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>PS    Name anyone from CART/IRL besides Fittipaldi who is being siphoned off
>to NASCAR...

> >PS    Name anyone from CART/IRL besides Fittipaldi who is being siphoned
off
> >to NASCAR...

> Besides Tony Stewart, John Andretti, Robby Gordon?
> Ok, that's 'past tense'... :-)

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> > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 14:33:08 GMT, "Steve Smith"

> > >Hell-OOO!  CART is not the IRL.  IRL = ovals only.  CART = Nat. terr.
road
> > >courses (ex: Elkhart), street races (Long Bch), ovals, even an airport
race
> > >(Cleveland).  IRL's junior division (Infinity Pro) *may* race on the
IMS
> > >road course in 2003 or 2004, but founder Tony George's aim was to
create an
> > >oval series for homegrown drivers.  So far, it isn't working out too
> > >well--CART outdraws IRL (TV, asses in seats) everywhere but the
> > >Brickyard...and the usual off-shore talent (the Boys from Brazil) is
> > >starting to displace the locals who, if they're any good at all, are
being
> > >siphoned off to NASCAR.

> > Do they show IRL on Speed?  I don't think I've ever seen an IRL race.
> > I can't name one IRL driver.

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>Hell-OOO!  CART is not the IRL.  IRL = ovals only.  CART = Nat. terr. road
>courses (ex: Elkhart), street races (Long Bch), ovals, even an airport race
>(Cleveland).  IRL's junior division (Infinity Pro) *may* race on the IMS
>road course in 2003 or 2004, but founder Tony George's aim was to create an
>oval series for homegrown drivers.  So far, it isn't working out too
>well--CART outdraws IRL (TV, asses in seats) everywhere but the
>Brickyard...and the usual off-shore talent (the Boys from Brazil) is
>starting to displace the locals who, if they're any good at all, are being
>siphoned off to NASCAR.

>>Further to recent posts about single-seater racing sims, Codemasters will

>be

>>releasing an IRL game, due 2003.

> >PS    Name anyone from CART/IRL besides Fittipaldi who is being siphoned
off
> >to NASCAR...

> Besides Tony Stewart, John Andretti, Robby Gordon?
> Ok, that's 'past tense'... :-)

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> >PS  Wanna bet CART won 't be around after 2 years??

> If CART is pulling in more fans and money than the IRL, I don't
> unerstand why they would be gone in 2 years?

> I've been a Penske fan my whole life.  I have Rick Mears posters from
> around 82 or 83 all over the walls of my bedroom at my dad's house.
> I lived about 10 minutes from the corporate HQ and had family who
> worked for him.

> Now he leaves CART to race some shitty oval series?  Bye Roger, don't
> get dizzy.

> On the plus side I can root for Paul Tracy again.

> Jason

> You must have loved it when you were a kid, when your Dad swung you round
> and round in circles holding you by the arms, then put you down on
> the ground and laughed as he watched you fall over 6 times.
> I used to kick him in the shin. Maybe that's why I can't get into IRC or
the
> Nascar ovals.  :-)

> Darf

> > Cart may out-draw IRL, but I find the IRL a hell of a lot more exciting
> than
> > Cart.

> > -Larry

> >PS  Wanna bet CART won 't be around after 2 years??

> If CART is pulling in more fans and money than the IRL, I don't
> unerstand why they would be gone in 2 years?

> I've been a Penske fan my whole life.  I have Rick Mears posters from
> around 82 or 83 all over the walls of my bedroom at my dad's house.
> I lived about 10 minutes from the corporate HQ and had family who
> worked for him.

> Now he leaves CART to race some shitty oval series?  Bye Roger, don't
> get dizzy.

> On the plus side I can root for Paul Tracy again.

> Jason