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Audi pulls out of ALMS
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/alms-audi-pulls-out-of-alms/
Saw this today I wonder if there will be customer cars racing?
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Guess anything Audi had to prove has been proven...
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I just read Honda pulled out of F1 also.
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My predictions are usually wrong, but I think we'll be seeing more people drop out of racing. Not necessarily a bad thing, since I always thought amateur events were more fun.
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I was wondering what the repercussions for the ALMS series would be if GM goes under. There go the C5s and the Cadillacs...
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I wonder if this has anything to do with Porsche's rumored LM1 effort.
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Cadillac pulled out of the ALMS after the 2002 season; we'll see if pulling the plug on the under-development down-a-class Corvette C6 GT2 car will be part of the bailout belt-tightening.
Audi is going to race a brand new R15 V-8 TDI P1 car next year at Sebring and Le Mans, so this isn't about inter-familial issues between Ingolstadt and Zuffenhausen. It's about money and sponsorship. Porsche is doing a single butt-ugly and bog-slow Grand Am "Daytona Prototype" spec car with Penske for 2009 and supporting 4 customer RSR's in the ALMS GT2 category. It's not just about car-counts. Audi and GM have also helped the American Le Mans Series with marketing and logistics.
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My faves are Vintage racing, street car SCCA runoffs, etc. Stuff I might actually have a chance of driving on track. I predict more fallout at the highest levels.
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What is the start-up process? Looks like we might have some pretty empty race tracks i the near future.
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Just dont EVER EVER EVER take away my vintage races at Road America.
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