"Ken Plotkin" <kplotkin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 04:21:41 -0800 (PST), Lenny <haysooce@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>
> >I don't know if that translates to bringing the whole series down, but
> >it didn't help. They should have pacified the stooge...after all he
> >has shown to have the resources to bring down US OW racing all by
> >himself.
>
> He had help...CART made every wrong move. If CART could not win
> against a man you perceive to be a stooge, how would they have done
> against Bernie?
>
> >I went to that first race and it was pretty dull. No real talented
> >drivers made it a dull and uninteresting race. I thought the real
> >reason they didn't attend was the 28/8 was announced.
>
> Unfortunately, I missed that race, so I can't judge. I was in New
> Haven that weekend, and the local TV stations were covering college
> basketball. The IRL races did not really become decent until Texas
> and Charlotte of '97. The '96 500 was actually pretty good.
>
> 25/8 wasn't why CART didn't attend WDW. The opposite was true. The
> CART strategy was to not enter any IRL races other than the 500. TG
> tried several incentives - the split season was one. 25/8 was his
> final attempt to force them to enter his races. We know how that
> worked out.
>
> >We don't really know what could have happened. With George's help,
> >they could have done very well and be the top racing series in the US
> >and possibly the world.
>
> My problem with CART's worldwide plans was that they were hijacking
> the top tier of American open wheel to do it. At up through Craig's
> day they considered Indy racing to be a top series. I cringed during
> Pook's year when he said he'd be happy to be a feeder to F1.
>
> >OTOH, we do know how George's vision turned out. Can you say 0.9
> >overnights?
>
> That's all going to turn around. The war is over. Car counts will be
> in the mid-20s for most races, and there'll be bumping for the 500. I
> think the teams themselves are looking forward, not backward. I look
> forward to a group hug between r.a.s.c and r.a.s.i.
>
> I only have two real concerns. One is that they restore Indy
> qualifying to its traditonal format, get rid of that Mickey Mouse 12
> per day crap. Won't be needed when there are 35 to 40 entries.
> Probably stuck with it this year, but hopefully tradition will be
> restored next year. The other is that I really hope Paul Tracy gets a
> ride for the season. Not that I've ever been a big PT fan, but the
> guy is really exciting and makes stuff happen. The past couple of
> years I've been watching CCWS races mostly because of him.
>
> Loved his "twinkle toes" crack about Helio. Get him in the 500, do
> some grudge promotion, and ratings will soar.
>
> Ken Plotkin
>
I too would like to see PT at the Indy 500 one more time.
I'd rather savor the "Vision" of whiney crybaby Tracy, while
s****ting his "Michael Andretti Driving School for the Blind"
****rt, and at a speed well in excess of 200mph, going (at
the best vantage point for all fans to witness) a la Gordon
Smiley, directly perpendicular into the wall and likewise
wise generating a nicely characteristic and indelible stain.
____
0=^=0
Then his dimwitted fans could use the pretentious ruse
that the "never-was" and now (admittedly by all) over-the-
hill "Pill from West Hill" joined the legitimate pantheon
of late, great drivers like Jim Clark, Mark Donohue, Giles
Villeneuve & Ayrton Sernna who met their demise while
"engaged in the pursuit of the s****t" that they so relished.
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