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Why won't Tony George just take a long walk off a short pier? Seriously, how can you NOT be happy with where Bernard has taken the series from where it was when he took over? Kalkhoven especially, it is turning into CART 2.0 slowly. If Barnes and George take over with Kevin's money it will become the IRL all over again and even less relevant that it is now (if that's possible). Randy is doing his best to right the ship, and it is on the right path. Listen to the fans that are left, they all applaud him. These rumours and this in-fighting has to stop! It is preventing new teams and manufacturers from entering. Last edited by Canada ALMS fan; 13 Oct 2012 at 03:28. Reason: More venting :) |
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What really worries me is that TG doesn't want to run it day to day, apparently. He wouldn't let Randy run the show, so my big fear is that IF this comes to pass, TG will appoint Brian Barnhart to run the show.
Think about that for a second... Brian Barnhart in charge of AOWR. |
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It's great saying that you're going to take a step back, actually resisting the urge to micromanage when enthroned is a different proposition.
Now, the idea he has excluded Ganassi and old Penske seems to be more foolihardiness and splittery from mad king George. What was that old parable about the leopard and his spots? |
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Hopefully it happens. It will be funny to watch. The fact is attendance and tv numbers went down in this big "breakout" year. You can't blame rodeo randy though, he's just a hapless sock puppet for the hulman george's. It wouldn't matter who was CEO, the results would be the same. I don't think new teams and manufacturers are that interested, unless it's a bargain basement deal or they found some dummy to pay. It's not like 10-20 years ago when teams could turn a profit. There is no money in it and no interest from the public either. |
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George AND Kalkhoven want to run IndyCar? If that happens, then good night! Kalkhoven ruined ChampCar during his tenure, as he continuosly shrinked down ChampCar, until it finally broke. If someone was to buy IndyCar, it should be someone like Penske. Good old Roger wants to make money after all, so he can't run IndyCar worse than it was before, right?
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On the whole, in terms of actual assets, about the only thing useful to a new owner is the long standing name and IP of "indycar" and maybe a few race contracts with promoters, the value of which is debatable. This is not a profitable business nor one with great cash flow and tons of money coming in the door. So with that said, the only way a sane business minded individual would buy in is at a fire sale and at a fire sale price. kalkhoven is what most people would consider to be "rich". But he's not mega rich and he can't go long and deep on a massive investment into a dog pile of a series like this. tony george is the same or worse. His access to the family treasury has been cut off, although mama will make sure he never goes hungry, he only has so much. ganassi is rich also, but not mega rich and he would strap his wealth sinking money into such a thing, which is why he has never done such a thing. penske could do it, but he's over it and penske doesn't buy overpriced sentimental companies. I wont speak for Forsythe, but his comments about mr. george are unprintable here. That isn't happening unless Forsythe has dementia. Personally I think it's best if tony george gets it. It will die off quicker and people can move towards starting over without that boat anchor. |
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As I have suggested before, the question IndyCar as a whole (both those who own it and the teams that are part of it) is this:
"Does the Series exist because the fans want to see this form of racing, or does the Series exist to provide a way for the current team owners to make money racing?" All of the focus that I have seen is on finding ways to make the racing cheaper and more profitable. The emphasis has been on finding venues that are profitable or profit-generating. No one seems to be asking the question of what is the DEMAND for the series. This is an important question. For me, it appears that you have a group of owners who have cars and teams. They want to race, apparently, but seemingly only as a way for them to generate revenue. I get no sense that anyone is interested in running IndyCar for the competitive aspects of it. It is a Series in search of a fanbase, apparently. Is that a recipe for success? |
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If the Hulman Family sends control of Indy Car back to TG, Kalkoven and Barnes, IT WILL BE FINISHED!!! Period!!!!
I don't care what anyone says, open-wheel racing in North America was at it's absolute Zenith in the late 80's and early 90's, when the series had a perfect mix of temporary venues, permanent road course, short ovals and big ovals, and a nice mix of American, European and South American drivers. The attendance at all venues is indisputable. The television numbers are indisputable. The amount of money and sponsorships is indisputable. It even weathered a very bad recession from 1990 to 1992. Indy Car in the 70's became a shambles, because USAC mismanaged whole whole thing so badly that almost every team went broke. Having the team owners control everything also did not work in the long run, because personal greed and interests ended up ruining everything. Having Tony George and Brian Barnhart run things. Well, we all know what a complete Gong Show that ended up being. I don't care how they figure it out, but they better do it and soon. While I don't agree with everything Randy Bernard has done, he has worked hard to get Indy Car back to the kind of diversity it had at it's Zenith. They are on the right track. If they blow that up, you might as well stick a fork in it. |
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IndyCar has so many forks sticking in it that it is starting to look like an "After" picture from the Little Big Horn.
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Oh dear, oh dear, the Spirit of The Split rears its ugly head again. There is no point in letting the same people take over leadership of the sport again who gave up the Surfers Paradise event knowing how successful it had been up to that point - and with 3 Aussie / New Zealander drivers in top rides at that (!)
Would Mr George be doing anything different now than what he did last time around? Somehow, I doubt that. Is Bryan Clauson going to be the next Buddy Lazier? Or is this the only way to screw Dallara out of their contractually obliged spare parts income and thus the only way to keep the teams alive? |
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15 Oct 2012, 17:09 (Ref:3152403) | #494 | ||
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You know that NBC got the F1 rights in the United States. They mentioned IndyCar a lot:
"This is an opportunity for us to get further engaged in open wheel racing. We think there's real upside for IndyCar and this super-serves the open wheel racing fan. There will be days we have a Formula 1 race at 9 a.m. and an IndyCar race at 1 p.m.--we walked the IndyCar people through that on Friday and they are excited about the opportunity." |
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IndyCar's viewing figures are low because people don't want to watch IndyCar. There is too much information out there to not know what channels you have and what programs you want to watch are on them. Formula One will continue to outdraw IndyCar in the United States on network and cable, as it did this year. |
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They need Schumi to sign up & have a crack at the title/indy 500...
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F1 landing there may or may not help. Speaking strictly for myself, yes, I used to watch Schumacher and Hill do battle whilst at night watched Andretti and Fittipaldi swashbuckle. So there used to be a powerful continuity for me and I used to get a great kick out of it. All those guys were titans and I used to feel like a right lord over the normal F1 fan who had just F1 to make do with. Today's Indycar? Indycar follows on from F1 as much as World Series by Renault follows on from F1 and I don't ever feel pushed to watch World Series by Renault as fine a series as that maybe. I might catch an occasional race but it doesn't follow that I'd watch it due to F1. All that is just my own perspective mind you. |
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