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Electric Jolt for GRC?

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Support this week for electric vehicles in the Red Bull Global Rallycross championship. The series announced plans, or maybe hopes, for the cars starting in 2018.  Now Michael Andretti is on record liking the idea. Andretti Autosport already campaigns in Formula E and…

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Floating Dumb Ideas

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I heard one of the dumbest ideas for NASCAR this week. Andrew Murstein, co-owner of Richard Petty Motorsports, threw out the idea of a spending cap to level the playing field in the sport. Among other things he said it would increase fan…

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The Three C’s: Cartels, Collusion & Catastrophe

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. More evidence that motor racing can’t escape larger world headlines. Porsche this week said it’s leaving the World Endurance Championship at the end of this year. Reports said Porsche was spending more than $200 million annually on its highly successful Prototype program. That…

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