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I see that of the 33 drivers for the running of the 100th Indy 500, 10 are American racers. I was hoping that the Indy Racing League was going to succeed. Would like to have seen this race with drivers like, Tony Stewart, J.J. Yeley, Jason Leffler, Ryan Newman,David Steele, Bud Kaeding, Steve Kinser, Sammy Swindell added to the field. Ah, be nice, I can dream.

You can see a race like that. It is later that night and 42 American drivers will be passing a Columbian! Ha Ha!! Just kidding. Our American drivers have lost interest in Indy cars. Not that we don't have enough talent, just that more are interested in racing stock cars after they cut their teeth.

It's the money!!!

Besides, I doubt that Tony Stewart could fit in a Indycar anymore.

Americans have changed in the last few decades. They are cheering more for brands (Chevy, Ford, Dodge, Toyota) or individuals (Dale Jr., Jeff Gordon, Kyle Bush, dare I say Danica)rather than the pure spectical of speed. Besides Indy has become a spec car class.

Man, I haven't seen this complaint in almsot a year!

Can't we grt back to the Posse vs. the WoO argument already????

Chuck.....

Soon to be 11 if Andretti buys the 41 Foyt car for Ryan Hunter-Reay. I'm all for Americans in the big show but Ryan wasn't fast enough to make it and does not deserve to be there. Don't do it AJ!!!!

Say what you want about Indy Car racing but it's fast and dangerous racing, better than watching stick and ball stuff IMHO. Still, one of the great spectacles in all of racing, right up there with nitro drag cars doing 325mph in a thousand feet,is Indy cars going around those four 90 degreee corners (no banking) that are only 400 yards long and the car doesn't drop below 222mph.

PS winged sprint cars getting around 1/3 mile ovals in just over 9 seconds ranks right up there too.

 Lawlessness and liberalism equals Hell.  NY City, 
Detroit, Seattle, Chicago, Minnepolis, etc. We saw it. 
Burning hundreds of buildings, a thousand assaults and 
dozens of murders. Getting worser and worser.

I believe there is 14 degrees of banking in the corners at Indy.

Done deal .... $500,000 "Sold American!"

Phil Taylor

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Never hit stationary objects!

I'd love to see a 1/3 mile track that fast. Too bad I never will because it doesn't exist.

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Is there even a weekly sprintcar track that claims to be a 1/3 mile anymore?

it is 9 degrees.

to indy and beyond!!

Attica, Fremont and Eagle come to mind.

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Posted By: Sprinter 79 on May 23 2011 at 10:13:01 PM Why is it that Americans flock to dummied down forms of racing only to cheer that it is American. Nascar runs a formula that is not friendly to foreign cars, so is it really so great to be American if you have to force the issue. Yes, there are only ten Americans in the 500, but who cares? Shouldn't this race be about the drivers, the cars, the speed, and the history. There have been foreign drivers there since 1911. Look at the winners, foreign cars and drivers are there from the start. How about we cheer the fact that the greatest OPEN WHEEL race in the world takes place in AMERICA!!!!!! I don't care, you can have your fender bender cars and I will stay with the tradition, history, speed, and excitement that is the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, right here in Indiana. And may an American driver WIN the race! Now that would be something to cheer for.

Agreed!!! I wonder if the fans were talking about this back in 1913 when Jules Goux from France won, or when Jimmy Clark and Graham Hill (from Scotland, and Britan) and the Eruopean

rear end revolution came to Indy? The only difference is the names of the drivers and the cars are a lot faster than they were back then. The Indy 500 is and always has been the best 33 drivers in the world. Yes I would love to have seen Sammy put the Pontiac in the show in 83 (I believe), and any Kinser not just make the show, but win (Sheldon, Steve, Mark or even Kraig), would have loved to seen Tony Stewart win a couple of times, I could go on and on, but the fact of the matter is, and drivers have said many times (AJ Foyt, too) you have to catch several breaks to win Indy. Keep in mind Foyt could be only a 2x winner if Sachs doesn't have tire problems in 61 and Johncock doesn't throw a rod with less than 20 laps to go in 77. Don't mean to go on a long rant...but the two sports weekends I clear my calendar for are the Indy 500, and the NCAA Final Four.

Bummer. I always cheer for Foyt cars but this year I just can't do it. If Ryan has a good car on Sunday I hope he doesn't get any higher than 10th or so as it would be TRAGIC if he happened to win the thing. I think Bruno is actually the better choice for the 500 but money talks and there ain't a thing anybody can do about it. Hopefully Bruno gets to run a car later in the year or got a nice big check for his troubles.....

In 2009, Junky qualified Eric Bachelart’s second car and after teammate Alex Tagliani was bumped, a swap was made and Bruno was paid to step aside and let Tags race.

In five starts at IMS, Junqueira has led four times with a pair of Top 5 finishes and he also suffered a broken back in the 2005 race. He was also runner-up in the point standings three consecutive seasons in the CART series.

I've been a fan of the IRL since it's start. At TMS... the IRL race has traditionally been the best racing on the schedule. Follow the leader Nascar... or side by side at 230mph IRL... hmmmmm...

In America a large % of people want to see the best American drivers... which is pretty much the textbook definition of affirmative action. No interest in the best people for the job... don't care who pays for the team to be able to field a car... it's all about providing "jobs" to Americans.

Never thought I'd type that paragraph... but I just did.

The IRL and Champ Car before it and Cart before it... they're trying to put the best drivers out there regardless of where they're from. If some cat from Somalia is the best on 4 wheels... get him out there I say.

Helio Castroneves is hardly American and few people didn't enjoy his enthusiasm and charisma when he was climbing fences. Do we send him home so that we can see Ed Carpenter brush the wall on lap 12 and retire? Jerret Shroeder, Buzz Calkins and about 5 dozen drivers come to mind as nice American boys that aren't good enough.

Put the best drivers out there. Get over their nationality. Enjoy.

Pevely is a 1/3rd mile. It's track record is almost in the 9 sec. barrier (10.180 I think). That's hauling ass around that place. Never been to Eagle but it looks a little big to be a 1/3rd.

Yes, it is 9 degrees in the corners, which we in dirt land would call flat as a pancake. Helio should be in prison but thanks to a Florida O.J-type jury, he walked. The rest of us would be in jail, ignorance as an excuse with the IRS--a joke.

River City Speedway in Grand Forks is 1/3, think the record is 9.23, maybe Jason Meyers, not sure.

Eagle definitely looks bigger than Grand Forks. Danny and Donny Schatz were testing the LS7 at Minot,ND's Sunday nite show.

Have any WoO drivers "bought" their rides with either bring sponsorship dollars or family money? It's commonplace now in F1 and Indy Cars, that is why in Indy Car racing we have so many South Americans, they get some government-owned company to bankroll them. "Look at us, we can't feed our citizens or give them indoor johns, but we has us a Indy car racer. In F1, team Williams (hard up for cash) dumped youngster Nico Hulkenberg who got them their first pole position last year in Brazil, and replaced him with Pastor Maldanado who brought along 25 million Euros. Maldanado then thanked Williams for "choosing" him. 25 million times.

 Lawlessness and liberalism equals Hell.  NY City, 
Detroit, Seattle, Chicago, Minnepolis, etc. We saw it. 
Burning hundreds of buildings, a thousand assaults and 
dozens of murders. Getting worser and worser.

Never hit stationary objects!