Speculation on Grand-Am 2008

Well now that the 2007 season is over, Waddle decided to try and come up with what he could, to try to figure out what will happen in the 2008 season. Now it looks like Chip Ganassi Racing is going to stay for now, and Waddle doesn't think that many teams if any will jump ship to the ALMS. The real big news is that there could be at least two new chassis in the Gran-Am series. One would be a Lola, and the other a Dallara. There are probably going to be some new engines next year, like the rumored Porsche V8, and maybe another. With these new chassis and engines next year, some teams will probably be moving around to a different manufacturer. Waddle doesn't know that names of these teams yet, but some high level teams may be on the move so they can be the number one of their manufacturer. Waddle has seen some evidence that Suntrust could be one of those team, but he does not know for sure. Murphy the Bear thinks that since the Gran-Am series will have a few support races for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, that some big NASCAR teams may want to start a Grand-Am team. There is a possibility of this since the Pontiac engine can also be badger as a Chevrolet, and Ford has some engines already in the Gran-Am and has been reportedly been working a lot more on them. And since Roush-Yates engine shop does practically all the Ford engines, including the Gran-Am spec engines, there could be a real possibility of a Roush or Yates team in the Grand-Am series. Also if Chevy paid RCR or Hendrick enough they would start a Grand-Am team. So it looks like Grand-Am will probably survive for a while longer, but at the cost of becoming more, and more a stock car racing series.