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ccm911 wrote:
What's killing F1 is one person Bernie E-Ahole. 30 -50 million to have a GP in your country. No F1 in North America, no North American driver, his abandonment of long time venues, riduculus high ticket prices are just a few of the things. I still remember when he said back in the late 70's how Watkins Glen was not the place to have a GP because it was so far away from the general population. Gee I guess NASCAR and the IRL kind proved him wrong about that. Why would Honda continue when they can showcase their motors here in the IRL and in sportscar racing. It just doesn't make sense to continue in F1.
I just hope our equivalent, Tony G-Ahole doesn't screw up the new Indy Car series. This series could really shine here in North America and get back to what it use to be when it was CART in the 80's. Since T George is involved I don't have much hope!
I watched 10 F1 races at the Glen with the last being just about 29 years ago, I can still remember watching and more importantly hearing cars coming out of the toe of the boot and climbing the hill. It's a sound I'll never forget!
Leisure activities have already been hit hard. This past year most of the motorcycle events we attended have been down 30-50%. Hotels, motels, campgrounds all were down. I still expect things to turn around sometime this spring, it'll be a gradual process but by this time next year the economy will be chugging along nicely . Then the "experts will be worrying about inflation.
Quote:Looks like Honda will be pulling out of F1. Pity. They ran a good team, and were well represented. Is this a sign of things to come? They quote a figure of $2.9 million to run a season, but I think that is way too low. I would imagine that it would be more like something in the hundreds of millions if you took into consideration the R&D expenses.
Will there be a similar decline in DE and amateur racing as well? Looks like this economic slump will be affecting a lot of folk's leisure time activities.
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What's killing F1 is one person Bernie E-Ahole. 30 -50 million to have a GP in your country. No F1 in North America, no North American driver, his abandonment of long time venues, riduculus high ticket prices are just a few of the things. I still remember when he said back in the late 70's how Watkins Glen was not the place to have a GP because it was so far away from the general population. Gee I guess NASCAR and the IRL kind proved him wrong about that. Why would Honda continue when they can showcase their motors here in the IRL and in sportscar racing. It just doesn't make sense to continue in F1.
I just hope our equivalent, Tony G-Ahole doesn't screw up the new Indy Car series. This series could really shine here in North America and get back to what it use to be when it was CART in the 80's. Since T George is involved I don't have much hope!
I watched 10 F1 races at the Glen with the last being just about 29 years ago, I can still remember watching and more importantly hearing cars coming out of the toe of the boot and climbing the hill. It's a sound I'll never forget!
Leisure activities have already been hit hard. This past year most of the motorcycle events we attended have been down 30-50%. Hotels, motels, campgrounds all were down. I still expect things to turn around sometime this spring, it'll be a gradual process but by this time next year the economy will be chugging along nicely . Then the "experts will be worrying about inflation.
Past RTR member