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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