US sportscar racing: more than a name game
Following the glitzy announcement of the United SportsCar Racing name for the ALMS/Grand-Am merger, Gary Watkins cuts through the dry ice to decipher how it will work
Dry ice always makes me suspicious. Or rather its use for so-called dramatic effect does. Yet that was only part of the reason I was fairly non-plussed by Thursday's announcement of the brand name for the brave new world of unified US sportscar racing that starts next season.
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Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.
Gary, who also writes for Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.
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