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      07-21-2014, 02:32 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Flying Ace View Post
A big part of racing is marketing and advertisement for the major manufacturers. BMW I believe had a European-based team competing in the WEC already.

RLL likely is the USA marketing arm, that it also costs about $1 million (so I've heard) to field an existing team to race the 24-hour race.

here's an article talking about the logistics of moving a US based team to Europe for the race:

http://sportscar365.com/features/vid...try-logistics/
i wonder what comes out of bobby rahal's pocket in 1 season
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