Why do you guys argue so much?
timmy thompson
Dave-E
> Open wheel racing in the United States is dead. Why beat around the bush?
No, OWR is lying in a ditch bleeding profusely.
...and don't bring Dubya into it...
Von Fourche
"timmy thompson" <termi...@famatters.com> wrote in message
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> Open wheel racing in the United States is dead. Why beat around the bush?
That's a funny thing to say when the IRL is the premier open wheel
racing
series in the world.
Dave-E
> "timmy thompson" <termina...@famatters.com> wrote in message
fixed your typo...
forty
F1 is shaking in their boots about losing too much ground to the immense
popularity and increasing international following of the IRL...
OOPS! That was early-90's CART. My bad!
--
forty
“To embrace an extreme, one must first let go of reason.”
alien
"forty" <cfor...@SPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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Very true, but that's exactly what the irL has chosen to imitate. CART from
the early-mid 90's. The problem with trying to imitate something is even
though you might achive your goal, you are still just a fake Rolex being
sold on a street corner.
alien
forty
Indeed, I'm not going to hold my breath to see Alonso, Kimi, or other F1
superstars jump to the IRL a la Mansell & Fittipaldi.
Carey Akin
"alien" <nofe...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>
>> --
>> forty
>>
>> "To embrace an extreme, one must first let go of reason."
>
>
> Very true, but that's exactly what the irL has chosen to imitate. CART
> from the early-mid 90's. The problem with trying to imitate something is
> even though you might achive your goal, you are still just a fake Rolex
> being sold on a street corner.
>
Carey in Manvel
Carey Akin
"forty" <cfor...@SPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
>
> Indeed, I'm not going to hold my breath to see Alonso, Kimi, or other F1
> superstars jump to the IRL a la Mansell & Fittipaldi.
>
Carey in Manvel
forty
It's a bit of a stretch to compare Montoya with Mansell or Fittipaldi in
such a manner.
forty
Depends on how one defines "didn't work."
.
.
In case you're wondering what I'm driving at, I shall illustrate:
A racecar DNF's because a wheelnut broke and it spun out of control into
a barrier. Everything else in the car was funtioning flawlessly. One
could say the car "didn't work" but that would be a gross
oversimplification.
--
forty
“To embrace an extreme, one must first let go of reason.”
Von Fourche
"forty" <cfor...@SPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
> Von Fourche wrote:
>> "timmy thompson" <termi...@famatters.com> wrote in message
>> news:461d7725$0$9898$4c36...@roadrunner.com...
>>> Open wheel racing in the United States is dead. Why beat around the
>>> bush?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> That's a funny thing to say when the IRL is the premier open wheel
>> racing
>> series in the world.
>
> F1 is shaking in their boots about losing too much ground to the immense
> popularity and increasing international following of the IRL...
I didn't say IRL has a bigger world following. I said the IRL is the
premier
open wheel RACING series in the world. F1, my favorite AUTO sport, is a
competition between engineers. F1 is like Boeing vs. Airbus. What they
make, jets, have pilots. Piloting - mostly skill with a little art. F1
drivers - 80%
pilot and 20% race car driver. IRL on the other hand - 100% racing.
IRL drivers - 80% race car driver and 20% pilot. IRL - 100% racing.
I can see thru the F1 mirage for what it really is. As I said, I like
it. It is my favorite
auto sport. But I see it for what it is. That's why I watch the IRL for
real AMERICAN
racing.
forty
> "forty" <cfor...@SPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:586mmpF...@mid.individual.net...
>> Von Fourche wrote:
>>> "timmy thompson" <termi...@famatters.com> wrote in message
>>> news:461d7725$0$9898$4c36...@roadrunner.com...
>>>> Open wheel racing in the United States is dead. Why beat around the
>>>> bush?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That's a funny thing to say when the IRL is the premier open wheel
>>> racing
>>> series in the world.
>> F1 is shaking in their boots about losing too much ground to the immense
>> popularity and increasing international following of the IRL...
