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Just thought you all might be amused by comparing two past IRL champion's race results.
I used 2003 season results for the 1999 Champ, because that's the last year he had anything close to enough money to be competitive. The 2003 Champ's 2005 results are posted. I only list results of races that each ran in the indicated years.
Champ "A".................Champ "B"
IMS.......8th..........................24th
TMS......11th.........................11th
PPIR......18th.........................16th
KS.........8th............................18th
RIR........12th..........................22nd
NASH.....16th*..........................6th
MIS.......10th.........................19th
KY.........15th...........................23rd
CHI........DNS**........................19th
FON.......14th..........................10th
*Pit fire and spin on a restart. Fun night...
**Broken rear "A" arm bolt, destroyed car on 3rd practice lap
Now that the facts are there, feel free to add any unproven BS about owing people money, improper business dealings, etc.
Facts are that the driver everyone loved to hate outdrove lots of others that had unlimited resources. I could run the same numbers for many drivers this year, including Champ "B"s teammate that had 11 DNFs in 15 races. I'd list his other teammate's stats but somehow they have disappeared from Indycar.com. Two of the three RLR drivers weren't even close to Champ "A"s results on comparable tracks.
Oh well. The guys that put the "A" car on the track knew what they were doing. I thought it was funny when "A" lost the pole at Motegi by .0017 seconds to AGR, who had four shots to better the time. Front row qual pic had seventeen crew guys behind Wheldon's car and seven behind the other.
Have fun with the new improved IRL.
I used 2003 season results for the 1999 Champ, because that's the last year he had anything close to enough money to be competitive. The 2003 Champ's 2005 results are posted. I only list results of races that each ran in the indicated years.
Champ "A".................Champ "B"
IMS.......8th..........................24th
TMS......11th.........................11th
PPIR......18th.........................16th
KS.........8th............................18th
RIR........12th..........................22nd
NASH.....16th*..........................6th
MIS.......10th.........................19th
KY.........15th...........................23rd
CHI........DNS**........................19th
FON.......14th..........................10th
*Pit fire and spin on a restart. Fun night...
**Broken rear "A" arm bolt, destroyed car on 3rd practice lap
Now that the facts are there, feel free to add any unproven BS about owing people money, improper business dealings, etc.
Facts are that the driver everyone loved to hate outdrove lots of others that had unlimited resources. I could run the same numbers for many drivers this year, including Champ "B"s teammate that had 11 DNFs in 15 races. I'd list his other teammate's stats but somehow they have disappeared from Indycar.com. Two of the three RLR drivers weren't even close to Champ "A"s results on comparable tracks.
Oh well. The guys that put the "A" car on the track knew what they were doing. I thought it was funny when "A" lost the pole at Motegi by .0017 seconds to AGR, who had four shots to better the time. Front row qual pic had seventeen crew guys behind Wheldon's car and seven behind the other.
Have fun with the new improved IRL.
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