Gentlemen start your....

[!!WALDO!!]

whining.

NHMS vice president and general manager Jerry Gappens is telling the New Hampshire Union Leader that there is a '60-70' percent chance that the one-mile oval will score a 2009 IRL date.

[call_me_andrew]

So why would we be upset over that?

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So why would we be upset over that?

It isn't a Road Course!

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Just got this:

Robin Miller: Eddie Gossage said in my latest commentary on SPEEDTV.com that he thought there was a good chance of Indy cars returning to Loudon. It was an excellent track for them (remember Nigel, Emmo and PT in 1993?) and CART drew 50,000 in 1995 before the owners went with the IRL.

Robin Miller: Well, Toronto is definitely coming back in 2009 (along with Long Beach) and Loudon is in the picture. Maybe Cleveland or Houston or Mexico City but Tony George wants to open the season in February or early March and that’s where the oval in Mexico might come in. It’s in a city of four million and it’s a flat 1.5-mile oval.


FYI

[Wilf]

It isn't a Road Course!

OH NOOOOO! That means it must be one of those nasty ovals. But wait, I think the drivers have to get off the throttle. That should lessen the blow!!

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OH NOOOOO! That means it must be one of those nasty ovals. But wait, I think the drivers have to get off the throttle. That should lessen the blow!!

It isn't my opinion or feeling, it is of those that think we should dump the ovals in favor of more road courses.

[Chaparral66]

Those of us here in New England would love to see the Indy Cars back at Loudon. But promote, promote, promote!

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Those of us here in New England would love to see the Indy Cars back at Loudon. But promote, promote, promote!

Serious question, I hear PROMOTE all the time. I PROMOTED RACES, tell me what your idea would be to get people off their butts and to drive to the track.
How much money would you spend and where?

Would you use the dreaded SMI tie in to other events at the track?

I would think that with furtile minds we could come up with something.

[electron]

if they dump a cookie cutter for this 1 miler I say bring it on!
racing can be pretty good on a track of such a layout and we had great races there.

I akso say, promote this stuff and you will see people coming.
The promotion wave for the all new series is what must be kept alive and rolling high until the season starts if IndyCar wants to grow. With the addition of places from history like this it can be done.

[xtlm]

sarcasm/

forbid an oval, oh no
call the troopers, an oval....oh no please no

stop the torture, oh no
/endsarcasm