>
>
>
> I didn't say IRL has a bigger world following. I said the IRL is the
> premier
Methinks you whooshed yerself
Don't fuck with the Jesus
> alien wrote:
> > "forty" <cfort...@SPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:586mmpF...@mid.individual.net...
> >> Von Fourche wrote:
> >>>news:461d7725$0$9898$4c36...@roadrunner.com...
> >>>> Open wheel racing in the United States is dead. Why beat around the
> >>>> bush?
>
> >>> That's a funny thing to say when the IRL is the premier open wheel
> >>> racing
> >> popularity and increasing international following of the IRL...
>
> >> OOPS! That was early-90's CART. My bad!
>
> >> --
> >> forty
>
> >> "To embrace an extreme, one must first let go of reason."
>
> > Very true, but that's exactly what the irL has chosen to imitate. CART from
> > the early-mid 90's. The problem with trying to imitate something is even
> > though you might achive your goal, you are still just a fake Rolex being
> > sold on a street corner.
>
> > alien
>
> Indeed, I'm not going to hold my breath to see Alonso, Kimi, or other F1
> superstars jump to the IRL a la Mansell & Fittipaldi.
>
To be fair, Emmo had retired from F1 for a number of years so he
didn't jump per se. After the disaster of the Copersucar sponsored
Fittipaldi F1 project, he was completely out of F1. Mansell on the
other hand did 'jump' to CART/IndyCar as the defending WDC because
Frank Williams signed Alain Prost for the 1993 season. What would
have been Mansell's seat at Williams was then filled by test driver
and future WDC Damon Hill.
Dave-E
> "alien" <nofend...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
Seems to me things were working pretty well. Good car counts, plenty
of sponsors, well attended races, quality competition.
Please tell me how things are better now.
alien
"Von Fourche" <Khon...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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snip
>Piloting - mostly skill with a little art. F1 drivers - 80%
> pilot and 20% race car driver. IRL on the other hand - 100% racing.
> IRL drivers - 80% race car driver and 20% pilot. IRL - 100% racing.
snip
67% of made up percentages are false. 33% of ...... nevermind, 33 is just a
number.
alien
.
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Among other concerns were T.G.'s expressed misgivings
that CART was leading openwheel down the primrose
path and into a miasma of destruction. His premonitory
monition ignored, they of course promptly went bankrupt.
Dave-E
>
> I didn't say IRL has a bigger world following. I said the IRL is the
> premier
> open wheel RACING series in the world.
The IRL is barely a smudge on the map of OWR in any world...yours or
otherwise.
Are IRL races even shown on TV outside NA?
Dave-E
> "forty" <cfort...@SPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:586mmpF...@mid.individual.net...
>
> > Von Fourche wrote:
> >>news:461d7725$0$9898$4c36...@roadrunner.com...
> >>> Open wheel racing in the United States is dead. Why beat around the
> >>> bush?
>
> >> That's a funny thing to say when the IRL is the premier open wheel
> >> racing
> >> series in the world.
>
> > F1 is shaking in their boots about losing too much ground to the immense
> > popularity and increasing international following of the IRL...
>
> I didn't say IRL has a bigger world following. I said the IRL is the
> premier
> open wheel RACING series in the world. F1, my favorite AUTO sport, is a
> competition between engineers. F1 is like Boeing vs. Airbus. What they
> make, jets, have pilots. Piloting - mostly skill with a little art. F1
> drivers - 80%
> pilot and 20% race car driver. IRL on the other hand - 100% racing.
> IRL drivers - 80% race car driver and 20% pilot. IRL - 100% racing.
>
> I can see thru the F1 mirage for what it really is. As I said, I like
> it. It is my favorite
> auto sport. But I see it for what it is. That's why I watch the IRL for
> real AMERICAN
> racing.
So, you'll be at the Japan race cheering on Honda and Matsuura, right?
Dave-E
>
> news:586mmpF...@mid.individual.net...
