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27 Mar 2017, 18:04 (Ref:3721926) | #1 | |
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Richest rallycross driver
So with all the talk of rallycross millionaires on another thread I thought it would be a bit of fun to speculate who has been the richest of them all - past or present.
I can think of a few for consideration and a few who had it and lost it. Entirely opinion and speculation of course |
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Sverre Isachsen
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27 Mar 2017, 20:42 (Ref:3721964) | #5 | |
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Pucher is a guy I think of presently. Came from nowhere a few years ago and has built up quite a team around him. He has a leadership role of ISIS Papyrus which seems to be a very big company working with software.
Heard that he has a elevator in his own house! |
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27 Mar 2017, 21:27 (Ref:3721976) | #6 | |
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Rene Munnich?
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28 Mar 2017, 07:31 (Ref:3722071) | #7 | ||
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Might be Münnich. He even lives in Dubai now.
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28 Mar 2017, 07:54 (Ref:3722075) | #8 | ||
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Who was the Russian region president who raced a Hansen C4?
I would also think Pat is fairly well off! |
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28 Mar 2017, 08:34 (Ref:3722084) | #9 | |
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Münnich is a good example.
Rustam Minnikhanov, or something like that. President of Tatarstan. TT is from there also. |
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28 Mar 2017, 15:18 (Ref:3722189) | #10 | |
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George Tracey? Jan Langenberg? Jos Kuypers? Jochen Coox? Steve Volders?
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28 Mar 2017, 17:14 (Ref:3722214) | #11 | |
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Tracey would have been a contender without a doubt - certainly when he had the money
Langenberg - what did he do? Volders - whats does he do? Must have been some rich Swedes along the way |
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28 Mar 2017, 17:36 (Ref:3722218) | #12 | ||
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Already suggested, but Pucher is the first driver that springs to mind. There must have been a lot of money poured into Team Austria the last few years.
Probably not the richest, but Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier (owns a chain of truck dealerships?) and Andy Scott (Scott Trawlers) must have decent money. Not sure how much he actually has in the bank, but Petter Solberg (and Loeb) must be worth quite a bit? Of all the recent drivers, surely Ken Block has the biggest bank balance? |
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28 Mar 2017, 18:20 (Ref:3722226) | #13 | |
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I assume Ken Block.
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28 Mar 2017, 19:08 (Ref:3722237) | #15 | |
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Ken Block was co-owner of DC Shoes and from what I understand he made a big fortune by selling his shares. I don't know how reliable these numbers are but according several websites he has a net worth of $200M.
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Well with that kind of funds we all would like to race a super car wouldn't we? |
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...absolutely! If I was in the same situation, I'd be doing exactly that! |
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Would say Munnich, Ken Block and Tanner Foust got to be contenders too. From the guys that used too race in the 80's Ron Hudson was pretty wealthy. Bill Riddle my uncles old team mates a multi Millionaire
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1 Apr 2017, 16:38 (Ref:3723069) | #19 | |
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Some good suggestions so far
think Muunich and Block are probably up there along with Puchar perhaps I remember a french guy at Loheac in 2001 who owned a castle and several newspapers cant remember his name though. He rented a 206 off JLP that day and was allegedly loaded. Good thing about this is no one will ever know the right answer! |
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1 Apr 2017, 17:53 (Ref:3723094) | #20 | |
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But are there any who became millionaire thanks to rallycross? Martin Schanche maybe?
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Pastrana?
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1 Apr 2017, 19:57 (Ref:3723129) | #24 | |
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I'm only 21 but during the time I have followed rallycross Isachsen was the first one being paid for driving, that was Subaru. He never revealed to the media how much he made though.
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