On Mar 3, 2:35 pm, "." <....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Ken Plotkin" <kplot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:43:57 -0800 (PST), Lenny <hayso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > wrote:
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> > [snip]
> > >IMHO, if they had given the stooge just one voting seat on the board,
> > >he probably wouldn't have taken his track and gone home in a huff. It
> > >was a bad move on all parties involved.
>
> > That's exactly the kind of thing that was going to bring CART down in
> > the long run. They wouldn't give him a seat. When he started IRL,
> > they refused to attend the WDW race. They figured they could beat the
> > Indy 500 with the US 500, rather than just showing up at WDW and
> > claiming all the seeded spots.
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> > Don't forget how CART was gearing up to battle F1 head-to-head in
> > Europe. IMHO, if the business with IRL had not happened, they would
> > have imploded in their attempt to push Bernie aside.
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> > Ken Plotkin
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> Continued spoon-feeding for the exceedingly slow learners:
>
> TG was offered, but declined a single voting seat as he,
> which time has shown to be the correct position, believed
> that the Indy 500 was both the franchise and the flagship
> and as such was deserving of much more than the small
> insulting portions being offered by absolute
incompetents:http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/racing/irl/irlhistory.htm
> Mid 1992: Tony George offered a voting seat on the
> CART board. He refuses it on his assertion that only
> one vote is not representative of what he feels the 500
> is worth to the overall series. He accepts a non-voting
> seat.
>
> Jan 1994: Englishman Andrew Craig (with sports
> marketing background) is placed as IndyCar (CART)
> President with intentions to expand the series beyond
> it's traditional base. George immediately resigns IndyCar
> (CART) board seat in
protest.http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/racing/irl/irlhistory.htm
>
> When you're so regularly and convincingly blown out of the
> water, why DO you clowns even bother to continue to try?
FACTS. its amazing what one can do with them. "dot" clearly has no
clue as to them and how they affected history. definitely facts that
had an impact on todays conditions. as I recall, CART was still
doing pretty well when Craig was running it. I think it was at or
near the end of his tenure that Penske jumped ship to IRL because of
his sponsorship and the whole CART started falling apart. then
Ganassi, andretti/Green...take away all the big player s because
their sponsors only want to play in the Indy 500 advertising game,
and yes, this all does come apart. can't blame CART for that, I
have heard it over and over again lately in the media how the road
course/oval/street course combo that CART/Penske etal put together was
the best combination for open wheel racing in the US. after all, as
Despain pointed out, roundy rounds are an american thing, but
californians sure do love that Long Beach street course. even in the
end, LBGP still was their biggest draw. interesting to see what
their attendance will be this year. I hope it is still good,
regardless.
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