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The only reason rallycross has supposedly grown is because a huge sports management company has come in and used their influence to splash it all over the internet, paid to get half famous drivers involved at certain venues, and spent a small fortune on marketing.
It has worked but once you peer behind the veneer you see cracks. it is being marketed as a purely professional sport, that is a huge leap. The private guys have either been given semi factory deals to run or have largely been consigned to the very poorly run ERX series that is a very poor relation. They were the mainstay of rallycross from the Gold age in the 80's. Dropping all that I think is risky.
The support classes too have been largely dumped for tv. So only the big teams get coverage. That is a very risky thing to do in terms of longevity and future drivers and teams.
IMG are also doing nothing whatsoever for the sports future, only their financial gain, they are looking to take a series, make it bigger which looks good for them. Once they have achieved that what then? They are still I believe involved with Speedway, but that has crumbled at club level, only the GP's are a big deal.
the other big miss is a true world series, it hardly is one, and barely qualifies for that title.
Why should they care, they are only interested in money and bigger crowds and sponsors. But as fans we should care. There is nothing we can do about it sadly.
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