The return of IV

[KLang]

I don't watch the stuff but saw this over at gomerville and thought many here would get a kick out of it.


Dario Franchitti will not drive in Sunday’s final Indy-car race of the season at Chicagoland Speedway, having suffered a concussion last week during a vintage car accident in England.


Franchitti will be replaced on the Andretti Green Racing team by A.J. Foyt IV, who has not driven an open-wheel car since the end of last season when he left his grandfather’s team.
Foyt, 22, recently moved to North Carolina to explore options in NASCAR. He has driven in seven Busch Series races this season, the last being at Texas Motor Speedway in April. He drove in four last year.

Franchitti crashed his Jaguar E-type lightweight car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.


Link (http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060905/SPORTS01/60905018)

[Spicoli]

What's funny as hell, is my bro at AGR says the whole shop couldn;t stop making fun of him whilst at FoitCar. Seriously.

But then they used to make fun of EARL before they gots the YenWhore Mikey as a boss. :tony:

edit: DAMN! a Tony-Gomer smiley. w000t! :laugh:

[Wheel-Nut]

PC is gonna be happy!!

[spinner26]

Why not just pluck the princess a race early and put Rahal the younger in to replace her?

[nrc]

Maybe there's a plan in the works here. Can the rest of the team slow down enough to let "Foyt" win?

[FailureByDesign]

*Hits the bowl* :saywhat:

[Cam]

I'm guessing the real reason behind this is Mikey needs a few more tax deductions to write off.;)

[TKGAngel]

Not driving this weekend gives Franchitti a whole two weeks to get his head screwed on straight before he supposedly takes over for Shorty.

Ya think IV is going to be making notes for Grandpa as to how a real time is run?

[pchall]

PC is gonna be happy!!

Lots of Futile Wallbanging this weekend! Put IV in a fast car and Dallara has to be thinking KA-CHING!!! ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥!

I do suspect that AJ4 got selected because he was the cheapest guy available. Mikey never saw a ¥en from Honda that he didn't want to keep in his own pocket.

[Al Czervik]

What did Mikey say after a 4 day drunk?

"I hired WHO?"

- or -

" You idiot! I said Fire Hoyt!"

[Spicoli]

Side note of interest, over on dolanWagon, Super D thinks Eye-vee will finish top 5. :rofl:

[Ed_Severson]

Never thought I'd live to see the day a Foyt drove for an Andretti. :laugh:

[FanofMario]

How pathetic is the driver's pool in the EARL? I thought we were being gomered with this announcement. Just amazing....:tony:

[Accipiter]

Foyt IV! Now why didn't RuSport think of that? :gomer:

[Jervis Tetch 1]

Never thought I'd live to see the day a Foyt drove for an Andretti. :laugh:And you still haven't yet. Who's to say Quatro will actually be driving? I say holding on and closing his eyes. :gomer: :thumdown:

Malpaso by Andretti-Green :yuck:

[Fio1]

:saywhat: http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=231852 :eek: This will bring a new twist to pchall's weekly futility watch..... :rofl:

[trauma1]

who's starting the pool on which lap eye vee hits the wall:rofl: i got lap 10

[KLang]

who's starting the pool on which lap eye vee hits the wall:rofl: i got lap 10

What about practice or qualifying? :laugh:

[rabbit]

QuatroMania!!!! :gomer:

[Spicoli]

I'll go with lap 14. Just to, ya know, keep the traditions of Foits.:tony:

[IlliniRacer]

I'll go with lap 14. Just to, ya know, keep the traditions of Foits.:tony:

Scientifically its known as Foitis Interruptus

[Eagle104]

:laugh:

[dando]

Viva Foytility! :tony: :saywhat:

-Kevin

[mueber]

Never thought I'd live to see the day a Foyt drove for an Andretti. :laugh:

It was once the other way around: If memory serves, one year Jeff Andretti drove a car entered by A.J. Foyt at the Gomerville Invitational. I believe a hub failure and the resulting injuries ended Jeff's career--not that he had much of a career going.

[Spicoli]

Insider report: Dashley's out 7 mill next year.


yep, 7. before I heard 5.

...and it WASN'T Robin Miller at lunch. :irked:

[Ziggy]

Dario does not get paid that much money. Not even half that. Those guys at Andreki Racing have you pegged. Telephone, Telegraph, Telespicoli:tony:

[Spicoli]

Dario does not get paid that much money. Not even half that. Those guys at Andreki Racing have you pegged. Telephone, Telegraph, Telespicoli:tony:


Prove me wrong Defender.

[rabbit]

Prove me wrong Defender.

Prove yourself right. :p

[Spicoli]

Prove yourself right. :p


Meet me Frisday at 5 and you can ask the man yourself. :cool:

[Insomniac]

Insider report: Dashley's out 7 mill next year.


yep, 7. before I heard 5.

...and it WASN'T Robin Miller at lunch. :irked:

And Honda was going to stop the Yen...