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Originally Posted by Ron61
Don,
I hate to see that as I really enjoy the LeMans series and other road racing. I wish they would bring back the Trans Am series and use real cars like they did before. But with the economy like it is, the cost of traveling and moving the cars alone is staggering. I saw Richard Petty on a TV show the other day and he said that Petty Enterprises is looking for a partnership with someone or they may have to withdraw soon. He said it is just getting to expensive for them to field the teams and the sponsors are getting harder to find. I wonder if French was referring to what would happen if Ford and GM do go bankrupt.
Ron
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I saw a TV show last night about a race series that is using factory modified spec Mustangs. They said the cars cost $75K each and they expect it to cost about $200K per car to race the entire eight race series. There appeared to be about 25 cars involved. It's not Trans Am but it's one example of what can be done.