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7 Jan 2007, 20:13
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So who/what is Firepower anyway?
I've been wondering for ages what this Firepower stuff is that is backing Tasman Motorsport as I've never seen it in an auto shop.
Seems I'm not the only person...
from the Sydney Morning Herald January 8
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7 Jan 2007, 21:00
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Found this www.firepowergroup.com (Google is your friend) but it didn't want to work for me this morning.
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7 Jan 2007, 21:33
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"Firepower" used to be a brand of automotive replacement stuff - points , condensers , plug leads and so forth , however don't know if it's the same as the sponsor of the Tasman car.
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8 Jan 2007, 00:26
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What an interesting read! Allegedly Firepower are using Tasman and others to launder money garnered from a former KGB money making enterprise!
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8 Jan 2007, 00:43
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Originally Posted by xrystl
"Firepower" used to be a brand of automotive replacement stuff - points , condensers , plug leads and so forth , however don't know if it's the same as the sponsor of the Tasman car.
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This 'Firepower' was a sponsor of Ryan McLeod's production class Suzuki Swift in the late 1990's... they were going to help him move up thru the classes, but something went turtle and the dollars went elsewhere...
The CCCP perhaps?? 
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8 Jan 2007, 01:05
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They also sponsor the Sydney Kings (basketball team in case you didn't know), they must be a fairly prominent sponsor for them I noticed there logo on the court yesterday on tv
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8 Jan 2007, 02:30
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Have a read of Average Punter's link, they own the Sydney Kings!
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8 Jan 2007, 07:09
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In the latest V8X mag they explain what Firepower is - but i dont have it handy at the moment
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8 Jan 2007, 07:12
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They also sponsor the Sydney Kings (basketball team in case you didn't know), they must be a fairly prominent sponsor for them I noticed there logo on the court yesterday on tv
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8 Jan 2007, 07:32
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This Firepower group allegedly seems to have a very tangled web of deals and kickbacks from government officials and others around the world .
Seems strange for all this promotion in Aus from a company that , according to it's website , outside Western Australia only stocks it's products in one shop in Northern Territory and one shop in Tasmania 
Very weird hope it's not another debacle like the Westpoint group
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8 Jan 2007, 08:23
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Seems strange for all this promotion in Aus from a company that , according to it's website , outside Western Australia only stocks it's products in one shop in Northern Territory and one shop in Tasmania
Very weird hope it's not another debacle like the Westpoint group
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It sounds like money laundering and arms smuggling make up the core business with those connections and obvious lack of legitimate business activity. Makes Westpoint look legit.
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8 Jan 2007, 09:11
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Another Interesting Article
Where is ICS when you need them?
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8 Jan 2007, 09:14
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The more you look at the website the nastier the whole "Firepower" thing looks, with branches in Romania; South Africa; US; Germany; Belarus, Middle East..this is CIA/KGB stuff. Hopefully "Firepwer" will disappear as a sponor of Australian sport and be replaced by a legit enterprise.
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8 Jan 2007, 09:16
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As long as they keep paying the bills, all is good........
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8 Jan 2007, 10:32
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that last article is just pure self advertising... anything is possible to be marketed by supposed fuel savings some where in the former USSR...
Its a lot like all the oil and fuel additives here and the USA that are better known as snake oil...
oh and not to forget the polarizer!!!!
I sure hope tasman get paid up front!!!!
aren't both the carratti brother getting firepower money also? whats the connection there?
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