Gordon Kirby, The Way it is. The ALMS searches for a new direction

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As everyone knows, the loss in recent years of factory or factory-backed P1 and P2 teams from Audi, Porsche and Acura has left the ALMS with a thin field of prototypes so that the ALMS is looking for the right way forward for the future. ALMS vice-president of technical operations Scot Elkins commented at Lime Rock on the state of the organization's debate.

"In principal everything that we do is the same as [Le Mans organizers] the ACO," Elkins observed. "In reality, our market and our race series are very different. So we're in the process of analyzing what our situation is based on the current cars we have and potential cars we're going to have, and we're going to try to see what approach to take.


"It's no secret that our prototype field hasn't been as large as we want it to be. There was a large prototype field in Europe in the LMS up until Portugal where all of a sudden they started to feel our pain. So we're in conversations with the ACO in trying to figure out what the right thing is. They've put the regulations out for next year as permanent, but there's an awful lot of discussion as to is it the right thing? Is it the right thing for now and for the economy as it is?

"So unfortunately, we're in a little bit of flux," Elkins added.

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