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5 May 2015, 15:16 (Ref:3534355) | #51 | |
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Sebastian Eriksson will join Joni Wiman in GRC. Dejong is not listed in the team any longer, no idea why
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16 May 2015, 22:33 (Ref:3538342) | #53 | |
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I'm convinced that GRC is slowly turning into NASCAR.
http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com...-red-bull-grc/ |
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17 May 2015, 15:41 (Ref:3538592) | #54 | ||
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I don't think it is turning into NASCAR as much as it is struggling to gain a foothold and they are trying a new format to see if they can get some excitement on TV.
As someone around at the start of this, IMHO it went wrong pretty quickly. In the first full year (move past the Rally-America events in New Jersey) the series allowed a mix of true SuperCars (OMSE, Jernberg, etc.) with in effect clubman rallycross cars (Moro, Keeney, etc.) This provided similar sized grids to what is there now and people to put their feet in the water. The following year they in effect banned these cars in anticipation of new manufacturers coming in and new teams running customer cars for OMSE, etc. When this didn't happen the fields were weakened and it became more expensive than the US teams could/were willing to afford. Europe has a strong base to pull from - as WRX demonstrates. Then circuit design got worse. I still love the original New Jersey track but that first year in Irwindale and Colorado and Dirtfish the courses weren't too bad. Not great (although Dirtfish has the potential) but not destruction in the first corner. That's what the temp tracks provide and just kill too many cars. Also reduces the amount of loose and that is what everyone finds spectacular. I have lots of friends who make their living from GRC but struggle to see it going much beyond this season or next. Three years ago I would have been excited to see Ganassi come in but without more teams coming up it is a Ford show (yes, I know VW are in for now). Hopefully Audi will have a team take on some cars but losing the privateers three years ago was a step backwards. As someone writing the checks we couldn't justify the investment....... Mark |
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Thank you for your insight. It's nice to hear from someone who is involved. I'd love to see GRC doing really well.
Some of the courses have been terrible. It got to the point where I'd look away from the first corner because you just knew it was going to be a pile up. |
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Interesting post there USRallycross. I have struggled to get into the last couple of GRC seasons, but although my interest has faded I assumed support for it was growing in the US.
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19 May 2015, 15:46 (Ref:3539353) | #57 | |
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They seem to be bringing out a few new things this week:
http://www.redbullglobalrallycross.c...-red-bull-grc/ |
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Dodge closed all their factory efforts.
General Motors is doing Nascar, IndyCar and IMSA. They don't really need rallycross. Hyundai ... I don't really understand what they are doing in WRC. It's rahter expensive and media coverage is minimal. They are focused on sponsoring soccer and college sports. Toyota is busy with Nascar, truck racing and drifting. Honda is doing IndyCar and IMSA. Fiat, Mazda and Mini should be in. |
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The Beetles are moving from a 1.6 engine to a 2.0.
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The FIAT 500 from a Polish driver never materialized?
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KMS use Trollspeed engines.
http://kms-racing.com/nyheter/nyhets...volkswage.html Marklund also use Trollspeed engines I believe. EKS could be having manufacture engines from Audi since much of the car also was built in Germany but not sure there either. |
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