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That's where I was going with that, too. ATCC is much less technologically advanced, and Trans Am as Screiver has made it is closer to the street stock series (which makes sense because that is where Trans Am came from in the first place) than the tube-framed, 700-horsepower brutes that run TA today. I personally do agree with Al Bundy - it would be too much, and as a result the series would not catch on, with all of the competition. Fans of tin-top racing would in this world have a big fill with the ATCC. But if you ran a Super Touring class within the IMSA GT Championship (possible - the ALMS tried to suck in Cadillac and Lexus with such an idea a few years back) with DTM rules, or limited the DTM in America to two or three rounds in markets not already saturated with racing (the Pacific Northwest, for example), you could make it work, but that doesn't really constitute a North American DTM.

I also think three ladder series to Indycars might be pushing it a bit, especially if USAC's sprint car drivers still have Indycar on their radar. With the successes of Stewart, Gordon, Stanley and Irwin in the 90s, you'd surely have the best sprint car drivers paying more attention to Indianapolis and Indycar Racing in general, which along with the ladder series, is going to make for a LOT of guys looking for Indycar rides, clogging the ladders somewhat. This can be a benefit, though, as with all of this talent, guys landing in the big series directly from Europe or South America (Champ Car had lots of these in its later years) are going to be exceedingly rare, and not many drivers are gonna arrive at this point unknown. That ITTL means we might not see guys like Tomas Schekter, Ryan Briscoe or Justin Wilson, but guys who ran in ladder series here before moving up from outside of North America (Wheldon, Kanaan, de Silvestro, Dixon, Castroneves) will be just as common as now, I would think.

I'll add Super Touring class within the IMSA GT Championshipuseing DTM rules.
 
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I'll replace the Renault with Infinit.

That's probably better, but I don't think its impossible to have Renault return to the US market after their merger with Nissan. It actually makes sense from one perspective as well, as at the time two of Nissan's most troublesome car categories were subcompacts and minivans - two things Renault, through the Clio hatchback and Espace minivan, does very well. (The Espace now even uses the same 3.5-liver V6 engine from the 350Z, with a bit of a tuning down.)

I'll add Super Touring class within the IMSA GT Championship useing DTM rules.

That works, and I can see Mercedes-Benz and Lexus being two competitors. Audi and BMW probably wouldn't bother, with their other sportscar programs. Al Bundy's idea about Opel staying in the DTM and using the Insignia, and thus allowing GM to change a few details and then running it as a Buick Regal in IMSA, works nicely as well, though GM has a Cadillac LMP and Corvette GT programs and may not want to run a third program - but then again, if Opel is doing all of the development work, it might just all work out. With the immense downforce DTM cars make, I can see them actually being competitive with the big GT1s for GT wins at twisty tracks like Mid-Ohio, Barber Park or Laguna Seca, but reliability is gonna be a problem at the longer events and the rougher street circuits.

I'm thinking of the field this IMSA series would have and having a hard time not drooling. I love the very sound of it. :D
 
I think you're close. The only change to the teams I'd make is to leave Turner out. In this world, Turner Motorsport would probably be dedicated to winning the USTCC for BMW. So, I'm guessing the overall entries and cars would be:

LMP1 (19 cars)
- Audi Sport Team Champion (2 Audi R18 TDI)
- Peugeot Talbot Sport (2 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP)
- Team Cadillac (2 Cadillac LMP11)
- Mopar Performance (2 Dallara-Chrysler LMP-4)
- Ford Racing / Elan Motorsport Technologies (2 Panoz LMP10-Ford)
- Andretti Autosport (1 Acura ARX-01E)
- Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (1 Lola B11/60-Chrysler)
- Dyson Racing Team (2 Lola B09/86-Mazda Rotary)
- Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing (1 Lola B09/62-Aston Martin V12)
- DHL Team Penske (2 Porsche RS Spyder Evo II)
- Roush Racing (2 Panoz LMP07 Evo IV-Ford)

I can see a problem here as well - you'd have to get IMSA to keep the diesels down to size or crank up the gasoline-fueled cars to keep up with them. If Audi and Peugeot consistently run away with the series, then the other factory teams aren't gonna stick around long.



