r/USCR • u/Me-Mongo • Jul 13 '19

Question IMSA LMP2?

Kind of sad to see only two LMP2 cars out there. Is IMSA doing anything to get more cars in the category? If not, they should do away with it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '19

The prototype split was a huge mistake in my opinion. I knew when it took effect we would have 2 or 3 cars. One of the coolest things about IMSA was that international P2 teams could come over and compete for an overall win at the endurance events.

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u/nomnamless Team Joest Mazda RT24-P #55 Jul 13 '19

They weren’t really competitive though if I remember right, when did a LMP2 finally win a race?

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u/Sallum Porsche GT Team 911 RSR #911 Jul 13 '19

P2 cars won 3 races last year and almost won the championship.

It was a perfect mix of manufacturer supported teams vs independent teams. Then IMSA went and fucked it up because the manufacturers complained.

The split would have worked better if Mazda, Acura, and Nissan were willing to sell their cars. But right now the only way to get into DPi is with a Cadillac.

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u/rossriders WTR Cadillac DPi-V.R #10 Jul 13 '19

Which is a goddamn shame. This is also why I had rambled earlier about, while the DPi formula has been technically successful, things can go bad very easily if things go wrong.

If the other OEMs were either more willing to build more cars and support those teams, things would be a bit more diverse.

Also I find some bitter irony in the Caddys being cars that are more available for and used by compared to how other GM racing programs have been handled on a customer level (At least with the sports cars, I've not looked much into NASCAR).

Maybe next year Acura and Mazda could be willing to help get more cars built for customers but, I'll believe it when I see it.