[FIA GT] GT3 American Championship proposed

[nickyf1]

GT3 cars would still be competitive, this years Nurburgring 24 Hours springs to mind.

[JAG]

It seems there will be no Audi US customer program in 2011.

AUDI AG’s customer sport program that was launched in 2009 will be expanded and restructured. The responsibility for the further development of the Audi R8 LMS, sales of the vehicles and technical support for the worldwide customer and importers teams has been delegated to quattro GmbH.

Whereas the main focus was previously on Europe, the Asian market will be served as well in 2011.

The participation in the 24 Hour races at the Nürburgring (June 25/26) and at Spa-Francorchamps (July 30/31) spearheads the customer sport commitment with the Audi R8 LMS. Audi will also support entries at other endurance races such as the 12 Hours at Bathurst (Australia) as part of its customer sport commitment.

In addition, Audi is planning a modular customer sport concept that will include an endurance version of the TT RS and a GT4 version of the Audi TT. The TT RS has already successfully completed first runs on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife and will continue to be developed during the winter. A concept of the TT GT4 was presented at the DTM race meeting in Shanghai. Delivery of the first customer vehicles is planned for 2012.

[Canada ALMS fan]

Originally Posted by kyoung

It would be nice if Grand AM and ALMS and WC could play nice and share this ONE entry level series and have cars based heavily on their road going counterparts. GT3 teams could run the same amount of races in each series.

This is the premise of my whole argument but sadly will never happen... it makes too much sense.
Jag, Porsche paid to keep the Challenge class closed to make money off cars and parts.