ChampCar and IRL forums

[Mark]

Just an idea which I could put in place tomorrow if the feeling is good, or not if we want to keep things as they are.

I can put in place a system where while the ChampCar and IndyCar forums remain seperate, a thread posted in one will automatically appear in the other, it might be useful since most of the current discussions concern both series.

Of course if the merger doesn't happen the link can easily be switched off.

Post what you think.

[Breeze]

I wouldn't bother with it until the word comes down. Most forum visiters post on the Champ Car side anyway, and by a wide margin.

[pvtjoker]

Lets "merge" the two forums (if and when CC and the IRL merge).

[BobGarage]

i think its best to keep the two forums seperate until a merger/banckrupcy or anything else is announced.

If/when announced we might as well have one forum

[FormerFF]

I agree. You might as well leave things as they are until there is an agreement announced.

[bblocker68]

Leave it pending to official announcements, like everything else.

[Chris R]

agree - if it all comes together have one forum for current events and perhaps open a new one for history and nostalgia like the F-1 board has (that would give our "name that car" thread a proper home :D )

[MAX_THRUST]

Do the link go for it!!!

EVEN IF THERE ISN'T A MERGER WILL BE MOANING ABOUT IT FOR WEEKS!!!!

The two series are linked, either way, so lets do it.

[MAX_THRUST]

Why is everyone so negative about it???

I can't stand TG, but a merger or whate ever it is needs to happen for us to be watching anything. If we can't merge a forum, how can they merge a series

[BobGarage]

Why is everyone so negative about it???

I can't stand TG, but a merger or whate ever it is needs to happen for us to be watching anything. If we can't merge a forum, how can they merge a series

no one here (in this thread) is being negative about the merger. the point everyone is making is that until the series are merged there is no point for a merged forum.

At the moment the two series are seperate and rightly so we have a forum for each series. Until the merger happens there is no point merging the forums as you'd have one forum on two different subjects.

[BobGarage]

agree - if it all comes together have one forum for current events and perhaps open a new one for history and nostalgia like the F-1 board has (that would give our "name that car" thread a proper home :D )

I like the idea of a historic/nostaligc sub-forum being created once the merger dust has settled.

[BoilerIMS]

The moderators are discussing the forum options amongst themselves. And we have thought of a "nostalgia" sub-forum so that the new forum primarily discusses the racing, rather than history and old arguments.

[bblocker68]

Have you thought of adding an AOWR section in addition to the CC/IRL forums like they have at SpeedTV?

[Chaparral66]

The forums should reflect the state of the sport. If the two series merge, then we should have one open wheel forum here. Until that happens, perhaps we should wait and see.

[Mark]

The consensus seems to be for no change, so things will stay as they are for now.

[MAX_THRUST]

I find it hard to believe after this week there will be two series.....even if ccws survives what state will it be in, and how bad will both series credibillity be???? I digress...

One thread unti lthe inevitable.

Sorry if I think everyone is being negative, but even as much as I hated the IRL and TG, this can only be possitive, unless you work at CCWS, then my thoughts are with the staff.

[FormerFF]

I guess it's time to merge the forums. Besides, the IRL forum could use the increased traffic.

[cartpix]

I guess it's time to merge the forums. Besides, the IRL forum could use the increased traffic.

I'd wait, until the official announcement. Just to be on the safe side.


Jeff

[Mark]

Not yet. When there is an official announcement then the forums will merge. And even then it has to be a definitive statement, not "we hope to" or "we will move towards" but "this is what's going to happen".

[PSfan]

Just a thought, but maybe hold off closing down the champcar side of things if there is a merger/unification until maybe after Long Beach to sort of act as a wake, maybe give the champcar loyalists that won't embrace an IRL series a chance/place to vent without turning the IRL forum ugly...

[Mark]

Perhaps, if and when there's an official announcement I'll see what the general feeling is.

[jimispeed]

Just a thought, but maybe hold off closing down the champcar side of things if there is a merger/unification until maybe after Long Beach to sort of act as a wake, maybe give the champcar loyalists that won't embrace an IRL series a chance/place to vent without turning the IRL forum ugly...


Oh, we wouldn't want the IRL forum to turn ugly.....

The Champcar forum suffered that fate long ago!!!

[Mark]

Technically speaking the IndyCar forum would be merged into the ChampCar forum and then the ChampCar forum renamed :p

[CC4EVER]

When a merger is announced. We will goto one forum, correct?

We will still see comments like:
(CC side)
(Former ) CC drivers are the best! CC driver won in an IRL car, on an IRL track. IRL cars suck!

(IRL side)
Andretti qualified better than Rahal. Danica finished better than some CC drivers. I will be attacked with people saying, " CC4ever you might want to change your screenname".

I would hope to see comments like:
Wow! Look how packed the stands are. Great to see more than 18 cars race. Great to see Andretti side by side w/ Rahal.

I know it's going to take ALONG TIME. I just hope we can all lick our wounds and get back to having the greatest racing! OPEN WHEEL!!!