I would imagine that in this world only Krohn, SunTrust and Brumos would have two cars each, and Brumos would probably work with Fabcar build their chassis. (Cheever would probably do that, too.) Risi Competitzione in this world would probably stick to Ferrari F430s in the GT catgory. With that, and assuming most of the chassis of the Grand-Am series come to P2 in IMSA, you get:

LMP2 (14 cars)
- Alex Job Racing (1 Lola B11/40-Porsche V8)
- Brumos Fabcar Racing (2 Fabcar FDSC10-Porsche V8)
- Cheever Coyote Racing (1 Coyote SC11-Pontiac I4 turbo)
- Childress-Howard Motorsports (1 Riley and Scott Mk VII-Pontiac I4 turbo)
- Dale Earnhardt Inc. (1 Riley and Scott Mk VII-Pontiac I4 turbo)
- Derhaag Motorsports (1 Lola B11/40-Nissan V8)
- Fernandez Racing (1 Acura ARX-01C)
- Gainsco / Bob Stallings Racing (1 Acura ARX-01C)
- Krohn Racing (2 Lola B11/40-Ferrari V8)
- Spirit of Daytona Racing (1 Fabcar FDSC10-Porsche V8)
- SunTrust Racing (2 Zytek Z11SN-Pontiac I4 turbo)



What I'm figuring is:

GT (14 cars)
- Corvette Racing (2 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.R)
- Risi Competitzione (2 Ferrari 599 GT1)
- Veloqx Prodrive Racing (2 Ferrari 599 GT1)
- Aston Martin Racing (2 Aston Martin DBR9)
- Sumo Power GT (1 Nissan GT-R GT1)
- Team Yokohama Advan (1 Nissan GT-R GT1)
- Doran-Lista Racing (1 Lamborghini Murcielago LP670 R-SV)
- Reiter Engineering North America (1 Lamborghini Murcielago LP670 R-SV)
- Luc Alphand Adventures (1 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R)
- Robinson Racing Team (1 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R)

GT Challenge (26 cars)
- BMW Motorsport (2 BMW M3 GT2)
- Risi Competitzione (2 Ferrari 458 Italia GTC)
- Extreme Speed Motorsports (2 Ferrari 458 Italia GTC)
- Flying Lizard Motorsports (2 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR)
- Alex Job Racing (2 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR)
- KVRT Lotus Jetalliance (2 Lotus Evora GTE)
- Nissan Motorsport North America (2 Nissan 370Z GTC)
- AF Corse (1 Ferrari 458 Italia GTC)
- Hankook Team Farnbacher (1 Ferrari 458 Italia GTC)
- Robertson Racing (2 Ford GT-R Mark VII)
- Conquest Racing (1 Ford Mustang FR500GT)
- Jaguar Rocketsports (2 Jaguar XKR GT2)
- Paul Miller Racing (1 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR)
- Team Felbermayr-Proton (1 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR)
- Gulf AMR Middle East (1 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT)
- Drayson-Barwell Racing (1 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT)
- Larbre Competition (1 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR)

Now, its worth pointing out that with 33 LMP cars and 40 GT cars, you'll need to split up the races at all but the biggest of racetracks. Daytona, Sebring, Indianapolis, Road America and (maybe) Road Atlanta would be able to host combined races. If you built the pits big enough, Riverside and Bridgehampton could also hold combined races. The others would have to break 'em up, and even then a place like Barber Park, Laguna Seca and Mosport are gonna have traffic something awful. But 33 LMPs tearing down into the first turn at Mosport (my home track) would be something worthy of many dreams, my man. Or for that matter a 40 car GT field, led off by ground-shaking Corvettes and the wail of Ferrari and Lamborghini V12s...... :D


Would having five class be too much for IMSA GT Championship in one race. Maybe you can have the LMP1, LMP2, GT, and the Super Touring class using DTM rules than have GT Challenge, LMP Challenge and Daytona Prototype in there own races. Or maybe have Daytona Prototypes replace the LMP Challenge in North America. The having the Daytona Prototypes it may help set the IMSA GT Championship apart from European series.

Keeping fields of LMP1(19 cars), LMP2(14 cars), GT(14 cars) the same. How may cars would be in the Super Touring class using DTM rules. GT Challenge(26 cars) join by 15 to 20 LMP Challenge or Daytona Prototype.
 
