Be sure and go to www.cart.com, click feedback, and express yourself !
I’m not upset that the race was cancelled due to driver saftey concerns…but
this could have been determined last Oct or at least Sat night. What a wasted
day!
See you at the IRL race.
I wasted 8 f***ing hours driving to see this race today! Cart should have
called it off on friday not 2 hours before the f-ing race. Im sure they
wanted to squeeze a little more money out of people first, by having
qualifying saturday. They knew this track was fast before they came here.
This shows exactly what kind of orginization this is, A RIP OFF!! Thanks
Cart for having your shit together, what a bunch of morons. Now they should
join the IRL they just proved they are from the same stock. What a low blow
they dealt us! What a bunch of crap.
1.5 mile high banked ovals have no place on the schedule of ANY CART race
— or IRL race for that matter.
They are simply too small for the speeds that are achieved. Period.
It’s funny reading all these posts from the IRL and Nascar folks who can’t
seem to grasp CART’s decision here. They seem to imply that 210-215 mph IS
a safe speed on these tracks. Well, I’ve got news for you. IT ISN’T.
The IRL dodged a HUGE BULLET Saturday night. No drivers died and the tire
did not go into the crowd. Compare the location of this wreck and the one
in North Carolina. It’s the same darn wreck – and the same darn result.
Teathers and catch fencing DON’T work when you have cars going that fast,
in that confined an area.
Most of the CHUMPS have been on a crusade against this Texas race ever
since it was announced. I didn’t want the race to take place. Had I gone to
Atlanta, I would only have sat directly behind a catch fence to avoid the
flying tire issue. Same thing with Texas – whether it’s CART or the IRL
running there.
The bottom line is that open wheel cars running over 200 mph DO NOT BELONG
ON THESE TRACKS.
Imagine the headlines coming out of Atlanta had that tire gone into the
stands where people were sitting. Imagine how BAD it would look when they
played that wreck opposite the North Carolina wreck where 3 people were
sadly killed. ANYONE who sits in T4 at an IRL event on a 1.5 mile speedway
hasn’t been paying much attention….
I applaud CART’s decision. It was a GOOD day for the drivers. They’re all
alive. And so are all the fans and marshals and flagmen and everyone else
who would’ve been at the track in Texas. The racing Gods were screaming at
CART, and for ONCE, the powers that be listened.
CART will have hell to pay in the eyes of SOME fans… so be it. The
business side will take care of itself. CART blew it when Rahal lobbied
this deal through last year.
Maybe if all these so called FANS who are bitching and moaning right now
had actually BEEN at MIS when Fernandez’s tire went over the wall, maybe
they’d have a little more respect for CART’s decision. The most ardent CART
fans voiced their views on this race BEFORE CART pulled the plug. I’m glad
the race was not held.
L8r J.L.
A lot of people spent a lot of money in Texas. Travel, food, lodging, etc…
I’d bet that some of them won’t be happy with just a ticket refund.
Ovals don’t due champ cars OR their drivers justice. Add the danger
factor and you have to ask why ovals? Leave them for stock cars. Let’s
just run the road courses.
(I really wish IRL would toss some road racing into the mix too …. )
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E-Mail: marcgrego…@crosswinds.net
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(below is email I’ve sent to Texas Motor Speedway (TMS), CART and to
RPM2NIGHT)
Hi,
I’m a PSL Holder at TMS. I currently live in Seattle and couldn’t fly down
for the race but I was looking forward to watching the race on TV. It’s a
damn good thing I DIDN’T fly down for the race!
TMS should sue CART for breach of contract. Even if the breach was only due
to extreme incompetence on the part of CART.
I mean, come on, whenever the average Joe feels they are driving at unsafe
speeds what do we do?… We reduce our speed… The Champ cars are equipped
with accelerator pedals aren’t they? These guys are professionals (NOT
average Joe’s) aren’t they? Add drag, reduce pop-off pressures, reduce
downforce, promote driver self-control… whatever, but DON’T cancel the
race while tens of thousands of fans are on the way to the track!
I noticed that ESPN didn’t interview Kenny Brack (who is used to high-G
racing at Texas) and ESPN couldn’t seem to find anyone except for Eddie
Gossage that was rightfully P.O.’d about CART’s handling of this situation.
Eddie Gossage is the master of restraint, I might add. And CART childishly
covered the TMS logos during the press conference? ESPN (particularly Paul
Page) and CART seem to be partners in Chicken S__t!
TMS should treat CART as it would ANY unreliable partner… kiss them
goodbye with the toe of their boot after making them pay restitution.
Additionally, TMS should promote a class action lawsuit against CART on
behalf of all ticket-holders.
Larry Tate
Mount Vernon, WA
http://www.dallasnews.com/sports_day/auto/352888_30carttickets.html
He sure looks like it. And what’s up with those women’s sunglasses he’s
wearing. They look like he stole them from his ex-wife’s or Elton John’s
wardrobe
The Durango 95 purred away real horrorshow. A nice warm vibratey feeling all
through your guttiwuts.
http://www.williamsdb.plus.com/williamsdb/pictures/ICN/99can06.jpg
The Durango 95 purred away real horrorshow. A nice warm vibratey feeling all
through your guttiwuts.