>
> > Von Fourche wrote:
> >>news:461d7725$0$9898$4c36...@roadrunner.com...
> >>> Open wheel racing in the United States is dead. Why beat around the
> >>> bush?
>
> >> That's a funny thing to say when the IRL is the premier open wheel
> >> racing
> >> series in the world.
>
> > F1 is shaking in their boots about losing too much ground to the immense
> > popularity and increasing international following of the IRL...
>
> I didn't say IRL has a bigger world following. I said the IRL is the
> premier
> open wheel RACING series in the world. F1, my favorite AUTO sport, is a
> competition between engineers. F1 is like Boeing vs. Airbus. What they
> make, jets, have pilots. Piloting - mostly skill with a little art. F1
> drivers - 80%
> pilot and 20% race car driver. IRL on the other hand - 100% racing.
> IRL drivers - 80% race car driver and 20% pilot. IRL - 100% racing.
>
>
On an oval, it's mostly car setup. So let's say 90% engineer, 10%
driver.
You could put a brick on the gas pedal and "The Club" on the wheel,
let 'er rip and prolly get a top 10 finish...
ok... pit stops might be a little dicey...
Dave-E
>
> I didn't say IRL has a bigger world following. I said the IRL is the
> premier
> open wheel RACING series in the world. F1, my favorite AUTO sport, is a
> competition between engineers. F1 is like Boeing vs. Airbus. What they
> make, jets, have pilots. Piloting - mostly skill with a little art. F1
> drivers - 80%
> pilot and 20% race car driver. IRL on the other hand - 100% racing.
> IRL drivers - 80% race car driver and 20% pilot. IRL - 100% racing.
>
> I can see thru the F1 mirage for what it really is. As I said, I like
> it. It is my favorite
> auto sport. But I see it for what it is. That's why I watch the IRL for
> real AMERICAN
> racing.
Again, I can't figure out if you're just a troll, or are you really
that ignorant and truly believe what you say, because it does border
on completely ridiculous.
Dave-E
> "Dave-E" <davegt...@aol.com> wrote in message
So TG decided that he could do a better job of destroying OWR and
there you have it..
As I said, please tell me how things are better now.
Of course, CART did not promptly go bankrupt, either
Robert Lorenzini
YOU OWE ME A KEYBOARD.
.
For the tragically inept that can't recognize the
obvious and stated both premises and deduction,
American openwheel racing, its teams, drivers,
following, and telecasts (to name but a few)
continue to survive thanx solely to the IRL.
CART's demise resulted from many a self
inflicted wound.
> Of course, CART did not promptly go bankrupt, either
>
Only in the most subjective sense. Teams, drivers,
owners, sponsors, vendors, fans, broadcasters ...
were first required to, and inevitably did, become
aware then shun and abandon the rotting corpse
of that suicide.
Iain Miller
> For the tragically inept that can't recognize the obvious and stated both
> premises and deduction, American
> openwheel racing, its teams, drivers, following, and telecasts (to name
> but a few) continue to survive thanx solely to > the IRL. CART's demise
> resulted from many a self inflicted wound.
Last time I looked, OWRS survives in spite of the IRL, not because of it!
>> Of course, CART did not promptly go bankrupt, either
> Only in the most subjective sense. Teams, drivers, owners, sponsors,
> vendors, fans, broadcasters ...
> were first required to, and inevitably did, become aware then shun and
> abandon the rotting corpse
> of that suicide.
Except for the ones who are still there of course ya muppet!
Dave-E
Wow. You are completely high.
Of course you still didn't answer the question.
> CART's demise resulted from many a self
> inflicted wound.
>
> > Of course, CART did not promptly go bankrupt, either
>
> Only in the most subjective sense. Teams, drivers,
> owners, sponsors, vendors, fans, broadcasters ...
> were first required to, and inevitably did, become
> aware then shun and abandon the rotting corpse
> of that suicide.