Would having five class be too much for IMSA GT Championship in one race. Maybe you can have the LMP1, LMP2, GT, and the Super Touring class using DTM rules than have GT Challenge, LMP Challenge and Daytona Prototype in there own races. Or maybe have Daytona Prototypes replace the LMP Challenge in North America. The having the Daytona Prototypes it may help set the IMSA GT Championship apart from European series.

Keeping fields of LMP1(19 cars), LMP2(14 cars), GT(14 cars) the same. How may cars would be in the Super Touring class using DTM rules. GT Challenge(26 cars) join by 15 to 20 LMP Challenge or Daytona Prototype.

In this world, I suspect the Daytona Prototypes would never exist, which is why I didn't think of them beforehand. I am thinking that the 33-car Prototype field would be one race, the GT/GTC/Super Touring would be the other. As for the number of cars in the field, I'd bet on Super Touring maybe have ten regular entrants. Mercedes-Benz, Lexus and Buick would account for factory squads with two each, and I can see a handful of big-buck private teams like Stasis Engineering and Champion Racing having private Super Touring Entries, like this:

Super Touring (11 cars)
- Team Lexus (2 Lexus IS-F)
- Mercedes-Benz Motorsport USA (2 Mercedes-Benz C-Class ST)
- Buick Racing Team (2 Buick Regal GNX)
- Red Bull Audi Super Touring Team (2 Audi A4 DTM)
- Stasis Engineering (1 Audi A4 DTM)
- Green Earth Team Gunnar (1 Lexus IS-F)
- Dempsey Motorsports with Champion Racing (1 Audi A4 DTM)

There cars will be much too slow at most US racetracks to include in the prototype tracks, and much too fast to run with only the GTC cars. I'm thinking, as I said before, that where the races are divided, they are divided Prototype 1/Prototype 2 and GT/GTC/Super Touring. At some tracks, as I said, the DTM cars are agile enough to compete for victories in races where they share with the GT cars. Now, the adding of these cars to a GT field will give 51 cars in that divided race alone, but at most tracks, that's tough but doable. Barber Park, Mid-Ohio and Miami are gonna be super-tight with this many entries, but that may indeed just help to even the odds between the GT and ST engines.
 
How large would the fields be for Trans-Am maybe 50 some cars. Trans-Am become home to many older NASCAR and Indycar drivers like Al Unser Jr, Michael Andretti, Jimmy Vasser, Kyle Petty, Dale Jarrett, and Rusty Wallace who have finished there careers in NASCAR and Indycar but still wanted to race a few more years.

Petty Enterprises has ran an Trans-Am team since 1998 with Richie Petty(13 wins). Kyle Petty(6 wins) also ran Trans-Am from 2004-2008 in an new second car. Roush Racing never stopped running Trans-Am in this world.

The SCCA runs three more lesser series along side with ATCC and Trans-Am the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup, Ferrari Challenge, and Ford Racing Mustang Challenge. All three of the lesser run an short schedule of 8 to 10 races.
 
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Brickyard 400 Winners

1990s

1994: Ernie Irvan
1995: Davey Allison
1996: Dale Earnhardt
1997: Mark Martin
1998: Dale Jarrett
1999: Kyle Petty

2000s

2000: Rusty Wallace
2001: Bill Elliott
2002: Dale Earnhardt
2003: Matt Kenseth
2004: Steve Park
2005: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2006: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2007: Adam Petty
2008: Jimmie Johnson
2009: Juan Pablo Montoya

2010's

2010: Jeff Gordon
2011: Kevin Harvick

Juan Pablo Montoya(1999) and Jeff Gordon(1995, 2002) are the only two drivers to win both the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400.
 
Indycar Incorporated: Chicago Motor, Ontario, Riverside, Texas World, and Watkins Glen. 5 tracks

Dover Motorsports, Inc.: Dover, Gateway, and Memphis. 3 tracks

International Speedway Corporation (ISC): Bridgehampton, Chicagoland, Darlington, Daytona, Kansas, Martinsville, Nashville, North Wilkesboro, Phoenix, Richmond, and Talladega. 11 tracks

Penske Motorsports: Iowa, Michigan, Nazareth, Pikes Peak, and Rockingham. 5 tracks

Speedway Motorsports, Inc.: Atlanta, Bristol, Charlotte, Infineon, Kentucky, Las Vegas, and New Hampshire. 7 tracks

Upgraded Track Ownership

Indycar Incorporated: Chicago Motor(closed 2008), Mid-Ohio, Portland, Ontario, Riverside, Texas World, Trenton, and Watkins Glen. 8 tracks