[hacker-pschorr]

When a merger is announced. We will goto one forum, correct?

We will still see comments like:
(CC side)
(Former ) CC drivers are the best! CC driver won in an IRL car, on an IRL track. IRL cars suck!

(IRL side)
Andretti qualified better than Rahal. Danica finished better than some CC drivers. I will be attacked with people saying, " CC4ever you might want to change your screenname".

I would hope to see comments like:
Wow! Look how packed the stands are. Great to see more than 18 cars race. Great to see Andretti side by side w/ Rahal.

I know it's going to take ALONG TIME. I just hope we can all lick our wounds and get back to having the greatest racing! OPEN WHEEL!!!
Or better yet: "Wow, PT took out seven IRL drivers in one lap!!!" :)

I'm a huge PT supporter, just having some fun.

[Cart750hp]

When a merger is announced. We will goto one forum, correct?

Correct.


We will still see comments like:
(CC side)
(Former ) CC drivers are the best! CC driver won in an IRL car, on an IRL track. IRL cars suck!

I hope not. But for the mean time, you'll see a few of the fanatics making calls like that, don't be surprised. These guys won't go away easily. But for the rests, I cannot wait that we will be talking more about teams against teams or drivers against drivers, like it should.


(IRL side)
Andretti qualified better than Rahal. Danica finished better than some CC drivers. I will be attacked with people saying, " CC4ever you might want to change your screenname".

Yeah, why don't you change your screen name?


I would hope to see comments like:
Wow! Look how packed the stands are. Great to see more than 18 cars race. Great to see Andretti side by side w/ Rahal.

Yep. I think many many AOWR are looking forward to that for a very long time. And now, we are about to get a taste of it, next month.


I know it's going to take ALONG TIME. I just hope we can all lick our wounds and get back to having the greatest racing! OPEN WHEEL!!!

CC4EVER, the truth is many fans are older than 25 years old. And as for those IRL haters that are around 50+ years old? These are the guys who couldn't move on and no one will be able to change their views. They've been like that for years and don't expect they'll change their opinion just because CC is gone. Ain't happening and it's sad. The best you could do is to spoil their opinions and have other posters here read and realize how these guys really think. I agree with the mods to just let them post their opinion jsut like everybody else. I, for one, wouldn't want them not to post here.

It's gonna be a great year for AOWR.

[bblocker68]

<<<<<Or better yet: "Wow, PT took out seven IRL drivers in one lap!!!"

I'm a huge PT supporter, just having some fun.>>>>


PT - "They were in the way!". Dont tell me PT wont have fun with the AGR cars. It's gonna be crazy watching him during restarts on short ovals again.

[libra65]

I'd wait, until the official announcement. Just to be on the safe side.


Jeff

I agree totally. We have all seen this see-saw for too long to chance now.

[Rogelio]

I think for many of us CART/Champ Car fans there is still of a lot animosity/bad blood that needs to be spilled. Our IRL "friends" may not want to hear it. Since we are the ones that lost, it is kind of difficult to accept.

[Henry Cutts]

I think it should be one forum, with a sub forums for Champ Car History & IRL History

[BoilerIMS]

The moderators will deal with this in the near future. Just sit tight.

[Pat Wiatrowski]

Keep the forums as they are.

[gerkebi]

I think it should be one forum, with a sub forums for Champ Car History & IRL History
+1

[SoTex]

Keep the forums as they are.

I agree. The IRL won the war there is already an IRL fourm. Eventually this forum will die down as there is no races and such to talk about. Merging the two is just plain goofy.

[bleach]

How about we merge the two forums and then layoff (block out) all the current Champ Car forum posters like they're doing to the former CCWS employees? But lets not tell them what were doing until it's done and they try to log back in!

[bblocker68]

How about we merge the two forums and then layoff (block out) all the current Champ Car forum posters like they're doing to the former CCWS employees? But lets not tell them what were doing until it's done and they try to log back in!

2 posts usually doesn't give a person the right to officially become "we". You do what "we" tell you. (I'm playin' of course) :) :) :)

[Mark]

The forums will be merged tomorrow (Monday). There will be no sub forum as it would be too much work for already hard pressed mods.

[Jag_Warrior]

As it should be, Mark. That move better reflects the reality of the situation.

[Jag_Warrior]

Say, Mark... with the loss of the CCWS forum, you now have an open forum slot, eh? How about a forum for drag racing? There's NHRA, IHRA, an FIA series, NOPI, etc.

Do I need to post pics of Angelle Savoie and Ashley Force to get you to think about it? :D

Come on, it'll be fun. And drag racing fans tend not to cause a lot of trouble. The cars are noisy, but the fans are cool. Give it some thought.

[Indy500'79]

Once they make it final (which I beleive it already is) - let's please move on and make one forum that actually talks about racing again.

[spiritone]

hEY! Most of the posters on this forum were from the irl side anyway.




Don't merge the forum, JUST SHUT THIS ONE DOWN, ALL THE REAL CHAMPCAR FANS LEFT LONG AGO.