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Mike
02-05-2009, 02:40 PM
subaru and suzuki have pulled their works teams out of the 2009 wrc season....
sweetbmxrider
02-05-2009, 03:37 PM
wow subaru!??!!? thats nuts!
Tsar
02-05-2009, 05:26 PM
No subaru OR Mitsu = no care...
Mike
02-05-2009, 05:39 PM
there will be subarus........just not the factory teams.
NJSPEEDER
02-05-2009, 06:03 PM
This is what happens when you have a rules package that is a moving target and times tighten up a bit. Thanks FIA/WRC, another great job. :roll:
Scrat's_Camaro
02-06-2009, 12:48 PM
damn that sucks, do they still televise it?
Knipps
02-06-2009, 01:04 PM
I thought subie backed out a while ago?
NJSPEEDER
02-06-2009, 04:02 PM
damn that sucks, do they still televise it?

Not really. I don't know if Speed channel didn't persue or didn't get the contract or whatever, but they haven't said anything about showing it this year.

I thought subie backed out a while ago?

Subaru officially stopped running "factory" cars last year but continued to fully fund and sponsor teams through the same shop that was prepping cars for the factory all along. I dunno what the difference really was, they were still paying for 4 cars to be prepped for each of the top 3 touring levels of WRC. Maybe it was just a paperwork thing, who knows.