Hmm.. .what devastating repartee. Since TG's "vision" incorporates all
the elements that CART was, we can only wait for the IRL's eventual
demise, right?
.
Like the chumps' "continuing oxymoronic, simultaneous
canards that the IRL's 'high speed oval racing is both flat
footed and boring', 'the cars are so stuck to the ground
my grandmother could drive one', and 'this is the fastest,
most lethal form of motorsports in this country, too
dangerous to participate in' ...", they also claim on one
hand that the IRL has copied their beloved CART and
on the other that the IRL is a joke teeming with losers
(despite the fact that the latter is largely populated by
all the teams, owners, drivers ... from CART that were
worth having). What knee-slappers, just too ludicrous,
thoroughly riotous and totally farcical.
Don't fuck with the Jesus
> 'the cars are so stuck to the ground
> my grandmother could drive one',
JPM said that, dot-moron-supreme. Check yourself next time you've
most likely soiled your diaper.
.
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The delusional chumps have "proudly" repeated that
fraud (ad infinitum, ad nauseam) as if it were a mantra,
but now desire to run away and distance themselves
from it as if someone had uttered the name Chris Pook.
Hilarious, and still par for the course.
Mark
>
> The delusional chumps have "proudly" repeated that
> fraud (ad infinitum, ad nauseam) as if it were a mantra,
> but now desire to run away and distance themselves
> from it as if someone had uttered the name Chris Pook.
> Hilarious, and still par for the course.
I must be bored to be replying to the dot. Yet only briefly. It was
no fraud that he said it dot. I am sure its out there on the net
somewhere or just google the group the same year Juan Pablo Montoya.
There were tons of comment right here that were talking about how he
was going to get hurt with that attitude. Talk was about just how
little seat time that rookie had in the car. How can you find out
which year he was a rookie? Just goole the winners dot. He won the
race that year. With very little testing in a team that ran that car
exactly one race that year, he beat all those IRL standout regulars
with tons of seat time in those cars, most were veterens of the IRL
and it should have left JPM with very little chance to win. The fact
he won first time out says something for JPM, something for the team,
but lots lots more about the IRL of the time. Back to ignore mode
Don't fuck with the Jesus
> "Don't fuck with the Jesus" <dontfwithje...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1176496721.6...@w1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On Apr 13, 6:44 am, "." <....@dot.com> wrote:
> > > 'the cars are so stuck to the ground
> > > my grandmother could drive one',
>
> > JPM said that, dot-moron-supreme. Check yourself next time you've
> > most likely soiled your diaper.
>
> The delusional chumps have "proudly" repeated that
> fraud (ad infinitum, ad nauseam) as if it were a mantra,
> but now desire to run away and distance themselves
> from it as if someone had uttered the name Chris Pook.
> Hilarious, and still par for the course.
The only delusional maroon spewing fraud in this thread is you, dot...
hump away, pissant, hump!
Dave-E
As much as I hate to say it, I think we've fed dothead the troll
enough for a while. We should let him stew in his self made puddle of
excrement. He's at the point where he's so redundant and predictable,
it's not even entertaining.
I did get a kick out of " hump away, pissant, hump!", though...well
done!
.
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>
> "forty" <cfor...@SPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:586mmpF...@mid.individual.net...
> > Von Fourche wrote:
> >> news:461d7725$0$9898$4c36...@roadrunner.com...
> >>> Open wheel racing in the United States is dead. Why beat around the
> >>> bush?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> That's a funny thing to say when the IRL is the premier open wheel
> >> racing
> >> series in the world.
> >
> > F1 is shaking in their boots about losing too much ground to the immense
> > popularity and increasing international following of the IRL...
> >
> >
> > forty
> >
> > "To embrace an extreme, one must first let go of reason."
>
>
> Very true, but that's exactly what the irL has chosen to imitate. CART
from
> the early-mid 90's. The problem with trying to imitate something is even
> though you might achive your goal, you are still just a fake Rolex being
> sold on a street corner.
