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Originally Posted by mav1178
Call it what you want, it's not "made for TV"... that was only recently.
FD for a long time was pretty much just the event itself, without TV contracts.
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Oh, I agree that it existed before TV. But its modern form and popularity owes itself to TV.
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Originally Posted by mav1178
Even if you don't want to label it as motorsports, it's still a good gauge of where Subaru sees this car if it wants to commit a car + sponsorship money to a top team in FD for next year.
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Subaru needs exposure in youth markets.
Look at what they do sponsor in the States. GRC, Rally, and now Drifting. Except for maybe Rally, they aren't doing it for the betterment of the sport or car, it is for advertising aimed at young/extreme sports people. Is there any more efficient way to get cheap advertising?
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Originally Posted by mav1178
And by the way: racing is not necessarily against a timed objective.
-alex
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But it is always about beating something, if not against a clock, to a specific point. Can you not win a Drift event and never pass your opponent? Drift is a tremendous example of driving skill.