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> > "Dan the Man" <dan708@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Mar 12, 10:48 am, Who Needs Fenders? <fend...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> . wrote:
> >> >>> I can't wait. A CC 1-2-3 at Indy. THAT will make my day.
> >> >> Happened already: 2001
> >>
> >> >> Official Box Score
> >> >> 85th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
> >> >> Sunday, May 27, 2001
> >>
> >> >> 1 Helio Castroneves Marlboro Team Penske
> >> >> 2 Gil de Ferran Marlboro Team Penske
> >> >> 3 Michael Andretti Motorola/Archipelago
> >> >> 4 Jimmy Vasser Target Chip Ganassi Racing
> >> >> 5 Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing
> >>
> >> > It's pretty much always the same top contenders. The
> >> > thing is, the vast majority (if not a pure exclusivity) are
> >> > now, and have always been (since the series became
> >> > legitimate in 2003) IRL regulars.
> >>
> >> I know; Dillon is hoping that the top three this year to be drivers
> >> that, at the start of the year, were planning on driving a Panoz...
> >>
> >> I was just pointing out that CART/CC drivers have dominated the
Indy-500
> >> once already... BTW--that year, 6th (and last on the lead lap) was
Tony
> >> Stewart, driving for Chip Ganassi--a CART/CC owner... So in a sense
> >> CART/CC and NASCAR took the top six...
> >
> > Yeah, that race was a hoot, all of the IRL regulars fini****ng a lap
> > down!
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Agreed, just as the post '03 CCWS/OWRS/ChumpCar series
> > could hardly have been more of a joke, so was the pre '03 IRL.
> >
> >
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> how many IRL champions are in or have been in F1???
Let's see, Montoya was an IRL Champion (the 500, '00),
DeFerran was an IRL Champion (the 500, '03), Andretti
was an IRL Champion (AGR owner with both multiple Indy
500 and series champion****ps). Looking at the alphabet soup
series, (even prior to '03): Zanardi failed horribly in each of
his F1 forays (once almost killing himself), was summarily
expelled (twice) and then almost killed himself again upon his
return. DaMatta failed horribly, was expelled and was also
almost killed upon his return (notice a trend here?) EVERY
driver on a single IRL team last year, AGR, (including a
previous teammate, Wheldon) had either actually tested an
F1 car or was invited to do so. CCWSOWRSCC (looks
like a typo) post '03 "proudly" featured unknown, no name
also-rans like Doornbos. After 4 consecutive so called
champion****ps, the frightened driver who famously stated:
"I would not want to compete in the IRL because it is very
dangerous on the ovals" (sounds like he escaped JIT),
finally received an offer (of sorts), and promptly jumped
at the chance, with a traditonal F1 bottom dweller.
> IRL is a joke
And yet the IRL was far superior to the aforementioned
(evidenced by the former's survival and absorption of the
latter) which, at a minimum, must make that latter at least
something even less than a joke.
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