pitviper
Enthusiast
forgive me all, for my always all-too-apparent motorsport mindedness...the rules are changing. the ACO announced that the GTS class will be accepting carbon tubbed supercars as of 2003. this means that the pagani zonda, porsche carrera GT, ferrari F60, ford GT40, caddy cien, VW Nardo, etc, etc, will be now eligable to be raced by a core of racers who are ravenously hungry for cars to race and make a name with not only at LeMans itself, but also in the ALMS.
the rules also look to be moving toward where GTS will have a much more legitimate shot at winning overall (much like the GT1 class of '94-'98). the next logical step is for chrysler to make a vast improvement on the current (meaning SRT) Viper (much as the GTS was to the RT-10 initially) by building a carbon tubbed supercoupe to not only sell for the road, but also to take back to LeSarthe and win. can you imagine a Viper winning LeMans OVERALL?!?!?! eternal bragging rights my friends...not to mention some KILLER marketing power.
if need be, they can produce a more practical coupe to sell to most, while producing a run of 100 Homologation Special carbonites to get the racecars legalized. stamped and numbered...hey, the Viper GT2's didn't have any trouble getting snatched up at 100k a pop, now did they? i tend to be privy to quite a good bit of information on the sportscar/endurance racing front, and i can tell you that the time is NOW for DC to get back into the scene. the series in north america (ALMS) is only getting bigger and LeMans itself will be coming into much more of the world stage that it had been used to quite soon as well.
NASCAR is looking very much the part of the Roman Empire...it is only a matter of time before it collapses under it's own weight. say what you want about it's CURRENT popularity, but just stay tuned to the changing tides of motorsport, you'll see. the return of the "enlightened" race fan is emminent. long live the Viper in the hallowed halls of LeMans! we need to let DC know loud and clear that we want our pide and joy continually apart of the international motorsport subconcious. it's becoming a smaller world, NASCAR is but a local budget sucker...i hope they see that before it's too late...comments please...
pit
the rules also look to be moving toward where GTS will have a much more legitimate shot at winning overall (much like the GT1 class of '94-'98). the next logical step is for chrysler to make a vast improvement on the current (meaning SRT) Viper (much as the GTS was to the RT-10 initially) by building a carbon tubbed supercoupe to not only sell for the road, but also to take back to LeSarthe and win. can you imagine a Viper winning LeMans OVERALL?!?!?! eternal bragging rights my friends...not to mention some KILLER marketing power.
if need be, they can produce a more practical coupe to sell to most, while producing a run of 100 Homologation Special carbonites to get the racecars legalized. stamped and numbered...hey, the Viper GT2's didn't have any trouble getting snatched up at 100k a pop, now did they? i tend to be privy to quite a good bit of information on the sportscar/endurance racing front, and i can tell you that the time is NOW for DC to get back into the scene. the series in north america (ALMS) is only getting bigger and LeMans itself will be coming into much more of the world stage that it had been used to quite soon as well.
NASCAR is looking very much the part of the Roman Empire...it is only a matter of time before it collapses under it's own weight. say what you want about it's CURRENT popularity, but just stay tuned to the changing tides of motorsport, you'll see. the return of the "enlightened" race fan is emminent. long live the Viper in the hallowed halls of LeMans! we need to let DC know loud and clear that we want our pide and joy continually apart of the international motorsport subconcious. it's becoming a smaller world, NASCAR is but a local budget sucker...i hope they see that before it's too late...comments please...
pit