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  1. I wrote this blog in 2007,,

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    > The past few years sustaining a familiar roster has weakened ChampCar in the eyes of many. The old expression " Ya cant tell the players without a program" is the main selling pitch at every gate in sport. ChampCar due to numerous situations has sometimes not even had a confirmed roster to be printed in time to make the program helpful. One at the top of this is the Toronto Grand Prix. It has provided one of the ...
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  2. The Road Ahead

    After "Ratingsgate" blew up, I e-mailed someone on the longer-term issues facing the sport. In modified form, here it is:

    To the bigger question of what to do about it, first, one specification: 1995 (or whatever else one designates as the "glory days") is gone, never to come back. If one's criteria for success is 1995, well, they ought to go away now. A 12-yr. split, along w/ the ascendancy of NASCAR (now permanently entrenched), assures this. Sad, but true. ...
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  3. 2012 INDYCAR Trackforum Info Guides

    Here are helpful facts for attending 2012 INDYCAR events. These include schedules, maps, ticket links, spotter guides and so on.

    MAVTV 500 INDYCAR World Championships, September 12-15, 2012 - Trackforum Infoguide
    Started by STAND E, 09-03-12, 05:59 AM

    Grand Prix of Baltimore, September 2, 2012 - Trackforum Infoguide
    Started by STAND E, 09-01-12, 01:58 AM ...

    Updated 03-23-2013 at 03:31 PM by STAND E

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  4. 2011 INDYCAR Trackforum Info Guides

    In 2011, I started gathering helpful facts for attending INDYCAR events. These include schedules, maps, ticket links, spotter guides and so on. Here are the ones for 2011.

    Indianapolis 500 2011 Info Roundup
    Started by STAND E, 05-25-2011 02:49 PM

    Honda Indy Toronto 2011 Info Roundup and Attendance Guide
    Started by STAND E, 06-30-2011 05:18 PM

    Edmonton Indy 2011 Info Roundup and Attendance Guide
    Started by STAND E, 07-17-2011 08:08 PM ...

    Updated 03-23-2013 at 03:31 PM by STAND E

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  5. Great start for the new IndyCar

    INDYCAR as an organization and a community took a big step in the right direction on March 25, 2012 with their season opener in St. Petersburg with the new cars and the new chief steward Beau Barfield.

    Watching the broadcast on ABC, it was the first time in years that I've watched a race; in which I got goose bumps just looking at the new cars on the grid and then again moments later when the command was given to start engines and the 26 cars came to life. Turbochargers is what this ...
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