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Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing's 2012 "Winter's
Greetings" DW12 Showcar. (The Tomaso Collection)
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In honour of the STUPENDOUS seven months Off-season, as OH MY FREAKIN' GAWD! Is
IndyCar really going racing this coming weekend? I thought it only appropriate
to dust off the winter dreams SFHR Showcar photo...
Whilst I was still clinging to hopes that my
Numero Uno IndyCar driver Justin B-I-G' UNIT Wilson would be retained for a
Full Season Gig this year all the way up to
"Spring Training;" Ahem, C'mon Honda, give Mikey A' a call and
insert the likeable Brit into a winning ride!
Alas, it appears to A-L-L be in vain, with the
IndyCar grid being complete for the first four races minimum - with NO Wilson;
SHEISA!
As it's not a new phenomenon but, as NBC
Sport's Tony DiZinno wisely points out, the series itself is as much to blame
as the teams for the influx of hiring "Pay Drivers" and the dwindling
number of seats available overall...
As it seems there's a steady migration to
Bowtie power, with two thirds of IndyCar's "Big-3," i.e.; Penske,
Ganassi and Andretti being Chevrolet powered, not to mention the defection of
Sarah Fisher Hartman to Chebbie's' camp, and Hondre' suddenly seems outgunned on the potential
winning driver front, as the Japanese Auto Giant only has two Bonafied
"bullets" in its gun, with Andretti Autosport and Schmidt Peterson
Motorsport.
(SPM) Yet both Andretti and Schmidt have
gaping holes in their respective '15 ICS programs. With Andretti's fourth car
still available, (until Simona de Silvestro was announced as its
pilot for St Pete( with talks of a potential revolving
door driver roulette a la Dale Coyne fifth seat possibility? (Which
appears to be "Off-the-Table" for the time being...)
Meanwhile, SPM sought cold, hard Dinero over
the talents of deserving IndyCar rookie Conor Daly as new team leader James
Hinchcliffe, with the addition of James Jakes to its second entry. Although
Jakes cheque does keep the team flush with two entries and he's not a horrible
driver overall...
Thus, hopefully cooler 'N wiser heads will
prevail, and B-I-G' Brother Justin (Wilson) will retain his rightful place in
IndyCar for the entire season; OOPS! AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN, FUCK!
Hmm? Why not a reunion of sorts at 'Meesh's
favourite team owner "Booby Ruble's" squad. As Wilson showed
"Grahamcracker" (Graham Rahal) the way as team leader at the fabled
Newman Haas Racing team in '08, along with working so well with veteran
engineer Mitch Davis, as Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing could definitely use
the services of Justin this season; Just Sayin!
Although
apparently Wilson's been relegated to Indy Only status this year? With Curt
Cavin indicating the earliest we'll potentially see Justin back in Indy Cars is
May, which I for one think is a Gynormus mistake!
As with NO disrespect to the likes of Oriel
"Suitcase" Servia, Ryan "Disco Fever" Briscoe, "Captain
America," (J.R. Hildebrand) etc, As yeah, know I'm harpin' on 'bout the
O-L-D Generation here, as I'm NOT adverse to the Up & Comers, it's just
that I wish for quality drivers to get
the "Plum Drives!" Which sadly, it appears Justin Wilson's once again
lost out upon...
Whilst the renown 'Curty Cavin ponders how the AFX
Aurora Body-by-Mennen Aerokits will potentially upset thee IndyCar Apple-cart
in;
(Photo Courtesy of No Fenders ‘Offical Photographer
‘CARPETS)