You have seen a dirt race at night and a paved track in the daytime--both were special in who won and where they were. Now tell me which you enjoyed the most, take away who won each race and go on just the two races.
Which one was the best and which one would you drive to just watch on any given nite or day.
That is an easy question to answer for most of us, I suspect. However, I was very happy for Ryan Newman to win the boring, follow the leader race I'd just as soon see NASCAR drop.
Here's what they need to give every fan attending a stock car race at The Brickyard:
If they're still running stock cars at Indy when their Crown Royal sponsorship ends, maybe the NoDoz makers would be interested.
After the dirt race any of the longer tracks over half mile will be BORING
I left the TV 3 times and didn't miss a thing. very boring parade.........Was curious tho even if I am a Jr. fan , When he needed a caution he got one and got right back in it.. Shades of WWE.....Glad Newman won tho...Seems like a very smart and nice guy.
This weekend is a joke and has been for many years. What was a bit humorous before is now an outright gut-buster with the addition of the Nationwide and GrandAm races. All the drivers, owners and media go on and on about the grand traditions of Indy. But only ONE of those traditions belongs to them - the kissing of the bricks. I always hear the names Foyt, Andretti, Unser, Mears, etc. mentioned. I don't hear Earnhardt, Jarrett, Rudd, Elliott, etc. I hear the names of Gordon and Johnson mentioned in the same breath as Super Tex, Rick and Al - yet I roll my eyes knowing four 400 wins aren't close to being comparable to four 500 wins. I'm a NASCAR lifer, yet I have all the respect in the world for the Indy 500!
This farce of an event doesn't merit being on the schedule. In my brutally harsh opinion, the drivers and owners like it for 3 reasons: (1) Indy's CHAMP CAR traditions (2) it pays very well and (3) their sponsors don't know the difference. Tony Stewart chastised the media (and in turn us as fans/viewers) because we supposedly don't know the difference between Racing and Passing. Easy for him to say - he is getting PAID to be there. Fans have to PAY for a ticket or PAY a cable/dish fee to watch it. And my dollars and time go elsewhere.
NASCAR has proved its point. It went to Indy when conventional wisdom said it couldn't. And its had a solid 20 year run - although only the first 4 or 5 were the ones anyone cared about. As Tim Leeming's Racing Minutes have shown, NASCAR can pick up its circus tent and move to another location after only a handful of races - maybe even only one. Its time for this Brickyard Boredom to move on down the road to a venue more suitable for its type of racing.
I watched the first 10-15 laps on TV. Then I moved to the computer as the TV played in the background for the next 30-40 laps. Then I had lunch downstairs as the TV continued upstairs. I returned after all that to see the 48 still leading with the rest of the field in line like an elementary school fire drill. Finally just past half way, I took my teen daughter for a driving lesson and surprise ice cream visit. Best use of the afternoon without question.
A good toast to Ryan winning the race, you are toasting him with the Ice cream arent ya?
I enjoyed The Speedway and Eldora.... Anyone ever notice that There are No Statues erected for CRITICS ??? LOL
Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Anyone who thinks the best interest of the race fan was served by moving the Nationwide Series from IRP (Lucas Oil) to the IMS is on a totally different planet than the one on which I reside. Again, we traded stupendous racing with boring, follow the leader stuff with that one. Perhaps NASCAR just didn't like the NHRA connection?
Reading now that IMS is considering adding lights to help spice up fan interest in the 400. Umm, yeah. Sure. Haha
If they do add lights, I guess the new NBC deal will get the Peacock network a prime time pig in a poke.
Wally, I checked on-line to see if I could find a statue of my all-time favorite critic, the late H.L. Mencken of Baltimore.
Alas, all I could find was a an 18'' "half-sized" bust for sale on one of those "mint" sites. However, they are all sold out!
" H L MENCKEN " (18" BUST OF THE LEGENDARY CURMUDGEON) ... EDITION SOLD OUT
Haha. Nice work.
Also, may I suggest when it comes to sports that "statues" for critics are sometimes known as empty seats? Not a universal truth granted but in this case... ?
Regarding statues and critics... my 2nd most favorite critic, the late Andy Rooney, had a word or two to say about public art!
well put Mr. Fulton......lol
the tomb you so had to research ,etc. visited by 6,7, people a year ?? LOL ....... BTW/ Andy Rooney was a Reporter,,,
as they say so eloquently, reporting is in the ear of the beholder, think I'll go with critic.....lol
Yes, Andy Rooney was an outstanding reporter, highly respected by the troops in the European Theater where he flew on bombing missions out of England with B-17 crews while on assignment for Stars & Stripes newspaper during WWII. But, Andy's greatest acclaim came from his syndicated newspaper column where he lampooned virtually any topic (as a critic). Those columns were collected and printed in several texts which I read again every now and then. Many are familiar with Andy only in his later days on CBS' 60 Minutes. Reporter - yes, but much better known as a critic and a much loved one at that.
