TG just thought the track was more important than the drivers. Guess
he's learned differently since then but he's either too stubborn or
too stupid to get back with the people who made his granddad a success
in the first place. Notice I didn't say made TG a success -- like
Dubya Bush, all he's ever done is inherit the family name...
Cheers!
--
-Brett
Goodbye Greg Moore 1975-1999
"I will see you at the front, and wish me luck..." - Greg Moore
Goodbye Adam Petty 1980-2000
"It's all about racing on the track." - Adam Petty
Congratulations to Juan Montoya, 2000 Indy 500 Champ!
> >Do any of you think that the last straw for Tony was when Emerson
Fittipaldi
> >chose to drink the Orange juice instead of the Milk?
> TG just thought the track was more important than the drivers. Guess
> he's learned differently since then but he's either too stubborn or
> too stupid to get back with the people who made his granddad a success
> in the first place. Notice I didn't say made TG a success -- like
> Dubya Bush, all he's ever done is inherit the family name...
> > >Do any of you think that the last straw for Tony was when Emerson
> Fittipaldi
> > >chose to drink the Orange juice instead of the Milk?
> > TG just thought the track was more important than the drivers. Guess
> > he's learned differently since then but he's either too stubborn or
> > too stupid to get back with the people who made his granddad a success
> > in the first place. Notice I didn't say made TG a success -- like
> > Dubya Bush, all he's ever done is inherit the family name...
the greatest thing TG had was TRADITION and Mr Hulman knew this, why
do you think he said those "words" till he died?same as harry at
wrigley, fans LOVE tradition!
what is the opposite of tradition? change the buzz word of new
management types. 'you must accept change" we are now being told... TG
has fallen for this line like a high school soph being told by a
*** 'you sure are cute honey'.....
i have been following the 500 since '57, it was always 'the greatest
spectacle in racing'
this year i hear "the Premiere racing event of the World" PLA-leze...
is this just to not slight the F1 scene? did anyone hear the old
slogan? did i miss it?
the crazy thing is alot of his ideas had 'some' validity... slow em
down , lower the costs.. but there was no compromise.
so what do we have now? i'll tell you what-
waitng for him to Sell or get smart-
hope, that one happens before too many of us never see the greatness
return. but what TG is betting on is the non race "FANS" showing month
of may interest, and not giving a hoot about what drivers show up.
talk to some younger (high school age) guys/girls. ask them about the
Indy 500... THEY DON'T CARE. and if they do, they DON'T know about the
split. so in time, TG wins. those kids that DO become "FANS" will buy
tickets because they won't know any better. Thats his whole plan. and
by then all the CART boys will be long retired.
did anyone notice "Pole DAY"? in the past it was almost as crowded as
Race day.... what i saw was what looked like a practice day. say about
10am on a tuesday.
Target /Ganassi made ALOT of USA open wheeled racing fans VERY happy.
why? cause they came an played by HIS rules, and whupped 'em!
sad.. sad.. sad.
c'mon tony, win the fans BACK, make a overture to compromise. you'll
be a hero. i might even visit the speedway again-
Bruce Boembeke
(Bo Bruce)
> Or maybe he just got tired of CART allowing Penske and others to bring
> special engines for that race and dominate the race like what was hapening
> b4 the split ...
A lot like***and his senator father. Nepotism blows.
Scott
PA-Scott
PowerSims.com
BTW it was TONY GEORGE who allowed Roger Penske to bring his special
engine. It was a dumbass rule changes to allow those V8 pushrods
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"My dispute is with the IRL. I will not support the IRL because I think that's
what has disrupted open-wheel racing in America for us. I mean, we are pulling
in different directions and that doesn't make sense."
-- Mario Andretti, May 2000
Juan Montoya tells the truth about the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
http://espn.go.com/media/2000/q2/car_000517jm1a.wav
Oval racing is 98% engineering and 2% driver talent.
Al Unser Jr: The Indy Retirement League Poster-Boy
http://www.speedcenter.com/gallery/gallery98/13midohio/need_an_ashtra...
BTW it was TONY GEORGE who allowed Roger Penske to bring his special
engine. It was a dumbass rule changes to allow those V8 pushrods>>
The motor that John Menard brought to Indy was the stock block Buick V-8, it
was not special. The very same motor that comes from the factory, of course
with modifications. The whole point of the Stock Block rule was so that ANYONE
could come to Indy and run the race for a reasonable amount of money. They
were allowed more turbo boost to make them competetive (51? 55?) and because
Indy was a USAC event, that was the only race they could run and be
competetive. CART allowed the motors, they just wouldn't give them the boost
allowance, making them a non-factor.
Now comes Penske. He bastardized the rule and made a race only motor that
complied with the specs of the pushrod V-8. Was he within his rights?
Absolutley. And because he met every spec, TG had no right to disallow the
engine. But in my book it went against the meaning and spirit of the rule,
which was to help low budget teams compete. In effect, Penske went and
outspent the other teams.
I guess that's the difference between Legal and Ethical.
JMHO
Mike
