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What if the ALMS/Grand-Am Merger Didn’t Happen?

The face of North American sports car racing has changed drastically in the last three years with the unification of the two leading series into what’s now known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

But what if the merger didn’t happen? What if the impromptu meeting between Scott Atherton and Jim France at an ACCUS meeting in February 2012 didn’t occur?

Would both the American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am still be in existence today? And if so, what would each series look like, amid the evolution of class structures and emerging global platforms?

It’s a question that popped into my head just this week. And while there’s no clear-cut answer on where the sport would be right now if the ALMS was not acquired by Grand-Am, it still does pose an intriguing situation.

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Ford GT: Two Years After the Scoop

A Facebook “memory” popped up onto my timeline today, reminding me of the story I wrote on July 14, 2014 titled “Ford Exploring Factory GTE Program.”

It reminded me, not only how quickly the factory Ford GT program has come together and succeeded on the track, but perhaps how much of a heavily guarded secret it was just 24 months ago, and how I managed to get a sniff of what was to come.

I’m not the kind of person who likes to brag or say, ‘I told you so’ but this is one of the few examples I’m most proud of in my journalism career, in having uncovered one of the biggest modern-day factory GT programs, well ahead of the official announcement.

It came nearly a year before the program’s unveil and six months prior to Ford even taking the wraps off its new Ford GT production car, which took the majority of the automotive industry by surprise at the time.

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Inside Sportscar365’s Le Mans Video Reports

As Sportscar365 continues to grow, so does the need for additional and unique content across multiple platforms.

After having launched our new weekly podcast series “Double Stint” in January, we decided to expand our video content for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans with daily trackside reports, in order to provide readers/viewers with added insight into the buildup to the race.

It was the first time I had been on-camera as a host, per say, having previously produced and edited video blogs for teams or driver clients, while working behind the lens.

Safe to say, it was a new experience for me that took some getting used to… and made for a good blooper reel that I hope will never get published!

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