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The stateside cars of IMSA shared the weekend in south central Florida with the FIA World Endurance Championship, and both garages seemed genuinely excited about a 2023 convergence of rules that could finally allow the top machines from IMSA and WEC to compete head to head. A lot of cooperation has to happen across both series and between manufacturers, but as Jim France, chairman of IMSA and CEO of NASCAR has stated, the opportunity is now there. It wasn’t before.

“The proof will be when we have a car that wins Daytona and wins Le Mans in the same year,” France said when the new IMSA prototype was announced in 2021. “That’s what I’m looking forward to.”

Us, too, Mr. France.

Everyone else: Go fast, be safe, stay awesome

And when we say “everyone else,” we don’t just mean racing series other than the ones listed above. We mean everyone else and all the time, not just New Year’s.