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Originally Posted by 911pcars View Post
I think it was a lack of funding support - sponsorship. Without a deep-pocket sponsor to foot the start-up costs, any team is behind the eight-ball. If they only needed a few mil more, maybe they could have called upon the F1 fans in the US for small donations until they could enlist more sponsors (or pay for the Cosworth engines they needed).

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I wondered why they didn't do this. A paypal account would have generated a few million for sure. I'd have sent $100 to support a US team. Maybe I'm not the norm, but I'm often surprised at the number and knowledge of race fans at CART/INDY races who likely would help support the team.
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