Originally Posted by aceace:
I don't have Vs so I couldn't watch. I don't think anyone expected the front straight to be a problem. (It was a street course btw) I was impressed with them getting everything accomplished in one day. The race was a sellout.
All the cars entered were guaranteed 6 figures in pay. Something they all needed. I don't have a problem with road/street courses, they make up half not 80% of Indycar races, look at the schedule. The new car is coming in 2 years and will change things. There's 8-10 new possibilities for cars by the survey I took from an Indycar email. Yes, it's had it's problems but Napcar sucks 10X more and they don't have the Indy 500 which has been a shear joy to watch the last few years.
It takes a driver to drive a road/street course much like a sprint car. The boredom of 500 miles at a Napcar race has lost all interest with me. Eventually Versus channel is suppose to be everywhere like ESPN, that's why there is a 10 year contract. I'll wait patiently for Indycar to come back to the top and it will. Tony George is now gone.
The engine lease for 1 year is less than 1 million per car. That applies to all teams
I was unimpressed they would even run a lousy deal like that not to mention the fact you kick off an American based series in brazil. The race was a sell out but almost no one in AMERICA watched and I doubt very many Americans made the trip to watch in person, you know AMERICA where your fan base is supposed to be...... 50% road courses means 50% of the races will feature little or no passing, woo hoo, can't wait... The new car will only make it worse since the plan is a 4 cylinder turbo with a high tech all new design, can you say overpriced? Can you say even less competition? NASCAR may suck but they still out draw the IRL in attendence, fans, ratings, money etc by a VERY large degree. As far as the Indy 500 being a shear joy the last few years, then you must like a bunch of no name, non americans running up front while the people we root for everyday like BC and Dave Steele and so on can't even get a chance, hell, can't even get a pit pass...... You're right tho, it takes a driver to run a road course BUT it takes a RACER to run a sprint car, give me a racer over a driver ANY day of the week. VS will NEVER come close to what ESPN is, sorry but that's a fact and even if it does come close it'll be several years from now, when your main draw is NHL and the IRL you really don't have much hope for growth... And the payday for the IRL is no where near 6 figures for last place except at Indy, and an engine lease is closer to 2 million for this year and Honda has never been fair on who gets a good engine and who gets a bad one, look at Indy where you have several levels of engine lease for just one race... Sorry guy but the fans have spoken, ratings suck, attendence sucks other than the street "events" and we all know those numbers are bogus. The IRL is on life support and it's not long before the plug is pulled........