i will on the 26th...Quote:
Originally Posted by bblocker68
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i will on the 26th...Quote:
Originally Posted by bblocker68
I'll be lurking around the corner with a toxic water bottle to throw in Sarahfan's face, you watch out honey.
I'm pleased that the VS coverage is vastly improved over the ESPN production since that's all we have to watch now. Despite the mythbusters proof that you CAN in fact, polish a turd, I just don't see that enough people see the attraction of a shiny turd for this thing to rebound. The racing simply needs brand competetion. My guy beat your guy only goes so far. Without Automobile brand competition, racing just doesn't have much commercial relevance. Who cares if a guy in a Honda beat..... a guy in a Honda?
Imagine NASCAR with a field full of Toyotas. No ford, no chevy, no dodge. By year 5, no one would care. I had a great time at the Grand Am race this weekend. 5 hours in my hurricane gear, walking around the track in the pouring rain, cheering on the porsches, fords, pontiacs, mazdas, chevys. I wouldn't leave my living room to watch the IRL right now, and that's unfortunate to say. I've got such a jones for attending a good open wheel race it's sickening.
The series is making some strides towards one more to my liking, however the delay in the new formula is crushing any positives IMHO. SPEC racing doesn't work for anyone but the hardcore race fan, and even that is borderline. It's good for the drivers, but not so appealing for anyone else. I think NASCAR has been tanking since the introduction of the COT, essentially spec racing. Champcar tanked it. I've simply never seen ANY spec series having any sort of significant lasting appeal.
DOH!! (head slap)Quote:
Originally Posted by garyshell
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Originally Posted by nigelred5
Wow, in the 42 years that I have been regularly attending motorsports events. I can count on one finger the number of times I have said (or heard anyone else say) "Go, Mazda", "Go, Pontiac", "Go, Alfa", "Go, Porsche". Now I have heard hundreds, if not thousands, of times myself and others yell "Go, Alessandro", "Go, Mario", "Go, Emmo", "Go, Al", "Go, Paul", "Go, Nigel".
While I do think that manufactures do bring certain intangibles to the sport in the eyes of the fans, I think you grossly over estimate the importance. I think racing even to the casual fan is and always has been about the warrior not the chariot. The decline we both abhor, is not because of the chariots; only the hard core race fan is interested in the chariot. The decline is because of the lack of visibility of the warrior. Back in the day, everyone in the USA knew who Mario or AJ were. Lots of folks even knew of that "furiner" Emmo.
Gary
Gary, you ought to try Monza in September.Quote:
Originally Posted by garyshell
Although, admittedly, it is only one manufacturer they cheer for.
This thread was awesome ....
Jan, Jody & Jose where you?
I skype with Jose on occasion. He is still in Texas teaching school. And looking forward to the F1 race in Austin.
Gary
I know who Jose is/was but who are Jody and Jan (Loneranger and Indycool??) We have lost some good posters in the last year......
Developed an illness five years ago that occasionally flares up and was in the hospital for four months earlier this year, so have kinda been offline of late and just gettin' back a little.
Interesting season, though. Wild finish at Indy....Franchitti and Power don't seem to like each other much.....Mario adamantly feels the leader oughta be able to defend his position and new rules on blocking don't quite allow that....police "pit maneuvers" seem more common on the narrow road and street courses......lot of goin's on goin' on. :)
Best to everyone......
IC