two things.
being an avid golfer, I was very interested in the US Open (in fact, I volunteer as a tournament rules official for regional and USGA tournaments in Northern Calif). So, I was really interested in the open,
But i set my clock to get up to catch the final laps of LeMans... which I did --- and glad to have done so to catch "that" drama.
My complaint on the race is the inept BOP for the LMGT cars. Hey, "our" 911 RSR's are old and suck... got it, but, they are pretty much based on a production car. The Ferrari is based on a car that you can buy, if you have the money. But, as far as I can tell, the only Ford GT's that exist are owned by Ganassi and his race team. They are not production cars, even though there is a sham of being able to buy one on the Ford web site -- its on their "configurator" --- but only options were renderings of a couple seat trim options and NO pricing, details, etc. As a golf tournament official, I'm called on to make a ruling on the FACTS, and the fact is the Ford GT is a purpose built race car. I remember the old "rule" at LeMans that the cars had to be able to carry two people and a suit case --- remember the "suit case" that was strapped to the rear of the tail section of the 917's?? I bet you can't get one of those in the Ford GT -- or the 919, Audi e-Tron, or Toyota hybrid either. But not being able to store an overnighter in a "production" based car is flaunting the rules. What happened to the requirements to homologate a model to be able to race in a series??
It wouldn't be that much of a stretch, in comparison, to claim that those Daytona Prototype "stingrays" should be allowed to race against the Fords. Both are purpose built, non-production cars, though use essentially "stock" engines.
I think Ford would have honored their "50th" anniversary of their GT40 wins with a car that was at least nominally homologated with production cars available for purchase.
OK, I yield the soap-box.
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