Been quiet on this way too long.
It it painfully obvious to everyone here that there is a very large contingent of people here that want to see short track drivers in the IRL.
My rant is that if these drivers really want to be at Indy in an Indycar, and the reality of the situation is that Indy Car racing has been dominated by drivers with a road racing background for the past twenty years give or take, why don't the guys and gals running on the short tracks sell their equipment and go road racing in the development series? If they have the talent that we (myself included) believe they have, they will kick all of the foreign road racers a***es and get the good Indycar rides.
Don't get me wrong, I am not trying justify the current formula that leads to the IRL, I am simply stating that if road racers have been dominating and if your intention is to win the Indy 500, you NEED to go beat them on their own turf. That is the reality. I may long for the days of seeing a driver run Winchester or IRP on Saturday nights, however, recent history tells us that is simply not going to get it done. Wishing it was different is not going to change anything!!
I completely agree that the IRL desperately needs Americans to sell to the public. However, if the young americans really want to be at Indy, why in the world would they go short track racing if history tells us that they would have a better chance if they go road racing. One could make a very strong argument that road racing provides excellent training for Indycars (Mansell, Fittipaldi, Cheever, Rahal, even Hornish).
Get more Americans in road racing if that is what the car owners want!!!
It it painfully obvious to everyone here that there is a very large contingent of people here that want to see short track drivers in the IRL.
My rant is that if these drivers really want to be at Indy in an Indycar, and the reality of the situation is that Indy Car racing has been dominated by drivers with a road racing background for the past twenty years give or take, why don't the guys and gals running on the short tracks sell their equipment and go road racing in the development series? If they have the talent that we (myself included) believe they have, they will kick all of the foreign road racers a***es and get the good Indycar rides.
Don't get me wrong, I am not trying justify the current formula that leads to the IRL, I am simply stating that if road racers have been dominating and if your intention is to win the Indy 500, you NEED to go beat them on their own turf. That is the reality. I may long for the days of seeing a driver run Winchester or IRP on Saturday nights, however, recent history tells us that is simply not going to get it done. Wishing it was different is not going to change anything!!
I completely agree that the IRL desperately needs Americans to sell to the public. However, if the young americans really want to be at Indy, why in the world would they go short track racing if history tells us that they would have a better chance if they go road racing. One could make a very strong argument that road racing provides excellent training for Indycars (Mansell, Fittipaldi, Cheever, Rahal, even Hornish).
Get more Americans in road racing if that is what the car owners want!!!
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