Comments on: Avoid The NFL At All Costs http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/avoid-the-nfl-at-all-costs/ Speed is Life Sat, 25 May 2013 08:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: SkipinSC http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/avoid-the-nfl-at-all-costs/#comment-8638 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:56:41 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/try-shifting-the-season-to-avoid-the-nfl/#comment-8638 And, oh, by the way, at least your Titans had a chance of winning the game. More than I can say my the Peyton-less Colts. They look awful and the folks in the Indy press are already thinking Andrew Luck.

]]> By: SkipinSC http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/avoid-the-nfl-at-all-costs/#comment-8637 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:54:40 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/try-shifting-the-season-to-avoid-the-nfl/#comment-8637 George, I would take your idea and run it one step further. Close the season on Labor Day Weekend with a Sunday afternoon 500 from either Vegas (or, if they ever got back on board,) Michigan. First, NASCAR likes running a twilight race at Atlanta that weekend on Sunday night. The NFL doesn’t go for another week (well, til Thursday night anyway.)

Set up the two 500′s (Indy and Vegas/Michigan) as double poiints races. That way, if there is a close race for the championship, the “double points” at the end \makes it even more important. It also sets up a possibility for a special bonus if one driver, (even a one-off such as Wheldon is this year) could win BOTH 500′s.

This makes WAY more sense to me than trying to lure someone outside of INDYCAR to try and run one race for a $5 mil bonus. Let’s face it, not everyone is capable of piloting an INDYCAR at 230-240 mph, regardless of their other experience. I always thought that the idea of an outsider trying to run in an INDYCAR, particularly someon who had never done so, was an invitation to a tragedy, the LAST thing our sport needs right now.

]]> By: NaBUru38 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/avoid-the-nfl-at-all-costs/#comment-8636 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:12:25 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/try-shifting-the-season-to-avoid-the-nfl/#comment-8636 I agrew with Bob F. People in Wisconsin and Canada need their races in June-August, or nobody would stand the cold weather. F1 does the same with the British, German and Belgian races.

But people in Miami and California also prefer to have their races in warmer weather. That’s why Nascar has the second Daytona race and F1 the Valencia race in July. Would people in Long Beach attend the same in February? I don’t know too much about weather in the United States, but I guess not.

I like part of what Simona Fan says. But I’d do only two touraments: the usual championship from late March to whenever they can. and a World Cup from October to March with races like Surfers Paradise (nice weather), Brazil and the Middle East.

]]> By: gnome http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/avoid-the-nfl-at-all-costs/#comment-8634 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:33:49 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/try-shifting-the-season-to-avoid-the-nfl/#comment-8634 I ALSO agree totally with George. Start in Feb when the NFL is finished and NHL and NBA aren’t yet in playoff mode. End around Labor Day, when most local tract racing seasons are winding down (at least up here in the Midwest).
Given the choice between da Bears and my beloved Indycar, I’m DVR’ing the race!

]]> By: Travis R http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/avoid-the-nfl-at-all-costs/#comment-8633 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:00:34 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/try-shifting-the-season-to-avoid-the-nfl/#comment-8633 I agree with what Redcar is saying. The end of the season needs to finish strong, with the last 3 or 4 races being run without 2-3 week breaks between them. Finish with a bang on Labor Day weekend.

I also would love to see IndyCar start right after the Superbowl. Not only is it a relatively quiet time for motorsports in general, I think it’s key that they also get started before F1.

]]> By: Chris Lukens http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/avoid-the-nfl-at-all-costs/#comment-8631 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:52:06 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/try-shifting-the-season-to-avoid-the-nfl/#comment-8631 You may have thought that the Tennessee Titans looked abysmal this past Sunday, but they still looked better than the Denver Broncos did on Monday night. However they are my team and I will root for them.

I’m in the same situation as you are George. Bronco’s vs Green Bay on Oct 2, and it’s a 2pm (mountain) game so they will be head to head. Sorry, Indycar loses. October 16 is the Bronco’s bye week.

I voted for starting the season earlier and ending earlier. However, if they insist on having races in September and October they should consider running them on Saturday night.

]]> By: james t suel http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/avoid-the-nfl-at-all-costs/#comment-8627 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:25:21 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/try-shifting-the-season-to-avoid-the-nfl/#comment-8627 I never leave racing! Ill watch a game every once in a while. Stick an ball sports are just childerns games to me. Racing is life ,everything else is just waiting!!

]]> By: Simona Fan http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/avoid-the-nfl-at-all-costs/#comment-8626 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:17:57 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/try-shifting-the-season-to-avoid-the-nfl/#comment-8626 IndyCar could do the season in three sections. Flyaway races in South America to start the season in February. A summer-long stretch of US races, and then once football starts, flyaway races in Asia. Asia doesn’t care about the NFL. Do your Japan and China races then if they are willing to pay for races.

If you want to have a grand finale world championship race in the US, eg. Vegas, then do it Labor Day weekend like George says.

]]> By: Tsong http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/avoid-the-nfl-at-all-costs/#comment-8625 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:14:51 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/try-shifting-the-season-to-avoid-the-nfl/#comment-8625 Why do you not like Japan?

]]> By: wondering http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/avoid-the-nfl-at-all-costs/#comment-8623 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:10:51 +0000 https://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/try-shifting-the-season-to-avoid-the-nfl/#comment-8623 I don’t know how a season can have mass.

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