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8/16/11, 1:10 PM   #11
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You think Roger might mention something about that to him? Most sponsors kind of frown upon that as well.
Mike,

John Oreovicz quoted Roger Penske as saying he didn't care what Will Power said or did, and, that he would pay any fine that might be levied.
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8/16/11, 4:16 PM   #12
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Mike,

John Oreovicz quoted Roger Penske as saying he didn't care what Will Power said or did, and, that he would pay any fine that might be levied.
WOW! Interesting. Thanks for the info Ron.
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8/16/11, 5:56 PM   #13
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They only had 30K spectators show up for the race. The track was hopping for 35K. The last time they raced there, they only drew 7K spectators I know it won't happen because of safety issues but I would almost bet that if they had ISMA race before them as a support class they would have a lot more in the stands. But most would leave after the supers. The Indy Cars have never generated much interest in this area. Also because of the camera angles you had to look hard to see anyone in the stands on TV

I think they probably get the same amount of spectators when NASCRAP have their Mods/East Series events there.
 
8/16/11, 6:48 PM   #14
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I think they probably get the same amount of spectators when NASCRAP have their Mods/East Series events there.
The NASCAR Mods did race there this past weekend on Saturday and reports are that they only drew about 5,000 in the stands.
 
8/16/11, 6:57 PM   #15
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I was there and can tell you there were definitely more people there on Sunday. The rumblings around the track were that they had more spectators than they had anticipated. I wish they would do modifieds/ISMA/IndyCar. That would be a great weekend!
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8/17/11, 9:37 AM   #16
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Interesting article from Speedtv.com
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...-loudon-rewind
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I blame this all on the girl who couldn't keep her car straight on the restart :-)
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8/18/11, 12:51 AM   #18
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I really belive this is just a prelude to next year when they go to the turbos. They will not need the rain to duplicate this NH race. There will be more excuses used that I spun when the Turbo kicked in. Terrible decision to use the turbos. Frankly all the new rules for the car and engine is going to really hurt this series. Really a joke. They have problems now in all aspects, wait till next year.

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8/18/11, 7:55 AM   #19
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For years now, the only people who really got attention for IRL (or Izod IndyCar or @#%&*) were Danica Partick and Dario Franchitti's wife.
We can now thank Will Power for giving champ car racing back to the guys, where is has always really belonged

 
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8/18/11, 8:18 AM   #20
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Along with the turbos next year will be more blown engines. I like the new cars but not the rear bumper that all but covers the rear wheels. more road course and less ovals again. cart has won the long battle as they got inside the George family. cart3 good luck.
 
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