HAy you CArt strret race loosers

[BigIrlFan]

YOu died again 7 years ago. THanks TOney.
WHere woud we be without him?
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?id=3259364

[pfc_m_drake]

BIF!
Welcome back!
:D

[chop456]

After 12 years of bitter rivalry that confused fans, promoted apathy and nearly buried the sport, Champ Car agreed to cease operations, giving the surviving IRL the opportunity to rebuild open-wheel's lost prestige.

An opportunity that's been thoroughly squandered, shot in the back of the head, hanged, buried, then dug back up and shot again. :tony:

[Napoleon]

. . . shot in the back of the head, hanged, buried, then dug back up and shot again. :tony:

When you put it that way you make it sound like the Rasputin Racing League.

[Mary]

An opportunity that's been thoroughly squandered, shot in the back of the head, hanged, buried, then dug back up and shot again. :tony:


Do you mean they're zombies?

Mary

[cameraman]

Sure looks like a zombie to me.

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--WkPEgZQd--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/uj5wjgwvjv9lrzqtpcoq.jpg

[opinionated ow]

Sure looks like a zombie to me.

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--WkPEgZQd--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/uj5wjgwvjv9lrzqtpcoq.jpg

That looks like someone has tried to make a racing car out of the foil they wrap Cadbury chocolate in...

[manic mechanic]

Sure looks like a zombie to me.

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--WkPEgZQd--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/uj5wjgwvjv9lrzqtpcoq.jpg


They always warned me about the flashbacks... Didn't believe them until now...:laugh:

[Chief]

Cockeyed optimists such as ESPN's John Oreovicz came out with 'Dream' schedules 7 years ago today, too. How did that work out? :confused:

• Round 1: Feb. 20-22, St. Petersburg
• Round 2: March 7-8, Phoenix International Raceway
• Round 3: March 13-15, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City
• Round 4: March 27-28, Las Vegas Motor Speedway
• Round 5: April 3-5, Long Beach
• Round 6: April 17-18, Twin Ring Motegi, Japan
• Round 7: April 25-26, Kansas Speedway
• Round 8: May 2-3, Kentucky Speedway
• May 8-10, 13-15, Indy practice days
• May 16-17, Indianapolis 500 qualifying
• May 22 -- Carb Day
• Round 9: May 24 -- 91st Indianapolis 500
• Round 10: May 29-30, Texas Motor Speedway
• Round 11: June 6-7, The Milwaukee Mile
• Round 12: June 19-21, Portland International Raceway
• Round 13: June 26-28, Edmonton airport circuit
• Round 14: July 3-5, Cleveland airport circuit
• Round 15: July 17-18, Richmond International Raceway
• Round 16: July 24-26, Toronto
• Round 17: Aug. 7-9, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
• Round 18: Aug. 14-16, Road America
• Round 19: Sept. 5-7, Detroit Belle Isle
• Round 20: Sept. 11-12, Chicagoland Speedway

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/columns/story?seriesId=1&columnist=oreovicz_john&id=3257898

[Elmo T]

...And it suggests that if markets that make the cut in the first couple of years of American open-wheel racing's brave new world don't perform, there will be a ready list of candidates to replace them...

http://i58.tinypic.com/rv8xe1.jpg

[Mary]

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

I saw that article was "updated" 2/22/08. IIRC, that was before the economy collapsed. I guess if we hadn't had The Great Recession then all that dreamin' would have come true. :rolleyes:

BTW, this is written without the aid of mood-altering substances.

Mary