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Id rather Road America, but dont think itll happen.
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Dito.. Not a very exciting layout and another track where there's already a huge event on the calendar. I think WEC would benefit a lot from racing at more circuits where they can be the main event of the year.
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Another WEC race in NA is good, even if it'll be at Indy's crappy roval course.
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If it has to be a Grade 1 circuit in North America, I'd put Montreal and (soon, as long as they don't kill it) Mexico City above Indy. But possibly would put Indy ahead of COTA. Personal preference, of course.
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Doesn't sound like this is the content of the announcement. Or what exactly would they announce, that they're having discussions? |
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Who knows if they intend to talk about another N.A. round at their press conference. Thats why the rhetorical question.
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Is Daytona FIA grade 1 these days?
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And they will never, ever return to Sebring. (btw kudos to Lamborghini for hosting it's world finals this year at Florida!) Last edited by Deleted; 6 Jan 2015 at 20:35. |
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Daytona's roval is a very simply looking track, but it's very fast on that banking. Would be very hard on the tires and suspension. It would be more interesting then Indy's roval.
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Daytona is Grade 2, the official list doesn't separate the oval and roval.
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Just a thought: might Ford be 'over-eager' and participate in both WEC and TUSC in 2016 (in GTE)?
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Why would Fehan be involved in a Ford-themed press conference? I still think it's just a PSA - "Hey we have a race in Texas. Go"
Of course France, not wanting to waste the opportunity to build the public image of the Le Mans link and make it so we can't think NA sports cars with out thinking NASCAR, would want to be there. Also Brown, Sharp and Dempsey - Main Sponsors and entertainment personality. WEC: We have a race in Texas. Lone State Le Mans. Go to it. TUSC & friends: We replicate (lol) that race with several North American races. See, Corvette, the main series sponsor, and this guy that you all know even if you don't know cars will all be there. Go to the races. Last edited by seanyb505; 8 Jan 2015 at 16:37. |
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Dempsey makes for a big name in the series, but he's in the slowest class. "Come watch Patrick Dempsey (at the rear of the field we hardly focus on)!" I hope its more than that, but I sure dont expect anything grand.
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In 2013 at COTA I was fortunate enough to have lunch with Doug Fehan and a few other people. I did ask him if he ever considered adding a full WEC schedule to their program. His straight up answer was, if one of the other American manufacturers did it then Corvette would do it as well. He said that he has been hounding his Ford equivalent for years to come race. Obviously there was no interest in years past, just look at Robertson and how they received zero support from the factory. I wouldn't be surprised now if Ford did announce that they were doing the WEC that Corvette would follow suit.
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The mid engined Vette is sounding more and more like a reality all of the time. How about that versus the Ford GT at LeMans!?
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