One of the big rumors leading up to the European tour is the fact that Blue Flare Motorsports, recently dealing with the trauma of the death of their owner, may not have the money to go oversea's to Europe. ARCSOA CEO Stephanie Tilton stated, "I honestly have no clue what is going on with them, however the fact that the team has no sponsorship, and is running up huge expenses and is taking no money in, is quite concerning." Tilton also came up with a solution, "If they intend to run Europe, I would highly expect them to hire two European drivers with money to keep their cash flow coming. Or a possibly better option for them would be to sit out Europe, and work on a B-Spec car for returning to America." Tilton concluded with this, "I have a couple local teams that want to enter some European races, and maybe run the American 700 later in the season. So there is still a very real chance that we will see 40+ cars on the grid for the European races."