JGTC in the USA?

[Mopar]

Laguna Seca has been touted for a long time to be on the jgtcs calendar for 2004 any news on this? Is it official yet or does it seem a little unlikely now. Exposure of this series to the USA and Europe will revolutionise sportscar racing i feel as GTS will morph into allowing these cars race along side the current crop of GTS cars and thus facilitate Japanese Manufacturers joining the Class with the result being GTS (or GT1 as it will be) being the leading class at le mans. as i feel manufactures will be more willing to fund less expensive programs in this class as LmP is probably to expensive