This brings up a question I've had. Does any other Auto manufactures have a
contingence plan?
Larry Miller
lmiller2@airmail.net
98 Dodge Neon R/T
Eibach, QuickPipe, GTS, V-Tech, Mobil 1
N.E. #1440
----- Original Message -----
From: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Chrysler Taking its toys and going home???
> Chrysler isn't doing anything they aren't fully entitled to do.
> It's their money, after all.
>
> Nobody is entitled to corporate sponsorship and/or contingency
> money. If/when that happens and your hobby-related expenses are
> defrayed as a result, count yourself VERY lucky. Just don't count
> on your luck to hold forever.
>
> Since when is there anything wrong with a manufacturer offering a
> sport version of a mundane passenger car? Isn't that what we, as
> alleged "enthusiasts," should want to encourage?
>
> If DC is timing their move as a symbolic gesture against trunk
> kits, more power to them. If you have to have manufacturer
> support to keep a series viable, you should take that fact into
> account when making decisions that could put that support in
> jeopardy.
>
> The sponsorship dollar game is a game that SCCA and a number of
> competitors have chosen to play. It was their choice, and the
> consequences aren't always guaranteed to be positive. That's
> life.
>
> I still think that Solo II realized a net gain from Chrysler's
> involvement, even though I am not now nor would ever be a Neon
> buyer.
>
> Jay
>
>
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