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Why no Ford backing in ALMS?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ry_Trapp0" data-source="post: 9948977" data-attributes="member: 27761"><p>keep in mind that ford still isn't "rich" by any means. the reason that the coyote 5.0l is dimensionally identical to the 4.6l is because the execs told the engineers that they could design a new engine, but it had to be able to be produced using the current modular manufacturing equipment to save money since they just designed the clean sheet boss 6.2l.</p><p>as far as ford giving backing to matech in LMS, matech did all of the work themselves and ford jumped on board after they began succesfully winning. sucks that it went that way, but it is what it is.</p><p>with ford putting so much money into NASCAR(they just designed a brand new clean sheet engine last year, drag racing(again, another brand new clean sheet engine for pro stock/top fuel classes), grand-am continental challenge(producing FR500C's before and boss 302R's now), and rolex grand-am(the cammer 5.0l is the most widely used daytona prototype engine as well as giving additional aid), there probably just isn't enough left over for ALMS as well. either le mans series is VERY expensive to participate in competitively. the reason that the GT1 class has been axed is simply put because GM out spent every other manufacturer that participated besides aston martin. the reason audi and peugeot beat the non-manufacturer teams is because they dump shit loads of cash into their cars, out spending the smaller teams. frankly, it's no surprise that ford doesn't participate.</p><p></p><p>you should be watching rolex grand-am instead anyways, much more competitive racing:banana:</p><p></p><p>rally america is rebranding as rallycar(lame name IMO) and have picked up a new marketing company that specializes in the "younger generation". they are also starting up a new rallycross series(same thing as "super rally" in the x-games, albeit probably a bit more competitive courses) for this year. if they can get some TV coverage, then i see rally really starting to take off over here. IMO, the problem isn't that people aren't interested, but that we don't really have any sort of coverage of it over here, not even of our own rallyamerica series.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ry_Trapp0, post: 9948977, member: 27761"] keep in mind that ford still isn't "rich" by any means. the reason that the coyote 5.0l is dimensionally identical to the 4.6l is because the execs told the engineers that they could design a new engine, but it had to be able to be produced using the current modular manufacturing equipment to save money since they just designed the clean sheet boss 6.2l. as far as ford giving backing to matech in LMS, matech did all of the work themselves and ford jumped on board after they began succesfully winning. sucks that it went that way, but it is what it is. with ford putting so much money into NASCAR(they just designed a brand new clean sheet engine last year, drag racing(again, another brand new clean sheet engine for pro stock/top fuel classes), grand-am continental challenge(producing FR500C's before and boss 302R's now), and rolex grand-am(the cammer 5.0l is the most widely used daytona prototype engine as well as giving additional aid), there probably just isn't enough left over for ALMS as well. either le mans series is VERY expensive to participate in competitively. the reason that the GT1 class has been axed is simply put because GM out spent every other manufacturer that participated besides aston martin. the reason audi and peugeot beat the non-manufacturer teams is because they dump shit loads of cash into their cars, out spending the smaller teams. frankly, it's no surprise that ford doesn't participate. you should be watching rolex grand-am instead anyways, much more competitive racing:banana: rally america is rebranding as rallycar(lame name IMO) and have picked up a new marketing company that specializes in the "younger generation". they are also starting up a new rallycross series(same thing as "super rally" in the x-games, albeit probably a bit more competitive courses) for this year. if they can get some TV coverage, then i see rally really starting to take off over here. IMO, the problem isn't that people aren't interested, but that we don't really have any sort of coverage of it over here, not even of our own rallyamerica series. [/QUOTE]
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