In all the years I have followed sports car racing, there have been many decisions made (political and rule changes etc), that have brought out the doomsday predictions for the category. It is a bit unfortunate that the ALMS which, arguably, has been the strongest series (in recent times) up till the end of 2008, is now the series that seems to be copping it in the neck, big time. I realise that the ACO is looking at the big picture worldwide, but it seems like a big kick in the guts to the most popular series in sports car racing. From a long way across the other side of the world, it always seemed to me that the ACO and the ALMS worked well together for the successful promotion of sports car racing world wide, or at least in Europe and the U.S.
Grandam must be happy with all this.
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