Wouldnt that be ironic

you have good points, but nascar is the biggest thing in the US. they need to run at the speedway. Its a 1 week thing that brings in nothing but cash. Now on to F1 and bikes. i will say that i have been to 3 f1 races. was the racing good........no, but have i seen 3 bad 500's....yes. I got to say the fans at this race are insane. If you are a true 500 fan you would know what i mean. I think they are just like us. They are pationate about there sport and do anything to make the race. I really think the track at indy needs to be used.as someone said i would love to watch a 12 or 24 hour race there! The IRL starting out on street courses, guys they are never going away, those tracks were packed. lets see now, do i run a street race in cities where fans will pour in or do i run at texas with 1/4 of the stands filled. until this year I hated the street races. now i like them because i can tell they are profietable events. Just can't wait for this new car

on the miller posts, say what you want, but he is really there only media source. I'm confident, this hole thing has been set up to keep the attention on the speedway. Show me 1 other reporter that is on national TV on a weekly basis talking about the IRL. Just 1 more way to keep the spot light on the IRL for a few more days. Humpy is loved by most nascar fans. Just one more way to get the IRL some more attention. I will have to agree with Miller on one thing, Humpy can do no worse than Simmons!

Seadog has forgotten more than I'll ever know. This was his 50th Indy 500! Now if that isn't an excuse for a party then I've never heard one!

Also, frustration is the perfect word to describe my feelings. I would love to buy a Cole Whitt, Jerry Coons, Robert Ballou or Damion Gardner Indy car shirt or hat. Wouldn't that be sweet? I still dig the 500 though! I would just dig it more if there were some Saturday night heros' in the lineup.
David.

ps...Big Poppy did not disappoint.

One final thought from Jim Morrison -- now naming an 18 year old girl as owner of Vision Racing makes just a little more sense. If Dad's going to be running the IRL, owning a team in the IRL would probably be a conflict of interest.

Lauren George, Tony's daughter, becomes owner of Vision Racing after she turns 18. That's, of course, sometime in the future. Actually, it's before the end of this month.

Hold on there! You're giving me too much credit David. I've forgotten most of what I knew and that wasn't much to begin with.

Next thing you know, you'll be telling them that I met Gary B. in person!

She's already 18, as of May 7, and she was named owner of Vision Racing's Indy Lights team. The Indy Car team is still owned by Tony George and will be handed to Ed Carpenter someday.

And 767, are full stands at St. Petersburg where they seat about 20,000 better than 40% filled grandstands at Texas where 90,000 regularly attend? Also, Michigan was a miserable failure because they could only get 25,000 to attend at a track that holds nearly 140,000. It does look worse if one were to lower the standards. Maybe if Michigan only had 30,000 seats like they had in the early 1980s, the attendance would look great.

Is it just a perception of empty stands that is the issue or is attendance at oval tracks set to a different standard?

The past couple seasons Indy Car Racing has been awful. The 500's besides 06 have all been boring with no passing, the only reason I watch is because its the 500. Right now NASCAR has a more appealing product with more passing, better presentation, and a wider fanbase.

And how would an IndyCar oval race resemble a sprint car race at Kokomo?

I went to the indy car race at Chicagoland. I would say there was more passing in that race than all the Nascar races combined at that track.

Miller says he had a good source for this, but I doubt it.He has had a vendetta against Tony and the IRL since the split,so it is my opinion that he was his own source.I take every thing he says or writes with a grain of salt.