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Originally Posted by bradleyland
I agree with you, except the part where Corvette is struggling with front-engine. A C7.R just won Sebring... again. The C7.R finished 1st & 2nd at last year's Rolex 24 as well. They're doing just fine with front-engine.
Homologation racing is about consistency, and learning to work within the framework of the series. IMO, this is RLL's biggest shortcoming. There's a ton of stuff that goes on behind the scenes, and some teams do a better job there than others. Chip Ganassi racing, for example is extremely well known for their back-of-the house team. The results show it.
BTW, none of this is intended to imply anything dishonest about any of the teams. Just that there's more to racing than the car, the drivers, and the engineers.
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The Corvette win because the leading Porsche 911 effed up in the pits, ran over a hose. The Porsche 911RSR was showing some considerable speed and stability during qualifying. That was from observation. Even last year there was observation that the Corvette team was having a handful with the mid engined Ford GTs and Ferraris. And now the 911 is mid engined. Coincidence that GM is testing a mid engined car, that possibly is a C8 Corvette or a Cadillac halo car?
What is happening is GTLM is shaping up to be the GT1 of the 90s.
I get what you are saying.