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The Bear wrote a quick Paddock Poop 89 before he left for Connecticut. There wasn’t a lot of news, but, well, it was, like, done, right? Wrong.
Murphy turned on his phone in Detroit between planes and it rang immediately. It was Connor the Beaver. “Have you talked to Myron?” he asked. (Referring to the Moose.) “No, should I?” answered the Bear. “Yup,” said Conner. The Bear was on a tight connect, so he had to wait until La Guardia to get the story. (more…)
Murphy thought he better get a little poop out there before heading off to Lime Rock Park.
We all know that through the past few years, the ALMS has been a bit “GT heavy,” or should the Bear say “prototype light.” We’ve had – still have actually, looking at the Lime Rock entry – as few as three regulars in LMP-1. And that sorry count was preceded by years in which the LM-P2 count was just as bad. (If you counted at the end of races, rather than at the beginning, that LM-P2 count was worse than awful – certainly not awesome, eh?)
Then along came Porsche, and it all started to change. The prototype count at Lime Rock will be 12, at Mid-Ohio, about 14. GT at Lime Rock, 16, and perhaps 18 at Mid-Ohio. Then it gets interesting. (more…)
What many scribes and snappers heard in the Le Mans paddock led them to conclude that the American LM-P1 will get its approval after all. What’s behind that upbeat attitude in the Corvette contingent? Murphy’s been told that one GM NASCAR groupie blocked the prototype project. He’s gone – to Europe – so when it’s submitted again the answer has a better chance to be “yes.” That’s assuming that the General’s dire financial straits don’t now torpedo that – and more.