Anybody out there following the Grand Am?
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The chassis is still modified by the Turner crew to make their M3 Race cars. Riley Tech doesn't seem to acknowledge the BMW M3 on their site, so I assume that it's a Turner-modified Riley and not a straight-out-of-the-box Riley.
More importantly, I wonder what Riley Tech thinks about this influx of GT3 cars. I'm sure that's some competition they don't want.
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Your elitist BS is not welcome here.
You would think they've been worried the day the Audi R8 was announced. I imagine once Mazda suddenly decides to stop relying on them for their cars, then their is much concern. Even then, thers is still the DP program which at the moment has only manufacter involvement in the form of body panels.
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It's great for the series to bring on new cars and manufacturers. I went and checked the regs for the GT class and they were planning in having GT-Rs, G35s, GT40s, 370zs, Aston Martin DB9s, and more. There are some great cars in the regs list.
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Maybe not worried, but I'm sure the R8 caught their attention. So far most of the teams fielding Ferrari's and Audi's are new to the grid, not converters from other cars. I think the BMW is the first direct threat to their business of the "European invasion". Best case scenario in my opinion would be the Turner-Riley M3's race alongside BMW teams. I'd love a mixed field like that.
You're right in that Riley still has a pretty strong hold on the segment, but the Pratt & Miller Vettes are certainly one of the first credible chassis threats they've seen in awhile. I'd like to know how much involvement Rileytech had in helping P&M/GM put that program together. I'd love to see Lola or another chassis maker step up to at least put three marques on the grid. I'd also like to see another engine manufacturer return because this Chevy/Ford business with the Ganassi BMW's is getting rather stale. Last year the Flying Lizard Porsche DP was very strong with it's flat 6 and I'm surprised no one else has taken advantage of the smaller displacement=more gears formula that the rules allow.
On that note and in relation to your Mazda comment, how much longer will the RX-8 be allowed to last? Grand Am seems pretty tidy in not letting older cars stick around too long. Since Mazda doesn't seem to have any RX-8 successor that's right around the corner, what if they got it's Rotary approved for DP use? There's some headlines right there!
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I posted this in the Hyundai Genesis thread, but it can probably be posted here too.
http://www.austechmotorsport.com/Cars.html
http://www.austechmotorsport.com/Cars.html
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U saw that car on the regs page too.
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Never been to the "regs page". Got it from somewhere else.
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I believe he probably meant that as a question. I saw that Grand Am had approved the Hyundai awhile ago, so it's nice to finally see someone taking advantage of the car to make a proper racing vehicle. Hopefully they plan to follow through with the project with or without Hyundai's help because more than likely they could be trying to bait Hyundai in with a few concept images in order for them to get the support to move ahead.
On a separate note, the Rules and Regs .pdfs do not seem to want to load fully for me. Shame.
Rules and Regulations: Grand-Am
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The next Grand am race may not be far off, but the next WEC race for the series is at Watkins Glen in June. Since this is the first time a WEC has been in place with the series, can we expect the same cars from the Rolex 24 at Watkins Glen? Cars such as the red/blue Ganassi Telmex/Target liveries with the 01 and 02 cars both participating?
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He WEC is going to Watkins Glen??? Or is it then ALMS?
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The American Endurance Championship, not WEC. It's the 24 Hours of Daytona, 6 Hours of the Glen, and 3(?) Hours of Indianapolis.
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Oh yeah. I saw that. I wish the ALMS would go to Watkins Glen. The GP course.
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It all depends. The Endurance Championship was designed to give a different type of structure to build teams around. You can run a better effort over fewer races, rather than have to worry about running a full season.
The thing about the 24, is that it's the kind of event that a lot of cars and teams show up to simply do. The AEC is designed to keep some of those teams coming back, but that doesn't necessarily lock them in to the grid. In the future, there's a hope that we'll see more of the D24 teams run in the AEC, but it might end up just being only a handful more. We won't know until the day of.
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Not sure if everyone has seen this already or not
Joao Barbosa takes his wife for a little trip around the Daytona Road Course in his Action Express Daytona Prototype, she's a bit frightened.
Joao Barbosa takes his wife for a little trip around the Daytona Road Course in his Action Express Daytona Prototype, she's a bit frightened.
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Ive seen It! Its funny
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Thats great. I love those types of videos.
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That's great. If it would have been my fiance and I, she would have been telling how to drive.
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From Grand Am's Facebook page:
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That would be spectacular
I recently found this on WGI's website, and it answered a question I had posed earlier in this thread.
Hopefully this means we can expect teams like Ganassi to field two cars like in the Rolex 24, rather than just their Telmex BMW that they usually use.
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Speed has announced that they will be showing the ENITRE Continental Tire Sports Car Challenger Season this year, which is a first. A lot of times, they've shown most of a season, but not the entire season, so...good news for fans who have access to speed.
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Good! Now their racing history is returning...
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They are tape delayed though.
Oh, and for anyone that doesn't know GT Academy USA winner Bryan Heitkotter will be running a few races in the GS class this year.
Oh, and for anyone that doesn't know GT Academy USA winner Bryan Heitkotter will be running a few races in the GS class this year.
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Good for him what team? I haven't seen a Nissan in that series.
what team? I haven't seen a Nissan in that series.
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Not sure yet, official announcement has yet to be posted.
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Semi-Official announcement for Bryan's plans this year:
http://www.grand-am.com/news/index.cfm?series=k&cid=51113
http://www.grand-am.com/news/index.cfm?series=k&cid=51113
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Despite the fact that it's not completely official yet, it's good news for Grand Am fans (In terms of GT6). We know Nissan and Polyphony work side by side. We also know almost any car that sports the Gran Turismo logo gets put into a GT game (Especially Nissans). Polyphony also holds the rights to implement NASCAR cars in their games, and, since NASCAR owns Grand Am, Polyphony may look into including Grand Am cars as well. It's a long shot, but if Brian does end up driving this car, Polyphony will at least take notice of the series.
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He confirmed the announcement about 30 minutes ago, so it is now "Official".
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