Just a little confused, I heard Jamie Little say Hildebrand was off to the medical center to get a "drug test". Anyone know if that's standard procedure after a crash? Kinda sounded weird. John Barnes seemed real pissed also.
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Just a little confused, I heard Jamie Little say Hildebrand was off to the medical center to get a "drug test". Anyone know if that's standard procedure after a crash? Kinda sounded weird. John Barnes seemed real pissed also.
I caught that too... I assume it's policy, but I'd be a little irritated if I were him. It would be nice if it was clarified, because it sounds like it was only him that was singled out.
John Barnes sounds like a major A-hole...
Does anyone have any stats on how far out the tire guy is allowed to stand? It'd be interesting to do some photo analysis and see if he was too far out or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by SarahFan
From what I saw, Barnes pulled the Danica/Marco/Helio move after a frustrating crash. Got on his scooter and scooted the hell outta there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sateryn76
On the subject of commentary, there was more than one occasion early in the race when Scott Goodyear said something like "The track is very green, so there aren't any marbles off line yet", then in the very next breath said "you just can't go off line here because of the marbles". Enjoyed the race anyway, but the commentary really didn't add anything and missed a great deal.
It certaintly looked more full in years past, especially before the new grandstands. Maybe that's part of the problem, we can actually see how empty the grandstands are now that they are tall shiny aluminum. CART certainly had large crowds in the past, but it was also difficult to tell just how many fans there actually were when announced official attendance was always suspect. I know why they don't do the same, but EVERY pro football or baseball game I've ever attended has announced an exact gate attendance figure. they usually even have a guess the attendance contest for the crowd. Restoring the traditional date may help but I fear it's simply a generational thing we are fighting trying to re-build Indycar.
If a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it, did it really fall? And if there's an Indycar race in Milwaukee and nobody comes, did it really happen? Once a tree falls, you can't pick it up again and once a race falls you can't pick that up again either. RIP Milwaukee, what a shame!
You're in a good mood this morning aren't you?Quote:
Originally Posted by booger
But he's not wrong. Small crowd leaves future uncertain for Milwaukee 225 - JSOnlineQuote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
According to this article, Randy Bernard said their is only a 50/50 chance of the race being on the schedule next year. It said there were no more than 15 k at the race. It's a shame because I really enjoyed the race. A classic, flat track that is perfect for Indy Car racing, but I'm afraid that getting a decent crowd anymore seems to be a tough sell.
I'd say there is a large portion of the Milwaukee Open-wheel fanbase that were former CART/ Indycar fans are still that...... Former fans. I do't recall any of the IRL run races having a good turnout in Milwaukee. I love that track, but once you break a tradition, it can become very hard to re-establish it. We had a Hydroplane regatta in my town for many years. It died off several years ago and then returned until this year. Same boats, many of the same people but the local interest just isn't there any longer. We even have a local family that the father,wife, son and daughter are all perennial champions in several classes, and there is barely a blip of interest on the radar. Sometimes it's just time.
I know many of my friends that used to be Open wheel fans would rather watch no racing at all than follow the "new indycar", and that's essentially what they have chosen to do. I can't get a couple of them to even commit to going to saturday ALMS race in Baltimore, but I still have hope they will attend when it is closer. I know a couple guys are just holding out for them to release more sunday single day tickets.