Your ideas to fix Indycar

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Originally Posted by garyshell

What bottom line are we chasing here? The most recent quraterly P&L or a long term vision of the bottom line? Trouble is that the folks at the helm were looking at the former and should have been more concenred about the longer term, which is where I think Randy had his eye.

Gary

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RB was brought in to fix the series. Under him Attendance and TV numbers for events either dropped or remained virtually stagnant in almost 2 and a half years with no sign of it improving.

He did manage to move IndyCar from a Dallara Spec Series to.............a Dallara Spec Series, raised costs and alienated the owners.

Some call the new engine package a positive...I don't. He did allow Penske to bring in Chevy but he is also responsible for courting Lotus.

No. The Owners weren't looking at Quarterlies. They were looking at over 2 years of failure with nothing at all pointing to an improvement.

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

RB was brought in to fix the series. Under him Attendance and TV numbers for events either dropped or remained virtually stagnant in almost 2 and a half years with no sign of it improving.

He did manage to move IndyCar from a Dallara Spec Series to.............a Dallara Spec Series, raised costs and alienated the owners.

Some call the new engine package a positive...I don't. He did allow Penske to bring in Chevy but he is also responsible for courting Lotus.

No. The Owners weren't looking at Quarterlies. They were looking at over 2 years of failure with nothing at all pointing to an improvement.

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Stick a fork in it...

Don't be surprised if the series is disbanded after the Indy 500. And 2014 only has 1 race, the Indy 500. I have no inside info, just going with my gut.

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Originally Posted by Blancvino

Don't be surprised if the series is disbanded after the Indy 500. And 2014 only has 1 race, the Indy 500. I have no inside info, just going with my gut.

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This won't happen, despite how poorly the series handles its affairs at times.

We'll have a full season of racing, in 2013, even after the 500. We should also have a series in 2014 and through 2018 (and beyond). One needs to keep track of what transpires after the current NBCSports contract tuns out.

I hope no one freaks when Izod goes away, but the thing to alos watch is if GM and or Honda go away. I'm not at all saying they are, but if that were to happen, then your scenario above could become reality.

Continuing with spec formula is a disaster and it's a matter of time before it's all over.

We do not have the TV ratings or money, to do anything but have a spec series. There is no other way for now, but we can only hope to increase ratings so we can try to have something like we did. Teh owners just spent a year baning Dallara to get a savings of $50K/entry....and RB was booted becuase of the $10 million deficit.

I'm not saying thats right, but it is the way it is. speaking of which, Gordon Kirby has some great articles about the spilt on his "The Way It Is" blog. You might have to go back a ways, but he has some great information there.

Gordon Kirby - Auto Racing - The Way It Is: Archive List


I'd give everything to see how the cars/series would look had we never had a split. My guess is it would be quite spectacular...

Here is a good (sad) one by Kirby:

Gordon Kirby - Auto Racing - The Way It Is

.....his article correclty predicted the (sad) future.

Horse power ( 100 plus) and a Drop dead ,best designed ever, where the F did that come from look. And please drop Dallara , I do not care how much TG and BB get under the table.
LOOKS,LOOKS, LOOKS ! and HP

Barnhart to be named IndyCar CEO - What's that you hear? Why that is the woosh of a flushing loo.

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Originally Posted by EagleEye

We do not have the TV ratings or money, to do anything but have a spec series. There is no other way for now, but we can only hope to increase ratings so we can try to have something like we did. Teh owners just spent a year baning Dallara to get a savings of $50K/entry....and RB was booted becuase of the $10 million deficit.

I'm not saying thats right, but it is the way it is. speaking of which, Gordon Kirby has some great articles about the spilt on his "The Way It Is" blog. You might have to go back a ways, but he has some great information there.

Gordon Kirby - Auto Racing - The Way It Is: Archive List


I'd give everything to see how the cars/series would look had we never had a split. My guess is it would be quite spectacular...

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Thanks for the link, and I like this one very much

Gordon Kirby - Auto Racing - The Way It Is