CC needs:
Blank check from the owners
GP and SJ gone
A new CEO
New PR dep't
New Sales dep't
New Marketing dep't
New owners by the end of the year.
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CC needs:
Blank check from the owners
GP and SJ gone
A new CEO
New PR dep't
New Sales dep't
New Marketing dep't
New owners by the end of the year.
Come on, CART750...let's be realistic about this. How are you going to get a blank check from the owners and then ask them to step down after thay have delivered that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cart750hp
I think, personally, that you have seen the end of the great infusion of money into CCWS.
It worked last year; you'll see it again this year. There won't be any great infusion on money from the series. And the series will wear the fact that it's not infusing money into the series like a badge of honor, just like they did last year.
You know why? Because there ain't no check coming. Either they have a check or not, the series need a new ownership and management.Quote:
Originally Posted by tbyars
I couldn't agree more. 2007 was their huge chance to turn the series just because of their new chassis and good new locations.......poooooooofff!Quote:
Originally Posted by tbyars
Reading this latest batch of letters I feel such frustration at the CCWS situation. Not only does it seem likely that no great amount of money is being pumped in but worse, I get the feeling that the powers that be don't even understand why we are ASKING for a lump of money to be pumped in. Its like we are all privy to some billionaire boy version of the SCCA...all sitting around the table toasting with "heres hoping it works lads or what about rocket plane races toasts.
Sad and pathetic.
Well, Petit is a great example. He owns a piece of PKV but buys RuSport to keep it alive and runs one car, then combines with Rocketsports in some awkward form to field a two-car team with a net loss of two cars. Then comes unglued with Rocketsports and folds his team for a net loss of another car.
Now comes word that he, CDW and Wilson are headed for Forsythe for what most probably is a second car paid for, which is what Forsythe wanted at the start of last year, for a net loss of one more car.
And all these are series owners.
I would give massively detailed replies to this thread, and specifically Jack himself (his original post anyway)...if I wasn't unsure of the response to a "rank n00b" at these forums for being the one doing so, and the possibility of hazing swiftly resulting.
As it stands, I'll quietly state, for the moment, that the Great Civil War was created by circumstances quite resembling the one America had from 1861-1865:
1. Wildly divergent philosophies on absolutely fundamental issues.
2. A very long list of grievances, by both sides, that were almost universally ignored by the other.
3. A gradually developing hard-headedness and/or passionate fanaticism, again by both sides.
4. An equally developing sense of 'moral superiority' by both for the kind of actions (sport) that they enjoy/support.
5. The sparing of no expense by either side to portray the other as not only their opposition, but a true threat to the sanctity of everything they hold dear and/or have grown up with (thereby bringing a family values angle into The Struggle).
6. The embracing of true hatred for the other (for "messing up what [they] had," among other things, in one overall era or another), the longer the struggle has ground on.
7. And lastly, pride; pride on either side that they do not need the other, and that the world would be a better place if the other did not exist, even if that means they themselves have to die, too.
With that in mind, how long has it taken for America to get over its differences? Last I checked, when someone in a private plane flew over a NAS track with a sign following that proclaimed, DON'T FORGET YOUR ROOTS, with a Confederate flag attached...a very long time indeed.
I wonder if the true hatred exhibited by both for each other, for 1.5 decades and counting, can ever be erased, at least within twice as long, or longer, a period. If not, a merger would only be a success on the surface...a lot like Otto von Bismarck's 1871 unification of Germany "by blood and iron." Extreme example, but hatred creates extremes.
Very well-pointed out, Wraith. We now have half a generation of fans who are polarized and potential fans who don't even know about the split except what they hear or read on racing forums. And for some who have followed it all these years, merger would not solve their problems.
You still might when the JDS Uniphase stuff is settled. It could be, he wasn't spending money that he would have to return.Quote:
Originally Posted by tbyars
Sometimes I get to thinking....this lawsuit is just right on time. KK may sell his portion of the series or even sell the entire series to another. Sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by nanders
If, and it is a huge if....Kevin Kalkhoven were to sell his stake in the CCWS, then there are only two potential buyers that would make me feel things could get better.
1. Gerry Forsythe - Probably the only person who could run CCWS as an effective dictatorship ala Bernie Ecclestone and F1.
2. Tony George - Whilst not my preferred option, it would lead to a de-facto merger and end the split in one fell swoop.