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Jeff Gordon talked about it. He gets the check and then cuts checks on Monday to the team and such based on the contract. He said it on Wind Tunnel a couple years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by indycool
EVERY YEAR they discuss this on all the pre race deals of the drivers getting paid and spending their Mondays writing checks.
Sorry if you don't believe it but send off an email to NASCAR and they will verify it.
Geez you guys talk alot of BS....
Regarding the point of this thread. The answer should be "Who gives a f!@# if anyone in Indycar makes it to F1".
Indycar needs to worry about it's own future and build up it's own profile and that of it's drivers. Indycar shouldn't be trying to draw comparisons between itself and F1... or any other series.
It'll never get more sponsorship money or TV money or fans by protraying the image of a "Yet-Another-F1-feeder-series".
WALDO, you send the email to NASCAR. I don't need to. I've seen NASCAR entry blanks and I've seen NASCAR checks.
And JSH, you're right. I don't give a hoot if ANY of them go to F1.
As have I and even discussed reasoning with drivers. It has been this way for years as one driver told me going back to the early 1960's. He heard that Bill France Sr. had an idea that if drivers got paid and then had to pay out money for their "team" and thery were able to grasp the concept, then many of these drivers could become successful owners in the future. Has any form of racing turned more of its drivers into owners than NASCAR? Even today's crop has Harvick owning NNS and NCTS teams, others own teams in USAC and Hooter's. So even though you "have seen entries and checks" I wrote about this 20 and 10 years ago and who believes Jeff Gordon anyways, that was the same interview which he told that CART teams wanted FORD to pay them for Jeffy's ride. We all know that was a lie too.Quote:
Originally Posted by indycool
I have paid out much money to the entrant over the years but not to many of those drivers elected to move into the car owner status.
So this is on topic as even though no ICS will move to F-1 we do need these guys to step up to becoming Car Owners in the future otherwise this sport is in danger of disappearing in to the pages of history.
WALDO, I have respected your knowledge in some of your posts, but you are just incredibly inaccurate. Back in the '60s and '70s, many drivers owned their own cars (or put the race team in their wife's name), therefore, of course the check went to them .....everyone from Richard Petty to Coo Coo Marlin to Bill Champion to Richard Childress. Again, just call up a NASCAR team and ask 'em.
I can't imagine you even give a serious thought that the driver makes the deals with the crew chief and the team members and engine shop guys and builds the huge race shop complexes around Charlotte and the driver runs the team's accounting operation.
What happens when a driver gets fired?
Isn't the celebrity factor driving up the cost of NASCAR racing? More and more sponsors are having difficulty justifying the expense.Quote:
Originally Posted by indycool
Yep. Also the value. And also the cost of parts and gimmicks to go fast.
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Originally Posted by indycool
IndyCar needs to address this problem. They need drivers with the Moore/Zanardi factor.
What is the "Moore-Zanardi factor?" Yes, both were star quality people and drivers.
...Which leads to greater marketability for the series, as the casual fans have a greater interest in X driver doing well.Quote:
Originally Posted by indycool
I suppose driver marketability is a bit of a chicken vs egg argument, but promoting Danica when she doesn't have star looks, personality or driving talent wasn't their best idea.