US based Grand-Am and IMSA announced yesterday during a press conference a formal license cooperation with Germany's ITR, the company behind the DTM, which means we are getting closer to an American version of the German touring car series.
The already existing ties between the DTM and the Japanese Super GT championship would make it a three-way cooperation.
In fact, the new championship, that could see the day in 2015, would run alongside the American United SportsCar Racing, but using the current DTM and Super GT platforms from Germany and Japan.
The list of the manufacturers involved mirror the international flavour of the series: on top of Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Nissan and Toyota, Cadillac, Lincoln and Dodge have showed interest.
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| Photo: DTM Media |
The already existing ties between the DTM and the Japanese Super GT championship would make it a three-way cooperation.
In fact, the new championship, that could see the day in 2015, would run alongside the American United SportsCar Racing, but using the current DTM and Super GT platforms from Germany and Japan.
The list of the manufacturers involved mirror the international flavour of the series: on top of Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Nissan and Toyota, Cadillac, Lincoln and Dodge have showed interest.
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| To welcome the US DTM initiative, Audi released a special photo of its A5 DTM. (Photo: Audi Motorsport) |