Fan, maybe if you weren't guarding the bookstore at IUPUI in the wee hours of this morning, you'd be alert enough to realize IT IS BROKE! I don't agree that this is the answer but I'm also not in denial.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanicaFan
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Fan, maybe if you weren't guarding the bookstore at IUPUI in the wee hours of this morning, you'd be alert enough to realize IT IS BROKE! I don't agree that this is the answer but I'm also not in denial.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanicaFan
I think first off that Eddie Gossage and Bruton wanted this, so they have a good marketing reason for it. Secondly, it is a new concept for this level of racing. Third, it allows a different story to break out. Your guy could have a rough go and blow a motor in the first race..and come back out with a backup, a new setup and win in race two. IT does a lot of different things. I don't think every weekend should be this, but I like the idea.
Being different right now is what the IRL has to be....they have to set themselves apart from NASCAR, ALMS and Grand AM....and unique always gives you a chance to sell something....
This article has valid points..
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/4...-us-your-twins
Spectators at the track will benefit from this. They will see two races, plus a chance to see their favourites again if they run into bad luck.
For the TV-viewer I don't see much benefit. Lets be honest, will people really bother to watch one race early on, then wait a couple of hours, and still be available for the next race?? People are not bothered to watch a single race now, why would they devote a full evening to two half races??
They used twin races until the '70s yes, but that was before TV. They use twinraces in shorttracks yes, but they don't have TV either. See a pattern here?
They'd also better get the fuel milage correct. Two fuelsaving snorefests won't help anybody...
Inverted grids are a real bad gimmick in my opinion. A front row with Milka and Dracone, wow :eek: Very dangerous.
It does. I think the IRL and the promotors have to put together a two race scenario where people will race.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanicaFan
I think this idea has some merit, but it isn't a simple thing...
Maybe they'll do two or three of these over the course of the season and they can have (yet) another championship: Road Course Champion, Oval Champion, Twin X Champion.
Jokes aside, since they're going to go down this path anyway, they might as well invert the grid for the second race... but not the entire field - just the top 8-10. I can't be too critical of them as they try to think outside the box. There's no point in them pretending to be the same series that at one time had a decent following, well funded teams and world class drivers. Now they've got what they've got... they are what they are. So they might as well try things (even gimmicks) that wouldn't have been necessary 15+ years ago, as they try to rebuild this thing.
If I were Eddie Gossage I would invert the top 6 to 15, but not let it be pre-determined. Have a big lottery set-up with celebrity guest and ham it up big-time. It would add to the show, and prevent someone from trying to finish in "X" position in order to be on pole for race two.
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Originally Posted by Alexamateo
I saw this same idea posted elsewhere. Have even numbered balls from 2-12 in a bag (their idea was to cap it at 12) and then have someone draw a number after the first race. I think the idea has some merit. But I will patiently await anthony to show up here and tell us all how wrong it really is.
Gary
[quote="DanicaFan"]To me its nothing but a gimmick or publicity stunt. It's a cheap way of trying to add a race to the schedule. Why dont he just take all 18 races and divide them in half so they can say we run a 36 race schedule like NASCAR.
I can understand why you feel that way, but the way I look at it is this: AOW has been very stagnent for far too long. This is at least an attempt to think outside the box and create some drama, some buzz. I applaud Randy and Co., for having the courage to try something different rather than just the same old, same old. We need more of that, in my humble opinion.
Sounds awfuy similar to one of the previous bud shootout formats. Not surprised one bit its coming from Burton Smith and Eddie Gossage considering SMI are the best race promoters in NASCAR. Bernard's a promoter and he's willing to try what has worked for successful race promoters. Sure, its a gimmick, what do they have to loose? Its not like there's enough people watching to notice if its a flop.
Personally, I've been somewhat surprised at the amount of team personnel that actually WANTED the Delta Wing.