Re: New coundown clock needed

#1

On Aug 9, 7:58*pm, ZENit <cygnu... (AT) earthling (DOT) net> wrote:

Quote:

In the spirit of RASI and and our dearly departed TJMC...who went to
live where there is no internet service. There should be a new clock.

Lets see, George kicked to the curb by the sisters, .14 ratings on an
obscure cable channel, mostly road races won by foreigners.
Empty stands.

Sounds like 2 to 3 years max. So in the grand scheme of the history of
the sport, *it`s probably *about an hour until midnight.

Wonder what ALMS at the Indy oval would look like?

#2

On Aug 10, 11:51*am, Cyclone Ranger <damonhy... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Aug 9, 7:58*pm, ZENit <cygnu... (AT) earthling (DOT) net> wrote:

In the spirit of RASI and and our dearly departed TJMC...who went to
live where there is no internet service. There should be a new clock.

Lets see, George kicked to the curb by the sisters, .14 ratings on an
obscure cable channel, mostly road races won by foreigners.
Empty stands.

Sounds like 2 to 3 years max. So in the grand scheme of the history of
the sport, *it`s probably *about an hour until midnight.

Wonder what ALMS at the Indy oval would look like?

....An all Audi podium?

#3

On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:58:41 -0400, ZENit <cygnusx1 (AT) earthling (DOT) net>
wrote:

Quote:

In the spirit of RASI and and our dearly departed TJMC...who went to
live where there is no internet service. There should be a new clock.
[snip]

Definitely need a new clock, with lots of life in it. The CART clock
went to zero so many times it's pretty much done. As I've posted
before, TJ is having one hell of a time getting his security deposit
back.

Quote:

Sounds like 2 to 3 years max. So in the grand scheme of the history of
the sport, it`s probably about an hour until midnight.

That is going to be one very long hour.

Ken Plotkin

#4

It's been the same since day one. Still they remain

"ZENit" <cygnusx1 (AT) earthling (DOT) net> wrote

Quote:

In the spirit of RASI and and our dearly departed TJMC...who went to
live where there is no internet service. There should be a new clock.

Lets see, George kicked to the curb by the sisters, .14 ratings on an
obscure cable channel, mostly road races won by foreigners.
Empty stands.

Sounds like 2 to 3 years max. So in the grand scheme of the history of
the sport, it`s probably about an hour until midnight.

#5

"ZENit" <cygnusx1 (AT) earthling (DOT) net> wrote

Quote:

In the spirit of RASI and and our dearly departed TJMC...who went to
live where there is no internet service. There should be a new clock.

mostly road races won by foreigners.

And ovals too. I like international competition. But what's the point
of watching anymore? Same cars, engines, evertyhhing else. Ok, most of the
tracks are in the U.S., but it's all about forengn drivers with no Americans
competing. IndyCar reminds me of the U.S. in geneal - it's not going down
hill, it is down hill and brain dead.

#6

In many ways, the IRL's Doomsday Clock has already hit
midnight. Long gone are the so called principles that
it intended to promote or propagate on the American
open wheel landscape.

Yes, the IRL logo or banner sits proudly atop what's left
of the 500 and the Series, but all that
is considerably smaller in every way than 1995 when
CART ran the series, and Indy was an open competition
of chassis and engines.

If I were setting up a new clock, it would be marking
time until this pathetic shadow of what once was implodes,
or is killed off. So much damage has been done, I'm
not sure what "new" leadership can do, but we've all
seen what the IRL's vision has brought.

Meanwhile, whatever clock is ticking, the handful
of IRL faithful can beat the drums for all that you've
accomplished since 1995.

--Sterling

On Aug 9, 5:58*pm, ZENit <cygnu... (AT) earthling (DOT) net> wrote:

Quote:

In the spirit of RASI and and our dearly departed TJMC...who went to
live where there is no internet service. There should be a new clock.

Lets see, George kicked to the curb by the sisters, .14 ratings on an
obscure cable channel, mostly road races won by foreigners.
Empty stands.

Sounds like 2 to 3 years max. So in the grand scheme of the history of
the sport, *it`s probably *about an hour until midnight.

#7

sterling wrote:

Quote:

In many ways, the IRL's Doomsday Clock has already hit
midnight. Long gone are the so called principles that
it intended to promote or propagate on the American
open wheel landscape.

Yes, the IRL logo or banner sits proudly atop what's left
of the 500 and the Series, but all that
is considerably smaller in every way than 1995 when
CART ran the series, and Indy was an open competition
of chassis and engines.

If I were setting up a new clock, it would be marking
time until this pathetic shadow of what once was implodes,
or is killed off. So much damage has been done, I'm
not sure what "new" leadership can do, but we've all
seen what the IRL's vision has brought.

Meanwhile, whatever clock is ticking, the handful
of IRL faithful can beat the drums for all that you've
accomplished since 1995.

--Sterling

Thank God For Tony George ...

--

#8

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:41:39 +0000, C Story <cstory (AT) nospam (DOT) magma.ca> wrote:

Quote:

sterling wrote:

In many ways, the IRL's Doomsday Clock has already hit
midnight. Long gone are the so called principles that
it intended to promote or propagate on the American
open wheel landscape.

Yes, the IRL logo or banner sits proudly atop what's left
of the 500 and the Series, but all that
is considerably smaller in every way than 1995 when
CART ran the series, and Indy was an open competition
of chassis and engines.

If I were setting up a new clock, it would be marking
time until this pathetic shadow of what once was implodes,
or is killed off. So much damage has been done, I'm
not sure what "new" leadership can do, but we've all
seen what the IRL's vision has brought.

Meanwhile, whatever clock is ticking, the handful
of IRL faithful can beat the drums for all that you've
accomplished since 1995.

--Sterling

Thank God For Tony George ...

Share the vision.

#9

"Robert Lorenzini" <bob (AT) newportharbornet (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:41:39 +0000, C Story <cstory (AT) nospam (DOT) magma.ca
wrote:
sterling wrote:

In many ways, the IRL's Doomsday Clock has already hit
midnight. Long gone are the so called principles that
it intended to promote or propagate on the American
open wheel landscape.

Yes, the IRL logo or banner sits proudly atop what's left
of the 500 and the Series, but all that
is considerably smaller in every way than 1995 when
CART ran the series, and Indy was an open competition
of chassis and engines.

If I were setting up a new clock, it would be marking
time until this pathetic shadow of what once was implodes,
or is killed off. So much damage has been done, I'm
not sure what "new" leadership can do, but we've all
seen what the IRL's vision has brought.

Meanwhile, whatever clock is ticking, the handful
of IRL faithful can beat the drums for all that you've
accomplished since 1995.

--Sterling

Thank God For Tony George ...

Share the vision.

I am Mindy

#10

On Aug 11, 3:11*pm, "Von Fourche" <khonak... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

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"ZENit" <cygnu... (AT) earthling (DOT) net> wrote in message

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In the spirit of RASI and and our dearly departed TJMC...who went to
live where there is no internet service. There should be a new clock.

mostly road races won by foreigners.

* *And ovals too. *I like international competition. *But what's the point
of watching anymore? *Same cars, engines, evertyhhing else. *Ok, mostof the
tracks are in the U.S., but it's all about forengn drivers with no Americans
competing. *IndyCar reminds me of the U.S. in geneal - it's not going down
hill, it is down hill and brain dead.

I think that Tony George guy should start up his own racing series. A
North American based, oval oriented racing series. The playing field
should be leveled and feature young, up and coming American short-
track drivers.....oh, wait a second...