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Who is currently gunning for a record-setting 20th USAC win in a season.
Then they need the next one beyond that. You don't find those guys at a club race, or behind a briefcase full of cash.
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Announce that the first driver to win two out of the three major events at IMS - 500, 400, USGP - will win $20 million. The first to win all three will win $40 million.
Who is currently gunning for a record-setting 20th USAC win in a season.
Then they need the next one beyond that. You don't find those guys at a club race, or behind a briefcase full of cash.
No - you get those guys by having consistency in your driver lineup.
You need drivers like Rice and Fisher and Hornish in good equipment every week, for a long period of time.
The nationality isn't as important. Ask Sammy Sosa.
But look at it this way: the IRL would rather have Ed Carpenter in the IRL than JJ Yeley. How many USAC wins does Ed have this year, and how many does JJ?
Originally posted by mnkywrch IN Sider wants GM to do all the heavy lifting.
How about the IRL and IMS doing something?
Announce that the first driver to win two out of the three major events at IMS - 500, 400, USGP - will win $20 million. The first to win all three will win $40 million.
That, or double the purse.
That's a very interesting idea.....
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Originally posted by mnkywrch IN Sider wants GM to do all the heavy lifting.
How about the IRL and IMS doing something?
Announce that the first driver to win two out of the three major events at IMS - 500, 400, USGP - will win $20 million. The first to win all three will win $40 million.
That, or double the purse.
Just what the world needs...$20 million more into the pockets of Jacques Villeneuve or Juan Pablo Montoya.
Originally posted by mnkywrch No - you get those guys by having consistency in your driver lineup.
You need drivers like Rice and Fisher and Hornish in good equipment every week, for a long period of time.
The nationality isn't as important. Ask Sammy Sosa.
But look at it this way: the IRL would rather have Ed Carpenter in the IRL than JJ Yeley. How many USAC wins does Ed have this year, and how many does JJ?
Thought provoking as always, mnkywrch, especially in light of Carpenter's testing with PDM.
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Originally posted by mnkywrch Announce that the first driver to win two out of the three major events at IMS - 500, 400, USGP - will win $20 million. The first to win all three will win $40 million.
With that kind of money on the line schumacher would come over and after two races it would be over.
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