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cart7
10-14-03, 03:39 PM
Robin Miller article on Texas (http://espn.go.com/rpm/irl/2003/1013/1637489.html)
Wheel-Nut
10-14-03, 03:44 PM
"Rollerball on four wheels"!!

The lemmings are going to love this one!
rabbit
10-14-03, 03:47 PM
Of course the PR spin is that all the drivers think the IRL is the greatest series in motorsports history. Under oath, the majority of them would admit they hate tempting fate 16 times a year in the asphalt jungle. These guys know the risks of open wheel and are as brave as almost any generation of racers, they just don't fancy being sacrificed for the good of the show.

That's why the only person happier than Gil de Ferran last Sunday night was Angela de Ferran. He'll never have to drive in the Kamikaze Circuit again and his wife will never again have to run to the emergency room.

Like Anita Brack, who is seven months pregnant and so very thankful she isn't a widow today.Bravo Robin! :thumbup:
pchall
10-14-03, 03:52 PM
Whoa!

They're posting two-wide in Other Racing!
JT265
10-14-03, 03:58 PM
Still there, Still there, Still there, Still there, Still there,

:gomer: :D
rabbit
10-14-03, 04:03 PM
They're side-by-side! :eek:
Racewriter
10-14-03, 04:03 PM
Quite an article. I may disagree a tad with Robin's 'one series, road courses/street courses' fix, but the facts (76 injuries in 87 races) are astounding.

This one's over on TrackWagon now. The response is predictable.

And Defender hasn't weighed in yet.:eek:
Cam
10-14-03, 04:04 PM
"The Truth" will be VERY interesting tonight! :eek: :D
Chief
10-14-03, 04:06 PM
Will Windbag follow suit? He doesn't have the guts.
devilmaster
10-14-03, 04:08 PM
Originally posted by Chief
Will Windbag follow suit? He doesn't have the guts.

not only guts, but some question the intelligence...

Steve
Treeface
10-14-03, 04:21 PM
"Because his engine and several other pieces were launched into the empty grandstands on the backstretch after the fence caved in."

That's not good. :(
Warlock!
10-14-03, 04:31 PM
Actually, his engine (I think it's his engine) bounced back towards the inside retaining wall. Don't know about the rest of the debris, tho...

Warlock!
rabbit
10-14-03, 04:34 PM
I've heard several different places that his gearbox was found in the stands.
Jonezzy_33
10-14-03, 05:49 PM
Go Robin!!! :thumbup:
RaceChic
10-14-03, 06:58 PM
As if IRL didn't have poor attendance before, I wonder what it will do when people find out that they could have been killed by gearboxes and an engine no less. :eek: