[rallycrossnl]

"I can't imagine IMG would do something like this unless they are confident of winning a case"

IMG is a law firm that did sports contracts and then somehow ended up managing sports. So yeah, if you try to sue them, you'll lose.

It's what you write is why some old tracks didn't enter WRX. High fee to enter and then by contract were limited in ways to recup that money. No/Limited local advertising around the track. So ditch the loyal sponsors who for a few tickets and a low fee helped to build and run the track and/or club. They promised it would be televised in 100+ countries (but couldn't name the Dutch broadcaster it would be on) before one track or television station had signed. The 16 car brain fart.... it goes on. The Netherlands had good crowds for what it was then, made enough money to keep it running. Crowdnumbers would have to explode to keep the finances into the black and would have gone into the red for years if that didn't happen and they had signed for 5 or 10 years. It would have ended the sport there.