Four days after the Bear questioned in Paddock Poop 187 whether there will be a 2011 Signature Motorsports prototype entry in the American Le Mans Series, Signature Principal Matt Tarleton posted a lengthy (1,000 word) ”rebuttal” in the americanlemansfans.com forum, here.
Here is Murphy’s opinion of Signature’s 2011 prospects as described in 187:
Murphy doesn’t expect to see Signature Motorsports. The Tarletons made a “run” at the same kind of “reality tv” deal two years ago, that time with an Aston Martin. It didn’t fly then, and doesn’t look like it will fly now. It’s a huge jump from a few turns of the Firestone Firehawk in the eighties and a nascent performance driving school to a pair of Le Mans Prototypes. If this were headed anywhere, Riley would be building something, or planning to. The Bear’s been told there’s, “Nothing, and nothing expected” in Mooresville.
Actually, Murphy agrees with all the facts that Matt so nicely laid out in his post, which the Bear notes and clarifies below: (more…)