This question comes out of my following the Open Letter to Colin Clark thread which I didn't want to include this post in as it was pretty far off the original topic. Being from America, and not having grown up with the WRC through the years, I really have a hard time understanding how the series is funded. Rallying in general seems to be a tough sport to support as there are no closed-in arenas where you can charge exorbitant prices for food/drink as is done in European/American football for example. Who pays for the stage prep and all the logistics that go into setting up the infrastructure to run the rally? Is this all covered in entry fees by the teams? Do the locales fund a portion of the cost? Where is the revenue stream for the WRC? I understands it's easy to be negative on certain aspects of the WRC but in the end, expenses need to be covered. Enlightenment appreciated.