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9 Jul 2010, 21:56
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Originally Posted by mountainstar
Foust is better funded in drifting than he ever was in rally and he goes where the money is.
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Interesting comment mountainstar, why do you think Foust do Rallycross? There is NO money there.
The speaker at Höljes asked Foust about the X-games and if there is much audience at the X Games, but Tanner was talking mostly about the over 20 million watching the X Games on television. Do you think he is right? Will RX be big in the US?
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10 Jul 2010, 00:51
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Originally Posted by rx-guru
8th in his first ever ERC round in Portugal, 6th at Lydden and 3rd in Sweden (but after black flag classified as 6th) is not a bad result at all.
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10 Jul 2010, 03:43
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Originally Posted by The Eye
Interesting comment mountainstar, why do you think Foust do Rallycross? There is NO money there.
The speaker at Höljes asked Foust about the X-games and if there is much audience at the X Games, but Tanner was talking mostly about the over 20 million watching the X Games on television. Do you think he is right? Will RX be big in the US?
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Rallycross is the big gamble by Rally America to be a profitable organization. It does have the potential to be big at some point.
Previously in the guise of stadium truck racing it was extremely successful with tons of factory backing from Nissan, Toyota, etc. and big name sponsors. It died out for various reasons. But no reason why that type of sport can't be big again in the form of rallycross.
Tanner is about the $$$ and a lot of people know this is a gamble but also a shot at X Games like rally events to be a series around the USA.
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10 Jul 2010, 19:08
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Originally Posted by rx-guru
8th in his first ever ERC round in Portugal, 6th at Lydden and 3rd in Sweden (but after black flag classified as 6th) is not a bad result at all.
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Absolutely - I'm sure he would have finished higher then 6th at Lydden had his car not died on the start grid.
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Originally Posted by mountainstar
Previously in the guise of stadium truck racing it was extremely successful with tons of factory backing from Nissan, Toyota, etc. and big name sponsors. It died out for various reasons. But no reason why that type of sport can't be big again in the form of rallycross.
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That was CORR, wasn't it? Damn shame that never survived as I used to enjoy watching the clips on You Tube. The Lucas Oil series has sorted of replaced it, hasn't it?
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10 Jul 2010, 20:35
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Originally Posted by tbtstt
That was CORR, wasn't it? Damn shame that never survived as I used to enjoy watching the clips on You Tube. The Lucas Oil series has sorted of replaced it, hasn't it?
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No it wasn't CORR. It was the Mickey Thompson Stadium Series. It lasted until 1996 but had some hard times after 1988 when Mickey Thompson and his wife were assassinated by thugs hired by a former business partner.
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12 Jul 2010, 08:59
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Originally Posted by mountainstar
No it wasn't CORR. It was the Mickey Thompson Stadium Series. It lasted until 1996 but had some hard times after 1988 when Mickey Thompson and his wife were assassinated by thugs hired by a former business partner.
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Blimey! I've never heard of that series; I'm off to You Tube to try and find out more - ta!
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17 Jul 2010, 13:56
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ivan "ironman" stewart and all that jazz
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21 Jul 2010, 08:39
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If I read the blurb on the various US rally forums correctly, it looks like the X-Games rallycross will feature a Joker section, with part of said Joker section consisting of a big jump of some sorts.
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22 Jul 2010, 22:34
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its x-games its got to have a big jump in there at some point
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30 Jul 2010, 08:46
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Well X-Games is this weekend; be interesting to see how Foust gets on with the rallycross - and what Isachsen can do with the Subaru.
Will have to starting trawling the internet for coverage next week!
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30 Jul 2010, 10:59
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Agreed. Hope it goes better then it looks!
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It's a Subaru WRC with extra power?
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Given that its Subaru USA I would think its based on the Rally America Impreza, which is somewhere between the Group N and WRC car (Group A you might say?).
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31 Jul 2010, 16:06
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31 Jul 2010, 17:43
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So I guess it's just Fiesta's, Impreza'a and Evo's then?
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31 Jul 2010, 18:05
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Yep
According Rallycross Online at 12:30 pm local time (21h30 CEST) live on ESPN America.
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