"StingrayJake" (stingrayjake)
12/04/2014 at 19:44 • Filed to: IMSA, USCC, TUDOR, Corvette Racing, C7.R
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"StingrayJake" (stingrayjake)
12/04/2014 at 19:44 • Filed to: IMSA, USCC, TUDOR, Corvette Racing, C7.R | 4
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Corvette Racing boss Doug Fehan has every right to complain about the mess IMSA made of the mid-season balance of performance tweaks during the inaugural season of the TUDOR United Sports Car Championship. But he's not.
One of Corvette's entries had won four straight and was an obvious favorite to win the whole thing before the BOP turned it into a backmarker in the GTLM class. For all the complaining Fehan could do, he seems to be putting toward working with IMSA to improve how shoddily it was handled.
"The second front is working with the sanctioning body (IMSA)," Fehan told !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . "They've been very open and forthright in their understanding and desire to improve themselves. So we're looking for some form of improvement in the rules and their implementation. Thus far, I'm impressed with their efforts, and they are willing to listen to our input."
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I get that racing needs balance. Nobody likes to see the same team win week after week (looking at you, Formula One). But if a team earns it and has the best car on the track, why must they be hampered? Imagine Bernie deciding Mercedes, playing well within the rules, is doing too well and must run the rest of the season with at reduced power. There'd be outrage.
ly2v8-Brian
> StingrayJake
12/04/2014 at 19:48 |
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They should be used to this treatment by now.
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> StingrayJake
12/04/2014 at 19:50 |
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"Imagine Bernie deciding Mercedes, playing well within the rules, is doing too well and must run the rest of the season with at reduced power. There'd be outrage."
Ross Brawn and others would like to have a word with you.
Shifty
> StingrayJake
12/04/2014 at 20:30 |
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Like him, or hate him, CR is the epitome of class, from the top to the bottom...
f86sabre
> StingrayJake
12/04/2014 at 22:42 |
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Ah, but Bernie/FIA has done it in the past. Mass damper at Renault, tire compounds last year and more examples. The one thing that IMSA/ACO know they have going for them is the variety of cars that participate. They also know that if those car makers don't see a return on their investment they will go elsewhere with their marketing dollar/pound/euro. The thing with F-1 is it is a different level,of finance and ego and the team owners and backers are willing to be there even if they are just filling the grid. It is a very rare exception.
Also, Fehan is an absolute pro. Every interview I recall with him on Radio Le Mans seems to indicate that he is quite the dude. Just recall how his team and Prodrive pushed each other to the absolute limit, but showed huge respect to one another all the way to the point where both teams would shake hands after every race.