

DTM USA (or more accurately Class 1 USA) looks unlikely to happen after it was revealed in Racecar Engineering that the Super GT manufacturers will not take part unless major American brands do too. In a wide ranging interview GTA Chairman Masaaki Bandoh explained that ‘for Super GT if the USA DTM style race takes place without US manufacturers like Ford or GM then it has not value for us. You will never see Super GT cars racing in America if the American brands are not taking part too’ Bandoh claims candidly in the article. ‘Super GT in the USA would be good for marketing of course but the series would shave to have the three big manufacturers running cars too. The grid should be three Germans, three Japanese and three US manufacturers thats the real idea for Class 1.’ So far no US based car manufacturer has admitted to showing any great interesting in the concept.



The full interview can be read in the latest issue of Racecar Engineering out now which also details the new GT300 Mother Chassis technical regulations.

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Further reading:

DTM 2014

Toyota GT86 GT300 revealed

DTM and Super GT finally agree joint rules