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Why do you still bother posting here? This place is dead...

Well, you could try OPENING YOUR EYES and actually look at the MOTORCYCLE FORUMS.

No seriously - on the main forums page, scroll down PAST the Auto Racing section to the group of DEDICATED...

Yet another poor fool who doesn't understand reality.

The street races are where IndyCar makes it's money. IndyCar cannot afford to take risks right now - it must stay where it KNOWS it will make...

That's because I, like most of us, have moved elsewhere.

Yes, because that worked SO well last time...

The fact of the matter is, this situation is nowhere near dire enough to launch the nukes. And starting a new series is, without a doubt, the nuclear...

Funny thing about that....The IMS board hired Bernard partially because they felt he would NOT bend over for the car owners.

Wrong. It is not easy to find those better people. Just because they hired someone good for the job doesn't mean they hired the BEST person for the job.

Look at the idiot CEO the HP board of...

With today's news over in IndyCar it is all the more imperative that this merger work out as best as possible - and don't think the guys handling it don't know it. If IMS screws this up they can...

I'm going to take a sensible approach and see what the IMS board does to replace him. As good as Bernard has been for the sport, and as much as I wanted him to stay around, I can guarantee you that...

That will never, EVER happen unless they decide to completely revamp the DP class - and they will never do so since it was designed to be cheap and simple. Even the tech overhaul, significant as it...

I don't see GX becoming a CTSCC class under any circumstances; That series has insanely large fields already, and being a tech-friendly class it's pricetag is going to be too high for that level.

Too complicated for setting up the rules. LMPC and LMP2 are both notably faster than DP, and very similar to each other in their technical specs(the LMPC cars are literally built around the same tub...

Funny... A while back you were VEHEMENTLY insistent that the ALMS cars would NOT be part of the new series. Funny how all of a sudden your changing gears to line up with my viewpoints.



It's...

As scooter already noted, GTE will be present in some form for the simple reason I've been banging on about from the beginning: Grand-Am will NOT alienate any teams or manufacturers if it can avoid...

I'm pretty sure someone once said the the Mazda RX-8 couldn't compete with the Porsche 911 Cup car back when the tube-frame Mazdas were announced.

In any case, GA has been clear: The GX class is...

I'm not. One discussion is simply not representative of one's feeling overall - particularly not a dicussion as narrowly focused as this.



Incorrect! Did NOT say that about the GTE class! Only...

There is no evidence supporting any conclusion. Believing there is factual evidence to support a conclusion is not merely willful ignorance - it's delusion.

Actually, I'll take that back....

Okay, the bulk of your post I have cut out because, well, the fact of the matter is it says exactly what I suspected: You don't know jack.

By that, I do NOT mean you don't understand how...

Answer me this one simple question: How do you know, with any kind of certainty, the LMPs and GTEs will NOT be in the merged series? And I mean the CARS THEMSELVES AND THE ENGINES THEY RUN.

As for...

It does show, however, that they are not just going to sell the series to Tony and his group.

Yes they are.



Which used identical rulebooks until the Daytona Prototype was introduced.



There is NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. They are two different blanket terms that cover BOTH...

Correct. Which is just another form of BoP.

ANY system which aims to level the playing field of a given race series is a Balance of Performance system.

Balance of Performance does not reward...

I know DAMN WELL why people are complaining about the loss of the ALMS. And the fact of the matter is, they're NOT USING THEIR BRAINS when they complain.



You HONESTLY think there was no BoP in...

NO THEY HAVE NOT. They have announced that discussion with the FIA about the POSSIBILITY of merging GT3 and GTE are underway. There are no set plans, nor any guarantee that a merger will happen.

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Hold up, here; The GTE/GT3 merger is not finalized yet, and may never happen - there are some big pushers(not the least of whom being Stephane Ratelli) who are opposed to it. Keep the talk of how...