"6andretti" <dequardo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:29:56 -0600, "." <.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >"Ken Plotkin" <kplotkin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >news:i13rs31r8s9oa9ebbe438pvdto4c90g1fd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> 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.
> >
> Even more of your character flaws are showing. Best to quit while you
> are behind.
So advises the well accustomed voice of experience.
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