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Originally Posted by MPWR
Probably not. It's the licensing from car manufacturers and sponsors that does that- combined with ALMS's relative obscurity, even in the States. LeMans kits these days are rare enough, and there's a vastly larger global marked for LeMans than ALMS
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The ALMS has a pretty decent following outside of the Unites States, probably just behind the LMS. All the races are broadcast on Motors TV plus the series has major international manufacturers and drivers, such as Audi, Porsche, Honda, Ferrari. I would say the ALMS is the 5th most popular series in the US, trailing only NASCAR, F1, Champ Car, and Indycar.
Hopefully Tamiya will kit the Acura/Honda LMP prototypes (the key being they are a major japanese manufacturer) should they be successful in the future, especially at the 2009 24 Heures du Mans when they move up to LMP1.