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CART RULES!

dave henrie

the tension at the end was very tangible.  it had me climbing up the
fence, er i mean, wall.

that said dh, and especially considering last years result and the
hype of the montoya vs greg ray battle, it certainly dents a few
reputations.

mind you, the new IRL spokesperson could probably get me to watch
them.

Regards all,
istoff

Tony Stewart = the NASCAR driver?

Jan.
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"Pay attention when I'm talking to you boy!" -Foghorn Leghorn.

Top 4 today if I'm not mistaken?

Congrats to Helio and Penske!

Need a cloth for that egg on your face AGAIN Mr. George???

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Scott B. Husted
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Top 5 - Junqueira was fifth.

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David. (GPLRank handicap -5.92; Monsters of GPLRank h/cap +279.42)
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"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

Vintook

Yes, but he used to drive for the IRL and won it's championship in 1997.
He's not your typical NASCAR driver.

So did TG, but  the Champcar guys showed him whos race it was today.

Actually, CART (specifically Champcar) RULES. the best racing series in the
world. NASCAR and F1 are great series as well, but the diversity, speed,
competitivness and technology of CART, and the good mix of all those
elements, add up to a great great series.

I am (like a lot of people), dreaming of the day that I walk into the local
software store, go into the games section, and pick up a big box with the
papyrus logo on it, and the title "Champcar Racing, 2002"....

Yup, my dreams are small, but thet are good dreams...,.. ;-)

Wayne Hutchison

Actually, it was an IRL-sanctioned race, but above all, it was the
Indianapolis 500.  

IRL teams and drivers showed up, CART teams and drivers showed up, and
a NASCAR driver even showed up.  It was a level playing field with
common engine and chassis rules, and parity across the board:  No
equivalency formulas, no factory engine customers, no tampering with
popoff valves -- just a level playing field for the richest and most
time-honored race in the world . . . truly, "The Greatest Spectacle In
Racing."

Last year, the IRL teams and drivers -- especially Buddy Lazier and
Hemelgarn Racing -- put up a good show against the best that CART had
to offer, and Juan Montoya and Target/Chip Ganassi Racing had to earn
their victory.  I cheered for Montoya at the end, and wished Lazier
better luck next year.

This year, the IRL teams and drivers put forth a disappointing
performance almost across the board.  Roger Penske returned to Indy
and claimed his 11th victory there, fair and square -- and Helio
Castroneves earned his way to victory lane in Indy.  Helio won the
race, climbed the fence, drank the milk, kissed the bricks, then did a
victory lap ON TOP of the pace thing.  I cheered for him in the final
laps of the race, and wished all the IRL regulars better luck next
year.

They'd better have more than just luck, though -- they had better
spend the next 365 days asking themselves why they had the problems
they did, and they had better find the answers in time to put forth a
better effort at Indy next year.  The IRL regulars should be
intimately familiar with what it takes to put prepare an IRL car for a
race, and even in a 500-miler like Indy, the IRL teams should NOT be
seeing so many mechanical gremlins -- they had the entire month of May
(and all of last season, plus the three races before Indy this year)
to figure these things out, but only one CART team had mechanical
problems in cars that they had only seen once or twice before.

CART doesn't suck.

Neither does the IRL.

Neither one rules, though, either.

Today, Helio Castroneves is the one who rules -- he has won the
biggest, richest open-wheel race of the year, and he did it with style
that few other winners have exhibited.  Ditto Team Penske.

Congratulations, Helio -- now maybe you can put the hyphen back in
your name.  If your face is going to be on the Borg-Warner trophy for
all time, the least they can do is let you spell your name right.

Congratulations to Roger, and congratulations to Gil as well.  

Congratulations to Target/Chip Ganassi racing, too.  

As for the IRL regulars, all I can say is that I would like to extend
my condolences to those who were plagued with problems that were
beyond their control today.  For those who were plagued by problems
that should have been within your control, though, I hope that today's
experience lights a fire under you so you can figure out how to make
all the inherent talent that is there gel, so that we can truly see
what you really ARE made of.  

-- JB

Salazar in 7th was the top current IRL driver.

-John

I mean, so CART's top team's drivers show the IRL what's what, but for Tony
to take 6th and leave the entire IRL field eating his dust in his only
single seater race of the year is particularly poignant, IMO.

Salazar is ex-CART as well. I wonder how long this series can survive
despite getting pasted in their flagship race year after year.

Jan.
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"Pay attention when I'm talking to you boy!" -Foghorn Leghorn.

Definitely.

Dave

Point remains... the IRL is nothing more than a feeder series for drivers
who want to be real professionals one day ;))

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Scott B. Husted
PA-Scott
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