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Originally Posted by mountainstar
Actually many irl teams are having a tough time getting sponsors for next year and you may see some teams disappear or find other avenues of motorsport. There is a good chance for instance, Rahal may focus completely on BMW in the ALMS as right now they don't have any sponsors for the irl team for 2009.
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ALMS is likely to shut up shop, given Audi are going and BMW are in deep trouble
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Originally Posted by mountainstar
I've heard talk Honda may bail completely or cut their support even more.
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Everything can happen, tho it has to be remembered that the engine supply to the series has always been very $$ for them
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Originally Posted by mountainstar
The title sponsor for the irl didn't happen, that has been announced by the irl.
2007-2008 was the shock and awe panic in the markets, 2009+ is going to be a number of years of recovery even if GDP grows next year. Every racing series is going to take a hit. Over a thousand people in Nascar just got laid off, including a friend of mine. It's going to be tough times for everyone for a while.
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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.