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Conference oass::racers

Title:Racers and Racing
Notice:As long as it's not NASCAR or F1 or Drags...
Moderator:RHETT::BURDEN_D
Created:Tue Aug 08 1995
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:391
Total number of notes:4486

115.0. "IMSA '93 and beyond" by CRASHR::JILLY (COSROCS -- In Thrust We Trust) Tue Jan 12 1993 11:25

Anybody get a look at the proposed new IMSA GTP class of cars.  Open 
cockpit w/ 2 driver seats.  Looked pretty good.

Jilly
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115.1Will it be sucessful?.DVOPAS::WADERS::malkoskiFri Jan 15 1993 20:448
I think they look good - sorta a throw back to the open cars of the mid-70s and 
the CAN-AM. But it is hard to make any sense of the new regs. All sportcar racing 
has suffered from high cost. The governing bodies, especially the FIA, have really 
messed up the whole busiess. This is the lowest point in the long and glorious 
history of sportscar racing. And it isn't clear to me how the new IMSA regs 
address any of the pressing issues.

Paul
115.2What else besides WSC cars??WONDER::BRODEURWed Oct 13 1993 12:167
    
    	So what else will IMSA be running next year besides the WSC cars?
    Sounds like both the GTP and Lights cars are history. Does this mean
    they will now run the WSC cars along side GTO/GTU? Just curious..
    
    Paul 
    
115.3WSC looks goodMACNAS::GGARRETTThu Oct 14 1993 06:308
    With Ferrari,Spice,Reynard etc all committed to building WSC cars I
    would have thought they were the answer to IMSA's prayers. Even LeMans
    will allow them. 
    
    Spice are quoted as saying they had sold more cars in the last three
    months as they did in the last three years! 
    
    Gabriel
115.4Ferrari in IMSA 94CSC32::P_SHERRYFri Oct 29 1993 21:487
    Noted in Autoweek's latest edition that Ferrari has indeed come up with
    entries for WSC (IMSA's version) in'94. They've given it a designation,
    and will aslo have a version legal for the FIA/FISA Touring car series
    (the series for XJ220's et al). A hpoeful sign; usually the boys at
    Marenello just talk about this type of project. Can't imagine it would
    be cheaper than a Spice or the like; judging by the proposed powerplant
    (3.5 liter v-12) they have found a way to recycle the old F-1 units..