Re: Newman-Haas to move to IRL?

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 20:02:47 -0500, Bill  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>What other choice do they have?  I've been a CART fan for TwentyFive
>years, but you gotta have blinders on to think they're gonna pull out
>of this one.  Business is business, if the sponsor says go IRL or we
>pull out, you go.  Period.
>
>They have to think about the employees and their families.. The teams
>are businesses, and with CART in the state it's in, don't expect many
>of the current sponsors to throw a bunch of money into it.  They want
>return.
>
>If Gigante said they want to go Top Fuel Racing, Rahal is going to put
>a budget together and pitch it.  Send Jourdain to Top Fuel school,
>let's go racing.
>
>It's NOT ABOUT THE SPORT!!!
>It's about money.  (Always has been, just now it don't pay)
>
>Stick a fork in her, she's done.
>
>Bill.


Couldn't agree with you more, Bill.

Well said, and hit the nail squarely on the head.

The nail was probably sitting right atop a CHUMPS noggin as you struck
it, too!  :-)


>Only a pity Tracy won't be able to put that big #1 on his car.
>
>>On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 04:18:36 GMT, Billy Chapel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>>Sounds farfetched, but a Japanese motorsports site has Toyota saying
>>they are about to announce Newman-Haas moving to the IRL with Toyota
>>engines and Bourdais and Junquiera as the drivers for full IRL season.
>>
>>Also says that Honda is expanding the number of IRL teams using Honda
>>engines and that Rahal will run two cars in the IRL series.
>>
>>Like I said, sounds farfetched, but who knows these days?
>>