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" If you were lukewarm to the prototypes set to compete in next year&amp;#039;s TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, the latest additions to the class could make it far more interesting to tune in and watch next month&amp;#039;s Rolex 24 at Daytona.  Reigning ALMS P1 champion Muscle Milk Pickett Racing, whose HPD ARX-03c we tested earlier this year at Sebring, has joined the fray in the P2 class with a Nissan V8-powered ORECA chassis, rounding out P2 offerings from Honda and Mazda. The P2 chassis manufacturers may vary, but every engine has direct connections to Japan.  Grand-Am&amp;#039;s Daytona Prototypes, which comprise the other half of the TUDOR Championship&amp;#039;s Prototype category, represent the fine state of Michigan with factory-backed DPs from Chevy and Ford. There&amp;#039;s even a Steve Dinan-built BMW-powered DP just to make sure Germany wasn&amp;#039;t forgotten.  It&amp;#039;s still too early to tell whether the DPs or P2s will come out on top during the Rolex 24, but with the fine folks from Pickett Racing throwing down the gauntlet and drivers Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf ready to go after a third consecutive sports car title, the January 25-27 event has all the makings of a dogfight that shouldn&amp;#039;t be missed.  &amp;quot;I think the competition is going to be very tough, not only in the prototype class but in all classes,&amp;quot; said Luhr. &amp;quot;The key is going to be the balance between the DPs and P2s. I have high hopes that they will get it right so that nobody has an advantage or a disadvantage and that we can really fight on the circuit. I think it&amp;#039;s what the drivers like and what the fans like, but for sure, it&amp;#039;s going to be tough competition. But it&amp;#039;s good when the competition is tough and fair, then everybody is happy and the best will win.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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