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7th July 2010, 17:32 #11
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Toronto is excellent, I look for a good race.
Kyle Busch #18 M&M's Toyota Camry
Dario Franchitti #10 Target Honda Dallara DW12
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7th July 2010, 19:32 #12
after Watkins Glen, it looks like Briscoe was really right with Will this time, Toronto is gonna be quite interesting and I believe it could be a toss up between the 2 Penske drivers.
Dario, Dixon, and Helio are the obvious next 3, Wilson, TK, and RHR should be threats.
and Sato and Matos continue to show improvement. I hope Simona puts a solid effort from start to finish, cause she has a skills to crack the top 10.Brian France is a violation of Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing)
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7th July 2010, 19:40 #13
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Originally Posted by harvick#1
Wait! Who is this an impression of. It's a podium for him easy!It isn't the car Danica...it is the space between the steering wheel and the seat.
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7th July 2010, 23:10 #14
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Tomas Scheckter will be driving for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in this Toronto race. He will be in the #24 MonaVie car.
Danica Patrick- 2013 Sprint Cup Series Champion
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8th July 2010, 05:22 #15Originally Posted by TURN3
Sato went from a top 5 to crap all because of the team not knowing how to do pitstopsBrian France is a violation of Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing)
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8th July 2010, 13:43 #16
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Originally Posted by harvick#1It isn't the car Danica...it is the space between the steering wheel and the seat.
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8th July 2010, 17:37 #17
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Looking forward to the race. I'd go if I was in town but I'll be away so I'll catch it in a week on the PVR. Avoiding catching the results in the mainstream media is pretty easy these days. So no spoilers for a week, please!
The only promotion I've heard for the race is in the traffic reports in the last two weeks on how lanes are closed on the Lakeshore "due to construction for the Toronto Indy".
Not the best way to attract fans.Who, What, When, Where, Why -- http://champcarstats.com/
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8th July 2010, 17:56 #18
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I hear the commercials on Fan590 and other radio, and have heard them since Mid May, so they are covering the basis there, and I have seen ads on TV at times...
The problem is the people running the Honda Indy Toronto are not the old promotors and they came in with the disease of "we can do this better" and they scrapped everything. They told the volunteer army organized on a yearly basis by BARC ( a member club of CASC) basically to not bother, and put their own organization together. This was done likely at great cost, and little success. Then all the ads last year only featured the Andretti Drivers, with you know who as the poster child. Funny, A native son was committed to driver in the race from FEBURARY and they never took advantage of him.
So last year's race didn't quite work..
This year, they are advertising more, and not just the AA guys although they are still the most obvious people promoted in the radio ads. Of course, it is Andretti's organization doing the race, so they wont change that much, but it still speaks to an arrogance and naivety that they know what they are doing. The volunteer base that was at the track isn't going to buy tickets after working the Molson Indy for years. We might watch on TV, but we wont venture down to sit in the stands when we used to have a purpose.
The reality is Andretti's organization took this event over and tried to fit their St. Petersburg template on it, and this is a different market, one that was kicked in the teeth when the IRL/CCWS merger took place as it was one of the races not held that first year. You take one of the most loyal and best racing crowds and take their race away from them to protect the poorly attended race down at the Glen that first year, and then ask for their loyalty back a year later? It doesn't work.....
I think with the right promotors, the Honda Indy Toronto might have made a comeback, but too many people ignored this city for a year, and then last year, it was obvious there was no respect for the local hard core of fans and how things were done.
Add in the malaise that surrounds the future of the IRL in a market that doesn't like 2nd rate anything....and you have issues.
The city is a great one to visit, the weather is always hot and welcoming for the most part, and it is a decent ticket price for people, but the magic is lost...."Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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8th July 2010, 17:57 #19
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AS for the radio people saying "Traffic is delayed for Indy Setup" Marbles, they were saying it 20 years ago when the race sold out too.....I doubt anyone pays much attention. It is Toronto, there doesn't need to be a reason for traffic to be snarled on the Lakeshore or the Gardiner Expy....
"Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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8th July 2010, 19:47 #20
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Does anyone have a map of the old course?
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