schla66@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Mar 5, 9:57 am, Ken Plotkin <kplot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 04:23:15 -0800 (PST), Lenny <hayso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> They always were a feeder to F1...he just verbalized it.
>> I agree. CART was always a feeder and/or triple-A to F1. That's the
>> part I never liked about it.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> Good points and I too have big hopes for the future. I am very excited
>>> about this year, even if the CC teams don't do too well, it will be
>>> fun watching the battles.
>> I think the CC teams will do well. Look at Ganassi and Penske's
>> performance when they returned to Indianapolis. Look at Newman-Haas's
>> results out of the box when they were formed in 1983. The good CC
>> teams are first class racers with Type A attitudes.
>>
>> Ken Plotkin
>
>
> ya gotta have a good team , that is for sure. and a good driver. but
> it sounds like these cars take a bit of a learning curve for all, and
> that's where I think they will be at a disadvantage for most if not
> all of this season. top it off with having to run DP-01's at Long
> Beach (and elsewhere?) and I think the CCWS teams are definitely at a
> disadvantage. I think that overall this was a piss poor decision, but
> what else could be done? as I said before, they should have been
> working this issue at the end of last season and not NOW. I blame TG
> for that as I think he did this on purpose when he saw how poor his
> series was doing and that CCWS got a decent TV contract. I also
> place some of the blame on KK as he should have thought of this
> earlier, but CCWS looked pretty decent around the end of the year and
> just needed a couple of minor changes to make it work.
Methinks someone needs to stop drinking the CC kool-ade...
Decent TV contract? CC had a *decent* TV contract? CC's 2008 TV contract
was a joke.
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forty
"There's a very fine line between not listening, and not caring. I like
to think that I walk that line every day of my life."
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