any ACO ties then the series doesn't matter and is as insular as Grand-Am. That's a recipe for failure.
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Adjust GTE? Why?
Someone please just turn out the lights. |
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