Comments on: We Will Miss Jack Arute

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:36:13 +0000

Bring Back Jack! If you miss @JackOnSports on #IndyCar broadcasts, “Like the “Bring Back Jack Facebook page http://tinyurl.com/42mqad6 Pass it on!

By: Jay W

Jay W — Sun, 29 May 2011 15:15:25 +0000

Just saw Brent Musberger in the 500 booth and I( asked my wife, where’s Jack Arute) came on this site and found out. very sad to see both of these things.

By: bnew

bnew — Sat, 21 May 2011 20:32:42 +0000

A lot of good things were said above. For me, living in Indiana, the 500 is about a lot of things and you can’t deny one of the things the 500 is about is tradition. Florence Henderson, the Hullman family, Jim Nabors and so forth. Jack Arute is part of that tradition and it’s just a shame that people can’t see that. People who probably have no ties to Indiana or who probably make decisions based on something that has nothing to do with racing. I wish Jack all the best and hope he reappears very soon.

By: david

david — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:18:27 +0000

Lindy Thackston is brain dead. Jck Arute has finally gone to the Chris Economaki How Was It Out There Mario? Graveyard, and rightfully so. Bob Jenkins needs a teleprompter, Dallenbach has no basis of information from which to narrate the action since he never raced open wheel. That leaves Jon Beekhuis as the only decent guy in the booth. How could these idiots get it so wrong? Oh right it’s the TV morons in charge. I forgot.

By: indygrrl

indygrrl — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:18:24 +0000

I agree, if you hate bloggers so much, why do you read them? Ah, the “Legions of the Miserable” have returned. As inevitable as the beginning of the racing season…

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:52:57 +0000

Get Arie L. or Eddie Cheever in the booth. They have both contributed to the local Indianapolis race coverage and are a real hoot to listen to. Honest, frank, and yet down-to-Earth.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:52:40 +0000

Ugh, I think I am the only one but I hate Lindy Thackston! I think she is like nails on a chalk board!

Would like to hear Bobby Unser, Paul Page, Danny Sullivan, Bob Varsha and Jon Beekhus in any combination. I think that the crew last year sounded stale and glad to hear they are moving some of them around but I don’t get the feeling that any of them know about racing as much as they want to promote what is cool and hip (Danica, the big 2). Not much useful strategy or history lessons with this crew!

By: redd

redd — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:57:04 +0000

Arute and Robin Miller. Together? Okay–I could see it. The show would be in black & white and sponsored by Aqua Velva or Hamm’s beer. Jack would have a catchphrase like “ring-a-ding-ding” everytime Danika appeared. And Robin would hit him with his hat.

By: dylanpt24

dylanpt24 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:55:16 +0000

I’m sorry for Jack but I’m glad to see him gone. He Indycar’s Darrell Waltrip and I can’t think of much worse insult than that to give someone who’s on TV covering racing

By: Leigh O'Gorman

Leigh O'Gorman — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:46:46 +0000

@ Tampa,
I think you’re overstating the numbers of bloggers that slammed Jack in the last couple of years. In fact, if you were to look at bloggers for sports and other entertainment, there will always be a selection that heavily criticise the presenters – that’s just the nature of modern audiences.

As for bloggers wanting to make you puke, you must have a very low vomit threshold!!