While I like the overall coverage, from box to pit, I can't stand Dorsey Schroeder. That guy should not be allowed to be a broadcaster. He is constantly making bone-headed calls and he makes the most inane comments during the race. My wife hates it when I watch the Rolex races, because I am constantly yelling at him when he makes a stupid call. For example, during the Rolex race at RA when Rojas went off at the kink good 'ol Dorsey commented that it must have been the sun in his eyes when in fact the sun was on his left. Clearly visible from the camera coverage.....:lol: Let's hope that B Varsha will take over his spot at least.
With 14 current full-season DP entries, along with four P2 cars in the ALMS, and the likely addition of the DeltaWing, the possibility looms for a 20-car Prototype grid next year. While there is still some uncertainty, some team owners haven’t lost the faith in the unified series just yet. This should say it all........why let the 4 cars dominate the rules compromises when the bulk of the teams/cars are DP's?
Cause in my admididly biased opinion on this the DP cars are NASCAR and the P2 cars are them sporty type racing cars I happen to like better. But that's just me.
I have the same admittedly biased opinion as Nathan but I still want to see them all on the same track at the same time! If I had my way they'd leave things as they are and just combine the two series'. Make no one change anything (other than deleting P1, I suppose, he says begrudgingly) and let us watch the fun happen! I think it would be fantastic! Instead we're going to get a severe case of BoP to artificially force a particular version of competition. I'll be a broken record and say it again. Only force small and inexpensive changes for the P2s and DPs to make those two classes slightly closer (and help the DPs stay ahead of the GTs) and let them run that way. Make the more expensive changes after a test year (or 2) and then only if necessary.
The DP cars can rub paint all day long and still stay on track. The P2's are a bit more fragile and Rojas can take them all out in the first lap....performance differences won't matter then!
Juan Pablo looks to be on the outs in the Ganassi NASCAR team, he could be the new DH for the DP team.
That was my thinking too. They used his car ramming skills to good effect at last years Indy DP race.
USCR heads continue to delay releasing important info about the prototype classes for 2014. As a result, many teams are understandably holding off deciding whether they'll even participate but here's a team jumping in with both feet and hedging their bets. 8Star planning three-car USCR assault (racer.com) Full article here.
I have some good news and I have some bad news... Actually not so much news as supposition at this point but it does look like young Mr. Dagys has done his research. 2014 Schedule Taking Shape (sportscar365.net)
United Sports Car Racing (USCR) Well.....that sucks. Without Mid Ohio they've lost me. Two stupid street races and they thumb their noses at two iconic sports car tracks. Go figure.
No Lime Rock. No Mid-Ohio. Wow, talk about kicking a long standing fan base in the nuts. I am seeing fewer and fewer reasons to renew my Mid-Ohio Season Pass in 2014.
That is very sad. Mid-Ohio needs big draw races like Grand Am, ALMS now USCR. Sure bad for the tracks bottom line. I'll only buy a couple of Friday tickets next year. Hope Mid-Ohio does not do what they did at the NASCARP race this year, only weekend tickets were sold. :frown2:
My thoughts exactly. If you take this from the schedule, continue to kick us out of the paddock during the INDY race, completely deny any behind the scenes access at the Nascrap race and cut race weekends to Friday and Saturday only, there is absolutely no value in buying any pre-race ticket packages. Like most pro sports today, they have forgotten where the sport came from.