Chevy team owners trying to oust Randy Bernard

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Originally Posted by FIAT1

Well, you are wrong on tv and attendance, and he didn't had to do anything with old contracts including a new car. Randy did more positive work and mess clean up in most difficult environment and short time than Andrew Craig ,Chris Pook and Brian Barnhart combined. Blaming him is a cheap shot , but I'm on his side for the reason that he brings input from the fans in to his argument. I'm puzzled why all the hate and so much negativity on almost every discussion here .Peace out dude.

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Indy TV ratings was up marginally. The rest of the races have been pretty much stagnant.

Attendance(ticket sales) (When reported) have either been stagnant or down.

if you can rave about RB's "Knowing what the fans want" then I can point out that his success or failure has yet to be decided.

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Originally Posted by Starter

I won't argue that at all. There's still a long road ahead. However, I believe that is the first time you've actually said that. The vast majority of your posts on the subject consist of dumping on him, with no positives mentioned in any way.

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Hasn't been much "positive" things to talk about as of late.

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Well IMO I think he's done a pretty damn good job. Series, new car, engine manufacturers and owners, not to mention all the drama that goes with it. Kudos!! He's no dummie!!


But, until the cars have more HP the series will remain what we see now. I don't think the cars need more top speed, but they definitely need to be quicker off the corners!

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Originally Posted by jimispeed

Well IMO I think he's done a pretty damn good job. Series, new car, engine manufacturers and owners,

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I said:

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

Hasn't been much "positive" things to talk about as of late.

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Everything you mentioned happened a year or more ago.

As of late we have had.............?

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Originally Posted by bugeyedgomer

Teams being penalized for shoddy equipment the teams are being fined and losing points because when they do the post race tech inspections they are finding that some cars fuel bladders are holding up to or a little more then .5 of a gal more then the spec's that the rules state. AJ was fined for being .5 over and Pagenaud's teams was fined for being .05 over. Indycar KNOWS the defects are with the tanks and NOT the teams cheating. They admitted that the manufacturer has told them that the bladders are 'stretching' due to over pressure upon multi re-fueling's. There is no warranty being offered for this defect and in fact the series will not be replacing them until 2013 at best. So here we have a situation where even if the teams under fill a tank during race events and even as in Toronto the teams fined never ran more laps then a normal tank could hold in fuel - Indycar STILL fined them! Does indycar need the money that badly?There is nothing the teams can do about this situation as there is NO replacement bladder available to a different spec then the one that came with the car. All they can do is order the same spec and replace it more often then normal and 'hope' they are within the spec's when tested.The teams are now being required to put displacement balls in the tank and verify capacity themselves, because there is a disparity between all of the bladders.

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FYI, all racing car fuel cells are manufactured slightly oversize. Because of the nature of the material used, it is impossible to make them to a specific capacity.Using displacement blocks or balls to bring a fuel cell to the legal limit is a correct and proper way to achieve that goal.This is nothing new or out of the ordinary.If you look at any fuel cell manufacturers website (ATL, Fuel Safe, etc) you will see that they sell displacement balls and blocks for this very reason.Nothing shoddy or defective about it!

So it is new for indycar this year. I'm trying to recall when it was an issue previously.

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Originally Posted by bugeyedgomer

So it is new for indycar this year. I'm trying to recall when it was an issue previously.

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Negative. This practice has been in open wheel racing for at least 25 years. Has it been an issue before? Yes, teams get caught exceeding the fuel tank capacity. There are procedures in place for them to check their capacity at every track. Some choose to check it frequently while others do not. Shame on the team that gets caught post race.

More grumbling from the team owners

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Bernard, in a telephone interview with The Republic on Thursday, said he wants to add to the Izod series' current 15-race schedule but admitted team owners are concerned about the additional operating costs given the economy and challenging sponsorship environment.

Read more: IndyCar race at Phoenix International Raceway doubtful in 2013

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IMS should cut them loose and let them see what it's like without the support they are given

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Originally Posted by bugeyedgomer

More grumbling from the team owners


IMS should cut them loose and let them see what it's like without the support they are given

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That sounds like a "cut off your nose to spite your face" kind of move to me.

Gary

it worked for over 80 years