Dover Motorsports, Inc.: Dover, Gateway, Memphis, and Palm Beach. 4 tracks

International Speedway Corporation (ISC): Bridgehampton, Chicagoland, Darlington, Daytona, Kansas, Martinsville, Nashville, North Wilkesboro, Phoenix, Richmond, and Talladega. 11 tracks

Penske Motorsports: Brainerd, Iowa, Michigan, Nazareth, Road America, and Rockingham. 6 tracks

Speedway Motorsports, Inc.: Atlanta, Bristol, Charlotte, Infineon, Kentucky, Las Vegas, and New Hampshire. 7 tracks

Mattco, Inc: Pocono, and South Boston. 2 tracks

Trenton Speedway was buy by Indycar Incorporated in 1980 and would play host to Indycar cars up to 1990. Today the track hosts Indy Lights, Indy Formula 2, Indy Formula 3, Nationwide Series, Camping World Truck Series, ARCA Racing Series, and ARCA Truck Series. Track is also use for testing by both Indycar and NASCAR Cup series.

Chicago Motor Speedway opened in 1999. Played host to Indycars up to 2003. Track also played host to Indy Lights, Indy Formula 2, Indy Formula 3, and Camping World Truck Series, ARCA Racing Series, and ARCA Truck Series. By the time it closed after the 2008 season only ARCA and Indy Formula 3 still race there.

Mattco, Inc would be put up for sale in 2013. A biding war would break out between Indycar Incorporated, Dover Motorsports, Inc, and International Speedway Corporation in the end Pocono would go to Indycar Incorporated and South Boston would go to Dover Motorsports, Inc.
 
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SCCA's Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup, Ferrari Challenge, and Ford Racing Mustang Challenge all run joined weekends. Riverside International Raceway, Watkins Glen International, Road America, Infineon Raceway, Road Atlanta, Palm Beach International Raceway, Brainerd International Raceway, Miller Motorsports Park, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lime Rock Park, Bridgehampton, and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. All 12 races for the three series have an set field of 25 cars. All three series 45 minute sprint events all run the same day with an half hour break in between races.
 
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Since 1994 both Goodyear and Hoosier has run NASCAR Cup Series. NASCAR has worked with the tires suppler to stop a full blow tire war between the two suppler.

Goodyear Teams 2012 (Cars)
Hendrick Motorsports(3)
Roush Racing(3)
Richard Childress Racing(3)
Petty Enterprises(3)
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.(3)
Penske Racing(3)
Morgan-McClure Motorsports(2)
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates(2)
Front Row Motorsports(1)
Wood Brothers Racing(1)
A. J. Foyt Enterprises(1)
Bill Davis Racing(1)
Turner Motorsports(2)
FAS Lane Racing(1)
HP Racing(1)
Inception Motorsports(1)
Goodyear Total Teams 16 Cars 27


Hoosier Teams 2012 (Cars)
Robert Yates Racing(3)
Melling Racing(2)
AK Racing(2)
DiGard Motorsports(2)
Junior Johnson & Associates(2)
Red Bull Racing Team(3)
Furniture Row Racing(1)
Carl A. Haas Motorsports(1)
Germain Racing(1)
Curb Performance Group(2)
K-Automotive Motorsports(1)
Max Q Motorsports(1)
NEMCO Motorsports(1)
Phoenix Racing(1)
Hoosier Total Teams 13 Cars 23
 
Since 1996 Indycar Championship Series has used both Goodyear and Firestone tires. With half the teams using Goodyear and the other half use Firestone. Both the Indy Lights Championship Series and Indycar Championship Series South Firestone is the sole tire supplier. Hoosier tires is the sole tire supplier Indy Formula 2 Series and Indy Formula 3 Series.

IMSA has three tire supplier Michelin, Yokohama, and Hoosier.

NASCAR's Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series use both Goodyear and Hoosier. The K&N Pro East Series and K&N Pro West Series use only Goodyear. Whelen Modified Tour and Whelen Modified Southern Tour use only Hoosier. Canadian Tire Series, NASCAR Corona Series, and Mexico T4 Series use both Goodyear and Hoosier.

SCCA has three tire supplier both there American Touring Car Championship(ATCC) and Trans-Am Series Goodyear, Hoosier, and Firestone.
 
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