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Thread: 2008 - first year back together
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20th September 2008, 19:58 #31
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From a promoter's point of view, NASCAR at Fontana twice a year is obviously better than NASCAR once and IndyCar once. But from NASCAR's point of view, Fontana might be better as one race a year and find another track for that 2nd date. In which case, it could open up to the IRL. Some of the NASCAR repeat races are really lame.
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22nd September 2008, 05:34 #32
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Fontana has got to be added on IRL's schedule. Pretty much most of the fans agree to this venue. Michigan could be a great add on....but time will tell.
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25th September 2008, 04:06 #33
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Originally Posted by indycool
That said, it is important for AOWR to regain some footing, we have to embrace our history again, which is a big reason why I would want to go back to the classic venues. Perhaps if something could be worked out in time for when the new car gets here, which would be raced on all courses, that might be an avenue to get it done, by promoting a return to the classic racetracks with an all new and exciting car. I agree that a combined date with Sprint Cup is highly unlikely, but a weekend at the road & street courses
with ALMS or Grand AM (or both; how about that?) might work.
Easier said than done, of course, but hopefully ICS will keep them in mind."Racing is life. Everything before or after, is just waiting." Steve McQueen, Le Mans
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27th September 2008, 16:13 #34
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The bits of the championship I was able to see on Channel Five a couple of weeks after the race were fairly good, nice to see a full grid. Hopefully this season will serve as a platform for the championship to get up from. One thing I would like, better coverage in the UK, please? Okay, that's just a pipe dream.
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29th September 2008, 13:12 #35
I think that they really have to work on getting turbocharged engines. The road/street courses have horrible speed and that is just no good for racing.
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7th October 2008, 03:41 #36
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Ok..since I have been not watching all the races....I have followed the series in the press mainly.
PRO: Good fields ( like I was saying all along there wasn't enough teams and money for 2 series to have full fields).
Great racing really.
Seeing the CCWS guys compete and as time went on, win.
Seeing the rancor and politics fade off into the sunset.
Seeing racing be the focus.
Seeing the races on my TV more regular (still not enough but better than the last year of CCWS) and most of all, seeing Carl Haas and the late Paul Newman return to Indy with HONOUR.
The Cons?
I am not a huge fan of the car's look although it races much better than it used to.
Still not a cookie cutter oval fan but I will have to watch more of it to maybe see what I am supposed to be missing.
No race in OZ after this year?
No ride for PT past Edmonton.
No race in Cleveland or Road America ( although I understand why) and no race in Toronto THIS last season.....thank god Mikey Andretti wanted to keep his favourite playground back in racing.
IN short....this season was a surprise merger (I figured any merger would be a lot more formal and "equal" but then again, the Amigo's destroyed any crediablity they had) at the last moment and for all of that....it wasn't a bad season.
I look forward to OW racing growing but it is going to be a lot more slow and fraught with pitfalls than some of you realize. The bad economic news and the fact NASCAR has used the "war" to put a strangle hold on the racing conscience of most of America will be the worst battle conditions to try to regrow OW to where it was in 1994"Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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