I'll bet this too.Quote:
Originally Posted by CCFanatic
I'll bet this too.Quote:
Originally Posted by CCFanatic
add IRP, Phoenix International Raceway, Iowa Speedway, New Hampshire and Richmond International Raceway and I'll bet the 5er and go to all the races and drink the coolaid.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobGarage
To CCFanatic you wrote:I'll put down 5 bucks the League faulter before CC. I'll put down 5 bucks that F1 will faulter before CC. I'll put down 5 bucks Nascar faulter before CC. SCCA will faulter before CC. WRC will faulter before CC. The super health MotoGP will faulter before CC.
*LOL* I'll take that bet, heck I'll have your $10 in my pocket re. F1 and Nascar, THEN we'll worry about the CCWS $5, either way I'm ahead... very funny stuff...
http://www.hbvl.be/nieuws/sport/motorsp ... t.asp?art={9A1AA1F8-512D-4C39-B3CE-D362CC35DA37}
If you can read Dutch, CCWS driver Jan Heylen doubts CCWS will exist in 2008, so I gues he ain't taking the bet either !!!
I've got 5 bucks that says the Sun will explode and destroy the Earth, and CC will still be around! Beat that for confidence!
;)
Most of that goes back to that he wants to get paid. CC drivers who are not top drivers do not get paid. Well they do, but not enough for them to be happy. So what does Jan do, he blasts the series, just like Bobby Rahal and the otehr guys who took the yen and went to the League. They said the series won't last, yet the series is still here. Jan is just angered that he won't be able to race there anymore. Angered that he is unable to scrap up any funds to race in one of the most affordable series in the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by SoCalPVguy
But what I do not get, is who is Jan, a relative unknown to the world, to run his mouth about the future of the series for which he is not much of a big shot in. If it was Paul Tracy or Alex Tagliani who said these things then I might question, but it is Jan Heylan. A guy whose career highlights end at a 2004 German F3 Championship and a win in the 2002 FF Festival.
A correction from Jan on AR1-Quote:
Originally Posted by CCFanatic
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The author said he doubts Champ Car will make it in 2008 but Jan Heylen told Autoracing1.com today that those were not his words and that Champ Car has been a great series and he is trying to put a deal together for 2008 in Champ Car. To cover his bases in case it does not work out in Champ Car, yes he is looking at ALMS and Grand-Am too.
AR1 is good for at least one correction. Thank you. You corrected my post.Quote:
Originally Posted by sanguin
Would he not be the kind of driver that teams would look for to race in an inreasingly European-orientated CCWS series? Someone who the "local" Europeans may have heard of and would be attractive to circuits and promoters to help put bums on seats at events?Quote:
Originally Posted by CCFanatic
sorry, until he appeared in CC most Europeans hadn't heard of him either!Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrewmcm
It feels like I gave up on CCWS this year. I think there is a possibility they will just sell the decent venues after Mexico.
The big mistake made I believe is that they didn't realize they had to see 2007 as a spending year. They spent loads of money on a new car and TV-deals but left it half-done there. I also get the impression they cut down on marketing the events. If I am right KK also handed over the control to Steve Johnson much more than before. During the whole 2007 season almost nothing positive have been announced. I am not sure when Johnson took over but last year at least things happened.
I think if they wanted to build the series with a new car they had to invest in more teams. Why spend loads of money on a new product if you don't do any marketing? It seems like they made a fundamental error here.
On the other hand of course, subsidizing teams is no guarantee they would have stayed, many might have done a one year like American Spirit in 02.