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Indeed. However, in a few years if the new IMSA series was to attract the amateur as much as it does the private, professional race team i wouldn't be surprised to see 70. There will be sixty some-odd at Daytona this year, and the DP class has had as many as a dozen more cars than are entered this year, so I'd hold whatever IMSA does without the ACO to the same standards. A premier prototype category, a cost-effective prototype category, a premier GT category, and a Grand-Am-GT-like sub-GT category could pull 60+...
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7 Jan 2012, 07:50 (Ref:3008514) | #1329 | |
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Definitely a long endurance event in Road America. 1000km, 1000mile, 12 hr, 24 hour it does not matter.
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Le Mans is unique and draws media and fans who wouldn't otherwise be interested, but when you take the Le Mans package to these far flung places, attracting some of the increased interest for the whole championship has to be the goal. Unless you read DSC or tune into RLM, ALMS coverage is limited these days, Autosport is down to half page reports in an 80-100 page magazine, you won't find much coverage beyond this. |
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7 Jan 2012, 20:22 (Ref:3008683) | #1331 | ||
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I reckon that SpeedTV.com has the greatest readership of any website that provides in depth coverage of the ALMS.
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I do wonder how much of that is down to the dedication of the reporter, we'll see what happens next season but it does appear you have to jump through hoops to get actual TV coverage for anything but NASCAR on Speed. Being the official Le Mans broadcaster I would have though even streaming the WEC world feed via Speed's site would be a worthwile step. Last edited by JAG; 7 Jan 2012 at 21:14. |
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And who really cares about F1 media who can't even be bothered to learn the names of the different classes and who could write about sports car racing in a negative light? Again, they'd rather rehash and fortify press releases talking about how "Button is going for the win at Montreal." Quote:
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http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...up-in-the-air/
Risi has apparently not TOTALLY ruled out a full season ALMS (or Grand-Am) program. They're still trying to secure funding. They say they'd rather do a season in the ALMS, but they weren't pleased with the fuzzy rule changes last year (Corvette's fuel flow restrictor was specifically named). They say that they don't like Grand-Am that much, but as it stands they'll at least have a "fair chance" in the series. |
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From the article, I think Risi wanted ALMS and/or LM, but doesn't have the funding for it yet.
And as you mention, he doesn't seem to like Grand-Am all that much apart from the tyres and the Rolex 24. But when you see that part "I'm at a different place in my life at the moment,", I understood it as "I'll wait until January 18 for ALMS+LM(?) funding but if I don't have enough money I'll go with Grand Am or nothing. Wouldn't it be nice to see Vilander and Beretta in ALMS? With Gimmi in the Enduros. |
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I'd vote for Road America as well; the length of the circuit and the history would make it a draw. How about running through the kink at night? |
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Someone get Bruni in and ALMS Ferrari again. He won my approval when he took pole at Petit Lemans and Win against the BMW's and not even Melo in his Risi Ferrari could get near that.
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I believe that Giuseppe thought that the spec tires make for an interesting challenge, not that he prefers it to essentially customized factory tires from Michelin.
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As far as tires go, I suppose having a spec tire in a GT series does present some interesting challenges to the team. Ultimately, I want to see tire battles though. Of course, I'm not so sure if Michelin has the best Ferrari tire at the moment. JMW's Dunlops have been quite good and of course the Dunlops on the BMWs have been quite good. Falken is making a lot of noise on the Porsche side of things. |
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So the Corvette has even more waivers than the BMW? I find that very interesting and somewhat hard to believe.
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I imagine the earlier M3 had more waivers, back when the gearbox was in the wrong place and etc. |
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Hey, I wish I did not have to say it!
Where did you read that? It may be true, but I don't know. BMW had the new fueling system, but Corvette got the temporary waiver that offset the advantage I guess. I reckon that Corvette will develop a new fueling system over the offseason, but RLL may feel like they are owed one. Ahh, politics. Isn't that why we all watch racing? |
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One would think BMW has the biggest BoP-wagon, considering how much of a brick the M3 road car is compared to the cars it competes against in GT2. |
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Speaking of SPEED, they're handling the Grand-Am coverage for the whole season.
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Whoops, I must have skipped over that paragraph. As for the Ferraris not having any waivers, wasn't there a width waiver last year? The rule was changed for 2012 I think so he might be right for 2012. Still 30+ vs. 1 or 0. I can see why he would be mad. Granted, it's not a new issue.
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That might be his intent. Maybe he is talking about the rules publicly and waffling over where to race in the hopes that the ALMS will give him some charity regulations to help him make up his mind. Still, I'm not sure if it will work. Corvette, BMW, and Porsche buy ads during telecasts and all of that stuff. Risi and Ferrari do not. Any advantage they get might be short lived. It's hard to say.
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