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Totally agree!!! I want to see more cars in GT1!!!

--- Ambrecht from San Diego on 11.20.2007 at 2:44PM

hell yea, would make the races more interesting then watching corvette just beat the Austin Martin's time after time

--- NapoleonMikey from Kissimmee, Fl on 11.20.2007 at 6:23PM

Should say, "So, competitor brands to Corvette, are you participants or just pathetic?"

--- ride250s from Iowa on 11.21.2007 at 1:42PM

"Bottom line" is that allot of these will be racing next year, just not in the US but instead in Europe, when is Vette guna step-up and come hear to where the racing is.

--- Manzarek from unknown on 11.22.2007 at 11:20AM

There are plenty of races in Europe, come to America where it really matters...

--- ride250s from Iowa on 11.22.2007 at 1:25PM

So dodge makes the 2003 Viper Srt-10, then creates its 2003 Viper Competition Coupe. The CC gets updates every year, with about 25 coming off a year.Now for 2008 we have a new Viper out, with 100 more hp. 600hp, perfect for a GT1 car. Time for Dodge to make a major update on that CC...I remember talking to Carsport at Laguna in 2005 about it, they wanted to stick the GTSR engine in the CC, they really liked that chassis....
Hurry up Dodge, grab life my the horns!

--- JT Tami from Southern California on 11.25.2007 at 3:29AM

Actually, the real "Bottom Line" is that there is a much bigger market for sports cars and "exotic" cars in the US than in Europe. Remember, Race on Sunday, sell on Monday. That should be reason enough for some of these manufacturers to race in the US!!! And notice I said "race" not "win" cause the Vettes are pretty damn dominant!!!

--- 92 LT1 from Texas on 11.28.2007 at 1:22PM

You must be kidding, there are over 730million people living in Europe, there is more money here than ever before, we are the backbone of the motoring industry for exotic cars. A big problem for the US is a lack of prestige in motor sport in comparison to Europe, it blows my mind every time i see CART race round a bloody airport, why the hell would i want to race at an airport when i can drive round Spa!

--- Manzarek from unknown on 11.29.2007 at 3:13PM

note to BBV: please stop making dumb assumptions. RML developed the new MB SLR race car. toyota is busy putting incentives on the hoods of tundras to nascar fans. ford owns around 35 % of mazda. did you know that Oreca helped Mazda win Le Mans in 1991 with a rotary engine? is this website run by a seventeen-year-old?

--- alms fan from usa on 11.29.2007 at 4:49PM

The RML SLR 722 GT is going to be part of a one make series, created for the European SLR owners club.

--- Manzarek from unknown on 11.29.2007 at 6:08PM

Manzarek, I agree with your point of the lack of prestige in motorsports in the US. For some reason, many Americans are very keen on watching nearly identically prepared "stock" cars with stickers on the cars to differentiate manufacturers and models all drive in circles. It seems to be more of a love for the driver than for the car in the US. However, my point is that the POTENTIAL for growth in the US for true sports car racing is HUGE!!! If more Americans ever get the passion that they have now for NASCAR and turn that into passion for sports car racing there will be a huge loyal fan base for these manufacturers. Look at the Toyota business model. They are pushing NASCAR-loving Americans to accept Toyota as "an equal" to the beloved Ford, Chevy and Dodge brands. In my opinion, some of the European brands should try a similar tactic. My only examples showing that this works is Corvette and Porsche. They have been involved in US motorsports for years, and you see a lot of them on the road. And as far as great tracks, Sebring and Daytona are OK but Europe does have a big advantage over the US in that category. But, build it, and they will come...

--- 92 LT1 from Texas on 12.04.2007 at 10:11AM

Agreed the potential is massive and once people come TV follows which in turn brings money and would promote the building of new tracks bringing the teams over from Europe. the problem is that this type of motor sport always dies and is then reborn due to manufactures putting in to much money to try and win killing of the Championship (this is a common problem in Europe) but Sportscar/GT racing is well established in Europe but not to the same degree in the US so what happens when it dies there, you loose the fans, TV, money etc so to create pedigree in the US is going to be a difficult job especially when the strings are being pulled by the ACO, this means you cant just change the rules to even things out or reduce costs in the ALMS as it would make the cars ineligible for Le-Mans which is the most important thing to the manufactures. Don't forget that Audi has announced that they will be racing in the LMS from next year as well.

--- Manzarek from unknown on 12.05.2007 at 8:40AM

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Agreed the potential is massive and once people come TV follows which in turn brings money and would promote the building of new tracks bringing the teams over from Europe. the problem is that this type of motor sport always dies and is then reborn due to manufactures putting in to much money to try and win killing of the Championship (this is a common problem in Europe) but Sportscar/GT racing is well established in Europe but not to the same degree in the US so what happens when it dies there, you loose the fans, TV, money etc so to create pedigree in the US is going to be a difficult job especially when the strings are being pulled by the ACO, this means you cant just change the rules to even things out or reduce costs in the ALMS as it would make the cars ineligible for Le-Mans which is the most important thing to the manufactures. Don't forget that Audi has announced that they will be racing in the LMS from next year as well.
--- Manzarek from unknown on 12.05.2007 at 8:40AM