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30 Aug 2001, 21:33 (Ref:138642) | #1 | ||
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Chrysler poised to can Le Mans Project ?
It is reported in this weeks Autosport that Chrysler is to can it's Le Mans project:-
Chrysler appeared on the verge of announcing the end of there Le Mans 24 hour prototype programme. Rumours suggest that a decision to cancel development of the Mopar V8 engine and backing of the ORECA team was made late last week, Chrysler have refused to confirm the news an announcement looks imminent. ORECA looks certain to continue with the Dellara-built chassis either with a customer version of the Mopar engine or an alternative. To me it looks like Chrysler wanted success straight away, but the have been blown away buy the Audi's and they do not want to spend any more dollar's ctrying to catch them. |
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30 Aug 2001, 21:45 (Ref:138655) | #2 | ||
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Daimler-Chrysler has not been doing as well in the road car market as projected and the racing program may get the axe to save some budget. I sincerely hope not.
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31 Aug 2001, 20:45 (Ref:139200) | #3 | ||
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DC should not have blown the wad on their nascar program, it's killing all thier owther outlets: nhra, sportscar, WoO Last edited by Heeltoe6; 31 Aug 2001 at 20:46. |
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I think that they should go back to the vipers as the ALMS GTS field needs boosting as there are only 3 competitive cars in the class and the 2 vipers are off the pace of most of the GT class. They did prove that they could run with the Audis at Le Mans when they went past the number 1 car.
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