Comments on: The Four Series of American Le Mans Cars, 2.2.10 http://charmcitycurrent.com/brd/2010/02/05/the-four-series-of-american-le-mans-cars-2-2-10/ Perspectives from a Baltimore blogger Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:46:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cars » Blog Archive » The Four Series of American Le Mans Cars, 2.2.10 « 2011 Baltimore … http://charmcitycurrent.com/brd/2010/02/05/the-four-series-of-american-le-mans-cars-2-2-10/#comment-121 Cars » Blog Archive » The Four Series of American Le Mans Cars, 2.2.10 « 2011 Baltimore … Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:50:32 +0000 http://charmcitycurrent.com/brd/?p=91#comment-121 [...] Excerpt from: The Four Series of American Le Mans Cars, 2.2.10 « 2011 Baltimore … [...] [...] Excerpt from: The Four Series of American Le Mans Cars, 2.2.10 « 2011 Baltimore … [...]

]]> By: phoenix http://charmcitycurrent.com/brd/2010/02/05/the-four-series-of-american-le-mans-cars-2-2-10/#comment-118 phoenix Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:32:50 +0000 http://charmcitycurrent.com/brd/?p=91#comment-118 I enjoyed your article, but the information there is about a year old. For 2010, the Prototype and GT classes have changed dramatically -- P2 is being homologated into P1, and a new "LMP Challenge" spec-racer class is being put in place of the former P2. LMP-C class will feature one chassis and one engine spec, designed to expand availability to teams with smaller budgets to allow them to get involved. GT1 is no more. All gone. After seeing two Corvettes racing each other for the last few years, GT1 has ended, and GT2 class is now one homologated spec. The Corvette team is now competing with a smaller V8 and lighter chassis, against the Ferraris and Porsches and BMWs (etc) in GT class. To round out the field, several Porsche Challenge series cars have been brought in to a GT-Challenge class. This was tested out at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca last year, and will continue in 2010. All of these changes have been made in the interest of addressing ALMS' biggest hurdle: Increasing the car count. With the economy still in the dumper and many teams folding (Fernandez, Tafel) or exiting (Penske, Andretti), Atherton and Co needed to bring in more sheet metal to start the race. See you at Sebring! I enjoyed your article, but the information there is about a year old.

For 2010, the Prototype and GT classes have changed dramatically — P2 is being homologated into P1, and a new “LMP Challenge” spec-racer class is being put in place of the former P2. LMP-C class will feature one chassis and one engine spec, designed to expand availability to teams with smaller budgets to allow them to get involved.

GT1 is no more. All gone. After seeing two Corvettes racing each other for the last few years, GT1 has ended, and GT2 class is now one homologated spec. The Corvette team is now competing with a smaller V8 and lighter chassis, against the Ferraris and Porsches and BMWs (etc) in GT class.

To round out the field, several Porsche Challenge series cars have been brought in to a GT-Challenge class. This was tested out at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca last year, and will continue in 2010.

All of these changes have been made in the interest of addressing ALMS’ biggest hurdle: Increasing the car count. With the economy still in the dumper and many teams folding (Fernandez, Tafel) or exiting (Penske, Andretti), Atherton and Co needed to bring in more sheet metal to start the race.

See you at Sebring!

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