By: VADOC

VADOC — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:16:00 +0000

Hi, I will respectively disagree, I think a lot will depend upon the relationship with the ACO. For example, Pratt and Miller builds cars to win LeMans, if the do, GM has a media blitz and more Corvettes are sold, Any wins in the US are just icing on the cake, and the ALMs could be viewed as one long test session. It is unlikely that a US team will build a car for one race, ie LeMans, and spend the rest of the season campaining a car that can only be run in a Grand-Am rules enviornment. For me the attraction of sports car racing is innovation and technology, that translates into improvement of road cars, for example disc brakes and tire pressure sensors. Although spec series are good for cost containment ( and I do run a spec series car in club racing), it does stifle innovation..One of the primary reasons I enjoy Sebring and Petit LeMans is the involvement of European teams, We get to see OAK and Rebellion in the US, although I have heard WEC will not include Sebring next year.
As
the week progesses we will learn more however i hope the merger does not lead to a downward spiral , with less factory involvement and delay of innovation.
Thanks

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