Ok here's the point I'm making: Corvette, SRT, and others that do go over are going on the blank check of the manufacturer. When Starworks went to the WEC and cleaned house, they didn't even have a program the next year. Before any team can cross an ocean and race, it has to make fiscal sense. I'm a realist in that I haven't seen a mass invasion of Le Mans by American teams really ever, so why keep jumping through hoops so something that hasn't happened magically will? With only 55 garages for the time being at Le Mans, some American teams got denied. Risi/Krohn's entry was turned down. When there are more garages, maybe we'll see some more American teams, but making the rules for car classes the same globally won't make it where we see half the IMSA grid at Le Mans year in and year out.
This sounds like a test session,not a race.
Since you obviously know more than me, what's your solution...
I mean 67 cars is almost as many cars that Sebring has had in the past 2 years combined. I'm stoked about that. We've got a new DP engine making its first race. AIM is back in GTD. There's an actual stream for the whole race. There's plenty going for the series.
. I mean, I'm going to miss seeing them at Sebring and it'll be odd at first, but I'm going to watch it. 
Racings racing to me I guess.
Carbon tub safety has improved a lot since the Zanardi accident. In Memo's situation with a carbon tub his legs probably would have been okay, but he would have suffered neck/back injuries (probably a slipped disk) which would put him out for a comparable amount of time.
Sorry, should have made myself clearer. I was referring to an Audi style full cockpit carbon tub. I don't feel that the open-top prototypes are particularly safe, as the shape of the car could lead to devastating head injuries (see the Oreca flying though the air and barely missing McNish's head at Monza a few years back). But I'd take an Audi (DTM or LMP1, take your pick) chassis over a DP chassis any way of the week.
I mean 67 cars is almost as many cars that Sebring has had in the past 2 years combined. I'm stoked about that. We've got a new DP engine making its first race. AIM is back in GTD. There's an actual stream for the whole race. There's plenty going for the series.
All I got from that post was this: You stating more/less what I'm saying, but somehow I don't know about how sports car racing works
The DTM model is what I would want protecting me. I think the GT cars should be up to a similar standard. The side impact zone is a fatality waiting to happen on some of those carsI think the new DTM solution is the best there is, assuming the rollcage continues through the tub.
There needs to be some give. The problem with a solid tub is that at its breaking point it just cracks and fails completely. I know theres suppose to be crush zones around it, but have you seen the crush zone on an openwheel car or LMP? On a a LMP1 this is all that stands between a driver and a concerete wall:
Ive seen roll cages twist and bend, but Ive never seen them completely fail. But I do remember numerous carbon tubs failing in Indycar. Not so many recently, which could be due to upgrades. The last incident I know of is Tony Rennas car breaking in two right at the drivers seat which no doubt contributed to his passing. Have the tubs really improved since then or have the circumstances just not been there?