>
>
Another chump clown gets it wrong yet again, hardly
a surprise. Here's just a few of the distinctions that
seperate the current IRL from the former CART series:
Naturally aspirated engines; single engine supplier;
single chassis supplier; mostly ovals; ethanol fuel;
EVERY event televised (the latter regularly had non
televised events); races broadcast in their entirety
(portions of the latter's were commonly pre-empted);
competent, just and consistent officiating (anyone
recall Dominguez' first "victory"); safer walls (an IRL
development); truly competitive races (instead of
parades); teams, owners, drivers ... haven't and
won't depart in droves to join the competitor; haven't
gone and and won't go bankrupt; fewer fatalities (sans
inclusions of either a single spectator or race worker) ...
.
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You can rest assured in the most certain knowledge
that this will be your dead last spoon-feeding.
Each and every of your pathetic posts provides
proof positive that you're one ignorant, know-
nothing, opinionated southern goofball that still can't
spell, compose or relate a coherent thought, or parse
and resolve the meaning in a single sentence (which
is why I nearly never reply to your gibberish, and why
you can rest assured in the most certain knowledge
that this will be your dead last spoon-feeding), not to
mention your overtly laughable prognostications and
evaluations. As even a retarded 10 year old in a
hurry would easily determine, the referred to fraud
was the (lack of) veracity of the clearly hyperbolic
statement itself (and even at that, said of the 2000,
not the current, IRL) not the validity of its origins.
I direct your sorry ass to yet other previous posts
you didn't (and presumably still won't) understand:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.sport.cart/msg/4707e5dc59cfb63d
and
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.sport.cart/msg/e6a601dc65496b8d
PS Now see if you can find someone with an IQ
above 70 (a blood relative quite obviously wouldn't
fit the bill) to explain this response, as you're just as
unlikely (as ever) to comprehend its meaning either.
.
> On Apr 13, 8:11 pm, "Don't fuck with the Jesus"
> <dontfwithje...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Apr 13, 1:58 pm, "." <....@dot.com> wrote:
> >
> > > "Don't fuck with the Jesus" <dontfwithje...@gmail.com> wrote in
messagenews:1176496721.6...@w1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > > > On Apr 13, 6:44 am, "." <....@dot.com> wrote:
> > > > > 'the cars are so stuck to the ground
> > > > > my grandmother could drive one',
> >
> > > > JPM said that, dot-moron-supreme. Check yourself next time you've
> > > > most likely soiled your diaper.
> >
> > > The delusional chumps have "proudly" repeated that
> > > fraud (ad infinitum, ad nauseam) as if it were a mantra,
> > > but now desire to run away and distance themselves
> > > from it as if someone had uttered the name Chris Pook.
> > > Hilarious, and still par for the course.
> >
> > The only delusional maroon spewing fraud in this thread is you, dot...
> > hump away, pissant, hump!
>
> As much as I hate to say it, I think we've fed dothead the troll
> enough for a while.
Also had enough slapping around have you? It's like
sellers remorse knowing that the killfile threatening
pathological liars, unable to effectively configure one,
continue to buy into monitoring my every utterance.
> He's at the point where he's so redundant and predictable,
I just couldn't help but notice that, and not limited to
just this occasion, but as always, you've failed yet
once more to provide an accurate example of either.
Then again, that's truly par for the "coarse" (and dense).
> it's not even entertaining.
So the charge cycles once again, this time back
to "- entertaining", with the root mean square
of your credibility still remaining to be zero.
> I did get a kick out of " hump away, pissant, hump!", though...well
> done!
Of course you liked it, it's mine:
Mon, May 16 2005 12:06 am
hump away, pissant, hump!
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.sport.indy/msg/45885b0cab59ad75
Cessna 310
>
> Also had enough slapping around have you? It's like
> sellers remorse knowing that the killfile threatening
> pathological liars, unable to effectively configure one,
> continue to buy into monitoring my every utterance.
