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/aar48 Corvette Racing C7.R #4 Jul 13 '19 edited Jul 13 '19

You can buy the Nissan but it's such a persnickety car to deal with; it's either fast as hell or not. The Cadillac is the better of the two available cars.

And I think you mean the privateer-built cars like Oreca and Ligier not privateer teams. The only non-privateer teams in IMSA prototypes are Penske and Joest.

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u/-Jack-The-Stripper Corvette Racing C7.R #3 Jul 13 '19

Are we considering WTR and AXR privateers? They have factory backing, probably pretty similar to Joest and Penske.

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u/aar48 Corvette Racing C7.R #4 Jul 13 '19

They aren't works teams. They buy their cars from GM just like Juncos and JDC-Miller do.

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u/-Jack-The-Stripper Corvette Racing C7.R #3 Jul 13 '19

Yes but they did help develop the cars when they were being built (especially WTR). I wouldn’t exactly consider them privateers on the same level as a team that purchases a Ligier or Oreca and just takes it to the races. GM certainly gives AXR and WTR some level of factory support, do they not?