"TheBaron2112" (TheBaron2112)
01/28/2014 at 17:19 • Filed to: None
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"TheBaron2112" (TheBaron2112)
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You guys want to read this if you are worried about the state of DPs vs LMP2s in the wake of Daytona.
http://www.gordonkirby.com/categories/col…
Choice quotes:
"I think the thought process for the series going forward is that they're looking at the next minute. They are not looking down the road for the product they want at the end of the year. Instead they're forcing things on us that should have happened a year ago without any thought about the costs or resources that are needed to adapt to what they're mandating.
(ESM Director Rob Hill):
Hill has little faith in the TUSC's vision for the future.
"I don't think the series has a longterm plan," he declared.
"I can honestly see sometime next year we'll be running some kind of
restrictor plate and they're just going to continue messing with the
cars trying to equalize everyone. I think that's going to be their MO
for trying to bring a fan base to this series.
"A DP is nothing more than a late seventies Trans-Am car with
more bodywork. They're an antique, tube-frame car and the mentality of
the people we have to deal with is equally antique. They don't want
change, they don't want technology. They're not interested in selling
technology and I think it's going to kill them in the long run. They're
just hurtling toward the cliff and they don't seem to realize it."
I got a bad feeling about this. We may like the fact that sports car racing has remained alive in the US with this merger, but I don't think this bodes well for its future. Especially if the governing body keeps torpedoing the teams on a cost basis.
Somethingwittyer likes noisy
> TheBaron2112
01/28/2014 at 17:24 |
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I'm taking what Rob Hill said with a grain of salt considering ESM was just annihilated at Daytona. However the fact of the matter is having BoP tests take place at Daytona really doesn't make sense and God knows how hard the equalization comes down on cars just because one driver couldn't drive a pole sitting car at all or another one managed to get every piece of performance from an utter turd. Over all I am much more wary of BoP then I once was.
Stef Schrader
> TheBaron2112
01/28/2014 at 17:33 |
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It just seems like they're behind on everything. I think we got rules for LeMons and Chump before they'd finalized the ruleset for TUSC, and we don't have to deal with R&D, new aero rules or multimillion dollar budgets in our series, for pete's sake.
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tifosi3317
> TheBaron2112
01/28/2014 at 18:04 |
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It almost sounds to me like they are pissing teams off on purpose to thin out the field. Daytona was a CF with all those cars out there. I was quite dissapointed that what was Grand Am basically bought out ALMS. Such a great series that was and there was never none of this mess. This is what happens when you adopt a NASCAR mentality.