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Originally Posted by FIRE
Despite yes or no local interest the Germans want to spend money, NASCAR should turn them away?
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It's not about NASCAR turning them away, it's about no fans bothering to show up, and no teams being able to find enough sponsorship to run the cars. The series would have no profile, no media awareness and no value for sponsors. So how are you going to get teams to pay for cars and get them on the grid? Audi, Mercedes and BMW may be all for it, but unless they plan on providing literally all the money for the series (at what, $3-4 million per car? Plus event costs), then the idea will get no traction.
And would Audi, Mercedes and BMW be willing to spend $18-24 million for a racing series with little return on marketing value. That kind of money buys a whole lot of advertising at the Superbowl and other media venues with a much clearer ROI.
As I said there are already at least 3 if not 4 series requiring the same budget levels, so where, in this economically fragile time is the money going to come from? No money, no racing.