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  1. rob lay

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    #1 rob lay, Aug 9, 2010
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    #2 CavalloRosso, Aug 9, 2010
    That's very disappointing.
     
  3. lmunz22

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    #3 lmunz22, Aug 9, 2010
    Quite sad.
     
  4. Kds

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    #4 Kds, Aug 10, 2010
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    Safety is the red herring excuse, if it was real they would have cancelled the season after the first accident last year.....the money dried up IMHO as Red Bull cannot swing the thing alone with all their other commitments.....ala F-1 for example......and the funds needed to put the event on come from the various cities as well as numerous smaller corporate sponsors, so, since the world is hurting financially big time, maybe that also had something to do with it ?

    Air racing has always been a boom time fringe sport, like offshore power boat racing.........I am not surprised.
     
  5. rob lay

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    #5 rob lay, Aug 10, 2010
    is there even an offshore power boat racing series right now? I haven't seen that on TV in 5+ years.
     
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    #6 GuyIncognito, Aug 10, 2010
    OSS (Offshore Super Series) is still around but mainly a pro-am type deal now.

    It would be great to see someone take over the Air Races, I thought that was some of the coolest stuff on TV in years. Never got to see one live :(
     
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    #7 rob lay, Aug 10, 2010
    sounds just like "pro" road racing! :)
     
  8. GuyIncognito

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    #8 GuyIncognito, Aug 10, 2010
    sad but true :(
     
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    #9 FarmerDave, Aug 13, 2010
    The "ghost" replays were so awesome... I thought that was the greatest TV sports innovation since the 1st down marker in football. Although it isn't really transferrable to many other sports, maybe F1/Nascar qualifying.
     
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    #10 cletus, Aug 15, 2010
    Wow, that sucks.... Luckily I got to see it twice in San Diego. Probably the coolest racing I have ever seen up close!
     

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