A few thought bubbles have been floatin'
round thy hallowed halls 'O NoFendersville lately, mostly in regards to the speculation
over perhaps hosting an IndyCar race at the beginning of May at Mother Speedway
going Clockwise.. As in a Road Race upon Indianapolis Motor Speedway's much
lamented "Mickey Mouse" infield circuit that I believe goes down
Hulman Road? Or is it Boulevard? (Actually its
Hulman Boulevard, having just caught the FS1 Boyz talking 'bout I-T during the
MOTO GP broadcast...) As we won't get
into a lather over the track's road
course circuit, as isn't it funny how nobody ever berates DayToner's
infield circuit, right?
Now I understand the necessity of hosting
more than one event per year at thee Brickyard, I mean heavens me, how will
they ever pay back that "Gubberment" loan? Y'all know the one that
came ironically after the much delayed lawsuit over the hallowed facilities
LACK of Accessibility for the Disabled...
IMS Hand in Glove - Or ringing the bellfor Subsidy?
Thus comes word
from J. Douglas Bolles that at least one IndyCar will test at the Speedway most
likely in September, with a possibility of two cars running the road course as
a feasibility study for a potential future (2014) event at Indianapolis Motor
Speedway.
And I won't get all warbled up over how the
thought of an IndyCar road race is blasphemous, but really IMS? A FREAKIN' road
race as the kickoff to the Month of May; Err 12-days of May; WTF? I mean why
not just slit your wrists completely and run it the night before the 500
instead...
As I really DON'T think there's any necessary
need to host an IndyCar race upon the Brickyard's road circuit anywhere near
the Month of May, after all isn't that when we're supposed to be "Back
Home in Indiana" at some 'lil 'Ol 500-miler Oval race? But hey, how 'bout
running it on Labour Day weekend instead since Baltimore's date is free next year. Oh, that's right we wouldn't
want to compete with the NHRA Nitro Nats at Lucas Oil Raceway, right?
And I know this would NEVER happen, but how 'bout
running a double header with the MOTO GP? As I'd buy a ticket to that...
So I get the need to make MORE money, which
I'm certainly NOT doing, but at what expense? I mean how am I supposed to
justify flying cross country twice to Indianapolis? Which leads me to my next
comment, which originally had me growlin' at Kevin Lee during a recent Trackside
show once again, when stating that IndyCar needed to pay respect to Eddie
Gossage and show him some 'LUV in regards to Texas Motor Speedway's loyalty to
the series for 25yrs; URGH! In regards to Eddie's nose potentially being outta
joint over Indy Cars racing at his next door neighbor's Circuit Of The
America's (COTA) track... Which I would pick ANY day over watching Indy Cars
running round the Speedway's road course!
Now I'm NOT comparing the two venues as comparable,
(Texas v Portland) but Uhm Kevin, what say 'Ye over Portland's loyalty to
hosting its CART/Champ Car event and paying the sanctioning fee for twenty-five
years before getting the knife...
Thus it seems to me that IndyCar is just
being lazy and taking the easy way out by holding another race at IMS in order
to pump up its coffers instead of working with a promoter to bring the sport to
a locale that currently doesn't host an IndyCar event, especially since I get
overly tired about hearing the wankering over Market Saturation! As there are so
many good venues with loyal fans across the nation that the series isn't
willing to interact with... Can Y'all say Portland, Vancouver BC, Laguna Seca,
Phoenix, Road America, Watkins Glen, Edmonton, etc; Oh Never Mind!
And Look Ma; Err Mark Miles, I won't even lament Portland's lack of an
IndyCar race, Honest!
But seriously, if this goes ahead as it seems like it will, then I do NOT want to
hear one more FREAKIN' word 'bout dwindling attendance at the Speedway, too
many tracks in the Midwest or whatever BULLSHIT Y'all will rustle up instead as
the reason NOBODY watches IndyCar...