Comments on: From Apathy To Indifference

By: Bobby Brown

Bobby Brown — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:13:48 +0000

I think hardcore fans, as well as team owners, will be more opinionated when the rules are laid out. Just as you wrote in the article, there are still many more questions than answers. It is hard to formulate a sound opinion without all the facts.

By: Dex

Dex — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:20:32 +0000

Nobody in the business of building racing cars believes this has any legs at all. That includes more than one major IndyCar team owner.

There is also news on the way regarding some of the so-called ‘targets’ that were named by Tony Purnell in the ICONIC announcment.

By: The Speedgeek

The Speedgeek — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:27:52 +0000

I wouldn’t say “nobody”, Dex…

http://sidepodcast.com/2010/07/20/an-aside-with-joe-stop-whining-and-deliver-the-goods

Widespread approval? No, but there are people out there who see some potential here.

By: Dex

Dex — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:23:50 +0000

If you haven’t listened to our interview with the ICONIC committee, you can do so at http://www.radiolemans.com so right here:

http://audio.mpix.org.uk/mwm2010/mwm5-32_indy.mp3

I have subsequently learned more details which make me even more dismayed by the responses we got and the entire ICONIC process in general.

The reaction, from the Motorsport business, to the show has been very supportive and hugely critical of the ICONIC decision. Nobody seems to believe it has any potential at all.

By: walt

walt — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:11:58 +0000

i’m hearing a license fee to make the areo package @ $200,000. paid to the IRL,before approval

By: marcostraz

marcostraz — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:52:13 +0000

Like Travis said before in his comment, I don’t understand why a lot of people is negative about this decision…I think there are some interesting possibile scenarios…one of this, I wrote here and I wrote in my blog, is the possibility that some F1/ALMS teams could be interested to build an own kit…this doesn’t mean that thay have necessarily to build a new kit, but maybe theay just can adapt one of their aero kit from Formula 1 or ALMS (or other series) to IndyCar…and I think this would reduce production costs…the same assumptions can be made for engine builders that can build an aero kit suitable to their engines…in short, there are many possible scenarios…we’ll see what happens…

By: dylanpt24

dylanpt24 — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:26:58 +0000

2-5 Million is the expected cost, from what I’ve heard.

By: Roy Hobbson

Roy Hobbson — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:57:42 +0000

I got halfway through the article and just thought, MEH. Whatever. Then I went & put a Lean Cuisine in the oven.

Just kidding, George. Wonderfully written post, that. And JP is exactly right: the comments point away from Apathyville. (AKA, Bowling Green, KY)

By: JP

JP — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:13:27 +0000

George,

As I read the comments here, I see neither apathy nor indifference. I see all the angst and anticipation that results when a movie blockbuster ends ambiguously leaving the main story line unresolved so as to be adressed in a sequel. Which could very well be a good thing. If one or even two cars had been definitively selected then there is 18 months of dead conversation until the car(s) hits the track. Now we wait for another set of unveilings that are closer to 2012 and will be better timed to propell momentum forward..

By: The Speedgeek

The Speedgeek — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:13:20 +0000

Six months isn’t an insurmountable length of time. If Dallara can present any prospective aero kit manufacturer with chassis data by early 2011, then the aero kit manufacturer has nearly a full year to develop and then bake their product. I don’t think that’s out of the question.

As for Bruce Ashmore’s “it’ll take multiple millions of dollars” (which is the only place I’ve seen anybody speculate on development cost, so I assume that’s where you took that wording?), Bruce didn’t say what “multiple” means. Two? Six? Ten? If it’s $10 million, clearly you’d have to sell way too many to make the numbers work. If “multiple” means “2 or 3″, though, suddenly it doesn’t take a whole lot of underwriting by an outside sponsor or many sales of kits to make the numbers balance out. It’s 15 kits that you need to sell for every $1 million worth of development, and that’s if you don’t have any outside cash coming in (like, from a corporate sponsor). The jury really is still out here.