USCC 2014 Entry List & Schedule ONLY

[jeast]

Originally Posted by ACFlinn

Yes, some fans should lose the attitude - unless they can prove that they can do better.

Andy Flinn

So because we all don't have the money/time to buy a race car we all should be forced to watch club racing?

[ACFlinn]

Originally Posted by jeast

So because we all don't have the money/time to buy a race car we all should be forced to watch club racing?

Nobody's forcing you to do anything.

Andy Flinn

[TF110]

If you want to watch GTE class cars in North America you are forced to watch "club spec" racers.

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by ACFlinn

Yes, some fans should lose the attitude - unless they can prove that they can do better.

Andy Flinn

You can apply this flawed argument to almost anything in life.

[pach233]

[QUOTE=PatrickB;3312023]Heres some current PC drivers-
Ryan Dalziel
Bruno Junqueira
Tom Kimber-Smith
Dane Cameron
Colin Braun
Some of the best prototype drivers out there bar none. Plus its a fantastic way for guys to get into protoypes and possibly move up to the big class in the future. QUOTE]

Yes, and they all drive in the 2nd half of the race after their amateur co-drivers have spun and crashed into half the GT field causing SC after SC. A couple of hot-shoes who didn't have enough money to continue up the open wheel "ladder" does not an interesting class make.

Which teams have used PC to get into prototypes and then move up? Level 5? Although they were in DP and may go back into PC next year. Four years of the class haven't produced any teams moving up. The class just isn't very interesting. It was purely introduced as a field filler for when the economy tanked in '08 and the ALMS field fell apart. And I like/root for a lot of the people in the class!

[Fogelhund]

Originally Posted by ACFlinn

Yes, some fans should lose the attitude - unless they can prove that they can do better.

Andy Flinn

I suppose you've run a successful sportscar racing series for many decades? Seems it's been a favourite past time of yours to discredit the ALMS the last decade? Maybe ummm, take your own advice?

[Aysedasi]

OK. Back to topic.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Fogelhund

Which cars are on the grid, including PCs is pertinent to this topic no?

Please keep this thread to specific entries.
General discussion on class inclusion and changes to the series are should be in the main thread. As Aysedasi has asked. Obviously it is related, but as it will derail the thread and ruin it please follow this direction. Perhaps if people could avoid getting in a tizzy...
Conversation on this direction is also not welcome here. It is getting in the way of the topic.

[HORNDAWG]

DragonSpeed testing in their PC at Daytona ahead of next years entry.


http://sportscar365.com/imsa/uscc/dr...st-at-daytona/








L.P.

[Adam43]

Is that confirmation of their entry?

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Is that confirmation of their entry?

"“We’re really happy to have the opportunity to test there,” team owner Elton Julian told Sportscar365.” To do it privately is special and it’s really to prepare for next year. I want to be able to sell seats and to prove that we’re a team that’s ready for the [Rolex] 24."





L.P.

[Adam43]

Thanks, although I had read that.

I was more asking if this was news, actual confirmation, or something we already knew.

[Coach Ep]

Lizards will be back in GTD, presumably with 2 or even 3 Porsches: http://sportscar365.com/imsa/uscc/fl...g-gtd-program/

[Mechanic Z]

Ganassi to Chevy in Indycar. Doesn't say anything about USCC, but it may be an indication of their sports car program.

http://www.racer.com/chip-ganassi-ra...rticle/314879/

[65mustang]

Originally Posted by Mechanic Z

Ganassi to Chevy in Indycar. Doesn't say anything about USCC, but it may be an indication of their sports car program.

http://www.racer.com/chip-ganassi-ra...rticle/314879/

Doesn't appear to be much chance of them switching to LMP2 HPD's now.

[cmk]

Seems unlikely if they're really going in for cross-series synergy, doesn't it? Then again, they ran Chevy in NASCAR, Honda in Indycar and BMW in Grand-Am this year. I expect, in the end, they'll run what makes the most sense from a fiscal and competition standpoint. I feel that's just how CGR operates.

[NaBUru38]

How are the grid counts so far? Based on this season's figures, my uneducated guesses are:

o- P: 10-16
o- PC: 6-8
o- GT: 8-10
o- GTD: 8-12

Total: 32-46

I guess that there will be around 20 protos and 20 GTs.

[Dyson Mazda]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

How are the grid counts so far? Based on this season's figures, my uneducated guesses are:

o- P: 10-16
o- PC: 6-8
o- GT: 8-10
o- GTD: 8-12

Total: 32-46

I guess that there will be around 20 protos and 20 GTs.

My list right now has assuming there are not a ton of drop outs

Prototype: 20-24
Prototype Challenge: 8-11
GTLM: 10-12
GTD: 19-23

[FstrthnU]

http://sportscar365.com/imsa/uscc/al...r-gtd-program/

Alex Job Racing targeting 2 entries, 1 confirmed ATM w/ Cooper Macneil. Will likely be Porsche 911 GT Americas, but it's not set in stone yet.

Also, AJR will be ending the West Ferrari program because they know that a Pro-Am lineup will not be competitive in GTLM.

[NaBUru38]

Originally Posted by FstrthnU

http://sportscar365.com/imsa/uscc/al...r-gtd-program/

AJR will be ending the West Ferrari program because they know that a Pro-Am lineup will not be competitive in GTLM.

So it’s two 911, two Corvette, two Z4, two Viper and what else? It’s 8 professional GTLM entries, but United SportsCar deserves more than that.

[Salamus]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

So it’s two 911, two Corvette, two Z4, two Viper and what else? It’s 8 professional GTLM entries, but United SportsCar deserves more than that.

Falken?
Risi?
Brumos?

[Breitling24]

Originally Posted by Salamus

Falken?
Risi?
Brumos?

Yes.
Maybe.
Unlikely. (GTD, maybe)

[MoMedic9019]

The GTLM class is going to end up just like GT1. Dead, with two corvettes, and two porkers, maybe two snakes unless GT3 cars really are the moneymaker.

I'm not trying to be pessimistic here, but, I feel that GT3 is the way to go. Either pro-am, or pro. I'm just envisioning things going the way they did when GT1 was starting to out-price, out-pace, and out-engineer the privateers.

[Breitling24]

Originally Posted by MoMedic9019

...maybe two snakes...

And they need to start selling street snakes, or the racing ones may go away, too.

http://jalopnik.com/why-is-no-one-bu...per-1440587656

[jasonjessica09]

Originally Posted by MoMedic9019

The GTLM class is going to end up just like GT1. Dead, with two corvettes, and two porkers, maybe two snakes unless GT3 cars really are the moneymaker.

I'm not trying to be pessimistic here, but, I feel that GT3 is the way to go. Either pro-am, or pro. I'm just envisioning things going the way they did when GT1 was starting to out-price, out-pace, and out-engineer the privateers.

No pessimism at all. That is clear in fact which is why the GTLM/GT3 merger is happening later this decade. Hopefully in 2017 we'll end up with the GT+ and GT Am set up. And that works for me since GTLM and GT3 (the full FIA configuration) run the same speeds already. Watch some international GT open. Its a cool series because you can legitimately compare GTLM and GT3 cars with each other.