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  1. Frazier definately!@!@

  2. IndyCar Racing is nowhere near as relevant in today's sports environment as it was a generation ago. Back then, especially in the early 80's when I first came to Indy, there was a real sense the Indianapolis 500, in particular, and Indy-style races in general, were not just "niche" events as Burl has called them, but rather a strong, second-tier sport with growing interest and near-mainstream popularity at times.

    I recall being in a Sears store in April 1989. I walked into the TV section to see at least a dozen shopper's stopping in the aile to watch the closing laps of the Long Beach Grand Prix. The local newspaper sent a sportswriter all the way across the country to Indy every May for front-page coverage of the race and columns about the personalities and atmosphere. Almost, mini-Super Bowl coverage.

    A non-racing friend of mine once asked at a dinner party in Reno I was attending if Bobby Rahal was going to be the next Rick Mears. And that man hated sports.

    Today I cannot think of one person in my circle anywhere who is even aware of the series. I never hear it mentioned. Not even Wheldon's death, save one man at my office who kept calling him Dave Wheldon when discussing the morbid curiosity of this incident.

    And there is the uncomfortable fact the youngest generation of fans view the Indy 500, if the even know about it, as ancient and the driver's "gay." I have heard that at a few Indoor Kart tracks, where NASCAR and Formula Drifitng reign king.

    My guess is the sport will muddle along ok a few years more. Maybe. But it's heyday is long gone and I see no reason to think it will return. The fact is, it may vanish. It certainly is a much, much diminished item with, as Burl himself has correctly pointed out, an almost village-sized, miniscule, hardcore following.

    He may be right.

    Disciple, on the other hand, seems out of touch with reality and desperately flailing his arms about in a usless defense of something even he truly knows is a shadow of its former self in a setting sun of existence.

  3. Have any of you run afoul of theCareless Rep. he one with an IQ somewhat less than the speed limit---in a school zone.
    I have been refused the answer to a very simple question and as a result I am now low on Pradaxa-- out of Atenolol and diazapam +
    a few others.
    My time is getting short so beware and don't become anothe "sheep"

  4. easy there johnny, I have to disagree with you on most points, mainly the car comments.The union workers DON'T design the vehicles, DON'T specify the materials to be used in the production, DON'T design the manufacturing processes, and they DON'T determine the technology used in the vehicles or the manufacturing process, they DO manufacture and assemble vehicles in a process determined by engineers and accountants. My father spent 35 years in a union automotive facility, and he drove what he built, with pride. And I continue to drive what that same company builds, and have been very happy with the quality of the vehicles I have owned. So you really need to rethink before you bash entire groups of people, because a vast of the workers do take pride in their jobs and strive to make the best products with the tools that are given them.

  5. "Sarah cannot play because she is in the IndyCar Series. That's why. The last vestige of the old order if your name is not Foyt or Carpenter. She's old IRL. Randy wants her out."
    Your typically obtuse attempts at what appears to be some type of humor aside, you may not be aware that Sarah no longer drives. She cares enough to try and be a new generation owner, and desires to expand her operation to include not just ovals, but non-ovals, and with a young American driver skilled in both disciplines. Something that open wheel racing definitely needs. What does 'old IRL' have to do with anything? And if Randy wants her out, where is anything other than circumstantial? I know the guy has a tendency to talk out of multiple sides of his mouth depending upon the audience of the moment, but SFHR is precisely what ANY viable open wheel series needs today. Why is that so difficult for the six of you child-like obsessed to wrap your brains around? Let’s face it. She’s no Eric Bachelart or anything, but she does have funding, equipment, sponsors, commitment to build HQ right next door to Dallara and a willingness to spend more than anyone else for a motor.

    "Beside, didn't you hear him? IndyCar is young, vibrant, hip, we are in for a helluva ride, cool is the new underdog. It is just that nobody else thinks so and even fewer are watching. Randy talks to a fanbase about the population of Shelbyville."
    ...and adding the fanbase the six of you represent will add what? The population of Greensburg? Get real.

    "Sarah's days in the dying series are numered. Ahh, who cares? Two guys at Trackforum, Robin Miller, and well, Newgarden. He cares."
    I would be happy if an adult...ANY adult...happened along with a rational explanation of the politics behind this instead of garbage tossing by a handful of children.

    "Too funny. This series is so irrelevant. But man, it is dying an agonizingly long, painful, death. Where is Kevorkian when we need him? ....if Randy and company do not want Sarah out, if, in fact, they want her in....they have the power to get her in. Why are they not doing that? No, old IRL is out. Old F1 is in."
    Oddly, the one thing we have all heard from you kids for sixteen years over and over is how IndyCar is dying. Year after year. Decade after decade. In what year will it finally expire? LOL. And if old F1 is in, when will the dozen or so fans of it in the USA show up?

    "The Sandwich is the new Sarah. Who woulda thunk it?"
    It appears we won’t get any intelligent answers here. Just obtuse commentary from children. Enjoy the season! I know you all will be following every turn.

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