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Originally Posted by Bcarr6
For the edifice of WyldStallion who is a rather new member to the forum, Napolis is Jim Glickenhaus. Jim has been very open and honest on this forum regarding his groups racing activities, and with their forthcoming LMH entry it’s safe to say has better insight into the mindset of of the FIA/ACO than the vast majority of us on here!
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These are tumultuous times. All racing is under siege. Major Manufacturer's want real exposure/ benefit for racing. Bragging rights go so far. Porsche putting some bits on a "Grand Am" with an SUV based V8 and forcing massive BOP to enable it to win Le Mans in 2023? Whoop de doo. GT3 cars that look like cars manufacturer's sell is real exposure that still has value. That is why DTM was forced to move from NASCAR like cars with branding to GT3. At first it looked like they would be "super" GT3/GT3 at 600 HP but Porsche said no to 600 HP and DTM went with GT3. GTE is much too expensive vs GT3 and frankly on TV no one can tell the difference. Frankly LMP2/LMP3 don't sell regular cars and on their own have NO chance even with "Grand AM" "Top Class" Branded whatever's to sustain racing anymore. Compare budgets vs exposure. We raced the Baja 1000 with our Glickenhaus Boot and beat the Ford factory Bronco. After that race we sold out the next two years of our Boot productive capacity. Our total cost to build and race the Baja 1000 is 5% of the cost of building our LMH and racing it at Le Mans. We had to sell 5 Boots to pay for the Baja 1000. We sold a lot more so it worked for us. We'll have to sell 100/two years production of 004's to break even on our Le Mans adventure. Our Le Mans Adventure is passion and Performance Art. It builds our brand, it's our dream so we're doing it. No one who went to Harvard Business school would have approved that expenditure...