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5th September 2008, 20:09 #11
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Originally Posted by Wilf"Risk sweetens everything" - Peter Revson (1939 - 1974)
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5th September 2008, 20:35 #12
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Originally Posted by DBell
Like I said, I totally agree with your concerns and with the fact that the IRL really missed a good opportunity to say something positive - even if it was spun in a different direction - but I am not convinced the ALMS plan is the right one for the IRL
I would also like to note that I am not as big of a fan of manufacturer involvement as many people are - I think the manufacturers are a big reason why AOWR is in such dire straits now anyway teams got too used to big manufacturer subsidies and tobacco money and forgot how to run a team in a competitive business environment..... When those sources of funding dried up it really exacerbated the whole split...
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5th September 2008, 20:37 #13
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Originally Posted by indycool
Lord Drayson is very passionate about E85 fuel and the need to develop a compromise between food and energy lobbyists. Laying down a foundation to seek and develop ethanol/methanol fuels from sources other than edible grain would have gone a long way to bringing visibility where it belongs.
The perception that the ICS runs 100% ethanol "as the cool thing to do" versus 100% methanol which has been the mainstay of US open wheel needs some explanation.LBGP: The Sound - The Spectacle. Racin' at its finest.
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5th September 2008, 20:47 #14Originally Posted by DBell
Gary"If you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem." --- George Carlin :andrea: R.I.P.
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5th September 2008, 20:48 #15
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Originally Posted by indycool
I think the IRL and ALMS are taking divergent paths that offer different types of competitors different advantages and also offer some a chance to diversify so as to isolate themselves a little better from the vagaries of business.... I would imagine when teams have two programs the more profitable one supports the other and overtime they go back and forth between which is more profitable....
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5th September 2008, 20:49 #16Originally Posted by FormerFF
Gary"If you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem." --- George Carlin :andrea: R.I.P.
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5th September 2008, 20:50 #17
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Not to address Spanish Language telecasts on VHF/UHF terrestrial stations is even more pathetic Gary.
Originally Posted by FormerFFLBGP: The Sound - The Spectacle. Racin' at its finest.
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5th September 2008, 22:02 #18
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Originally Posted by Wilf"For 80 years this place has run on tradition. From today forward it will run as a business." - Tony George (Failed businessman)
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5th September 2008, 22:16 #19
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Well, the IRL is the only series using ethanol, which can be argued about all day (and is in high quarters) and it's meeting with manufacturers for future specs for its sport and a conclusion can certainly be drawn that manufacturers will be wanting to work on fuel conservation and that can be a part of the new specs. That's reasonable enough, and Nation apparently said so, on the topic itself. On the rest off topic that ALMS chose to put on its website, Indycars race on ovals, like at Indianapolis, from which the term Indycars come from, and evolutionary rather than revolutionary tends to indicate that the IRL isn't going to try some radical deal that could sink the series. Seems credible to me.
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5th September 2008, 22:19 #20
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Originally Posted by Wilf"For 80 years this place has run on tradition. From today forward it will run as a business." - Tony George (Failed businessman)
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