The merger? You mean that idea right?
As much as it sucks, LMP1 will die in the US, simple. That breakaway series is just a clutch at straws to try and scare NASCAR etc which of course won't happen. That breakaway series would be shunned from racing at tracks like Daytona, Sebring, Road Atlanta, Mid Ohio, Road America, and whatever else ends up on the schedule because NASCAR would say "either them or us". Right now it is just a lost cause, and we just have to hope that the new merged series doesn't suck.