Tony Stewart wins IRL opener!

Tony Stewart drove a virtually perfect race at DisneyLand today for the IRL season opener. Several of the other IRL racers really need some practice though. I've never seen so many yellows from guys spinning themselves out by over-accelerating when coming off s turn!! Almost all the yellows were caused by that. I know it's only the first race of the year...but still. The last few laps certainly were exciting though. Lazier spun himslef out, giving the lead to Mark Dismore with just around 20 laps to go. Dismore didn't know if he had enough fuel to make it. Stewart caught him with around 5 to go and then Dismore an out of fuel with 2 laps left. Certainly was an exciting finish! I'm a big Stewart fan, so needless to say, I'm a happy camper! BTW, if you are involved in the F1RS offline competition, don't forget, the Suzuka race is coming up this week. Be sure to send in your results at http://members.xoom.com/f1rscomp/ Ken The Game Pad http://gamepad.org/

> The IRL (Ignorant Racing League) is a joke to begin with. It has the > has beens, never was, and probably never will bes. The best in > "American" open wheel is in CART. Tony George should be sentenced to > life for the total embarrassment and shame he brought to the INDY 500. the odd thing is that TG ***ing up the 500 seems to be the best thing that ever happened to CART. Its grown like wildfire since, the 3 new races this year look great! I can't wait to watch them! Do you think its possible that CART might not have grown b/c the 500 overshadow all the other races untill TG left CART? Possibly . . .

This is interesting, according to the February 1998 issue of RACER magazine, the CART television ratings were down 26 percent in 1997. Although the IRL ratings also were down 30 percent, I attribute this to the rain at Indy and the fact at least 2 of the races were not carried live. CART has no excuse since all of their races were carried live. Incidently, the series with the largest growth were the Craftsman Trucks at +12%. >the odd thing is that TG ***ing up the 500 seems to be the best thing >that ever happened to CART. Its grown like wildfire since, the 3 new >races this year look great! I can't wait to watch them! Do you think >its possible that CART might not have grown b/c the 500 overshadow all >the other races untill TG left CART? Possibly . . .

The IRL (Ignorant Racing League) is a joke to begin with. It has the has beens, never was, and probably never will bes. The best in "American" open wheel is in CART. Tony George should be sentenced to life for the total embarrassment and shame he brought to the INDY 500. Scott

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> Tony Stewart drove a virtually perfect race at DisneyLand today for the > IRL season opener. Several of the other IRL racers really need some > practice though. I've never seen so many yellows from guys spinning > themselves out by over-accelerating when coming off s turn!! Almost all > the yellows were caused by that. I know it's only the first race of the > year...but still. The last few laps certainly were exciting though. > Lazier spun himslef out, giving the lead to Mark Dismore with just > around 20 laps to go. Dismore didn't know if he had enough fuel to make > it. Stewart caught him with around 5 to go and then Dismore an out of > fuel with 2 laps left. Certainly was an exciting finish! I'm a big > Stewart fan, so needless to say, I'm a happy camper! > BTW, if you are involved in the F1RS offline competition, don't forget, > the Suzuka race is coming up this week. Be sure to send in your results > at http://members.xoom.com/f1rscomp/ > Ken > The Game Pad > http://gamepad.org/

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>Tony Stewart drove a virtually perfect race at DisneyLand today for the >IRL season opener. Except that the race was at Disney WORLD in Florida, unless, by some off chance, Disney built a new track at Disney Land in California...<g> Jim and Lisa TDC: Mickey's Official NASCAR/IRL Crew Chief

This is a newsgroup for "simulations" not the real thing. (Although I would question whether the IRL qualifies as the "real thing".) Some of us had to work yesterday and videotaped the race. Thanks for ruining the finish for me. Next time-stick to the games and leave the sports updates to ABC.

Gives you something to think about =) But still... CART should be INDY. Scott

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> > The IRL (Ignorant Racing League) is a joke to begin with. It has the > > has beens, never was, and probably never will bes. The best in > > "American" open wheel is in CART. Tony George should be sentenced to > > life for the total embarrassment and shame he brought to the INDY 500. > the odd thing is that TG ***ing up the 500 seems to be the best thing > that ever happened to CART. Its grown like wildfire since, the 3 new > races this year look great! I can't wait to watch them! Do you think > its possible that CART might not have grown b/c the 500 overshadow all > the other races untill TG left CART? Possibly . . .

