of Thanks & Good Bye ALMS

Thank you thank you thank you. ALMS came along exactly when I needed a new racing series to believe in. I have been to several ALMS races at Road America & Mid-Ohio. The "For The fans" open paddocks and starting grids at Road America are worth the price of admission. The combined ALMS/Grand-Am weekend at Road America was spectacular this year. If the USCC (Is it USCC or USCR?) continues to play nice with the ACO & the FIA's World Championship, driving the technology forward, this is going to be a great series. We are so close to a single inclusive set of rules. This is great.

Suggestions:
1 - continue to keep the big sanctioning bodies talking and playing nice.
2 - @USCC The entire schedule needs to increase the length of the races. The 2:45 format on some of these tracks is not worthy of endurance sports cars. Follow the lead of the World Endurance Championship with 6 hour minimum races.
3 - @USCC re-instate the eligibility of the LMP1 class for your crown jewels. Nothing wrong with inviting the P1 teams from across the pond, even if they win.
4 - @theFans can we stop the sniping at each other? This is a truly merged series now. ALMS & Grand-Am found a way to keep most of the classes and stay in the good graces of the ACO. Why are we fighting about 2 series that no longer exist?

of the 2014 USCR Schedule

Take a look at the 2013 ALMS & Grand-Am schedules. Look at the duplicate tracks and the marquee events. Most of the 2014 USCR season is already set.
Daytona 24
Sebring 12
Laguna Seca
(Le Mans break)
Lime Rock
Watkins Glen
Road America
Circuit of The Americas
Petit Le Mans/Road Atlanta

That is 8 of the rumored 10 to 12 races. My must haves include 3 more great US Road Courses:
Mid-Ohio
Alabama
VIR

These are beautiful circuits that would be a shame to leave off of the new series' schedule. This only leaves room for 1 more event. So many more have been rumored to be sure things for various reasons: Long Beach, Belle Isle, Kansas...
If it was up to me I'd include the much maligned Indianapolis road course. It is not that bad. It is much better than the hallowed Daytona road course. I would make the race a 10 or 12 hour enduro and hype it as its own event. Adding Grand-Am as a support race for NASCAR will not draw fans. USCR would be better off tying it to IndyCar's proposed second race at The Brickyard, or bring those new (2015) North American DTMs to Indy. I see some sort of Labor Day Weekend road course extravaganza.
The entire schedule needs to increase the length of the races. The 2:45 format on some of these tracks is not worthy of endurance sports cars. Follow the lead of the World Endurance Championship with a 6 hour minimum and leave the street races behind.