RaceChic
05-24-04, 04:40 PM
http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/indycar/11207/
It use to be the most sadistic, euphoric and dramatic day in May but now it's simply the saddest.
Instead of drivers hanging their butt out in a last-ditch effort to make the Indianapolis 500, Bump Day has become a flat-out farce and Sunday it turned into a pathetic side show.
For the second straight year nobody was bumped because, again, there were barely enough teams to field the traditional 33 cars.
:D :D
Then it turned into something that Humpy Wheeler or Barnum & Bailey would have been proud of but it definitely belonged in a tent -- not at 16th & Georgetown.
With the media playing right into their hands, Foyt put Stewart's name on the car and they worked on a seat and the IMS announcers worked themselves into a fever pitch that Tony was making his way out to the pit area along with the car.
Brian Barnhart, IRL vice president of competition, declared that Stewart wouldn't be allowed to drive until the official paperwork had been completed, then admitted it would only take seconds.
Stewart's agent, Cary Agajanian, then came on ESPN and talked about potential contractual problems.
The 2002 NASCAR champion finally held an impromptu press conference in the pits and said knew he could run in the Top 10 for A.J. next Sunday yet reluctantly had to call it off because of conflicts.
"We had you guys fooled because it wasn't a real serious deal when I got here," said Stewart.
No Tony, you didn't fool some of us because it was some of the worst acting since the movie Driven.
Bwaaaa haaaa haaaaa :rofl:
It use to be the most sadistic, euphoric and dramatic day in May but now it's simply the saddest.
Instead of drivers hanging their butt out in a last-ditch effort to make the Indianapolis 500, Bump Day has become a flat-out farce and Sunday it turned into a pathetic side show.
For the second straight year nobody was bumped because, again, there were barely enough teams to field the traditional 33 cars.
:D :D
Then it turned into something that Humpy Wheeler or Barnum & Bailey would have been proud of but it definitely belonged in a tent -- not at 16th & Georgetown.
With the media playing right into their hands, Foyt put Stewart's name on the car and they worked on a seat and the IMS announcers worked themselves into a fever pitch that Tony was making his way out to the pit area along with the car.
Brian Barnhart, IRL vice president of competition, declared that Stewart wouldn't be allowed to drive until the official paperwork had been completed, then admitted it would only take seconds.
Stewart's agent, Cary Agajanian, then came on ESPN and talked about potential contractual problems.
The 2002 NASCAR champion finally held an impromptu press conference in the pits and said knew he could run in the Top 10 for A.J. next Sunday yet reluctantly had to call it off because of conflicts.
"We had you guys fooled because it wasn't a real serious deal when I got here," said Stewart.
No Tony, you didn't fool some of us because it was some of the worst acting since the movie Driven.
Bwaaaa haaaa haaaaa :rofl: