Comments on: Make Better Use Of Our Legends

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:31:34 +0000

Great points

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:29:16 +0000

Wheldon was dry and reserved? Power did not seem to shy at NH last year. Have you ever been to a track? And no, you shall not go on..

By: Nomex

Nomex — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:11:23 +0000

How far back do you go? You may as well go back to the rear engine car. That’s what made Sprints and Midgets an obsolete training ground. There is almost nothing that translate from a front engine Sprint car to a rear engine Indy car. Those cars are much more suitable for preparing a driver for a front engine stock car.

By: Herman Flowers

Herman Flowers — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:46:01 +0000

It was the split made in 1970 that most impacted the Indy car series.The removing of the dirt tracks from the national championship the following year was the worst decision ever made in the history of racing.Look what we have today.Drivers we never heard of and up coming drivers from USAC in NASCAR instead of Indy.A complete disconect from most all the tracks in our country that drivers run on weekly making a name for themselfs to go on to bigger things,but no longer Indy Cars. The drivers from the 60s are more rembered than the drivers from ten years ago.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:27:58 +0000

Guess you never met Dan.

By: Chris Sheridan

Chris Sheridan — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:02:36 +0000

Excellent article and many great points!

I was in Long Beach and I personally saw a few guys who together are responsible for 22 Indy 500 victories…and they were all WORKING that day! Some, like Helio, Dario, Dixie were actually racing, J.R. was driving the pace car, Arie in the 2-seater, A.J. and Rahal team owners, Mears on the clock for Penske…not sure if Gil de Ferran was there on biz…and Parnelli Jones was Grand Marshall! (there may have been others but that’s all I saw)

22 out of 95 Indy500 wins is like 23% – one fourth of ALL 500 victories in the 100 year history were present and working in an official capacity…and this was by no means a special “Legends” event or anything – just another race!

Other than the faithful, do people actually know about this? I think even the casual viewer might recognize some of the names, and for those who don’t watch the series regularly and are over age 35, the names of these Legends are more recognizable than most of the current drivers in the field. And to think, if the 3 Unsers and Johncock had been there, a total of 33 Indianapolis 500 wins would have been represented…

Yes, IndyCar needs to make better use of our Legends. And a good start would be for the promotors/broadcasters to just simply TELL PEOPLE that these Champions are there at the track, every week, still at it, bringing us the racing we all love so much.

By: JIm in Wilmington

JIm in Wilmington — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:57:34 +0000

Talk about dry!

By: John Reid

John Reid — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:03:57 +0000

Who is this Hornish?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:34:47 +0000

It’s sad to think that in 25 years, a lot of the stars today that have rubbed people wrong might not be thought of so highly. We have no Unser or Mears right now. We have Rahal and Andretti, 2 of the cocky stuck up kids out there more worried about their lambos than the fans. Dario and Dixon are very dry, Wheldon was dry (everyone acts like he was the greatest driver but he honestly was just dry and reserved at the track), Power is shy, Briscoe is also, Helio is a crybaby…. shall I go on? I think Hornish was the best chance we had at a legend in our time……

By: Savage Henry

Savage Henry — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:53:43 +0000

When I starting reading this post, the first two people I thought of were The Gasman and “that damned Coogan”. Cogan obviously is known for that wreck at the start in 1982, but also almost won in 1986 (it would have been a great redemption) and had an awful crash against the pit wall in 1989. He had a very full decade. Well, I guess I just explained (to myself) why he doesn’t come around anymore. I wouldn’t either.