Originally Posted by ISF:
Huge potential? More speculation and conjecture. By 1995 NASCAR had already delivered multiple groin grabbers to Indy Car Racing and it would be nearly a full decade before NASCAR's momentum showed any sign of slowing. I will not ever believe CART was going to go head to head with NASCAR and come out on top, or even be competitive in regards to spectators and TV ratings. The handwriting was on the wall before the split and Dan Gurney and his white paper weren't going to stop the spiral of decline and. Oval track racing featuring home grown drivers was always destined to whoop up on European and South American road course racing for mainstream fans. Now, hows that for speculation and conjecture?
Originally Posted by ISF:
How low Indy Car racing would have gone on the racing totem pole had CART stayed in control is anyone's guess. Probably not as low as it did, but with the exploding popularity of NASCAR and the CART schedule weighted 2 to 1 in favor of street and road courses over ovals at the time of the split things weren't looking all that rosy no matter what happened and who was in charge.
You do realize that the white paper was written in 1978....right? A full 8 years after USAC, I'll say it again, USAC took your beloved dirt off the schedule. It was start of the formation of CART. Here, I'll help you out....you might want to read it....
http://allamericanracers.com/formati...rt-dan-gurney/
Do you know who sanctioned IndyCar racing up until 1955? Do know why USAC was created? Are you aware that street and road racing is not a new phenomena in IndyCar racing? In fact from 1905 to 1941 over 100 of them were ran. Do you know the full title of the Indianapolis 500? I'll give you a hint, it ain't the 500-Mile Home Grown Boy Whoopin' Up on European Nancy Boys Sweepstakes.
Originally Posted by ISF:
Well, if I'm doing the math correctly Jack Hewitt will be 66 years old in July and Steve Kinser will be 63 in June. Where are they now? Well one thing is for sure, they won't be jumping in an Indy Car! LOL!!
I know where they are, I watched them both race a couple of years ago. I'm very well aware of their age. My question was toward those types drivers. So tell us, where are they? Tony was supposed to save them.....one individual here just lined out for us how one of them got himself there....why aren't the rest of them doing what it takes to get there? I thought this was what 1995 was all about....them.
Speaking of groin grabbers....you might want to forward this video to 58 seconds an listen. It along with a lot other things that I and others have come across have brought some forth some light on a few things......I seem to remember the destruction was on because the "evil CART owners didn't want nothing to do with little Jeffy boy."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNbU4vIYn1E
I suggest you read this as well:
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/j...n-jeff-gordon/