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  1. 02-19-2006 08:33 AM #1
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    Wallace to test IndyCar - USA Today

    http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor...-wallace_x.htm

    Wallace takes new commentator role full throttle
    By Nate Ryan, USA TODAY
    He's heading to Roger Penske's IRL shop in Reading, Pa., to scrutinize every inch of a Dallara-Honda.

    He chatted up IRL IndyCar stars Danica Patrick and Dario Franchitti about their high-tech cars while killing time in the pits at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.

    And he will take a spin in the real thing during an IRL test next month at Homestead-Miami Speedway, running 200-mph laps just to get a feel for open wheel.
    Good for him!

    I think this actually slipped under the radar a bit more than it should have, he could certainly attract some NASCAR faithful to check out the IRL and maybe vice versa. Him taking a spin in an IndyCar will make various news broadcasts and racing-related web sites I'm sure. Especially if he stuffs it into the wall...

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    See also http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71258
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    Wallace to test IndyCar - USA Today
    I hope they give Gromit a few laps too - I hear he's the better driver.
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  4. 02-19-2006 02:14 PM #4
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    So he's going to abandon the electric chair?
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  5. 02-19-2006 02:15 PM #5
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    200 laps seems like more than a taste.
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  6. 02-19-2006 03:12 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by ptistheboss
    200 laps seems like more than a taste.
    It's 200 mph laps,not 200 laps.[but I wouldn't expect him to go that fast.]
    ...the spice must flow.....
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    It's a publicity stunt... and a good one IMO.

    jono
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    Quote Originally Posted by jonovision_man
    It's a publicity stunt... and a good one IMO.

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    Must have been Gene Simmons idea...
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  9. 02-19-2006 04:18 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard Kimble
    It's 200 mph laps,not 200 laps.
    Hahahah. My mistake.
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    If this is a sign that ESPN may actual promote the IRL this year...

    sorry folks, lost my mind for a moment.
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  11. 02-19-2006 06:27 PM #11
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    Wasn't it Rusty who said he wouldn't get out of the electric chair to get into an IRL car?
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  12. 02-19-2006 06:28 PM #12
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    Cue Cyndi Lauper:

    'Money
    money changes everything.'

    Now he's on the ESPN payroll, gotta thump the tub.
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  13. 02-19-2006 07:38 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Indyknut
    Wasn't it Rusty who said he wouldn't get out of the electric chair to get into an IRL car?
    I think it was offered more as a tribute to the Indy Car drivers, in its original context:
    Rusty Wallace drives fast every week in the NASCAR Winston Cup series. But there's nothing that would persuade him to drive an Indy car.

    "These guys generate some serious horsepower," Wallace said. "I wouldn't get out of an electric chair to get in one of these things."

    Wallace attended his first IRL race a day after finishing 13th in a Cup race in North Carolina. He watched from the pits of his car owner Roger Penske's open-wheel team, which included race winner Gil de Ferran.
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  14. 02-19-2006 08:37 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Indyknut
    Wasn't it Rusty who said he wouldn't get out of the electric chair to get into an IRL car?

    People still try to use this as a slam,when Wallace was,in fact,very complimentary.
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    Could be that agenda thing, I dunno...

    Hey, 'knut, I sent you a PM, dude
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Wilke
    ........gotta thump the tub.
    Say what?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Turn13
    I think it was offered more as a tribute to the Indy Car drivers, in its original context:
    You know that context doesn't mean anything when a champcar fan thinks they can get a slam in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ptistheboss
    200 laps seems like more than a taste.
    the man's a LAWYER dammit...........he uses the English language like a SABRE!!
    the man in expensive shoes
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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Austin
    Say what?
    Thump the tub, beat the drum - comes from whiskey peddlers and snake oil salesmen.
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    How do you think he is going to do in car commentary during the Indy 500 if he isn't in a car for the 500
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    Boy, that would be a GREAT idea!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Turn13
    Could be that agenda thing, I dunno...
    I merely reposted something Rusty had said in regards to getting into an Indycar. I made no editorial comment about his statement one way or the other.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Wilke
    Boy, that would be a GREAT idea!
    Having heard what Rusty sounds like on the scanner during a race, I don't think it'd be a great idea at all unless you want the 500 on a 15-second delay...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Wilke
    Cue Cyndi Lauper:

    'Money
    money changes everything.'
    Or Tom Gray of The Brains, who wrote the song. Great band that few form these times have heard of. "It's all in the past now, money changes everything."
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