With Firestone and Oldsmobile on the ropes, what is their future?
With Firestone and Oldsmobile on the ropes, what is their future?
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> sorry, I just have a question about IRL
> With Firestone and Oldsmobile on the ropes, what is their future?
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> sorry, I just have a question about IRL
> With Firestone and Oldsmobile on the ropes, what is their future?
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Well, the engine will change names, and the worst case scenario puts Goodyear
back in open-wheel racing. The IRL looks to be much stronger than CART, at
least in the US. With the 500 and a set of established names (Unser, Mears,
possibly Dallenbach) in the American market, things look up.
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Alan
-Pav
> > >With Firestone and Oldsmobile on the ropes, what is their future?
> > Well, the engine will change names, and the worst case scenario puts
> Goodyear
> > back in open-wheel racing. The IRL looks to be much stronger than CART,
at
> > least in the US. With the 500 and a set of established names (Unser,
> Mears,
> > possibly Dallenbach) in the American market, things look up.
> > -
> > Alan
> Wha??? The IRL 'looks' stronger than CART????
> Throw out the Indy attendance figures and compare the avg attendance.
> Check out how many races CART runs this year vs IRL. How many Back of the
> pack IRL drivers can win in CART?(I'll give ya a Hint, my favorite driver
> of many years, Al jr, wins in IRL while the IRL champ doesn't get to pop
> the champaigne while driving in CART..
> A son of Rick Mears does not a series make. However, I'd love to see
> more competitive Americans in CART, for that matter, I'd love to see more
> competitive Americans in the IRL...hehehe
> dave henrie
Firestone isn't on the ropes per se. They do have problems with the
public. But they still make a half decent product for their target
market. I would buy them if I had to. But the the Firestone
Wilderness tire is just the wrong tire to put on a big SUV. Further
on that, why can't people check their tire pressures? Especially
before going on long trips.
As for Olds, GM will just rebadge the engine I am sure.
What does Jacques have to do with anything? Jacques was born in
Montreal, grew up in Switzerland, learned to race in Europe and Japan,
had a brief stint in North America and returned to Europre.
> >The IRL has many things going for it.
> >It has the American drivers that CART
> >desparately needs to truly succeed in this country.
> If any American wants to watch an second-rate American driver over a
> South American phenom, all the power to him.
Jacques has a lot to do with it. He is a former winner of the Indy 500, so
name recognition plays a big part. After Ferrari, I think he probably had
the most fans at the USGP, simply because he was known.
-PAv
Americans would rather watch a plate race than any F1 event, anywhere, any
time. Think any of 'em care about some "South-American phenom"? Look at how
well recieved Montoya was in the US. He'll do well in F1 and be a worldwide
star, but ask any middle-of-the-road US NASCAR fan, and he still won't know who
he is. One can then assume that to Mr. Average US Race Fan, the son of Mears
matters, while some guy who ran carts in Bolivia does not. After all, who's
really buying the tickets?
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Alan
>>If any American wants to watch an second-rate American driver over a
>>South American phenom, all the power to him.
>Americans would rather watch a plate race than any F1 event, anywhere, any
>time. Think any of 'em care about some "South-American phenom"? Look at how
>well recieved Montoya was in the US. He'll do well in F1 and be a worldwide
>star, but ask any middle-of-the-road US NASCAR fan, and he still won't know
>who
>he is. One can then assume that to Mr. Average US Race Fan, the son of Mears
>matters, while some guy who ran carts in Bolivia does not. After all, who's
>really buying the tickets?
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>>>>It has the American drivers that CART
>>>>desparately needs to truly succeed in this country.
>>>If any American wants to watch an second-rate American driver over a
>>>South American phenom, all the power to him.
>>Americans would rather watch a plate race than any F1 event, anywhere, any
>>time. Think any of 'em care about some "South-American phenom"? Look at how
>>well recieved Montoya was in the US. He'll do well in F1 and be a worldwide
>>star, but ask any middle-of-the-road US NASCAR fan, and he still won't know
>>who
>>he is. One can then assume that to Mr. Average US Race Fan, the son of Mears
>>matters, while some guy who ran carts in Bolivia does not. After all, who's
>>really buying the tickets?
>I *really* wish you guys would stop generalizing about Americans....
>Eldred
I'd agree with you Eldred but I have no clue as to what he said. That had to
be one of the most incoherent paragraphs I've ever read in here.
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