DIIIINNNNNGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DaveL]

That's the sound of CART answering the bell this weekend.

And to think of so many people who thought it couldn't be done. Yeah, I know CART is spending its own money to make it happen, but the bottom line is that they made it happen in the face of overwhelming adversity along with a Fifth Column that was trying to destroy it from within.

I don't care how they did it. They did it. That's all that matters.

[Railbird]

While Pook may not walk on water, he damn sure got the boat to float.

Drop the Flag!

[Don Quixote]

"DIIIINNNNNGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

That's what I'm talking about. :cool:

[rabbit]

Almost makes you want to stand up and shout "Boogity, boogity, boogity!", but not quite. :cool:
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Here's a little poetry to commemorate the occasion...

"Tony George" (with apologies to Percy Bysshe Shelley)

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the midwest. . . Near them, on the bricks,
Half sunk, a shattererd visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Tony George, king of kings:
Look on my track, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

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Let's go racin':cool:

[GOFAST1]

Can't wait!!!!!!!!

[devilmaster]

Originally posted by rabbit
Almost makes you want to stand up and shout "Boogity, boogity, boogity!", but not quite. :cool:

Almost. ;) But it does make me want to stand up and shout to all those doom and gloomers and trolls and tony george -

"Hey all you people. CART is around. We're going racing. And there is nothing you can do about it, you &#$!*($^&%#@!!$^&()^##+_$#$%^#%^^&^%#@!#@$^*(^$@@!?$%&^?$"$^^%###%%^&^$$=#!$^*%$|$%^^$%@@!##$%@#$%^^#!~#$%&(@#$%&&**(&*+|$@:@#$%!#$@#$%#$%^&$%&."

Whew. Glad I got that off my chest. ;)

Steve

EDIT: Sorry bout that folks, but when I re-read my post, I realized that I put an exclamation mark where I needed a dollar sign. It made my comment totally unreadable and undistinguishable. Its been corrected.

[lone_groover]

Gonna fly now
flying high now... :)

[sundaydriver]

To infinity... and beyond!!!

:D

[DaveL]

Time for a CART haiku:

The Phoenix rises
CART, turbos, Lolas, Reynards
A new beginning

[CART2Day]

Not so much boogity, but maybe a few http://forum.e46fanatics.com/images/smilies/flipoff.gif http://forum.e46fanatics.com/images/smilies/flipoff.gif to TG and the IRL team deserters (you know who they are)??? :D

[Napoleon]

here is 4

Wiley veterans
And new guys in their Champcars
Now drop the green flag



Vasser in the sand
Tracy punts a backmarker
Welcome back old friends


Wine and cheese in St. Pete
Brats and eggers at Elkart
Now pass me a beer


Lemmings in a funk
Fred Nation spews bovine dung
C^RT continues on

[Don Quixote]

Champ cars scream sweetly
Quest for more speed at St. Pete
The sea breeze whispers

[nz_climber]

yay - the day is almost here again

lets go racing and show every1 that doubted C^RT wat we are made of!!

[Kiwifan]

Amen to that. I was one of those lost souls who always believed (blindly :) ) in CART so for me it's just another season. :) :) But...........way to go Pookie!

Rusty.

[RTKar]

Haiku, You guys are killing me :rofl: ........only from CART fan's and to think we don't have Honda and Toyota or a race in Japan.......Hey! is anyone here a member at TF to ask if anyone their knows what haiku is?

[DaveL]

Darkness before the dawn
Two years of bad news each day
But still there is CART

[Lizzerd]

I never, NEVER, didn't believe in my heart that CART wouldn't survive and thrive after '02. Was that a triple negative? Anyway...

You have no idea how many of my Kool-Aid drinking racing buddies laughed at me last season for being so loyal to my series. I kept saying "CART will be back bigger and stronger than you can imagine", even when it looked like the D&G was going to win. I never believed that CART wouldn't thrive this year and beyond, and I never lost faith.

Cheers to Chris Pook and to all his minions who helped bring the soon to be great '03 CART season to all of us.

[Don Quixote]

Lola on the grid
smooth as a Tecate girl
yes, I love this sport

[RacinM3]

Gentlemen, start your engines!!

[JT265]

Dario Franchitti
Wails into the coming dawn
Ending a career

[JT265]

Michael Andretti
Says I believe CART is dead
I just have a yen

[JT265]

Tony Kanaan is
Crying in his Saki drink
I can't buy a thrill