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Random thoughts:
1. Cost containment matters a lot if the series is going to expand to nine or even 10 races. The WEC needs P2 and GTE-Am entries to keep the grid large enough. Yet P2 and GTE-Am teams have two options of getting to Le Mans: The WEC or ELMS. The longer the WEC schedule becomes (and thus more costly and time consuming for the amateur drivers cover a big portion of the costs), the greater the tendency for some teams to go to the ELMS instead.
2. So whatever happened to the WEC becoming a winter series, beginning the season in the fall with the last race being at Le Mans and then taking a long summer break? The WEC were talking that up a year or two ago, now they seem to have gone in the complete opposite direction with the mention of a possible race in July...
3. We apparently have the (strong?) potential for Road America to replace COTA in 2017. Road America's traditional IMSA date is in early August. Does this factor into the WEC's planning for 2016? Are any new additions in 2016 one year deal(s) like the Nurburgring this year or is the series entering into longer-term commitments? If longer-term deals, do they accommodate a Road America date in 2017?
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