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No, EE, we don't, and if you were sure, you would tell us. This is the time of the year when you don't know when you're ahead, on time or behind. Your wife says she's going to the store for some eggs. You say okay. She changes her mind and gets her hair done first. Someone calls on the phone for your wife and asks where she is. What do you respond? "She went to the store to get some eggs." And you're behind, through no fault of your own .
There isn't a whole lot to tell really. I personally haven't spoken with Hinch since Long Beach other than some witty back and forth things on Facebook and Twitter. But I have a lot of friends and family who are involved in the sport and heard it, rather matter of factly, through one of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chamoo
I suppose its possible Eagel Eye that could have some inside source about Danny Morad coming to the ICS next year. Its possible that Jaquces Villeneuve or Patrick Carpentier could come back. I guess its even possible that Red Bull is going to come in with Robert Wickins and Branden Hartley. I suppose I should make comments criptic enough to cover all the possibilities. But as far as I'm aware the only Canadian outside of Tags and PT who has a chance at going full time next year is Hinchcliff with a bottom run team like 3G
Now it sounds like Jr's team is going to make an offer for Danica, I know they do Nationwide and maybe Truck? But not Arca:
http://www.nascar.com/video/audio/20...d.audio.nascar
Does anyone else see a bit of history repeating itself? It started with the France family whispering into King George's ear encouraging him to start his own series. Now we have NASCAR trying to lure away Danica, certainly not because of her ability to handle those cars, but because of the press coverage she brings to the IRL. They could care less if she comes there and falls on her face, which she will. They just want her name out of the news and Jr's back in. They are willing to tolerate, or even revel in, the initial hoopla she would generate. And then they will gladly watch her recede into the shadows as she drops like a rock in the standings and doesn't make the show week after week.
Call me paranoid if you want, but I think the Princess is being played as a pawn in a much bigger game than she or her STUPID father understands. Young Mr. France is a consummate jerk, and this is just the sort of thing he would relish in pulling off.
My $.02
Gary
Some people have a rather inflated view of her power. Someday, for some reason, she will leave the IRL, just as other household names like Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt left racing when they retired. The world didn't stop spinning, and racing survived. To claim that "This is even worse than the PGA Tour losing Tiger Woods" is just plain silly. IHMO, only a few myopic people are so deluded to think she carries that much "star" value.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee Roy
Articles like that one just prove you can fool some of the people all of the time.
totally agree beachbum, and as repeating myself here, she isn't making the tracks sellout and TV racing aren't getting high numbers. she was a sell back in 04 and 05, but for all the pissing and moaning she does, people started not caring and the media making her the best thing since sliced bread while the results dont show, everyone will rag on her being overrated as she is.
The series will survive without Danica, no question, in fact it will prolly improve as fans can actually watch the racing again without hearing the Danica update every 5 minutes while shes struggling in 15th. the sport still has plenty of fan favorites in Helio, Sarah, Scott, Dario, Ryan, and PT.
In my view, ALL of auto racing is near the end of its useful life (within 10 years there will be little more than niche interest). I think rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic is a good analogy as to the state of affairs of auto racing, world wide.Quote:
Originally Posted by beachbum
This statement may be far more accurate than many of us would like to admit.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Blancvino
I personally think the future of motorsports is as a "retro" sport - both in terms of historic racing and in terms of realizing the days of record breaking, technical relevance to the larger world, and general technical progression of the sport are pretty much done. Fundamentally cars cannot get faster without serious problems, there is little, if any, technology that a race car can develop better than something else and the sport has become far to expensive for its own good... furthermore, it is hard to create genuine heroes is the sport loses the cutting edge/danger/out of reach of the common person aspect that has made race car drivers so compelling for much of the history of racing....
guys like Foyt, Hurtibuise, Parnelli, Mario, Lauda, Tommy Milton, Jimmy Murphy etc. were characters and "heroes" in the sense they were putting their lives on the line, were often full of personality, and were doing stuff you and I could not do or could not imagine how we might be able to do... These modern drivers are boring marketing tools driving at speeds that we all know you can "easily" achieve - sometimes in a Corvette or a $10,000 "superbike".... there is no mystery to it anymore....
That proclamation has bee made for the last 20-30 years or more. Some predicted it would be legislated out of existence years ago. Yet, racing still has a strong following. Reports of its death are very premature.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blancvino