read this

[power&glory]

http://www.champweb.net/newsx10.htm :confused:

[Emfa]

I read it. Now what? Did you have a point to make about the latest conspiracy opinion?

(For anyone else who may want to read Race Sonntag, this'll save a cut & paste - http://www.champweb.net/newsx10.htm)

[kmchow]

Wow, the author must have read my mind! I share all their opinions? Anyone else?

[Speedworx]

Its an interesting read. Not much else can be said for it.

[Neil C]

I read about halfway through. Didn't feel it was going anywhere. Was there a point other than "Tony, better watch your back?".

It's the easiest thing in the world to use circumstantial antecdotes to form a nebulous cloud of doubt about some mysterious organization with a secret agenda. Are they saying one Sunday morning we'll all wake up and turn on the TV and find that (horrors!) everyone is racing on oval tracks owned by Roger Penske and his minions?

I'm not convinced. As Emfa says, "I read it, now what?"

[f1manoz]

Interesting read. The entire racing scene in the US at the moment is pretty screwed up in my opinion.

[racing_guru]

I agree totally with that article and have seen it coming for some time now. Whilst everyone wants to hold TG as the evil behind everything bad behind CART, the fact remains its NASCAR and ISC (One in the same) that is the real threat. The IRL/CART war is akin to who will play the Lakers in the NBA finals . . . .

Furthermore FOX is totally on board with NASCAR and the ISC, which is why you will see ALMS and CART off their newly acquired Speed Channel as soon as the contracts are done. They do after all conflict with Grand Am and IRL, both series that are run on ISC tracks.

[macdaddy]

Didn't know Chip's name is Floyd.

[Liz]

Sounds like "News of the World" to me.

Some people have too much time on their hands.

[JohnSSC]

Macdaddy, yes Chip's first name is Floyd (after his father). Just after the last Ice Age ended and I was still running Showroom Stock, Chip was running a well financed Formula Ford effort while attending Duquesne University here in Pittsburgh. I realized then that "struggling" college students struggle financially at way different levels! He was pretty quick though and his dad's $$ were well-spent!

[Muzza]

I understand that Roger Penske has sold most of his participation in ISC a few months before his team moved from CART to IRL.

[racing_guru]

Originally posted by Muzza
I understand that Roger Penske has sold most of his participation in ISC a few months before his team moved from CART to IRL.

You can check this at Yahoo Finance under the stock ticker/Insider Trading.

I was surprised to see that Chris Pook also owns shares in this company.

[Liz]

So? My boss, who is doing the anti-tobacco legislation, owns stock in all the tobacco companies -- so he can get the annual reports to keep up with what they are doing. Know your enemy, that's a good mantra.

[racing_guru]

One does not need to own shares in a public company to get the annual reports. They are readily available from the SEC. I was just surprised that he did own shares, that's all . . . .

[tantra]

I believe that 'Race Sonntag' has described quite accurately what has/is going on.

I request that those of you who still have doubts, print out the article, place it in the desk drawer, and pull it out from time-to-time for a re-read.