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Originally Posted by Fogelhund
The bigger question is going to quickly become, how to keep the regional series relevant. In all probability Europe will survive, but it is probable that the ALMS will not. The question then becomes, what will happen with Sebring, will it be removed, with no stops in North America at all? The other question being, how many entries will this World Championship get. Will entries in the low 20's suffice as a draw? LMS has threatened not to be involved, and if the ALMS fails there is no support categories in North America.
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The best-case scenario is that the WEC won't need to rely on any national guest starters to have competitive starting grids.
Sebring will always survive as a WEC round, the event is too important to sports car racing, it dosen't need the ALMS. PLM is another matter, it's a fan favorite but the European teams don't seem to dig it very much for some reason..
To be honest, I don't really see much of a future for the ALMS. Interest in sports car racing in the US dosen't seem to be big enough to keep two series alive and Grand-Am simply has more potent backers behind them.
If BMW ends their programme after this year (which is likely with DTM coming up, unless RLR can fund it independendtly) and Corvette choses to do WEC instead of the ALMS then the series is completely busted. Currently, the ALMS is being kept alive by its GT class which is attractive because of the manufacturer involvement... if that breaks down, the series has nothing to fall back on.