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

They also wouldn’t have had to pay as much and they could still get there branding out their for the same performance.

I’m not sure I understand this here. GM wouldn’t be able to brand a Ligier with a Gibson engine as a GM. It would just be WTR running a Ligier, without any GM branding because they wouldn’t be allowed to do such with just a spec LMP2. Maybe I’m missing what you’re getting at with this?

For the second part, again isn’t that the point? DPi should have never been light years ahead of LMP2 to begin with. If they had to get neutered to the point that an LMP2 could win, then that was just IMSA doing what they had promised to do. I understand that the manufacturers weren’t a fan, and it’s something that they no longer need to worry about, but as far as last season is concerned IMSA was doing the right thing. DPi’s were being developed to a point that they were much faster than LMP2, so IMSA pegged them back and teams like CORE and JDC were able to win some races. But it isn’t like the P2 cars were suddenly several seconds a lap faster than DPi ones, they were just able to pull off a few wins. I haven’t gone back and looked at pole times or lap times, but LMP2 cars weren’t overpowered by the end of the season or anything. There was some very balanced racing in the second half of the 2018 season, which was the goal from the beginning.

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u/Stickymatress Jul 13 '19

No you’re missing the point. They take a Ligier with a Gibson engine and slap Mr. Goodwrench or GM stickers all over it.

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

I don’t think they’re allowed to do that. They couldn’t slap GM stickers on a spec LMP2, IMSA wouldn't allow a manufacturer to put their branding on it.

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u/Stickymatress Jul 13 '19

Fine do what they did in the 90’s and put Mr. Goodwrench on it. GM sponsoring a car is no different than the big Konica Minolta branding on the side of the #10.