Lola with a lid

[Bob Riebe]

Originally Posted by Zurbert82

Less than a dozen entries? Last I checked there were 14 for Sebring, and probably that same number for the rest of the season with the Cytosport LMP1, and the 5th RS Spyder. Check your facts..

I guess I should have put a 1 on there, some of you actually thing the class b p2 are important.

Say Le Mans is irrelevant to Corvette, Flying Lizard, Risi, PWL, Audi, Intersport, etc. They will probably disagree.

Ask the average race fan about these cars-teams and the response will be, outside the Corvette: Who, what?
Ask them what a zytec is, and I will bet some will say an anti-acid.

Whats so lousy about the rules? As far as I know the same rule set is being used by the LMS, and look at their field. However, they don't have a rival series over there that's akin to Grand-AM.

I do not care what works in Europe, and I am glad the euro series are doing well; the US series is dying, since Ferarri's appearance made '03 a highlight, it is more of the same, no wait, less, less and less.

Also, whats unknown about a Porsche or Acura V8? I agree with you that Audi's diesel may have a boring sound because it doesn't fit in with the rest of the NA engines.

To repeat an earlier post: Porsche is maintaining an image it built with the start of the IMSA thirty plus years ago; beyond the Datsun Z, Japanese cars are considered grocery getters by the public.
If they used the name Honda, it might raise a few eyebrows.

I can understand that you're not happy things are not the way they were, but the current US Sportscar racing scene is something that we'll look back on with rose colored glasses, much in the same manner that the 'purists' look back at the IMSA GTP era.

Only if one is blind in one eye and cannot see out of the other, things cannot get much worse except for the death of the series, and at least then, IF THERE STILL IS A MARKET, someone can try again and do it right.

Drag racing is booming; road racing is dying; some one got it right and some one got it wrong.
Bob
PS--What ever the ailment is, open wheel racing is suffering just as bad.