Where is North American sports car racing as of the 24th of July, 2011 when the American Le Mans Series was racing at Mosport in Canada, and Grand Am was racing New Jersey Motorsports Park (nee Thunderbolt)? This is a look at a racing day in this season for the two series. It intentionally is not a discussion of history (with the necessary exception of the “Events” section), and importantly says nothing about the trends and decisions that will determine what sports car endurance racing looks like in 2012 and beyond. Prototypes Grand Am put ten Daytona Prototypes on the track in New Jersey. They were nearly all on the pace, and they were mostly there at the finish, too. Score one for close racing, mitigated a bit by the fact that most fans hate these cars. It’s also somewhat questionable whether all those entries – perhaps even the series itself – would exist at all without the life-support of the France family. No need, even, to go to the rumors. Three entries are wholly owned or supported – or nearly so – by Jim France; the two of Action Express and the one of Spirit of Daytona. A fourth entry, Wayne Taylor’s Sun Trust Racing, is sponsored by NASCAR’s “house bank.” That’s 40% of the field, even if all rumors of financial support to other DP entries are ignored.