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5/27/14, 3:46 PM |
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I'm not sure if he personally owns one but he is Jarrett Andretti and I have seen him run one. I know what happens when you assume but i'm going to go ahead and assume they have a midget or 6 idk. But like I said, it's an Andretti, if he wanted to run the night before he could have.
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5/27/14, 3:56 PM |
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How can anyone stick up for USAC if these are facts. Fans need to boycott USAC. I'm a huge open wheel fan but I know how tough it is to race week to week. We need to get behind must see,POWERi,MSCS,USSA. I'm not sure why anyone would stand behind USAC. I want open wheel racing to survive but USAC is the reason it is dying. Support the sanctioning bodies that care about the sport, not the big wigs that are getting rich sitting in an office. |
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5/27/14, 4:22 PM |
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Last edited by IndySprintCar; 5/27/14 at 4:26 PM. Reason: Changed my mind |
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5/27/14, 4:28 PM |
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The reason for the low numbers of pavement midgets is the same as what happened to pavement sprint cars. Very few can afford the need for 2 specialized cars for each discipline. Larger car counts at pavement shows in the past were the result of being able to run the same car and be competitive because for the most part everyone was in the same boat. But, as always someone comes along and has the deep pockets and ego to spend bazillions and wipes out the competition. If you can solve the specialization problem, fields will come back on pavement. I have no idea how to do this given human behavior.
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5/27/14, 6:20 PM |
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Imagine how much cash the rake in on quarter midget memberships alone. Or if the prez put 1/2 his salary towards open wheel payout. My question is why do people say we should support usac when their own president isn't?
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5/27/14, 7:48 PM |
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In light of what the individuals who put their life and safety on the line at every show and the ones who sink a large part of their life savings into making the sport possible are making out of this whole deal, this salary is obscene! It's just not right.
Jerry
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5/27/14, 8:02 PM | #57 | |
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I'd like to know how a driver or four feel about this.
I'm just a fan with the right to vote via my pocketbook. I'm headed west next week to see poweri when I could just as easily jump in my brother's truck and join him for the eastern storm. And adding in the mrs. means a bigger dent in the ol pocketbook, but all to the benefit of poweri and my family. |
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5/27/14, 8:10 PM |
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5/27/14, 10:42 PM |
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Last year during Sprintweek I asked via IOW if sprint week could happen without USAC sanction-I was basically vilified-but my reason for asking was more of a question of how many $$ USAC sucks off from a week where they basically contribute nothing??? I mean really if the track owners collaborated, sprintweek could be just as successful, provided USAC didn't schedule against it... My original question remains, what does USAC bring to the table when a track is successful regularly without them? The answers to my post last year were organization, insurance, and promotion-.... But the regular shows I see in Indiana are already well organized, apparently insured, and very well promoted before the big gorilla comes to town...just seems to me like I pay 5-10 bucks more at the gate to fund their brand of BS...
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