Originally Posted by 767:
for all of you guys whining :crying: about non american drivers, show me 1 USAC guy in the last five years that were outwardly saying their goal was to race an indy car. All i ever hear or see in usac anymore is nascar nascar nascar. Why would a sponsor want to give these kids money for Indy if they are constantly talking about charlotte. It would be refreshing to see a driver step up and say there goal is to race an indy car. O wait what am I thinking none of these guys are from Indiana anymore. They learn about Indy off of TV and word of mouth.
The only driver out there that may race Indy Cars is Chad Boat and even they are probably keeping their options open. The under 21 sprint car set never saw A. J., Rick, and Al win one Indy 500 much less four Indy 500s, they never saw the golden years when most of the field were short trackers, never saw A. J., Mario and Parnelli raced against Jimmy, Jackie and Graham plus Lee Roy and Cale. What these under 21s have seen is, Tony S finding a better way, JJ Yeley get jacked around for years, Billy Boat with his opportunities getting fewer and fewer and Kasey Kahne getting dumped by Rahal in favor of Princess Danica. Even Travis Gregg, who tried to come up the "right" way and collect some wins along the way found a dead end and no interested suitors. No wonder none the under 21s have Indy Cars as their goal.