Randy wants to see the record broken

[SarahFan]

Hmmm

[electron]

which one?

attendance at seson finale?
drivers/season/car average?
fuel mileage/car/race?
cars attempting to qualify/race/year?
....

[NaBUru38]

Tom Carnegie must have the answer for that!

[V12]

Which one, the Indy 500 track record?

Would be great, although I'm sure the Health & Safety brigade would have a field day stopping it.

[DBell]

He's talking about the 500. Honda says it would have to use 3.5 liter engines and methanol with aero tweaks in the month of May to be able to achieve 240 mph lap times at Indy. If Honda has enough parts in inventory for the old engine, they would be willing to consider it, but they don't want to have to spend money to do it.

speed article:
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...rnards-plan/P2

[SarahFan]

Thanks for the link Dbell....I was posting from my phone..

interesting comments from Randy..


funny, no talk of insurance premiums limiting speed....he probably doesnt understand what's REALLY going on

[nigelred5]

I think he knows precisely what's going on. People are ungodly bored with the status quo yet again. I'm sick of spec racing and utter predictablity at this level. Next year is the 100th and they need a big spark to pack the place for pole day. No one oohs and aaaahs and gasps when someone lays down a hot lap any more. They shrug their shoulders, give it that "hmph" look and a mild smile and say "That'll do pig".

I've said this countless times about the 500. I want to hear:

"It's a nnnnnnewwwwww traaaaack recordddddd!" THAT is what Indy is about.

[Loneranger]

Where are all those people that said we would never see another track record? What do you have to say now?

[garyshell]

Where are all those people that said we would never see another track record? What do you have to say now?

I still say it won't happen and it is a fool's errand. For me and many others it never was what Indy was about. It was and always will be, in my mind, a sideshow at the "big top". The real show was on the track during the race.

Again in my mind, chasing that dragon once more is just asking for trouble. Simple physics dictate there is an upper limit of speed paired with the current state of safety measures. And I think we already saw that limit, unless we also see a HUGE difference in the safety measures, specifically the system to keep cars out of the stands. It is weak as it is. Just look at the video of the incidents of cars in the fences the past ten years or so, and think how lucky we were that the bad ones happened where they did, on the back stretch.

But assuming the safety issues are mitigated somehow. What's the payoff? A two minute celebration of the new record. BFD. The concentration needs to be on the RACING, not on the record. The event is what matters, not the sideshow.

Gary

[nigelred5]

So then we have the current situation where the big show is in reality no different than any other race. Qualify on Saturday then and race on Sunday, just like every other processional race. It this point, I'm not going to argue with a promoter with a good track record of drawing one hell of a lot of attention to a 6 second sport.