not sure why the cleveland thread was closed.....wilke simply posted that the Motorrock would become the promoter, think what you want about MR, but his post was clean, simple and most likely correct.
as to Pook..you two constantly put everything on Pook....CART was a fricken mess for years before Pook, has been a mess under Pook and time will tell what the future holds....but in the end did Pook not do exactly what was asked of him by the BOD and the majority of the major shareholders?
you are quick to through out financials about pooks decisions....ie the lights at cleveland and promoting races
but again were these solely Pooks decisions? do you really think he made million $$$ decisions with out others input and approval.
Pook is a travel agent dealing with guys like Forsythe, Hass, patrick, and not to mention the new crop of owners....there is a lot of big dollar players involved
in the end I am fairly ambivelant about Pook....some good, some bad...but the two of you never acknowladege the hand he was delt
and now lets discuss the state of the IRl (let's face it we point fingers around here)
where are we today...poor attendace, sure some is up, but some is down, including the 500.....and lets face it no one is coming on friday and sat, that's gotta be a concern
TV ratings are down....no way to spin it, it's simply down....how long will ABC be around under the current conditions
this was suppossed to be the breakout season....we all know it....it hasn't been
what happens next year....if Cart makes the bell we still have the status quo...two struggling race series with no identity.
what happens if CART is gone......the IRL picks up a few of it's poorly attended races, ones that are prodominitly attended by CART diehards......newsflash:the IRL isn't going to go over well at MO..
anyway....we could go on all day pointin out the others falicies...
the real question is what can be done to improve the state of OW racing?....and the answer isn't for CART to die:and the sooner the better
My answer, in short.....teams, drivers and sponsors(manufactures?) supporting both series instead of choosing sides
I know, easier said than done
as to Pook..you two constantly put everything on Pook....CART was a fricken mess for years before Pook, has been a mess under Pook and time will tell what the future holds....but in the end did Pook not do exactly what was asked of him by the BOD and the majority of the major shareholders?
you are quick to through out financials about pooks decisions....ie the lights at cleveland and promoting races
but again were these solely Pooks decisions? do you really think he made million $$$ decisions with out others input and approval.
Pook is a travel agent dealing with guys like Forsythe, Hass, patrick, and not to mention the new crop of owners....there is a lot of big dollar players involved
in the end I am fairly ambivelant about Pook....some good, some bad...but the two of you never acknowladege the hand he was delt
and now lets discuss the state of the IRl (let's face it we point fingers around here)
where are we today...poor attendace, sure some is up, but some is down, including the 500.....and lets face it no one is coming on friday and sat, that's gotta be a concern
TV ratings are down....no way to spin it, it's simply down....how long will ABC be around under the current conditions
this was suppossed to be the breakout season....we all know it....it hasn't been
what happens next year....if Cart makes the bell we still have the status quo...two struggling race series with no identity.
what happens if CART is gone......the IRL picks up a few of it's poorly attended races, ones that are prodominitly attended by CART diehards......newsflash:the IRL isn't going to go over well at MO..
anyway....we could go on all day pointin out the others falicies...
the real question is what can be done to improve the state of OW racing?....and the answer isn't for CART to die:and the sooner the better
My answer, in short.....teams, drivers and sponsors(manufactures?) supporting both series instead of choosing sides
I know, easier said than done
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