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Topic: "Indy Split": CART versus USAC then CART versus Tony George
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January 02, 2023 at
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January 02, 2023 at
09:09:47 PM by dirtraceorbust
This is a great book, just great. Only $29.31 with shipping. Big hardcover with jacket cover, and this writer really did his homework. It covers everything I never heard as the media only printed a very tiny part of the story--really almost nothing. I remember so well the split and the players involved. Lots of hatred among drivers, owners, crew staff, etc, lasted years and years and there is still animosity among some drivers/owners/crew staffs involved in this split. I was a big CART fan and hated Tony George and USAC for a long long time. Hated with passion if there is such a thing. Don't think about it much anymore. But this split did nothing but make NASCAR the big dog as well as making them rich--new tracks couldn't be built fast enough for the stock cars. CART had the money and the big name drivers but eventually Tony George/the Speedway eventualy won out.
Depending on your age, you might have zero or almost zero knowledge of the Indy car split, probably most on this forum.
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January 02, 2023 at
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Posted By: dirtraceorbust on January 02 2023 at 08:46:41 PM
This is a great book, just great. Only $29.31 with shipping. Big hardcover with jacket cover, and this writer really did his homework. It covers everything I never heard as the media only printed a very tiny part of the story--really almost nothing. I remember so well the split and the players involved. Lots of hatred among drivers, owners, crew staff, etc, lasted years and years and there is still animosity among some drivers/owners/crew staffs involved in this split. I was a big CART fan and hated Tony George and USAC for a long long time. Hated with passion if there is such a thing. Don't think about it much anymore. But this split did nothing but make NASCAR the big dog as well as making them rich--new tracks couldn't be built fast enough for the stock cars. CART had the money and the big name drivers but eventually Tony George/the Speedway eventualy won out.
Depending on your age, you might have zero or almost zero knowledge of the Indy car split, probably most on this forum.
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Yes, it is a great book. There was a lot of stupidity on both sides and it is a miracle Indycar survived at all.
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January 03, 2023 at
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I have this book, I am about halfway thru it but haven't picked it back up to continue reading it since last summer.
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January 05, 2023 at
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Posted By: Limowreck on January 02 2023 at 09:17:57 PM
Yes, it is a great book. There was a lot of stupidity on both sides and it is a miracle Indycar survived at all.
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Well, it ended up going back to being just another version of CART, and I am not sure that it was a good thing. Of course the REAL split occurred when CART was created out of the ashes of the USAC Gold Crown series.
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