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Puny Bird
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Port Hope (near Toronto) On, Canada
Posts: 4,566
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Originally Posted by Rusty Heap
Everything these days has "A sponsor"
The privateer is the wee little guy now.
top fuel - Lucas Oil and GTX John Force, couple of big tooth sexy ladies daughters help his cause.
Hydros. Berny Little and Budweiser dominated "unlimited hydro's" with 4-5 spare engines in the trailer(s). Trivia. Miss Pay-n-Pak had the first turbine. Allison V12's were the thunderboats. All open cockpit.
Now today, how much does the smart phone steering wheel pod of a F1 cost, carbon fiber is the norm. To sponsor a car, whether nascar, top fuel, off road monster energy drink, airplane pylon racing Redbull..............you need some serious bucks.
Even GraveDigger Monster Trucks. Think about the disposable drive hard go-wad-it-up-tonight parts money and T-shirt sales to keep the operation running.
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When I was a wee lad many classes were within reach of the privateer, even INDY still had some private cars entered. Many famous drivers cut their teeth on these types of entries.
To me the cost has killed the sport.
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