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> "alien" <nofenders@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "." <.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> <schla66@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>
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> >>> On Mar 4, 12:56 pm, "armpit" <armarmpit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>> > > On Mar 4, 9:15 am, "armpit" <armarmpit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> > Like CCWS & IRL aren't spec series? At least in Nascar most teams
> >>> > build
> >>> > their own cars & engines.
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> missing the point. CART wasn't a spec series until IRL showed up
with
> >>> their alledged two chassis, two engine non turbo combo that was
> >>> supposed ***LOWER*** costs and ***RAISE*** amaerican participation.
> >>> sure did that, didn't it?
> >>
> >> Let's see, last year the IRL had Americans Michael Andretti,
> >> Marco Andretti, John Andretti, Danica Patrick, Al Unser Jr,
> >> Buddy Rice, Buddy Lazier, Alex Barron, Davey Hamilton,
> >> Richie Hearn, Jaques Lazier, Scott Sharp, Ed Carpenter,
> >> AJ Foyt IV, Jeff Simmons, Sarah Fisher, Jon Herb...
> >>
> >> Do remind us all again as to the numbers of American (again
> >> meaning US citizens) drivers that participated in any Chump
> >> Car event (parade) last year.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Chimp, are we making up the rules as we go along? Champ Car / CART
never
> > once stated that they only wanted Americans. That was a part of the
> > "vision". remember? And of that impressive list of IRL participants
how
> > many were once off Indy 500 field fillers and how many were full time
> > IRLers. I really don't know and I'm not going to look but a lot of
those
> > names don't look like regulars. Of the 17 names there it looks like
only
> > 5 or 6 are full time IRL drivers. What was the "vision" again? 1/3
> > Americans? No wait, I just heard Tony say on national TV that the IRL
is
> > an international series. It's so confusing.
> >
> > alien
>
> "It is what it is, and it ain't what it's not" ($1 to Steve Czaban of
FSR)
>
Sounds like Zappa to me.
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