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NismoZ
02-26-07, 12:24 PM
Stock cars. 600hp engines built in Charlotte. Car to test at VIR on March 5-6. 18 race series beginning next fall, (Nov. '07-Apr. '08) Middle East and Asia. Road racing. Hmmmm...Bernie? NASCAB? The march continues. Jean Alesi is all gaga saying he really wants to do stock cars. Gee, maybe Michael WILL race stock cars before he's finished? Sort of an A1GP/DP concept but with the drivers being the stars not a country or the car.. A fairly sound concept I'd guess.
Spicoli
02-26-07, 01:35 PM
wow.


not sure what to even say about this, other than who is writing the paychex?
extramundane
02-26-07, 02:28 PM
not sure what to even say about this, other than who is writing the paychex?

It's Dubai-based, apparently, so pick a random Sheik.
oddlycalm
02-26-07, 03:19 PM
Sheiks and their money continue to be easily parted. My question is who's the buyer? Where is the demand? Asia? This is the same Asia where the promoters have a chronic ability to not get the job done from what we have seen.

Aside from that, most countries or regions already have their own stock car series. Everywhere except the US they are roadracing series so the cars are more nimble than the lumbering mastodons of NASCAR. Where is the demand for really slow road races with overweight cars that are four times the size of what the locals drive? Alesi must need a payday and not be able to get a ride in DTM...

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Sean Malone
02-27-07, 01:31 AM
They sure do like their auto racing in Dubia. Look at the packed stands at teh recent A1GP street race there.

Aren't street races supposed to be where people 'are'?

http://www.speedtv.com/_assets/library/img/large/139762_bju.jpg
emjaya
02-27-07, 09:38 AM
Is this what we're talking about? :confused:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/56869


NASCAR is planning to use its Car of Tomorrow as a platform to create regional series around the world, this week's Autosport magazine exclusively reveals.
NismoZ
02-27-07, 11:29 AM
Maybe, maybe not. Some think it's Bernie playing defense by going on offense.
pchall
02-27-07, 12:39 PM
Aren't street races supposed to be where people 'are'?


Only when your indigenous population has a one hundred year history with the automobile as personal transport. :rolleyes:

Put camels on that track and it would be packed. ;)
emjaya
02-27-07, 05:01 PM
The V8 Supercars went to Dubai last year for the first time.They had a small crowd of foreign workers (mainly Brits), not many locals, though.

From some of the videos I've seen, car culture is alive and growing in the Arabian states, just waiting for a race series to follow.
Tifosi24
02-27-07, 09:45 PM
They sure do like their auto racing in Dubia. Look at the packed stands at teh recent A1GP street race there.

Aren't street races supposed to be where people 'are'?

http://www.speedtv.com/_assets/library/img/large/139762_bju.jpg

That race picture is from South Africa not Dubai.
mcgonigle
02-28-07, 11:47 PM
That race picture is from South Africa not Dubai.

Durban or Dubai. Whatever. Bet on the crowd being low at either venue, be it A1GP or SPEEDCAR. These venues and series are like answers to questions no one asked.
DagoFast
03-01-07, 10:37 AM
The pics are misleading, all the cool kids will only sit in the grandstands that face mecca. :p