ALMS, GRAND-AM Finalizing Merger

[6 Shooter]

SPEED.com has confirmed through multiple sources involved with the negotiations that the American Le Mans Series and the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series will announce an agreement that will see the two series race under a single banner, likely beginning in 2014.www.speedtv.com

 

[catbert]

It's about time. Now maybe a combined series will have more competitors and greater exposure. This could be very good news for big time sports car racing. Seems like a win-win for fans.

 

[6 Shooter]

It'll be interesting ta see how this developes...

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[F4Gary]

Here is a good article on it.

Fumes - Autoextremist.com ~ the bare-knuckled, unvarnished, high octane truth...

 

[cor123]

SPEED.com will carry live coverage of ALMS / GRANDAM merger announcement, Wed 9am CDT.

Video Link: http://stream.speedtv.com/breaking-news

 

[O Vette]

This merger kind of makes me nervous. Frankly, I don't see how this benefits the ALMS. Corvettes now race in Grand Am and ALMS. i hope they continue in the ALMS part of the merger. Also, I would hate to see them go to a spec car series like Nascar. I like the ALMS endurance format. I'm not crazy about races that only go 2-3 hours. I think Panoz just decided to cash in and couldn't resist the offer.