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Originally Posted by climb
ALMS is likely to shut up shop, given Audi are going and BMW are in deep trouble
Everything can happen, tho it has to be remembered that the engine supply to the series has always been very $$ for them
that's true MS, that is why can't understand you when you blame it all on TG/IRL, when it's all about a very general problem.
Paradoxically, drivers/teams who can't find 60 M USD to finance a Nascar season, could more easily collect 5 M to cover an Indycar year.
The IRL's low cost philosophy of the latest 2 yrs could theoretically pay back more than expected.
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No the ALMS is looking pretty decent for next year and BMW and Audi have billions in extra capital to survive the hard times.
I do blame it all on TG and always will. Credit given where credit is due and since mr. george started causing trouble in the early 90's everything he has touched has turned to stone. The champcar "merger" plugged a finger in the dike for a while, but water is still leaking everywhere. The economic situation only assists in the decline.
No Nascar doesn't cost $60 million for one car. I don't know where you got that number from. $15 to $20 million per car is more like it. Despite the fact the irl may be $5 to $8 million doesn't mean anything if you don't get any value for that money.