ALMS And Grand Am Announce Plans To Become Most Confusing Thing In The World
ALMS And Grand Am Announce Plans To Become Most Confusing Thing In The World
One thing I do like about Rolex Sport Car series is that they only have two classes: Daytona Prototype and GT*. Looks like the next year, the merged series will have two prototype classes (the merged DP/P2 class, and LMPC) and two GT classes (the ALMS GT and Grand Am's GT). I hope this is only for a transition period.
*As of now I view the new GX class merely as a curiosity/demo class.
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It's really not that confusing. There are two prototype classes and two GT classes. Sports car racing traditionally has multiple classes, and watching the prototypes carve up through the slower cars is one of the attractions to this form of the sport.
LeMans also has four official classes, plus "Garage 56" which would include cars like the DeltaWing.
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I understand the multi-class racing thing. What makes the next season truly fascinating (or despicable, depending on the perspective) is the true trainwreck of many different classes. In the main prototype class, there will be the ALMS LMP2 cars and Grand Am's DPs. Supposedly DPs are cheaper to run, but slower. Something will be done to speed up the DPs to be competitive with LMP2 cars. The prototype field will be huge. It will be interesting how all that pans out, and who comes on top.
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I liked the Grand American's two class format. It kept things simple and all the fans had a basic understanding of what was going on. I've never liked apples and oranges racing, performance adjustments, etc. I like a straight up fight where the rules are the same for everyone.
I'de imagine what GA is doing now is making it possible for everyone who has a car to race, and they will streamline things down later when they see how it plays out.