Posted 6 months, 1 week ago.
Posted by: Paul
Following the Indy Lights qualifying this afternoon, news broke that an IndyCar owner’s meeting was being held at Chicagoland Speedway to address the future of the IndyCar Series. Following the Indy Lights race, President of the IRL Commercial Division Terry Angstadt stopped by the media center to update reporters on some of the issues raised during that meeting. I missed the beginning apart of the conversation but here is a spattering of information I was able to glean from listening in:
- The League continues to move towards a new formula for 2012. Based on where the League is now and continuing to work with their partners, Dallara, Honda, and Firestone, the League expects costs to be dramatically reduced by the time the new formula is ready to be introduce, especially from where they were just a few years ago.
- Has there been any re-engagement with with Loudon? “No.” The IRL continues to realize that they struggle in markets that already have two Sprint Cup dates, especially when the racing season is as short as it is in New England. The League understands that SMI feels differently and this is just one of those differences of business opinions. The likeliness of seeing Loudon on the schedule at any time in the future seems quite remote.
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Posted 6 months, 1 week ago.
Posted by: Kohl
IRL:
Chicagoland might be the last Indy car race I get to watch live, because of the dispute between Direct TV and versus. To be fair, this kind of thing has happened before, and in the end it all works out, so I’m not too worried, yet. Montegi isn’t for a while, so that’s good for me.
My pick to win is… Dario Franchitti, but, really, any of the Big Two could win it.
My dark horse is… Danica Patrick. She qualified okay, and was good in practice. She is having the best year of her career, and would really benefit by winning. She is good at ovals, and she’s out of the championship, so she might as well go for the win. Better still, none of her teammates are in championship contention either, and that means she won’t need to help them, like Helio does.
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Posted 6 months, 1 week ago.
Posted by: Kohl
Lately we’ve been trying to find different story or features for the site. We have a few things we’re looking at. But, of course, its not about what we want. I need to know what you want to see!
- Live racing trivia- We’ve done this once and it was successful. It was an hour long chat where each person posed a question and people would answer to the best of their ability.
- Roundtables- I had an idea, which is similar to the podcast; but in text form. Readers would ask us an opinion based question and each writer would get a paragraph to tell what they think. We might even throw in a reader-submitted answer
- More Podcasts- Possibly do two per week. One for Indycar and one for other racing?
- Behind the scenes- Journals from crew members, TV personalities, and even a driver about what they do over the course of the weekend.
Tell us what you think in the comments, please. We’re trying to get as much feedback as we can to make the site better for you. Also, if you have more specific things, or just a question/comment you can contact me at kohl@planet-irl.com
