When All About You Seems Bleak, Have Some More Kool-Aid!
Written by George Katinger · February 27, 2007
With all of the latest news concerning Champ Cars seemingly at their lowest, I expected to start reading some more positive items about our ailing series. How wrong I was!
speedtv.com: MILLER: Silence Not Necessarily Golden
When reading the name “Miller” prefacing the speedtv article, I know what many of you are thinking: Yet another pro Champ Car-anti IRL/Tony George propaganda piece. The die Hard IRL fanatics have long held Robin Miller in high disregard which I find unwarranted. He has routinely castigated Tony George (justifiably in my mind, but that may be my personal prejudice showing) and pointed out Champ Cars failings as well.
The latest observations from Robin are nothing short of devastating for Champ Cars from the beginning:
Six weeks before its season opener in Las Vegas, the series supposedly in its year of momentum is awash in questions, rumors and a serious lack of urgency, information, organization and cars.
To his earth shattering closing comment:
But maybe it’s become too expensive, even for guys with their wealth. Or maybe they’ve simply lost interest. Maybe this would be a good time to cut a deal and cut their losses.
Call Tony George, sell him your assets and save money, if not open-wheel racing.
Everything in between is just as rosy open wheel fans, so if you still have dreams of the Champ Car series surviving, don’t read any more. You’ll wind up just as depressed as me.
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I too had read the article & the number of one car efforts made me sick. I know there are always one or two last minute driver/sponsor deals at the start of a season, but this is bordering on not having enough critical mass to launch. So much for me hoping the new Panoz would start a brave new world of AOW. I’m fearful of the series lasting the year. :-(
Damn Tony George & the 10 years of chaos he has created, a pox be upon his house.
My family have been in the same box seats since they were $7.50 per seat. They are now $90.00. (53 years) I have missed 2 races since 1965 and have watched the thrill of the race go down hill. I would like nothing better than to see the I.R.L. and champ car get baqck together to make the competion that much more exciting. The sooner the better for all of us.
Reality bites. Yes, we’ve all hoped that some delusional miracle would occur (re merger). Although people like Miller are your typical negative rumormongers, he does bring the point that many of us have already discussed. ChampCar was “rescued” strictly for monetary gains but these businessmen know when to cut and run. I don’t know the inner workings of ChampCar but with Ford leaving and from what I’ve been told, the teams don’t have the extra money’s from Ford for funding. Look for ChampCar funds to go to other racing avenues and their demise is right around the corner.
Yes, may I have another?
Kool-Aid that is. And please make it Lime, I love Lime.
Champ Car? But wait..they have the Danica antdote right? Oh wait… the co-owner of the series hasn’t signed her yet.
The have a new chassis right? One that will even competition and be cheaper to run leading to larger car counts, right?
Ah… not so much.
They have shifted to more EU venues for their races right?
Hmmm… ain’t going so well with U.S. based sponsors of U.S. fans.
OK George, I put down my Lime…. better sell the whole shootin match to Bernie!!!!
Marc, you sarcastic fooker, your acidic filled views are your most redeeming quality. But this one (the article, not your comment) really hurt.
I guess it’s time to extract my head from my delusion filled nether regions and catch a dose of reality.
There is absolutely no reason for Tony George to merge or offer any kind of joint ownership, all he now has to do is wait for it all to fall into his hands.
Don’t forget that NASCAR is a huge part of open wheel racing’s problems. I have going to Indy since 1992 and I have watched it go downhill as well. I would love to see a merger but I think the car counts will still be a struggle. However I think that it is ridiculous that at a IRL event aside from Indy, Andretti-Green Racing is 22% of the field.
I can’t believe you people still watch this “show.” I remember Foyt and Unser and USAC and give me a freakin break. If you can’t get Robby and Jeff and Tony and Dale Jr. and Jimmie to participate in your danged old 500 it ain’t s#$t ! It’s not just crossing IRL and Cart, it’s legitamizing by inviting F-1 Nascar and ALL comers, like the good ol’ daze when you could put the drivers compartment on the left side, instead of being forced to run an entire circuit that don’t pay doodily squat. You and Outlaw is goin down in a ring o’ fire. Ya’ll gonna be like the Whig party, and the big “O” and Riverside and Rockingham and Sambo’s an Drive Inn’s an 2 strokes an som beotch….
Thanks George, I resemble that.
However I recind my suggestion Champ Car should be sold to Bernie.
He may be too busy to give it his full attentionafter his backing of a Asian/Middle East “stock car” series.
In that light I’m backing the idea CCWS should be sold to Humpy Wheeler.
If Humpy can’t make a go of it no one can.