[Seadog]

Originally Posted by Dick Monahan Henry and I went to the presentation. It was so packed, we couldn't get into the room, but we stood at the back of the upstairs gallery, and could hear everything. I was very impressed with the PR effort and organization that went into the presentation but, at the end of the day, I really could not possibly care less. They are still going to be silly looking karts, driven by guys I never heard of. I'm not going to watch any of the races where the drivers gain their reputations, especially since most of them are in Brazil. I'm not going to read the Wall Street Journal pages that describe where the money comes from to buy the rides. When they come to New Hampshire next year, I might go but, like most of the audience, I'll be there to watch the Modified race. I used to watch the Indy Cars at Trenton, Langhorne (dirt), and Syracuse. The year Jimmy Clark ran off with the show at Trenton was the last paved track Indy Car race I ever attended. Twice, while helping Louis Seymour, I flew home on the day of the 500. Finally, Louis convinced me to go, and got me some really great seats. He asked me what I thought, I told him they should plow it up and put in some clay, he told me that Ralph Liguori had said it long before me. :-)

If you couldn't care less, then why even make the effort to go to the press conference? Free food and drinks?