Q: Is reliability a concern at all, given some of the early teething issues and typical new car growing pains?

TREMBLAY: We did so much testing. We saw zero issues at Homestead in all of the cars. We feel that we're as prepared as we can be. Obviously it's a new car and new program, so there's going to be niggles. But we've got a good team and hopefully they'll be able to resolve them quickly and keep us circulating until Sunday afternoon.

Q: What are your thoughts on the GX class and where would you like to see it go from here?

TREMBLAY: If you look from a holistic approach, there are only 'x amount' of people that make a mid-engined, V8 sports car. I think the only growth we're going to see in sports car racing is with a GX model with some different car companies. Whether it's some Korean car companies or more Japanese car companies, or some new technology.

Obviously we're the first in the class with a diesel. We'd love to have some other diesel competition, some hybrid competition, some V6 competition, some turbo four-cylinder competition. I think that's how the class was positioned, to really look at the new technologies, so there's a broader aspect at the class.

Not many people own Ferraris. A lot of people can go out and afford a brand-new 2014 Mazda6. That's the goal: to have more reach for the masses.

Q: What are your thoughts on where the GX class will fit into the 2014 series?

TREMBLAY: I think right now, performance is going to dictate [whether it gets merged into GA GT]. If GRAND-AM GT keeps escalating to a GT3 level, I think GX will be left behind, which would be a shame. I think if we went back to 2011 performance levels [in GT], I think we could get there. Originally, that's what we wanted to do... to build a GT car with a certain power level.

With a reset and what they're trying to do with the ALMS GT class, and GRAND-AM GT, and they want to make a Pro-Am version of that... I think we can get there. There's enough pieces in the puzzle. I'm just glad that's not my job to figure out exactly what needs to get done.

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