>
Interesting that you, of all things, would be using the term
"pathological liars" to describe others. We don't have to look very
closely at your comments to know how well that applies to you.
You've been so clearly bested in this discussion that its not obvious
why you continue except that you may not actually realize you
out-of-touch you appear.
.
news:1C9Uh.5898$7Z5....@newsfe03.lga...
> . wrote:
>
> >
> > Also had enough slapping around have you? It's like
> > sellers remorse knowing that the killfile threatening
> > pathological liars, unable to effectively configure one,
> > continue to buy into monitoring my every utterance.
> >
>
>
> Interesting that you, of all things, would be using the term
"You, of all things"?! What a card carrying cretin you
truly are!
> "pathological liars" to describe others. We don't have to look very
> closely at your comments to know how well that applies to you.
Which is no doubt why an idiot such as yourself has
failed to provide, or so much as allude to, a single
proper example in support of your mealy-mouthed
charge.
> You've been so clearly bested in this discussion that its not obvious
> why you continue except that you may not actually realize you
> out-of-touch you appear.
Is that even English?! Yet again:
"Is that in some language that only twins understand?
Does composing a single comprehensive thought
or intelligible sentence still continue to present that
rigorous a challenge to your limited capabilities?"
Your brain is an illustrative example of a waste
of resources, presuming that you even have one.
Cessna 310
> "Cessna 310" <jole...@sbc.com> wrote in message
> news:1C9Uh.5898$7Z5....@newsfe03.lga...
>> . wrote:
>>
>>> Also had enough slapping around have you? It's like
>>> sellers remorse knowing that the killfile threatening
>>> pathological liars, unable to effectively configure one,
>>> continue to buy into monitoring my every utterance.
>>>
>>
>> Interesting that you, of all things, would be using the term
>
> "You, of all things"?! What a card carrying cretin you
> truly are!
You are hardly human. So the term "thing" is an accurate description.
>
>
>> "pathological liars" to describe others. We don't have to look very
>> closely at your comments to know how well that applies to you.
>
> Which is no doubt why an idiot such as yourself has
> failed to provide, or so much as allude to, a single
> proper example in support of your mealy-mouthed
> charge.
>
See above.
>
>> You've been so clearly bested in this discussion that its not obvious
>> why you continue except that you may not actually realize you
>> out-of-touch you appear.
>
> Is that even English?! Yet again:
>
> "Is that in some language that only twins understand?
> Does composing a single comprehensive thought
> or intelligible sentence still continue to present that
> rigorous a challenge to your limited capabilities?"
>
> Your brain is an illustrative example of a waste
> of resources, presuming that you even have one.
You're been bested so clearly that you certainly have lost touch with
reality.
Mark
> "Mark" <mblackwell1...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> PS Now see if you can find someone with an IQ
> above 70 (a blood relative quite obviously wouldn't
> fit the bill) to explain this response, as you're just as
> unlikely (as ever) to comprehend its meaning either.
Well dot you finally got one thing right. I am from the south. I'm
American by birth and Southern by the grace of God. Outside of that
you missed on nearly all of it. You also seem to forget that Ganassi
had engine chassis package that was a great deal better than everyone
elses that year too. He had been dominate for a while. Still JPM
with that advantage JPM drove the wheels of the car to beat some of
the best IN CART. Yet it took testing, effort and to quote an old
book he likely had the "Unfair Advantage", but I doubt you know who
wrote it. No he didn't as far as I know cheat. That's a big
difference. Still he had the talent, courage, skill and experience to
drive the car to a title.
Now just how many CART drivers that have run the IRL 500 have done
well. That year JPM won and Vasser was about 6th. Top ten would
have to be considered a good run with those same handicaps. You
mentioned Bruno. Wasn't he in the lead or very near it when one AJ IV
sent him into the wall and he spent the next months in Methodist
trying to recover. He was a rolling chicane when he was in a wheel
chair recovering. Thankfully he is back in the car, and no IV didn't
mean to do it. It was a racing accident, but one that could easily be
argued shouldn't have happened. In years past IV wouldn't have made
the race. Some at his age are ready for that level of racing. He
needed more seasoning then and may still need it. Time will tell.
