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  1. 134282

    134282 Four Time F1 World Champ
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    Aug 3, 2002
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    Carbon McCoy
    #1 134282, Sep 23, 2004
    Anyone know why the 550s/575s are not running at Road Atlanta this weekend...? Just two 360s that are gonna get waxed by Porsche...
     
  2. RedlineG60

    RedlineG60 Formula 3

    Dec 25, 2003
    1,135
    Simpsonville, SC
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    Andy Thomason
    #2 RedlineG60, Sep 23, 2004
    yea i wanna know why too
     
  3. Ski Guy 348

    Ski Guy 348 Formula Junior

    Mar 29, 2004
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    Greenville, SC
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    Jay M.
    #3 Ski Guy 348, Sep 24, 2004
    Who knows???????????
     
  4. Old Guy

    Old Guy Formula Junior
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    Dec 1, 2003
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    #4 Old Guy, Sep 26, 2004
    The answer is easy: money. There is no one willing to put up the money required either to run the ProDrive 550s (Fredrick Dor, the owner, was looking for US money to run the cars or sponsors, and found neither.) The Barron-Connor team which ran two 575 GTCs at Sebring was never taken entirely seriously, and I'm not sure that team is still active. Basically in the ALMS you are competing with manufacturer's programs or teams, and there's little to no return. For a successful future the ALMS has to find a number of private individuals -- or individuals who can generate massive sponsorship in a very tough area -- to buy and run new cars, both prototypes and GT cars. This is going to be a major challenge.
     

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