Change in Classes

So to get things started with this BLOG I am going to talk about what’s hot in the world of Lemans right now. First and foremost is the news about next year and the class changes. For those of you who are new to the sport Lemans is racing that has four different classes, or types of cars all out on the track at the same time. It makes for some crazy traffic situations that can lead to some hairy racing. These classes are LMP1, LMP2, and GT1, GT2. The LMP classes use those prototype cars that look really wild. The GT class is made up of cars that are factory produced and in theory we could make ourselves given enough cash. The news here is that Corvette’s factory sponsored race team has left the GT1 class and gone down to the GT2. Why is this big news? Well for the longest time it has just been the two Corvettes racing each other in GT1 because they had no competition in the class. Now they will have more competition than they can shake a stick at! Some of the other teams are probably shaking in their boots right now because Corvette is a super powerful force and an even greater race team. They have won at so many races, even if there is other cars out on the track that doesn’t seem to bother them, they just cruise on by them like they were standing still. We will have to just wait and see what will happen next will they really cause the other cars grief? Who knows but I can’t wait to find out.