Then there is one Paul Tracy. He did ok Id say. Officical finish was
second, wink wink. Everyone with eyes could see what happened. You
sure need to make sure that IRL 500 winner is there to promote the
rest of the IRL season. Might see a few come over and try it again
this year too, but after the way they treated Paul and Bruno's
accident I would be a bit surprised to see it happen. Being scared
might not be stupid or cowardly. It might make good sense. I seem to
remember one Mario Andretti's testing a car that looked more like an
airplane than a race car. Thankfully he was ok.
Lots to talk about since 2003 which might have been old enough to have
still been a sell out. Did the IRL 500 sell out last year? No and
some will say its never sold out. You can always get GA tickets.
Again thats true, but till the last couple of years selling the seats
hasn't been a problem. Pre split the waiting list was decades long.
Now it doesn't exist. It goes from one of toughest tickets in sports
to get to a walk up race day and get a reserved seat.
Lets see since 03 we had a new song for the 500. "I am Indy" or was
it Mindy?? Either way Gene Simmons is gone just like a line of others
that have tried to promote the 500 since the split. How bout John
Mellencamp or Elaine Irvin Mellencamp. None have helped.
Now Al Jr HAD a good career. It should be over or at the very least
not running this 500. His well documented off track problems, and his
on personal life should be taking priority over running another 500.
His daughter has shown more strength than most every adult I have ever
met. Hopefully he will be able to get past his issues and enjoy
watching her become the great woman that I personally would bet just
about anything on her becoming. I wish them both well, but hopefully
he isn't running the 500.
Dot if you want to talk racing, talk racing. Disagree with points,
correct mistatement of facts hey thats why people are here. IF you
really think you are impressing people by insulting them, well I
guess they are impress but not in the way you think.
.
Coming from an addlepated, mental defective like you,
that risible censure carries such IMMENSE significance.
Kevin Riley
> Lots to talk about since 2003 which might have been old enough to have
> still been a sell out.
>
peaked my interest. Since 1996 and up until that time, I rarely watched it, if
at all. I used to have Indy 500 barbecue parties around the pool (weather
permitting) up until 1995. Attendance was usually in the 20's, packing my
patio.
Since 1995? I've occasionally watched it with moderate curiosity with a hand
full of hard core race buffs like me, unless it was a warm sunny day in May and
I had a tee time or needed to cut the grass.
armpit
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I wish they'd go back to the original start time so guys like Robby Gordon &
Tony Stewart could race in it.
Kevin Riley
that day.
It was the same year that a friend of mine who was a young, up and coming Vice
President for a major stock trading company called me up and said "Do you want
to come down to Indy with me?". I asked about the details, and he said that I
would have to pay my own flight from Toronto to Indy, but after that, McKenzie
Financial (Scott Goodyear's sponsor) would pay for the rest. McKenzie
Financial was a very successful mutual fund, and the president was such a race
fan that he ended up working in the paddock for Scott's team just for fun.
Anyway, the reason why he asked me had to due with what happened in 1986.
He had to bail all his work mates out of jail because they were drunk and
disorderly. He thought that bringing me along would be a 'calming influence'.
At the time, I was a party animal!
Mark
> "Kevin Riley" <kriley1...@saphgd.br> wrote in message
Robby and Tony have a lot more to lose by getting hurt doing the one
off, and if the field really had talent the really shouldn't have a
shot at being competitive. No time for testing. No time for much of
anything but the race, and both have been out of aero cars long enough
that the changes that have taken place, even in the IRL have likely
left them way behind. Trouble is many of the IRL teams are in exactly
the same boat so they might be competitive. Robby would be more
likely to do it than Tony. No way Joe Gibbs is going to let his Chevy
driver win a race in a Honda. The double is thing of the past.