Grand Am making its move, is it time for ALMS to make its move?

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Originally Posted by chernaudi

I don't think that IMSA really wants to speed up the Porsche 911 GT3 cup type cars, as they're nearly as fast as GT2 cars down the straights. What IMSA may do is slow the FIA GT3 cars [...]

Take the Audi R8 LMS for example, since that's the car that a lot of people focus on. I say let them keep the 5.2 liter V10, but slap a smaller restrictor on in and have have Audi make available "budget package" version of it [...]

Not only would that help satify IMSA intentions of keeping the cars slower than GT2s and make performance ballancing easier, it would make the R8 LMS and other GT3 cars-which are nearly as expensive as GT2 cars-cheaper, which in the long run would satisfy Audi, Porsche, and others as their "GT3" cars would be more avialbile from a cost standpoint and can be upgraded to international/FIA GT3 specs by buying an electronics/air restrictor package and maybe the relevant wheels/tires and so on.

Exactly. GTC should be opened to other brands only if they are slower and cheaper than LMGT / GTE cars.