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In 1999, the American Le Mans Series began some very positive momentum for sports car racing in North America. As they head into the year 2000, they will face stiffer competition in the current political landscape of our sport.
The under funded USRRC provided little entertainment value when compared to the luster and appeal of the American Le Mans Series. Now with the newly formed France family backed Grand American Road Racing Association, Mr. Panoz will have to work hard to keep his vision, the ALMS, at the forefront of the North American sports car racing scene.
The two series that look strikingly similar from the casual fans point of view, could not differ more from the philosophical point of view. The ALMS has focused on a formula of racing that provides for innovation (and a lot of R&D money), and does not try to equalize the competition.
This formula attracts the factory, but makes it very difficult for the privateer efforts to compete. Very few wealthy individuals in the world have the resources to put together a budget and the personnel that is necessary to compete against the financial backing of GM, whose annual revenue is more than most countries gross national product.
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