Glickenhaus aims for victory at Le Mans thanks to 2020 regulations

The revolution announced for 2020 for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship (WEC) is certainly of interest to major world-renowned manufacturers, but also to passionate preparers, like the Team Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG), who unveiled visuals of a prototype on Thursday morning to “win Le Mans ", just that !

As a reminder, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) has planned the return a “hypercar” type design in the premier category (today the LM P1) to get closer to the famous GT-Ps of the late 1990s. The commitment budget for a prototype must be reduced by a third compared to 2018 (i.e. around 30 million euros). So many measures that interest the American brand.

To land in Sarthe and play for the win, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus has everything planned and wants to finance the program Endurance via the sale of 25 SCG 007 road cars. “We will provide the funds at all costs, even if it is only for a race car against the rest of the world. All profits from these sales will go to the Le Mans program. » Count on around a million dollars to purchase this toy.

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus is so far renowned for its participations at the VLN and the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring on an SCG 003, derived from an astonishing Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina. Team owner, James Glickenhaus is a film producer, director and screenwriter, owner of a collection of historic Ferraris. And the least we can say is that this 68-year-old New Yorker has a patriotic streak.

“It’s for America,” announces the SCG press release. For Briggs (Cunningham, manufacturer of Corvettes in the 1950s and 1960s), Carol (Shelby, one of the architects of the winning Ford GTs at Le Mans between 1966 and 1969) and Jim Hall (founder of the Chaparal seen at Le Mans in 1966 and 1967). It's been 50 years since an American-built car won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. We want that to change. »