During yesterday’s discussion of the 9th Indy Car race at Richmond, I completely forgot one of the points that should be made. The shortest track on the circuit can provide a great deal of excitement when the rules are not so micromanaged that it snuffs the life out of the competition. It is the hope of many people the IRL gets that worked out.
In the meantime, the Silver Crown cars do not cut it entirely as the opening act. It seems to me the Indy Lights cars are very well suited for that little track. I have heard the arguments against such an adventure and they do not really make much sense other that most of the people making them must be pansies. Run the Silver Crown cars after Indy qualifying on Friday night, then run the lights as the pre-race. 100 laps of fun.
There is supposed to be a meeting on Tuesday between the Indy Car leadership and Richmond. It is my hope they will not find a way to screw up a long marriage that has turned out great in years past. The proprietors of RIR are evidently upset with the parade the Indy Cars put out there.
There is a cynical side that screams losing oval venues is something we should probably get used to. The current leadership is great at letting them slip away. Michigan, PPIR, Loudon, etc., have all been cast aside. The oval that seems next most likely to bite the dust (provide they IRL does not get tossed out on their arses by Richmond) is Milwaukee. That great flat one miler rivals Indy in terms of ancient history and it is a real shame that it is being mismanaged so completely. Most of us grew up with Milwaukee right after Indy.
Oval ranting aside, Watkins Glen is one the greatest road courses anywhere. The Indy Cars do the place proud. So now it’s on to the Finger Lakes region.
Yeah, the RIR guy was grousing… right in the middle of contract negotiations. I think the IRL is trying to raise sanction fees as they negotiate extensions, and putting on a crap show while trying to do that is probably giving Angstadt a headache or two.
I’m only guessing about the fees, of course.
Comment by Boo Boo — June 30, 2009 @ 2:16 pm |
Your hero is gone. Too (juvenile cursing deleted) funny. Couldn’t happen to a bigger piece of (juvenile cursing deleted). Fired by his sisters and a couple of attorneys, some vision, huh?
Editor’s note: I would like to welcome the first cowardly, immature cackling idiot of the evening. Sadly predictable.
Comment by Bob Reif — June 30, 2009 @ 11:33 pm |
I’m concerned–for the first time really–about the direction the IRL is now heading. I hope that Barnhart or Chitwood or whomever is running this show now comes out real soon with some information on what the future–near and far–will hold for this series.
With the Danica thing, the economy and all the engine and chassis changes that are supposed to occur in the near future, this deal couldn’t happen at a worse time.
I wish I could put a positive spin on it.
Comment by redd — July 1, 2009 @ 4:08 am |