A Guide To.. 2014 TUDOR United Sportscar
Sportscar racing is a complicated beast at the best of times, and especially so when two competing series combine into one. That is what has happened to North American sportscar racing in 2014. I hope...
View ArticleThe Reveal – United SportsCar Racing
I’ve posted a lot about the merger of the US sportscar series ALMS and GrandAm so it is only right I comment on Thursday’s big reveal. In summary – I approve! The new name of the series is United...
View ArticleThe 2013 Season Is Upon Us
The long off-season is ending! It has crept up on me quite quietly and the four or five posts I’d intended to write since New Year never came to be written, so I’ll condense a few thoughts here. We’ve...
View Article2014 Merged American Sportscar Class Structure
I’m a fan of the American Le Mans Series. As I described (potentially quite poorly) in a couple of recent posts, that series has been purchased by the rival Grand-Am organisation which runs the Rolex...
View ArticleGrand-Am & ALMS Merger: Cars & Tracks
This is a follow-up to my opinion piece on the merger itself and in this post I focus in on the potential race classes as well as my choice of schedule for the 2014 season and beyond. Class Structure...
View ArticleOn The Merger of Grand-Am and ALMS
Exciting things are happening in sportscar racing at the moment. A succession of changes in outlo0ks is reshaping top line series everywhere. Globally this is no better seen than in the reintroduction...
View ArticleA Close End to the 2012 Rolex Daytona 24
What a brilliant result at the Rolex 24 at Daytona! A popular win in Justin Wilson in his first professional race since his injury last season in IndyCar. I don’t follow Grand-Am racing but I heard on...
View ArticleGrandAm: 2011 Rolex 24 at Daytona
I watched a sizeable chunk of the Daytona 24 Hours live a couple of weeks ago. It was good fun, especially as the Blogathon was happening at the same time and I was also juggling Twitter and some live...
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