Comments on: Should IndyCar Say No To Pocono? http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/ Speed is Life Thu, 23 May 2013 03:18:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rick http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4821 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:23:33 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4821 As a race fan, I love the idea of Indycar coming back to Pocono. As everyone else has mentioned, safety has to be improved. Note that the same Armco Sadler hit also sawed Davey Allison’s car apart in 1992. As an armchair businessman, I’m not sure it would work-but I’m not familiar with the geography of the area, either.

I have fond memories of Michigan, so I’d like to see that again, but I really have to put my vote behind Milwaukee. And Road America. I might even cough up Road America’s exorbitant ticket prices if Indycar came back. I really enjoyed Milwaukee in ’09 and the stands looked full-even if half of those there were Marlboro or military folk. The fact that they are equidistant from my house is pure coincidence…

]]> By: Steve K http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4810 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:47:30 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4810 I just want more races. 25? 30? If were taking fantasy, I’d like a race every weekend from late feb and crown a champ on labor day. Miss little or no football and I can ignore baseball. The more variety of tracks the better. Pocono fits that.

]]> By: redd http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4809 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:19:56 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4809 thanks, Mike, for correcting me. I’d like to see Indycar get back to the Northwest.

]]> By: AZZO45 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4808 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:56:17 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4808 Curt C is spot on Gateway was a dump & a cookie cutter 1.5 mile track. Pocono has not seemed to change much since I visited the track for CART events in 1985, 1988, & 1989. It too was a dump. Track owners are always talkin’ about what they are GONNA do :idea:

Pocono was too bumpy for CART 20+ years ago & NAPCAR boys still mention the bumpy surface for their 3600 pound taxis. The “upgrades” the track is promising is NOT repaving… just joining the 21st century with SAFER barriers

Unique tracks are in much nicer markets… Phoenix, Milwaukee, or Road America. Forget crap-holes like Gateway or Pocono

]]> By: Mike R. http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4806 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:00:12 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4806 Absolutely…plus giving Darland, Boat, Wise, Sweet, Jones, et al, a chance to show how well they can compete against “the best drivers in the world”.

]]> By: Mike R. http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4805 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:57:31 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4805 Hey Redd – Just to inform, Portland isn’t a street course, it’s a real roadcourse. A pretty fun one, at that. One really good and one fairly good passing zone, plus another ‘potential’ one.

]]> By: Bob http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4804 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:56:47 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4804 Maybe “Nas-scarred” is better than “Nascarized”

]]> By: Bob http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4803 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:54:59 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4803 I’m not so sure about Michigan’s economy coming back anytime soon. I think they were saying that back in the days when Clark Griswold got lost in East St. Louis. Anyhow, I do like the track a lot. However, I would rather see Milwaukee or Phoenix back on the schedule. As for Pocono, there are only 2 things I don’t like about that idea: 1) what you pointed out about 3 new East coasters 2) I hate following Nascar around (I know open wheel was there first, but America has a short memory and has become “Nascarized” at many of those tracks (see Watkins Glen)). My wife is telling me to get off the computer now, so my comment is over!

]]> By: Edward http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4802 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:50:47 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4802 After watching yesterday’s crash at Pocono involving Elliott Sadler, I would be very reluctant to have an IndyCar race at Pocono unless-as mentioned by others-significant safety modifications are made by the Mattioli family. Sir Jackie Stewart had a great thought about racing which I truly believe-this may or may not be a direct quote: “The purpose of racing is to display one’s skill, not to risk one’s life unreasonably.” And IndyCars right now racing at Pocono is risking the lives of the drivers unreasonably, in my opinion.

As for the others, it would be nice to see Milwaukee, Michigan and/or Phoenix back on the IndyCar schedule, but that is predicated on a variety of things. We’ll just have to wait and see.

]]> By: Billiam http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4801 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:25:19 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/should-indycar-say-no-to-pocono/#comment-4801 People really need to stop wishing for a triple crown, you know the irl doesn’t allow any 500 milers outside ims.

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