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Originally Posted by Jamo
Aston Martin has carried the flag for Ford in ALMS for the past several years...pretty damn well in fact. Lends an international bent for the series, and allows them to run in Europe with modifications. Shelby's a good label, but having a DBR1-colored Aston Martin and numbering it "007" ain't assactly a bad marketing move (though its teammate 009 was the better runner).
Saleen's running in GT-1 as well, as does Panoz. So, Ford is represented more than most.
But with Ford shedding its high-end stuff, maybe the door does open for a Shelby racing team...although a Ford GT might make more sense. It would harken back to Shelby running one of the GT40 teams.
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I know that we are getting way off topic with this stuff, but Kevin Doran of Doran Racing (who has run Ford-powered Daytona Prototypes in Grand Am) is finalizing construction of several Ford GT's which he is going to campaign for '08 in ALMS GT2. As was stated before, it is rumored that Chevrolet is preparing to campaign the Corvette in GT2 as well, so next years ALMS season could be one of the best ever. Ford vs. Chevy vs. Ferrari vs. Porsche
Doran had originally been planning to run the Ford GT in the GT1 class, and had set up a pretty good website talking all about it:
http://fordgttv.com/
As far as the rest of the stuff discussed in this thread...I have been a SAAC member since 1984 at the age of 13 (I "inherited" the membership after the passing of my father, who was a member from 1981), and I just sent in my renewal for '08.
I think it is extremely disheartening to hear that the two institutions which I have supported and been loyal to for so long, Carroll Shelby and SAAC, have split, but nonetheless I will continue to support each going forward. I also just signed up for Team Shelby.