2014 United Sports Car Championship
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Still nothing on that (Guessing the deals are still being sorted out there). Interestingly thought for the final season of both series seperately, Speed Will broadcast both the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Petit Le Mans with ESPN carrying the other races for ALMS while Grand-Am continues its exclusive broadcast of then entire Grand-Am Schedule.
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- macospet1
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Logo and name for merged series reveal set for March 14th
http://www.grand-am.com/News/GA_New...c-sports-car-announcement.aspx?cid=6383&sid=1
Some of the comments are so harshly negative..
http://www.grand-am.com/News/GA_New...c-sports-car-announcement.aspx?cid=6383&sid=1
Some of the comments are so harshly negative..
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The rich people involved in sports car racing drinking Patron and wearing Rolexes are running out of things they like to sponsor their series...maybe they can get it sponsored by Cuban cigars? 👍
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I wouldn't mind Patron sponsoring, after all the CEO is sort've a big contribution to this merger even happening.
braunracing88
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I don't know if the ban on tobacco advertising in America applies to foreign tobacco products. So I wouldn't get your hopes up if I were you.
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I would assume it applies to foreign ones and I would be willing to bet it especially applies to Cuban ones.
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Hehe sorry for my deadpan humor. Yes it would probably be difficult and unethical to sponsor sports car racing in America on the labor of Cuban cigar workers... 
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If they get Cuban sponsors it would lead to everyone Havana good time.
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Nice one. Okay after this I'm done horsing around, I promise...
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Live Stream press conference in regards to the name of the sires! The conference starts at 2:30 EST
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130313/ALMS/130319936
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130313/ALMS/130319936
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Looks like 5 classes
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United Sports Car Racing I guess is the series name?
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Logo on bottom right, sorry for double post.
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Name is meh. United Sports Car Championship has a nicer ring to it imo. I'll probably just keep calling it Grand-ALMS.
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Wonder if Lime Rock will be around.
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Lime Rock has hosted both Grand Am & the ALMS for years, so in that sense, it's a shoe in. And it's pretty much the only circuit in the Northeast (Baltimore & Watkins not withstanding). But it's small size and limited accessibility work against it.
I'd hate to see it go but the fact of the matter is, some of the venues from both series are going to get the shaft. And it wouldn't surprise me if Lime Rock is one of them.
I'd hate to see it go but the fact of the matter is, some of the venues from both series are going to get the shaft. And it wouldn't surprise me if Lime Rock is one of them.
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Ok, more questions directed at the american fans. I know close to nothing about the Grand-Am cars, but if the DP class is going to race togeher with LMP2 class, doesn't that mean both classes will be "balanced" (don't know which is quicker) ? That will need the ACO's involvement right? Or will LMP2 (US) become different from the LMP2 (EU) ?
Same question about GT cars. I understand that keeping a class called GT LM (as in "Le Mans") means a connection to the ACO still exists, but which GT class will be faster or more "PRO oriented? the GT-LM or the GT-D ?
EDIT - Atherton just replied to my LMP2 question
Same question about GT cars. I understand that keeping a class called GT LM (as in "Le Mans") means a connection to the ACO still exists, but which GT class will be faster or more "PRO oriented? the GT-LM or the GT-D ?
EDIT - Atherton just replied to my LMP2 question
