American Touring Car Championship Announced

[Ken Grammer]

I thought that since a large number of ITR cars would fit the rules for our new series, some of you might find this of interest:

http://www.usenduro.com/news048.shtml

We are working hard to finalize the schedule now...

[lateapex911]

Ken, my first impression..and take it as that...a gut reaction ..is ""huh? why?"

You speak of cheap racing...yet you propose to fit T3 and Koni Challenge together, but allow open brakes, open tires, and open dampers. And somehow you'll equalize it all. I'm probably missing something, but that doesn't sound cheap...

And, it reminds me of the CART/IRL split. In a time when we have too many races, and not enough entries, you propose starting yet another series, further diluting the available pool of cars. Is the pie really big enough??

[frnkhous]

the vehicle section looks like most of the specs were coppied straight from grand-am so yeah I gotta ask why bother as well? also your vin rule just knocked out half the rx-8's built for grandam as I believe no speedsource ones have a vin anywhere on the car. Wouldn't be suprised if the cobalts are the same way since the "factory" cars were picked off the line well before they had the final assembly. So what is the improvement over koni challenge? lower entry fee's? Watch out for Grand-am nascar might not approve of copying the car list

[RedMisted]

I'm not terribly well-versed in these things, but for some reason I can't equate ITR cars with something out of the Koni Challenge. (At least based on what I've seen so far of ITR cars, which are at present few and far between.) I hope I'm wrong in my assumption because it is flattering to think that ITR could be so highly esteemed...

[Andy Bettencourt]

How about just looking at the biggest pocket of Amatuer racing cars in the country - Improved Touring - and doing a Nationwide Pro Series for that instead of trying to reinvent the wheel?

[JoshS]

How about just looking at the biggest pocket of Amatuer racing cars in the country - Improved Touring ...

Wouldn't that be Spec Miata?

[ekim952522000]

How about just looking at the biggest pocket of Amatuer racing cars in the country - Improved Touring - and doing a Nationwide Pro Series for that instead of trying to reinvent the wheel?

I would like to see a pro series that was IT rules but with cars 0-5 years old then people could build them and then sell them to club racers once they were to old to race, and you could make cars up to 10 years eligble for a partial season so IT racers could cross over when the "pros" came into town I think it would help make larger fields.

<-----Mike just thinking out loud.