Gordon Kirby, The Way it is. The ALMS searches for a new direction

[Tim Northcutt]

Clean it up or people will be taking vacations from this site.

[porman]

I quite fancy a good soap opera from time to time.

[jhansen]

Originally Posted by Tim Northcutt

Clean it up or people will be taking vacations from this site.

Indeed. Doesn't even make for good reading. Quite pedantic really.

[MJ_N_09]

You all know what's sad? This thread was fine until 6157 began posting. I'm just saying.

[6157]

Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

You all know what's sad? This thread was fine until 6157 began posting. I'm just saying.

The ignorant usually do dislike it when common sense, logic, and reality come along to ruin the fun.

[Bob Riebe]

Originally Posted by 6157

The ignorant usually do dislike it when common sense, logic, and reality come along to ruin the fun.

h
What does that have to do with you?

[gucom]

lol, are you guys seriously gonna use the warning to stop mudthrowing, as a catalyst for another mudthrowing match?

[arakis]

6157, if you can not express youself without using insulting words, then don't express yourseff. It takes wisdom, and inteligace to make your point without insulting the other party! if you wan't to change someones opinion or defend against it, poving them right in the next post you make is not the brightest of ideas!

[Tim Northcutt]

Enjoy your vacation, 6157...

Maybe an attitude adjustment is in order here...

Ya think so?

I sure do...

Enjoy your time away...I know we will

[HORNDAWG]

As in all of society there are rules and mores to follow. Sad when someone does not realize the selfinflicted. Oh well.





L.P.

[Aysedasi]

Now what was the topic...... Perhaps someone can remember - alternatively with no post on-topic for a fortnight, we can always close the thread if sensible chat on the subject has been exhausted....?

[Bob Riebe]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Now what was the topic...... Perhaps someone can remember - alternatively with no post on-topic for a fortnight, we can always close the thread if sensible chat on the subject has been exhausted....?

The IMSA needs a new direction, any direction that is different from the path it was on.

[I Rosputnik]

Hmm, another what if then: If the ACO focuses on the LMIC, then would there be chance they might intergrate the LMS and the AsLMS into it, with the AMLS going it's own way, leaving Sebring and Road Atlanta to the ACO and becoming something else?

It could happen, but how likely it could happen is a different story.

[skycafe]

I would say the ALMS without Sebring and Petit would be a dead duck, unless it was totally remade into something else, like a revival of the old Group 7 CanAm type rules (modernized). Some sort of "WOW" new product. Not going to happen.

I am not really sure either of those events, Sebring and Petit, would continue to exist as ACO events either-a full grid isn't going to ship in unless the travel is funded along with a lot of other factors like purse structure, etc.

[trahsub]

Originally Posted by I Rosputnik

Hmm, another what if then: If the ACO focuses on the LMIC, then would there be chance they might intergrate the LMS and the AsLMS into it, with the AMLS going it's own way, leaving Sebring and Road Atlanta to the ACO and becoming something else?

It could happen, but how likely it could happen is a different story.

So as long as Mr. Panoz owns the ALMS and those tracks, sound highly unlikely his sanction would not race at his tracks.

[dj4monie]

Originally Posted by I Rosputnik

Hmm, another what if then: If the ACO focuses on the LMIC, then would there be chance they might intergrate the LMS and the AsLMS into it, with the AMLS going it's own way, leaving Sebring and Road Atlanta to the ACO and becoming something else?

It could happen, but how likely it could happen is a different story.

I think you will see going forward a linking or merge of LMS with LMIC. However that would still be a series dominated by European based teams. The majority of races like any series based out of Europe will be mainly in Europe with a host of fly-away races.

ALMS will continue because the US is the largest car market and has better TV coverage. I don't see the grids at Sebring and Petit being more than 49-50 cars going forward even with a mature LMIC/LMS. This will mean a drop to maybe 40 cars per regular season events, if the expansion of LMP2, LMP1 and GTC largely comes to past including a 2nd Ford GT, 2nd Jaguar and who knows if another Porsche team will appear in GT(2) by 2011.

Baring any other major fluctuations in the economy which are not likely because let's be honest, the Rich were largely bailed out, GM is set to offer an IPO thanks to the Government. So for them, besides less people being able to actual buy new cars because of flagging wages/jobs.

This is apart of the topic and not to be discounted. As long as there butts in the seats and a few million watching around the world, the ALMS will be around for some time to come.

They just need to boost the marketing and earnings model so its worth-wide to even compete in the series.