[Hubie]

It's a shame that it only took this fat tub of Goo seventeen years to figure it out.

[Dannypollock24]

Originally Posted by ISF I don't believe The Speedway has lost any of it's luster. It's the same classy lady she's been for a very long time. What has lost it's luster is many of the people and entities that govern, control and participate there. And that's aside from NASCAR racing there. At the time NASCAR came to IMS they needed Indy more than Indy needed them. 7 or 8 years later that role had reversed. What's going on with NASCAR being at Indy now is an embarrassment to both but to abandon the NASCAR weekend completely would be an even bigger embarrassment to both. I believe the crowds will continue to dwindle, too. I too found the dirt track reference a bit of a cheap shot..............to dirt tracks.

I say save our anger for ED Flood their email box with your thoughts on his stupid comments as the asked at end of article!

Ed Hinton is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at edward.t.hinton@espn.com.

Lets enjoy our rights as well put him in his spot!

Danny 24

[Hotshoe65s]

I would like to treat this idiot to a weekend of real racing. I think Bloomington, putnamville, and konkomo would change his opinion of what dirt track racing is. I think all the heat from the asphalt has went to his head. As for indy, it's prestige has been long gone, not due to NASCAR or any other race series, but because to be honest it's a boring place to watch a race. And the racing itself is never very good.
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Theres awesome racing to be had in Indiana, and anymore it's not IndyCars. The cars themselves are incredible but the actual racing is pretty poor, and the only excitment is who is mad at whom and for what. 410 Sprints are the ultimate lets get it on and race cars there are, and midgets are right up there too but not quite the cats ass for someone who wants the ultimate in race machine's 410's and Speedwaybikes, lets get it the on. Nascar hasnt diminished Indy, the marching on of time and "progress" has.

[Dick Monahan]

Folks, Ed Hinton is a sprint car fan. I don't know how many traditional sprint races he's seen, but many years ago, when he was at The National Sports Daily, at my suggestion, he covered the Knoxville Nationals, and wrote a great story for The National.

[Torry]

I guess Mr. Hinton forgot about the Whittington brothers and Mrs. Hulman's concern for all the flowerbeds when he wrote the article. ...and the loss of the true Snake Pit.

Let's be realistic: the glamor of the Speedway was all about the event and not just the race.
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[illiNOISE]

If you want a truer barometer of Indy Car's erosion, just look at all the empty seats at Milwaukee for this year's race at the Mile. Or the 0.8 rating that race got on ABC. Or note that last weekend, Formula 1, a circuit with zero American drivers and no US races--at least not this year--had the German Gran Prix on Fox, while the Indy race from Edmonton was on obscure cable network Versus.
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Originally Posted by illiNOISE If you want a truer barometer of Indy Car's erosion, just look at all the empty seats at Milwaukee for this year's race at the Mile. Or the 0.8 rating that race got on ABC. Or note that last weekend, Formula 1, a circuit with zero American drivers and no US races--at least not this year--had the German Gran Prix on Fox, while the Indy race from Edmonton was on obscure cable network Versus. Posted via Mobile Device

No go figure how it is that the two suppossedly premiere series in the world have the most processional one lined racing there is. The more you apply technology to go fast, the worse the racing gets. Been that way since I seen the first plywood wing, then the factory chassis and now crate engines and such. Plus like I said a thousand times if your "racing" to save fuel or tires you aint really racing anyhow, or if my guys can change a tire faster then yours, I'm a better racer, lol.

[Vukie]

Brickyard 400 attendance becoming major concern.
http://www.ibj.com/the-score/2011/08...AMS/post/28624

[illiNOISE]

Originally Posted by backitin No go figure how it is that the two suppossedly premiere series in the world have the most processional one lined racing there is.

The Indy Car oval races sure don't seem to be one-lane affairs. The road and street courses, on the other hand...