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>Tony Stewart drove a virtually perfect race at DisneyLand today for the >IRL season opener. Can you *please* title such a post something like 'SPOILER - IRL result'. The race isn't being shown over here until Tuesday and I was trying to avoid the result :(( (and no flame wars about CART/IRL please - racing is racing and it's all enjoyable) Cheers, Richard

Sorry, if this ruined it for anyone. Anytime you access the internet, email, news, or anything where there could be information, you assume that risk. Since you do not run or own this newsgroup though, you won't be "ordering me" to not post or to post anything. It was the first race of the year, I was overe***d about it and should have included a spoiler tag. I apologize for not doing that. Next time though, maybe you shouldn't access ANY media if you want to "SAFE". ( And don't presume that you have the authority to tell me what to do). Ken The Game Pad http://gamepad.org/ > This is a newsgroup for "simulations" not the real thing. (Although I would > question whether the IRL qualifies as the "real thing".) Some of us had to > work yesterday and videotaped the race. Thanks for ruining the finish for me. > Next time-stick to the games and leave the sports updates to ABC.

Ditto, IRL Stinks

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>And who really cares ? >-- >Regards >Glenn Beaumaris >------------------------------------------ >"I believe in God-After All Helen Hunt Exists" >=================================== >The Quote of 1997: >"The first thing you notice is >her spirit and her talent, then her beauty hits you, and you're like, >'Well, excuse me, but she's gorgeous!' You don't even notice what she's >wearing because her aura dominates. That's true style." >>Tony Stewart drove a virtually perfect race at DisneyLand today for the >>IRL season opener. Several of the other IRL racers really need some >>practice though. I've never seen so many yellows from guys spinning >>themselves out by over-accelerating when coming off s turn!! Almost all >>the yellows were caused by that. I know it's only the first race of the >>year...but still. The last few laps certainly were exciting though. >>Lazier spun himslef out, giving the lead to Mark Dismore with just >>around 20 laps to go. Dismore didn't know if he had enough fuel to make >>it. Stewart caught him with around 5 to go and then Dismore an out of >>fuel with 2 laps left. Certainly was an exciting finish! I'm a big >>Stewart fan, so needless to say, I'm a happy camper! >>BTW, if you are involved in the F1RS offline competition, don't forget, >>the Suzuka race is coming up this week. Be sure to send in your results >>at http://members.xoom.com/f1rscomp/ >> Ken >>The Game Pad >>http://gamepad.org/

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> This is interesting, according to the February 1998 issue of RACER > magazine, > the CART television ratings were down 26 percent in 1997. Although the > IRL > ratings also were down 30 percent, I attribute this to the rain at > Indy and > the fact at least 2 of the races were not carried live. CART has no > excuse > since all of their races were carried live. Incidently, the series > with the > largest growth were the Craftsman Trucks at +12%.

It's probably the increasing popularity of Nascar. Cart races do have their choice moments but for overall excitiement Nascar can't be beat. In Cart there is little side by side racing, but at the Busch race at C***te last October Mark Martin and Jimmy Spencer battled side by side for the lead for most of the final 20 laps.

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>> This is interesting, according to the February 1998 issue of RACER >> magazine, >> the CART television ratings were down 26 percent in 1997. Although the >> IRL >> ratings also were down 30 percent, I attribute this to the rain at >> Indy and >> the fact at least 2 of the races were not carried live. CART has no >> excuse >> since all of their races were carried live. Incidently, the series >> with the >> largest growth were the Craftsman Trucks at +12%. >It's probably the increasing popularity of Nascar. Cart races do have >their choice moments but for overall excitiement Nascar can't be beat. >In Cart there is little side by side racing, but at the Busch race at >C***te last October Mark Martin and Jimmy Spencer battled side by >side for the lead for most of the final 20 laps.

While I'm mainly a NASCAR fan, I'd like to point out that I've seen Indy car races with their moments, to say the least, in the past year... Tony Stewart and someone else (I forget who) running three laps wheel-to-theel the entire way around in the IRL race at Texas, and similar incidents at C***te (I've never seen NASCAR boys stay precisely side-by-side that long--except last spring at 'Dega)... the CART race at Portland, where the track was underwater to start and was just drying out at the end, with guys *** on slicks in the wet at the end and the first three-wide finish in history... Of course, the spring WC race at Talladega was just amazing, but... RM Owner/Driver, Vulpine Racing #65 ACME Industries Ford Taurus [link lost in import: /~rmanning/vulpineracing.html]