What Happens Next?

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Originally Posted by sanguin

A blogger who has been wrong many times with "rumors" about CC.

You should read this-

wrap-up from Sebring-

"Conquest Team Owner Eric Bachelart was very satisfied with the performance of his entire team throughout the test.

"We worked really hard these past four weeks just to get ready to run two cars. We have reorganized our engineering department and put a lot of work and effort into preparing this test the best way possible.

"We're happy to have had two talented drivers to help us out in preparing the season. They both did an excellent job. It's good to see Franck P1 after only four days in a Champ Car. With Simon, I don't think his performance reflects his potential. We worked on giving him a set-up and a car that he was comfortable with but we never quite got there with him. Now, we are going to go back to the shop and debrief and get ready for the Laguna Seca test. We have good sponsors behind us this year and the whole team has high ambitions. It's good to see that we could run at the top at this first test in Sebring."

http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...16&FS=CHAMPCAR

don't believe the bear.

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Sorry, but I've heard from additional friends that chassis #29 has gone back...and frankly, I will follow Murphy's blog a heck of a lot closer than your blind enthusiasm at this juncture...as i stated earlier, a lot of things, both good and bad, are likely to happen between now and LB and thereafter that makes this thread a keeper.

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Originally Posted by heelntoe

Sorry, but I've heard from additional friends that chassis #29 has gone back...and frankly, I will follow Murphy's blog a heck of a lot closer than your blind enthusiasm at this juncture...as i stated earlier, a lot of things, both good and bad, are likely to happen between now and LB and thereafter that makes this thread a keeper.

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and I've heard the opposite. Of course you want to believe the worst. The bear blogger does not have a good track record when it comes to CC. He's an ALMS fan.

I'll believe the words from the owner himself.

also this-

"The Conquest Team is heading into a new direction this year with many new team members, including talented engineer Eric Zeto, and a core group that remains intact, with Team Manager Chris Mower , long-time engineer Don Bricker and others, the sixth year team has every intention of contending for the win, week in and week out. The Sebring test is only the beginning and a reflection of their potential as things got off to a very good start."

crow again?

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Originally Posted by ChaimWitz

Chaparral and IndyCool, please get stated on the plan. Then we can all go to the kart track in Indy and celebrate with a little four wheeled aggression. I will probably get tossed for bumping but it will be fun anyhow.

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I am in!!! Indy is only a 2 hour drive for me. Dates and times please!!!

Gary

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Originally Posted by april

I would respectfully suggest to you, ChaimWitz, that some people would rather have two series from which to choose rather than being force fed one merged series that features Beaver Patrick going in circles in Nashville and Iowa. That's all. Simple as that. Not spite. Just don't care for the product being offered.

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April,

In a perfect world that would be great. But in the real world of racing where Madison Ave. holds ALL of the cards, the "two series can co-exist" myth is just that, a myth. I posted a list of sponsor names last week from the IRL series last year. I limited the list to ones selling consumer related items. It was substantially different than the one for the OWRS. Why? 16th and Georgetown in Speedway Indiana, simple as that. Without consumer oriented advertising the series has no chance of gaining ANY popularity amongst anyone except hard core racing nuts. And there are just not enough of us to support (as in PAY FOR) one series, let alone two.

Gary

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Originally Posted by sanguin

and I've heard the opposite. Of course you want to believe the worst. The bear blogger does not have a good track record when it comes to CC. He's an ALMS fan.

I'll believe the words from the owner himself.

also this-

"The Conquest Team is heading into a new direction this year with many new team members, including talented engineer Eric Zeto, and a core group that remains intact, with Team Manager Chris Mower , long-time engineer Don Bricker and others, the sixth year team has every intention of contending for the win, week in and week out. The Sebring test is only the beginning and a reflection of their potential as things got off to a very good start."

crow again?

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As Eric is a friend, i will say only this...the #29 chassis has gone back, though he has two tubs and could run a two car team if he so chose. Bear's interest in ALMS means nothing as he covers multiple series...and if I had a dime for every time Mark C. has been wrong, I'd be retired. And next time, read carefully, as I wrote that "things are likely to happen between now and LB and thereafter that are both good and bad, which is why this thread is a keeper"...How does this express anything other than the truth...something your posts struggle with on a regular basis.

Eric didn't hire Zak Brown-

"Conquest Racing has solidified its future in the Champ Car World Series with the signing of new marketing partner Opes Prime Group Ltd, an Australian based financial services provider. As a direct result of this new 2-year agreement, Conquest Racing is committed to entering two cars in the 2008 Champ Car World Series. Drivers and other marketing partner announcements will be announced in early 2008.
Additionally, the new agreement sees Opes Prime principle shareholder Anthony Blumberg acquiring an equity stake in the organization, providing the necessary capital investment to fuel the team's growth over the next two seasons."

http://www.conquestracing.com/champcar/

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Originally Posted by sanguin

Eric didn't hire Zak Brown-

"Conquest Racing has solidified its future in the Champ Car World Series with the signing of new marketing partner Opes Prime Group Ltd, an Australian based financial services provider. As a direct result of this new 2-year agreement, Conquest Racing is committed to entering two cars in the 2008 Champ Car World Series. Drivers and other marketing partner announcements will be announced in early 2008.
Additionally, the new agreement sees Opes Prime principle shareholder Anthony Blumberg acquiring an equity stake in the organization, providing the necessary capital investment to fuel the team's growth over the next two seasons."

http://www.conquestracing.com/champcar/

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Oh, right.

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Originally Posted by sanguin

Eric didn't hire Zak Brown-

"Conquest Racing has solidified its future in the Champ Car World Series with the signing of new marketing partner Opes Prime Group Ltd, an Australian based financial services provider. As a direct result of this new 2-year agreement, Conquest Racing is committed to entering two cars in the 2008 Champ Car World Series. Drivers and other marketing partner announcements will be announced in early 2008.
Additionally, the new agreement sees Opes Prime principle shareholder Anthony Blumberg acquiring an equity stake in the organization, providing the necessary capital investment to fuel the team's growth over the next two seasons."

http://www.conquestracing.com/champcar/

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Dated Dec 20th, 2007.

Just out of interest (and as a common rule of thumb when it comes to these things) - how much time has to pass before a quote is considered out of date? I'm not saying that this one is, but in theory one could pull a quote from the midsts of time to prove a point, even if it had no relevance in the current context.

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Originally Posted by Andrewmcm

Dated Dec 20th, 2007.

Just out of interest (and as a common rule of thumb when it comes to these things) - how much time has to pass before a quote is considered out of date? I'm not saying that this one is, but in theory one could pull a quote from the midsts of time to prove a point, even if it had no relevance in the current context.

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It's a 2-year contract.

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Originally Posted by sanguin

It's a 2-year contract.

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Which, in CCWS, is as good as TP :)