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If you believe the motorsports column in Pano, it sounds like the ACO/FIA will be going back to a top Le Mans class of GT cars starting in 2010 (ie. no more prototypes, cars like the original Porsche GT1). Rumors are that Porsche will be building a closed version of the Carrera GT to compete in the top class at Le Mans and in the ALMS.

Also, if you believe the rumors, since Porsche essentially now owns Audi, you're not going to be seeing too many Porsches being beat by Audis in the coming years. In fact, after the R10 program, it sounds as though Audi may not participate in Le Mans/ALMS when the new formula comes into place.

I will miss the Spyders, though. Got to see both the Dyson and Penske Spyders up close at Rennsport at this time last year, and they are beautiful machines (heck, no one was even around the Dyson car - I probably could have sat in it).