Tracy confirmed at Vision for Edmonton

Well, the roadcoures setups and equipment that each team has are far more equal than the oval kits, and I would certainly thing TG has the up to date kits and a semi fresh chassis to put PT into. Walkers boys certainly know how to put together a shoe string car, and remember, the Walker guys supposedly have have had a Dallara for quite a while now. Is it the same chassis, I don't know, but they wave had time with the car in the shop at least, will have setup info from Vision and PT should get the extra track time all of the transition drivers have been given preparing for upcoming races.


IIRC, Walker was actually the first if not one of the first CCWS teams to have a current chassis, I believe even prior to the merger announcement. They only pulled up when Gore walked with his money to KV on Walker. PT is certainly a far better roadcourse driver than a lot of the current field when he is on his game.

I'd just like to see PT in an all Black car with the big green Monster "M" logos on it praying on the field. Where's the fantasy liveries thread for the IRL ICS?

Being a big tracy fan i should be happy that he finally has a ride. But seeing as how its in a left over car with a makeup team in a one off fails to thrill me. The fact that it has generated so much discussion here is interesting. If he does really well what will that say about the present talent in this series? For the posters that say the talent in champcar was weak i pose this question.


If the merger had been the other way around and the irl teams had to use the panoz and race on mainly road courses how do you think they would have done? My quess, not very well, even though they would have raced against weak opposition.


TG getting a little desperate bringing in a washed up 39 year old to prop up his series.

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TG getting a little desperate bringing in a washed up 39 year old to prop up his series.

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An interesting dichotomy between those two statements.

Gary

The most interesting thing about this is the fact PT, CC's most ardent supporter during the split, is now racing for TG. Go figure.

I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking this could have never happened after the outcome of the 2002 Indianapolis 500.

If this doesn't suggest the split hatchet is buried, I don't know what will.

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Being a big tracy fan i should be happy that he finally has a ride. But seeing as how its in a left over car with a makeup team in a one off fails to thrill me. The fact that it has generated so much discussion here is interesting. If he does really well what will that say about the present talent in this series? For the posters that say the talent in champcar was weak i pose this question.


If the merger had been the other way around and the irl teams had to use the panoz and race on mainly road courses how do you think they would have done? My quess, not very well, even though they would have raced against weak opposition.


TG getting a little desperate bringing in a washed up 39 year old to prop up his series.

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Those who still have bitter feelings about how the split ended will make this out to be a bad thing no matter how it shakes out.

If PT does well it will be "See how weak the talent pool is in the IRL?"

If he runs near the back of the pack it will be "It was a conspiracy to make him look bad to punish him (and the CC fans) for speaking out against the IRL. BTW this is an actual theroy being floated on some sites this week.

If he gets beat by Ed Carpenter it will be "Ed had better equiptment" & if he beats Danica it will be "We told you danica was over rated!"

I'm just glad to see him back in an OW car & am looking forward to the race. Cheers.

Excellent to have Paul Tracy come back even if it is a one-off deal. Walker Racing running the car under the Vision banner is also good, hopefully both Tracy and Walker will be able to do full seasons in 2009.

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Being a big tracy fan i should be happy that he finally has a ride. But seeing as how its in a left over car with a makeup team in a one off fails to thrill me. The fact that it has generated so much discussion here is interesting. If he does really well what will that say about the present talent in this series? For the posters that say the talent in champcar was weak i pose this question.


If the merger had been the other way around and the irl teams had to use the panoz and race on mainly road courses how do you think they would have done? My quess, not very well, even though they would have raced against weak opposition.


TG getting a little desperate bringing in a washed up 39 year old to prop up his series.

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Actually most of the former CART drivers, which comprized what, about half of the field last year would probably have done just fine as most were quite good road racers. We all know Tracy is there entirely for promotional reasons, not to boost vision's chances of winning. if that were the case, he would be in Ed or Quattro's car. Too bad they can't get him on track this weekend to build a little more promotional value and get him some quality track time in the unfamiliar car.

So he's going to drive one of those ***** after all...

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But I just don't see how anyone could take the fields from the last few years in CCWS and think they were the best in the world. Let's face it. The last few years Paul has been racing against cobbled together 15/16 car fields. A lot of good drivers, sure. But a whole bunch of them that were just so so and we'll never hear from again.

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Had the merger not happened there would be 16/17 cars in the IRL field this year, possibly 15, depending on how much money TG wanted to spend on the moving chicane that is Marty Roth.

Its far past time both sides stop bitching about each other's past records and which field was weaker, or if Danica should have an * next to her win or if Will Power should. Or if every IRL event from 1996 to 2002 should have a * because of weak fields, or if Sebastien Bourdias should have a * next to his records because the CC field was weak from 2003 onward.

It's time to grow up and go forward. It's my hope that Forysthe and Derrick Walker find a sponsors for next year and return with two car teams and we start to see fields that are actualy worthy of the word Indy, haven't seen those since 1995.