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Foyt against Indy road course race

"In my own opinion, I would hate to see that because Indianapolis 500 has been like the Kentucky Derby," he said. "It's a legendary race, and I think it would...

I wouldn't call the non-points Bud Shoot-Out (or whatever they call it now) a 'major' NASCAR race.

That said, I'd much rather see shoot out style sprint race than a full fledged road race at the...

I'll fill in the gaps for you here:

Andrew: There's no reason to run the 500 only [and not the rest of the series]! Audi always wins at Le Mans because they have the rest of the season to use as a...

Back to context, I was replying to this statement (posted in it's entirety):


I might be wrong, but it seemed as if Andrew was speaking about the ability of a team to only run at the Indy 500, to...

Context, Gary, context.

My post purposely contained this quote, since it was the one that I was replying to:


And this was my reply:


See how context adds clarity? Try reading my posts...

Show me where I stated that NOT holding a road race would bring prestige back to the Indy 500? You can't, because I didn't. I said adding a road race would remove all the prestige that is left. Do...

In the first paragraph of the second article I posted in this thread:
"Mark Miles swears he's not trying to trample on tradition by having two races next May, he simply wants to try and enhance the...

It's still an apples to bananas comparison. Daytona doesn't hold 2 major NASCAR races during the month of February.

If NASCAR ever made that recommendation...well we know that NASCAR values to...

Didn't you warn someone else in this thread to loose the patronizing tone? Your own snarky tone does not give me any incentive to spend 30+ minutes writing a well thought out response.

And didn't...

Bringing prestige back to the Indy 500 is enough of a reason to allow it. And like Audi at Le Mans it might lead to more participation in Indycar.

It turns out that this lame idea is being proposed in order to fix what the megalomaniac broke.

Mark Miles clarifies IMS road course stance - Racer.com
“We only had a few thousand people on...

If you don't care about maintaining the prestige of the Indy 500, then the Speedway won't either. And thus we continue our downward spiral.

If nobody is there when the sink hole opens up, will we all die? Or will we all breath a sigh of relief that patient has finally been laid to rest?

NASCAR doesn't run the road course at Daytona. So your analogy is completely unlike Indycars running the road course at Indy.

This is one way to remove all of the remaining prestige of the Indy 500 forever.


IndyCar to test on Indianapolis road course, considering 2014 race - IndyCar news - AUTOSPORT.com
"IndyCar will...

This is the best news to come from Indianapolis since the remergification. Someone might actually be listening to those of us who want innovation. And thankfully, that means they are ignoring the...

That said, if Chevy or Penske could figure out how to lap the field at Indy within the confines of a rules package that allowed innovation, the media coverage the next day and the hype before the...

Do you follow any other motorsports? Are you aware of how other series bring parity to the diversity in their series? Or is spec racing your only frame of reference?

If this is what Indycar fans really want, then to better achieve this and save even more money, the series should just rent the cars out to the teams each weekend. They could go as far as have last...

I don't care if they kiss the bricks, drink the milk, drink OJ, do a doughnut, do a back flip or climb the fence. They won. So they can celebrate their win anyway they feel like celebrating it.

I...

If Indycar does not do something soon to attract diverse manufacturer participation, the United Sportscar Racing series has the opportunity to take any auto manufacturer money not going to NASCAR...

Sportscar racing in American has never had wide support from fans, it has always peaked when tech was front and center. That was true for the Can-Am era and for the IMSA era. And the manufacturers...

Technical built Indy. Spec killed it. End of discussion.

There was a time, before the megalomaniac ruined the sport, when Indycar was mentioned in the same sentence as Formula One and not NASCAR.

Now the series, and many of the fans, seem to have given...

Personally, I'm not married to the open wheel aspect of Indycar racing. I could make the argument that there is a niche for streamlined closed wheeled cars on ovals. The streamlined pre-war Audis and...