Comments on: Rahal-Letterman: Gone For Good? http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/ Speed is Life Wed, 22 May 2013 16:21:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brian http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-708 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:00:04 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-708 interesting…

]]> By: Brian http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-707 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:59:28 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-707 done in IndyCar, the focus of this weblog

]]> By: Dale Nixon http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-687 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:07:16 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-687 Bobby Rahal never put the “team” above his personal gain/revenue derived from it and this was the major reason he went from 3 cars to 1…in his wake Rahal left a number of disgruntled sponsors (Patron, Ethanol, Argent, Pioneer) and burned through more than a few drivers and hurt their careers in the process (Meira, Rice, Simmons, Hunter-Reay’s results pre Watkins Glen). The inability of Rahal to pony up and switch to a Dallara when it was apparent the Italian car had a significant performance advantage is just one example of how this affected the team’s results and probably impacted the ability to retain Danica, as well. Questionable strategic calls on track also showed the team’s leadership was lacking (watch the 2007 Indy 500 and see how Jeff Simmons was running in the Top-5 much of the race, only to be victimized by an ill-timed final pit stop with the rain rolling in)

]]> By: Vic http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-564 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:42:11 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-564 Hi George,

I know this question is not related to your nice piece on Rahal, but I know you are the best blogger out there for responding to your readers, and I have a question for you:

With TG out of the Indy power structure, what do you think will happen the next few years? I am really worried. It seems to me, with sponsors likely continuing to fall by the wayside, and no clear-cut leadership in sight, is the IRL a goner? What will that mean for the 500? Please tell me no tin-tops for the 500!

No, I’m not a total doom-and-gloom guy. That would make me an old Champ Car fan! Just kidding. No offense to those folks. But I”m not one of them. I’ve posted on your sight before, as you know, about my passion for the IndyCar product, but I’m really worried about the near future.

Your thoughts?

Thanks,

Vic Lovisa,
South Bend, IN

]]> By: AZZO45 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-562 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:28:49 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-562 How will Rahal -Letterman Racing “be DONE” when they field the factory BMW’s in ALMS GT2??? Have not read that program has been pulled away from Bobby Rahal & Co.

]]> By: PC http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-561 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:20:27 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-561 Is he still running the BMW M3 ALMS program? Both his buildings in Hilliard have had big “available for lease” signs on them for a while, but there has been a lot more cars in the parking lot the last week or two. If he is still involved in the BMW deal, where is it run out of? You can’t blame him for no longer being interested in ownership now that he has his son to follow.

]]> By: redd carr http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-559 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:29:09 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-559 Always thought it was strange that Rahal–every racing connection–and Letterman–media king–couldn’t come up with one sponsor.

]]> By: Brian http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-556 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:50:53 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/rahal-letterman-gone-for-good/#comment-556 I pity all the RLR employees who’re unemployed or underemployed because Rahal and Letterman couldn’t/wouldn’t … run their business! -exasperating- I was a big Rahal fan in the 80s and 90s. I said “was.” Rahal should’ve stuck to racing (driving). Could’ve raced for Ganassi or Penske or the Greens…

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