"Lenny" <haysooce@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Feb 26, 1:59 pm, "armpit" <armarmpit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "forty" <cforteR3M...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > just bob wrote:
>> >> I expect we will hear KK say he's done with racing. He will drop his
K
>> >> from the team. At least that is the impression I got from watching
the
>> >> WT
>> >> interview when he basically said TG will make the decisions going
>> >> forward.
>> >> KK will have no input. TG says both sides have to give but the only
>> >> thing
>> >> TG is giving is money, which will be returned to him in spades by
all
>> >> the
>> >> people here who love this "merger". The IRL is not giving up
anything.
>> >> They are saving a couple of the races but only to make KK's exit
easy.
>> >> He'll probably give Long Beach to the IRL, too. It's a sad day for
>> >> anyone
>> >> who dislikes oval racing and will dearly miss a premier road racing
>> >> series. This is all about CC going away and the IRL left alone to
take
>> >> over everything as TG always wanted.
>>
>> >> "Lenny" <hayso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >>> SPECIAL PROGRAMMING NOTE:
>>
>> >>> SPEED will interrupt regularly scheduled programming Wednesday
>> >>> afternoon at 12:30 p.m. ET to broadcast coverage of the scheduled
>> >>> IndyCar Series press conference from Homestead-Miami Speedway
>> >>> formally
>> >>> announcing the merger with the Champ Car World Series for 2008.
>> >>> SPEED's Robin Miller will be on-site providing commentary and
>> >>> perspective.
>>
>> > I couldn't care less if he stays or goes, Vasser seems to be fully
>> > capable
>> > of running the team without him. I don't think Dan Pettit has much of
>> > anything to do with the team anymore, does he? Methinks he's fully
>> > wrapped
>> > up with the Forsythe team. They could just rename it to 'Team Vasser'
>> > or
>> > something like that.
>>
>> > Or, maybe PKV will field an ALMS entry. KK must be anxious about the
>> > future of Cosworth and the company has a wonderful 3.6L bi-turbo LMP1
>> > engine that could use a customer...
>>
>> > --
>> > forty
>>
>> Hmmm. I'd like to see the IRL dump the Honda engine at season's end in
>> favor
>> of the Cosworth, and the Power-to-pass that goes along with it.
>
> And then they could dump that ancient, flying chassis and use the
> modern Panoz...
I don't think anyone would argue that CC has the better cars, although I
wonder about the crash-worthiness of the DP-01 on ovals.
And IMHO, the biggest problem with the Dallara is that the wings are
waaaayy
too big for oval track use. It's a generic, servicable car, for what it's
worth.
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