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10-10-2023, 12:17 PM | #1 |
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GR86 Cup Series post inaugural season thoughts
After watching every race of the entire GR86 Cup Inaugural season, while being involved with a few teams during the season and being a huge fan of the Mazda MX5 Cup series, here are my thoughts.
While I think the series has the ability to be a great, action filled series like the Mazda MX5 Cup series is. The difference in the Mazda series was stiffer competition and more excitement race after race than the GR86 series was able to generate. This was even with several current and former MX5 Cup drivers in the GR86 Cup series. As the GR86 Cup develops, I believe that it can generate a similar level of competition and excitement, with some tweaks to the series.
I’m a huge fan and proponent of this series, as well as a long-time admitted 86 chassis owner, racer and fanboi. I want this series to reach the same level of competition of the Mazda MX5 Cup series and can't wait for next year. But as far as this year went…my veiwing of choice was MX5 Cup...and can’t wait to see the season action wrap up at Road Atlanta later this month…
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10-10-2023, 01:03 PM | #2 |
Good post and largely agreed. Larry and I chatted about this briefly on the podcast yesterday (online next week) and mentioned ballast. Sort of joking, but sort of not joking.
I think it's a solid first year and overall a success for Toyota, but they need to be careful to make sure it's sustainable and sticks around for a while. Especially with the backdrop of oiling issues drama, it's important to have this series be out there and visible. Some of the racing was really exciting to watch and I hope it continues. Would love to pick your mind on some of the other stuff at some point! - Andrew |
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