A few answered my question the only way it could be answered, there is no difference whether CART does it or the IRL does it. The other responses ranged from animosity towards me and NASCAR, to a great response about Joel Thorne who, indeed, did try to buy the entire field at Indianapolis.
Do I believe that ridebuying can be completely done away with, no. My argument was with the evolution of what's ok today when the IRL does it, but, what was not ok when CART did it.
Those who would point fingers at the few instances in NASCAR miss the point. NASCAR is not the question, the IRL is. It's much like the, 'gee mom, everybody else is doing it' argument. Could be, but, let's talk about our problems and how to correct it.
I believe that Foyt has abandoned all facades about anti-ride buying, be it foreign or domestic; and that ain't good. The Devries thing is every bit as bad, on the surface, as Hollandsworth or Charlie Nearburg in my opinion. And we all roasted ol' Charlie pretty well as I recall.
Finally, I've been accused of not trying to provide a solution and I plead guilty. It's not my place to do so. It's the IRL's responsibility to do so, if it perceives ride buying as a problem.
Perhaps the league doesn't see the damage that comes from revolving door line ups, which is a ******* child of ride buying. It completely alienated me from CART.
[ January 17, 2002: Message edited by: hdolan ]
Do I believe that ridebuying can be completely done away with, no. My argument was with the evolution of what's ok today when the IRL does it, but, what was not ok when CART did it.
Those who would point fingers at the few instances in NASCAR miss the point. NASCAR is not the question, the IRL is. It's much like the, 'gee mom, everybody else is doing it' argument. Could be, but, let's talk about our problems and how to correct it.
I believe that Foyt has abandoned all facades about anti-ride buying, be it foreign or domestic; and that ain't good. The Devries thing is every bit as bad, on the surface, as Hollandsworth or Charlie Nearburg in my opinion. And we all roasted ol' Charlie pretty well as I recall.
Finally, I've been accused of not trying to provide a solution and I plead guilty. It's not my place to do so. It's the IRL's responsibility to do so, if it perceives ride buying as a problem.
Perhaps the league doesn't see the damage that comes from revolving door line ups, which is a ******* child of ride buying. It completely alienated me from CART.
[ January 17, 2002: Message edited by: hdolan ]
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