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9th May 2013, 17:20 #1
Derrick Walker to be named president of racing for IndyCar
WOW! Don't know 'bout the rest of you but I think this is a wonderful idea!
Report: Derrick Walker to be named president of racing for IndyCar - Racer.com
Gary"If you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem." --- George Carlin :andrea: R.I.P.
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9th May 2013, 18:45 #2
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Congrats, little to old, little too late and little limited from powers that be on what he wants to do. Wish him the best as I'm big fan of his from Penske days.
Keep it fast, keep it real!!!
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9th May 2013, 19:35 #3
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An insider with entrepreneur aspirations. He may be on Titanic deck chair duty but I like the idea of him at the helm.
Originally Posted by garyshellDon't waste your time having a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent
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9th May 2013, 20:51 #4
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Great Idea
But Robin has Jumped the gun.
More to follow
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10th May 2013, 02:46 #5
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Straight from the people at Falken Tires
1) No official signing between Walker and IndyCar has taken place yet. He says there is heavy interest and lots of discussions taking place
2) Walker has made it clear that IF he takes this role, he will continue his role with @FalkenTire ALMS If they decide to compete in 2014
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10th May 2013, 10:16 #6
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13th May 2013, 19:08 #7
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It's now official.
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13th May 2013, 19:26 #8
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A few quotes that give hope:
"Certainly as far as I'm concerned, but my personal opinion is IndyCar is about competition. So unless there's a very good reason not to have more manufacturers or more of everything that helps make competition happen, I think that would be missing the point. That's the history of Indy car, and the sooner we can get more guys in battling it out there, the sooner the fans are going to be interested in what we're doing. The fans come, the companies come, and everybody hopefully enjoys what we do and makes money doing it."
"Well, as I said earlier, Indianapolis and the Indy cars was and should be about innovation. The thing that's happened over the years, if you look at the evolution of racing, we got very smart, we got very good at doing the things, and we made cars better and better and we went faster and faster. One day, you know, there were less people in the stands for whatever reasons, and the cost of racing became a major talking point. A major concern is survival and the cost. So it's a delicate balance between innovation, the speed, the cost of racing."
Q&A with Derrick Walker and Mark Miles - Racer.com"For 80 years this place has run on tradition. From today forward it will run as a business." - Tony George (Failed businessman)
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13th May 2013, 19:34 #9
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Another hopeful quote:
“Where we go for the future and costs, I think you can never truly go racing and cut costs. If you’re trying to do [both], you’ve got to go fly a kite or something because you’re not going to do it."
Derrick Walker named IndyCar's president of competition and operations - Autoweek"For 80 years this place has run on tradition. From today forward it will run as a business." - Tony George (Failed businessman)
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14th May 2013, 19:39 #10
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Walker wants IndyCar to keep innovating! Great, one should know by now what's important.
Keep it fast, keep it real!!!
hmmmmm bad news https://youtu.be/ZkXQg6NUmKE?si=V-zNMHpy3xtO1xFX we know wrc wanta to have an electric class as soon as possible and "the future is electric" bla bla bla. and even being super open...
WRC main class in 2025