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5/20/15, 9:30 PM   #19
Re: Cheever and Goodyear. No friends to Openwheel
Charles Nungester
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Context or not, The way they were stating it was that Short trackers couldn't cut it at this level.

I agree several things are different. Leaning the car out on the fly by push button, shifting, Draft and other things but I see INDYCAR DOING NOTHING TO IMPROVE the the number of participants.

Having a Simulator or even a couple track cars that could be leased a few times a year could help someone seeking to make indy and also give that someone the incentive to go out and secure the fund or team to get there in the first place.

Really, Bump day used to be a dozen or more trying to knock their way in, Not one car that didn't have much of a chance in the first place.

If it was all that popular anymore other than being a one day "Festival" despite the $$$ they're be more than enough to try and coverage would be greater than a web stream half the people that have cable cant even get access too.

Remember when Qualifying had a hundred grand in the stands? I bet there wasn't a weekday MLB crowd.
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