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Old 10-17-2007, 06:21 AM
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Question Re: Hybrid Cars to Drive in the 100th Anniversary Great Race

Hi,
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Originally Posted by Pravus Prime View Post
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On a personal note, I'm one of the racers.
I was looking over the list of participants, which is your team?

http://greatracegarage.com/garage/20...ts_newsite.php

Looking over the schedule, it looks to be a lot of fairly short segments. A timed rally, precision is more important than anything else. I was curious about the vehicle being used.

The original race had a lot of unpaved areas to transit. A hundred years later, hopefully those segments will be fairly rare. Still I noticed quite a few older cars from the 1920s-1930s on the list.

A race like this takes a lot of support and money, especially on the Asian and Eurasian areas. I would image there would be a second, possibly larger team following with the logistics: parts, mechanics, e.t.c. Funding is not a trivial problem. Will there be fund raisers to support this effort?

Bob Wilson

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