The article states he is still CEO of the IRL. He still controls the ball and runs the league, just not one of the stadiums.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChicagocrewIRL
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The article states he is still CEO of the IRL. He still controls the ball and runs the league, just not one of the stadiums.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChicagocrewIRL
That's the position CART was in and that didn't end up well. It's not just one of the stadiums, but THE stadium. IF IMS creates a new set of specs for IC, then what does TG do? That would be ironic, TG leading a breakaway serieas apart from IMS. :s mokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by beachbum
Yeah, because full fields of mostly sponsored cars, a 36-race schedule, and competitive passing on oval tracks would be such a horror to endure.Quote:
Originally Posted by DBell
They should have run the idiot off on the very day that stepchild, the IRL, was born. While they're at it, they ought to hire A.J. Foyt so they can fire him too.
Well, the series generally controls the specs, not the track. George was in the unique position to be able to dictate as he did starting in 1995. It would depend on how different the specs were from the IRL specs. I don't think anyone at IMS is THAT dumb in this climate.Quote:
Originally Posted by DBell
The IMS board surely could adopt new specs that any competetors would have to abide by to compete, however they wouldn't necessarily be those of the IRL. It wouldn't upset me in the least to see the specs for the 500 itself opened back up to encourage far more competetors as it was in the CART days when the race was run under USAC( but PLEASE! no more USAC) CART had their specs, IMS had theirs for the 500. There's penty of cars appropriate to run at Indy outside of that ugly Dallara.
Anyone have a 1993 CART rule book laying around anywhere?? That would be an ideal starting point for new regs IMHO. Can we get mulligan on a 14 year old mistake?
The "Ball" is the IMS and the 500. He no longer controls either.Quote:
Originally Posted by beachbum
I chose not to follow CART after the split solely because it did not have the 500. Any open wheel series in North America MUST have the 500. It is for love of the Speedway and the 500 alone that I am an IRL fan.
irlfanatics.com lol
Very true. But since we now know that the IRL isn't profitable (according to Anton himself), where does he now get the money to run the IRL, if it's to become (truly) independent of IMS? I don't think the family will let him fall completely on his face - since they still have some skin in the game too. But it looks like his days of playing in the family trust fund like it's his own personal piggybank may be over.Quote:
Originally Posted by beachbum
Actually, I think this is TG's way of nicking the scoopmeister Robin. So far all of the reports credit Robin Miller, no independent confirmation.
But then again all of this is still solely rumor without any official press release from the Speedway.
Unfortunately, you may be right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilf
http://www.indystar.com/article/2009...usted+from+IMS