Quote Originally Posted by trc_gsr
i know what you mean, why haven't they done this yet, def a great idea, they should get rid of world touring car and have sports cars instead, but that wont happen cause sports cars dont sell as well as touring cars do
Well there used to be one. From 1953 to 1992. But after the demise of group C and Bernie Ecclestone, it was just flat out canceled for 1993. The only place to see great prototypes in the mid 90's was the American IMSA series. Later in the 90's over in Europe, a new production based formula was started called the BPR championship. The concept was to allow highly evolved machines called GT1 cars. This was very popular and by 1997 the FIA had come over the championship. During this time, the FIA created the FIA sportscar championship for prototypes. This was an international championship. In 2004, with ALMS doing so well, and the European Le Mans series started in Europe, The FIA Sports car championship was dropped as manufacturers kept leaving. It has remained that way since.

It really is not all bad though. The cost of running an international championship are astronomical and the fact the the ALMS focuses on U.S.A. race tracks means we can attend more events without flying out the country.

The only championship that needs work is the Grand Am series. I have said from day 1 that the Daytona prototypes are boring and you cant get interested in them. I would rather see Grand Am create a new class for production based sports cars like trans Am used to be. With the modern Camaro, Challenger, and Mustang, there is no reason it wont work.

On the side of prototypes or top level, create a class where FIA GT1 cars would be eligible. That way Aston, Vette, Maserati, Saleen, Viper, and others could fight it out again instead of this ALMS Vette 3 vs Vette 4.