Oops - Sorry! Didn't mean to plagarize!

I agree - the '60s through '80s were a very fertile period for road racing, and it will be hard to get it back (FYI, I started following IMSA and Group C in the mid '80s). Basically, I think the problem is that you have 2 forms of racing (F1 internationally, NASCAR in the US) which are sucking out all the oxygen for the other forms, and, as you mentioned, all forms have gotten so commercial that megabucks are required to compete. Maybe Grand Am is onto something in terms of cost containment, but it's never captured my interest very much.

The entire state of motorsports world wide is sucking wind (and mostly poorly run too)...

It's the way formats have split into separate series in the past ten to fifteen years that annoys me. Nobody is benefitted; everybody loses in the end.

Both the youtube reference and the refernce to racingsportscars are fantastic. Thanks guys. Now, how am I ever going to get any sleep?

Racingsportscars.com is incredibly absorbing for anyone into GTP, Group C, or earlier forms of sportscar racing.