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Originally Posted by indycool
louden and las vegas in 2009
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Originally Posted by indycool
louden and las vegas in 2009
"Refused" is a far cry from "didn't work out right now for BOTH parties."
both asked for races in 2009... so it seems it would work for themQuote:
Originally Posted by indycool
I'll believe it when I see it. The schedule keeps sliding, and the latest is they have concluded they need it to be high downforce, eliminating anything to get excited about.Quote:
Originally Posted by garyshell
I don't think GreenPrix is the answer, but there is definitely a market out there for somebody who wants to run a low downforce, high power, open wheel road racing series.
In other words, a series which in no way competes with the IRL.
HA!! Nicely put!Quote:
Originally Posted by Miatanut
I don't know why all the IRLers are getting upset about Green Prix. The IRL will still be the same series it always has been. Big circles and air boxes.....YAWN.
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Originally Posted by bennybigb
Can't speak for the "IRLers", but this AOWR fan is not real excited to see another round of the saga of two AOWR series competing for sponsors, fans, venues, drivers or viewers. Especially one with this hair brained idea of a "arrive and drive" series trying to go head to head with the existing series. And don't give me that tired old, "well they are going after a different market" BS. The quotes from their own PR, and the latest suggestion that they would be happy to go to Surfer's Paradise if the IRL leaves, disprove that notion.
But for the sake of argument, let's say they want to "co-exist". Didn't we just have that experiment? It didn't work. Look, when the IRL first came out of the box, I said the same thing. We didn't need a second series then. And I think the same is true now. Just because the wrong series won the war, and I agree with that notion, doesn't mean another war is needed. Despite the fact that my favored series didn't come out on top, I am not going to support another round of battles. No one is set to win in that scenario.
Gary
If and that is a big if this series gets off the ground I worry about the quality of the drivers. It is a pay to drive so there may be some totally incompentent drivers that would make Marty and Milka look like superstars. Is there any testing time or are we going to see some idiot who has never driven anything a street stock sedan hopping into one of these things with no testing time, at the first race.
Have they got approval from the ASN or will it be totally outlaw?
I have a nasty feeling that Formula Atlantic will be toast as well.
Yes, Ken, both asked about races in '09. It's my understanding that scheduling didn't fit for '09 but Loudon's on the front burner for the IRL for '10.
There are a lot of questions to be answered other than "I wanna have a race." There are, for both sanctioning body and track, schedule, TV, weather, money and other things to be decided. Main reason I heard from both sides was schedule.
I can't buy a Ferrari right now but that doesn't mean I REFUSED to buy one.
This sounds like the naive ramblings of a guy with too much money on his hands.
First off, the world and the US in particular does NOT need yet another race series. Period. The economy is going through coughing up one big ole hair ball and this dumb@ss wants to start a race series using recycled chassis and engines and putting a "Green" tag on it?
Second of all the market for name drivers is limited. They all with the exception of PT have gigs and PT I am sure will laugh when he hears about this show. Don't even go into the lack of owners who have the money to risk on something like this, even if the economy wasn't tightening up.
This is a fantasy league going to reality with little respect to what the market needs or requires. In short, it is a business model with great aspirations and little grounding in reality. Hate to see someone waste his money...but he is wasting his money.
but if you bought a ferrari it would certainly work for ferrari...Quote:
Originally Posted by indycool
again.... both wanted dates on the 2009 schedule..... the IRL isn't running at either