Wow! No reason to attend qualifying now.
Can't imagine what this is going to do to practice laps.
Might as well have two one hour practice sessions...
Wow! No reason to attend qualifying now.
Can't imagine what this is going to do to practice laps.
Might as well have two one hour practice sessions...
Ain't engine competition grand?
If it is so bad, then why even follow the sport anymore?Originally Posted by crispy
"Any time that I can be out at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, you're going to see a smile on my face." - Dan Wheldon
"It's crazy how the Indianapolis Motor Speedway can make you so emotional. I went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in less than 24 hours." - Alex Tagliani
At least he posted it here in the proper forum where much of his stuff belongs.
Unfortunately it seems many have chosen this path.....
...Always follow the money
Does anyone attend Pole Day to see who will qualify 33rd?
This entry list is a major downer to me too, but the pole battle will still be entertaining and I'd think teams would be practicing the new cars quite a bit in race trim if nothing else. There won't be much urgency to get in the top 24 on pole day though. It's certainly not worth cracking up a car when traveling 10 miles is likely all it will take to get in the race on Fill, I mean Bump Day.
Another brilliant move Randy
Nice way to hurt the only race that matters on your entire schedule..
what is he supposed to do? If theres only so many owners ,, thats just how it is,,,,Another brilliant move Randy
Nice way to hurt the only race that matters on your entire schedule..
I love the sport more than I hate the past,
It is not the car owners fault.. The engine companies will not supply additional entries even if the teams have the funding.. That is my gripe.. If I won the mega millions a couple weeks ago and wanted to enter a car I would not be able to because I could not get an engine.. That is BS..
I love the sport more than I hate the past,, but before that past I hate I sure miss the one with 90 entrants, four motors, the buicks,, mymy . Im becoming a " bring back the roadsters" fan.. I hear ya chris,,
Do you know why that is?
What is the trade-off there?
"The series may be hesitant to say it, but the day is here for everybody that loves IndyCar racing to link arms and help each other out. Anybody who doesn’t want to do that needs to find something else to do with their time.”
-- Eddie Gossage, President, Texas Motor Speedway, ICONIC Advisory Committee & TrackForum member
Do you blame the engine companies, or the series that wanted to race on the cheap? It was known last fall that every added engine would require an increase to the budget of Honda or Chevy and that each would require approval from the top level of the respective company to obtain the budget addendum's required to cover the shortfalls.
Ohh, but that's the thing.
There are other owners out there that would like to play golf in the country club. Mike Shank, Eric Bachelart, Greg Beck all have chassis (or at least did). I bet there are a few others that could/would get involved if it wasn't such a stick in your eye to try and compete.
Here is the thing...if Mike Shank had the money (which I am guessing, he would for the Indy 500 considering there are drivers walking around RIGHT NOW with funding for Indy) he'd be at Indy in the #60 car. What's the problem? Our brilliant engine manufacturers have capped the field and don't want to service any other teams. Which means if you aren't a full-time team, you are screwed. We don't want any one-off teams or new teams effing up "our" factory supported teams.
All this does is keep the status quo going and keep any new potential Penske's or Ganassi's from getting involved. Which also keeps Penske (Chevy) and Ganassi (Honda) very happy and healthy. And the hell with everyone else.
34 cars for 33 spots. Fill Day will be a rager this year. Of course, one of these years we may just lose a couple of cars before they can actually qualify (with crashes and blown engines at the wrong time). That will be neat, won't it?
Prime Minister of Gackland
And not to be they typical Debbie Downer Doomsday Douchebag... but I have a feeling that this is the year that happens.
Really.Another brilliant move Randy
Nice way to hurt the only race that matters on your entire schedule..
Any engine lease agreement should have come with the requirement that any team could run as many cars as they wanted at Indianapolis and they HAD to supply the engines. If 40 cars run, and some of the big boys are to slow, tough, like in 1995.
"You just don't know what Indy Means" Al Unser Jr.
Exactly
Qualifying has become a joke. My gosh it was so diffrent just twenty years ago! We might as well have a game of musical chairs this year. And the losing driver can always buy his way back into the field like RHR did last year. Ernest
Or like how Tim Richmond did it in 1981.
What was done last year was hardly the first time.
"I think of Indianapolis every day of the year, every
hour of the day, and when I sleep, too. Everything I
ever wanted in my life, I found inside the walls of
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway."
- Eddie Sachs.
Never said it was. And thats a rule that needs to be changed. Ernest
welp joonyah that is a pretty good outline, less the twisties
but if you can recruit a couple hundred thousand simialr to you.. indycar will be just fine..
hope to see you again next month.. buy ya an energy drink lol.
Jack Daniel's makes an energy drink?welp joonyah that is a pretty good outline, less the twisties
but if you can recruit a couple hundred thousand simialr to you.. indycar will be just fine..
hope to see you again next month.. buy ya an energy drink lol.
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