Your ideas to fix Indycar

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Originally Posted by EagleEye

I am a bit surprised she made her decision to pursue Dragon through legal means, public. That could be a career killer no matter if she has a case or not. I’m not sure what other car owner would want to put her in a car after this. I think it would have been best for her to resolve this legally, behind closed doors.

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What career? She stunk it up in the DTM and failed to impress anyone in IndyCar.

Apparently she was offered a buy out by TRUEcar and she refused. She should have taken the money and gone to NASCAR Trucks

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

What career? She stunk it up in the DTM and failed to impress anyone in IndyCar.

Apparently she was offered a buy out by TRUEcar and she refused. She should have taken the money and gone to NASCAR Trucks

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If she was in a contractual situation with TRUEcar, it was her option whether or not to accept a buyout. If she refused, then TRUEcar was obligated to fulfill the terms of the contract. If those terms included her in the car for the 2013 season, then she will prevail in any court of law. (I've used a lot of "ifs" since none of us have read the contract.)

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Originally Posted by Starter

If she was in a contractual situation with TRUEcar, it was her option whether or not to accept a buyout. If she refused, then TRUEcar was obligated to fulfill the terms of the contract. If those terms included her in the car for the 2013 season, then she will prevail in any court of law. (I've used a lot of "ifs" since none of us have read the contract.)

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You don't think that TRUEcar had an "out" written into the contract? I Seriously doubt that they would dismiss her without that.

Also one would think that a driver would take the money and not get a reputation as a litigious sort instead of wanting to stay on a team that obviously didn't want her further eroding her reputation as a driver.

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

You don't think that TRUEcar had an "out" written into the contract? I Seriously doubt that they would dismiss her without that.

Also one would think that a driver would take the money and not get a reputation as a litigious sort instead of wanting to stay on a team that obviously didn't want her further eroding her reputation as a driver.

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What part of "(I've used a lot of "ifs" since none of us have read the contract.)" did you not understand?

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Originally Posted by C3PO

IRL was far more succesful than current CC 2.0. Since the IndyCar and the CC "merged" and the schedule full off boring street wreckfests the viewership fall every year.

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Wow, I thought it and you said it. I have nothing against road/street courses but I can remember when we had full grandstands at Nashville, Kentucky, Chicagoland and Homestead far before the merge.. Today? We lost the most great ovals because the races were terribly attended and guess when this started to happen? Indeed, after the merge and it became worse when Randy Bernard came in..

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Originally Posted by heliocastroneves#3

Wow, I thought it and you said it. I have nothing against road/street courses but I can remember when we had full grandstands at Nashville, Kentucky, Chicagoland and Homestead far before the merge.. Today? We lost the most great ovals because the races were terribly attended and guess when this started to happen? Indeed, after the merge and it became worse when Randy Bernard came in..

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Easy there irl fan, those tracks you mentioned where never full or profitable. Only reason some of the people showed up where free tickets as part of nascar package. I live in north side of Chicago and Milwaukee mile is closer for me and better track for Indycar than nascar track in Joliet il in the middle of nowhere. Stop this old repetitive statements on the old formula that does not work instead focus on some new creative ideas like making car more interesting to drive and watch. It is not a type a track that is a problem its a spec club racing and amateur low tech car that needs to change.

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Originally Posted by FIAT1

Easy there irl fan, those tracks you mentioned where never full or profitable. Only reason some of the people showed up where free tickets as part of nascar package. I live in north side of Chicago and Milwaukee mile is closer for me and better track for Indycar than nascar track in Joliet il in the middle of nowhere. Stop this old repetitive statements on the old formula that does not work instead focus on some new creative ideas like making car more interesting to drive and watch. It is not a type a track that is a problem its a spec club racing and amateur low tech car that needs to change.

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Champ Car's very modern high-tech car didn't make their series popular either. In fact, already around 2003, IRL was far better than the rival series and it was back in then better than it was today. We had three manufacturers, two different chassis and some great racing going on. Full grandstands because of free tickets as a part of the NASCAR package? Explain then why the IRL already had full grandstands at Kentucky, before NASCAR Sprint Cup started to race there?

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Originally Posted by heliocastroneves#3

Explain then why the IRL already had full grandstands at Kentucky, before NASCAR Sprint Cup started to race there?

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Freebies and giveaways from sponsors. Remeber all those red heats that is now just plain aluminum? You should come, buy the ticket and help the cause instead writing ridiculous statements when it comes to present Indycar situation. Plenty empty stands now ,explain that. irl was better? Yep,that's why everything went down the hill with that creation ,and a genius who started it all.

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Originally Posted by C3PO

Merged? How many chimp car team still in the IndyCar? 1 or 2? It wasn't a real merger, Chimpycar simply died, because nobody watched it.

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No Champ Car team of any consequence except for Penske, Ganassi, Andretti, KV, Rahal Letterman & Dale Coyne......

..........But don't let a silly thing like facts get in the way of your reality.

A better TV package would be a huge step in the right direction. Returning to Michigan would also be great as well. Beyond that, I think a return to a "run what you brung" engine would be a good thing. No more engine leases and the engine swould be based off of a pre approved list of supplier parts and the teams would be responsible for building/rebuilding their own engines. Three Dyno test/research sessions per team (meaning Penske would get three just like KV would get three just like ECR would get three) and that's it. If the series mandated a specific list of parts, nothing exotic like titanium this or carbon fiber that, it would bring down costs on the costliest thing in the car.