Subaru pull out of world rallying

[Boffin]

Yet another victim of the collapse of the world economy it seems. I wonder if there will be any decent racing series next year - or will it simply mean the renaissance of the privateer?

 

Here is the BBC story: Subaru pull out of WRC

 

Andy

[David]

That's tough. When I think of WRC, Subaru is the brand that always comes to mind.

[Mike]

I'm going to have to hang up my SWRT cap.

[Francois_Dumas]

I wonder if there will be any decent racing series next year - or will it simply mean the renaissance of the privateer?

 

 

Andy

 

 

I would applaud that ! Much more fun, get the adventure back, the creativity and the driver skills !

[keithb]

It is hard to justify spending $5-$10 million or whatever it costs to field a racing team when the economy or your business is in the crapper.

[VinnyR11]

Honda pulling out of F1 and AMA, and now Subaru is out of WRC. I think this is the tip of the motorsports iceberg.

 

As Keith said, how can these companies justify the multi-million dollar racing programs when many are laying off thousands and close to going bust? It's going to be a very tough time for pro racing.

 

It's also tough to justify a lot of these series based upon a "race on Sunday sell on Monday" mentality.

[hANNAbONE]

oOOOOOOHHHHHHHH nNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..! Dang it - that Is a bummer.!

[One]

. . . working along them has been one of the pleasures of my life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Juan