Comments on: IndyCar Racing’s Nice Guy http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/ Speed is Life Sat, 25 May 2013 08:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: billytheskink http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8116 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:46:48 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8116 Very much agreed, George. Wilson is total class and an excellent driver on top of that. He’ll probably go down in history as one of those “just think if he’d been with a top team” guys (Champ/IndyCar or Formula 1), but even some of those guys don’t have 6 wins to their credit. His drive in the disgusting Tornoto race epitomizes that.

I expect we’ll see him in victory lane a few more times before his career is done.

]]> By: Brian McKay http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8115 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:17:59 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8115 I’ve always liked Wilson — and Servia and Hinchcliffe and Legge and De Silvestro and Herta and Papis and other pleasant, easygoing racers who’re happy to earn a living doing what they enjoy.
One need not be overly-aggressive on track or venomous out of the cockpit to finish a race first. Racecraft+engineering might+good fortune=win
I would’ve liked to see Newman-Haas, last winter, court Wilson and Z-Line Designs. He deserves a much better opportunity to win than DRR provides.
Thanks, George, for another enjoyable blog post!

]]> By: Rick http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8113 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:36:25 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8113 I’ve said for a while that if I owned an Indycar team, Justin Wilson would be the first guy I called.
While he’s struggled this year, no one does more with less.

]]> By: redcar http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8112 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:41:14 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8112 I agree Jason. If it’s not reality television, then it’s not reality anymore.

]]> By: Megan K. Bickel http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8111 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:31:45 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8111 My husband took my son to meet him this past May when he was doing autrographs at our local Kroger and he was a super wonderful guy. We get a lot of pictures with our kids and drivers, but Justin stood out among them as a classy guy.

Good post, George!

]]> By: jason @ motorsport sensors http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8110 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:53:02 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8110 The Media like bad boys so they can slate them and sell newspapers
The Audience likes bad boys so they have someone to moan at and blame. Nice Guys win but are too boring to be heroes.

Sad but true!

]]> By: Zachary http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8109 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:22:55 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/indycar-racings-nice-guy/#comment-8109 He’s a good guy. Nice article–easy for those sorts of things to get lost in the shuffle.

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