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BOURDAIS!!!!!!!!

News that Sebastian and Dale Coyne are close to a road course deal is fantastic!! (Gee, hope this doesnt mean Coyne's superstar female pilot from last season is definitely out...) I transitioned over after the "merger" (see hostile takeover) from ChampCar and have been holding out hope Bourdais would eventually reurn to North America. Great, great news. Wow, this plus the Packers in the SuperBowl on sunday? Does life get any better?, I submit that it does not!

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Permalink Reply by 06rctb2zmhh7a on February 7, 2011 at 12:57pm

Bourdais would be a welcome addition to Indy Car. A great driver, although he is also a whiner of the first order.

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Permalink Reply by Ring-A-Ding on February 7, 2011 at 10:23pm

He's from CART!!!! That says it all!

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Permalink Reply by 06rctb2zmhh7a on February 7, 2011 at 11:00pm

Well ..... technically Seabass drove in ChampCar, which was formed from the leftovers of CART after they went belly up. But its good to see a former champ give IICS a go, even though Coyne is a midpack team. Ask Robert Doornbos about running for mid pack teams. Hopefully, Bourdais will fare better than Doornbos.

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Permalink Reply by Ring-A-Ding on February 7, 2011 at 11:04pm

Cart...Champ Car... Same thing. You see where they are now!

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Permalink Reply by 06rctb2zmhh7a on February 7, 2011 at 11:05pm

Dead and buried, unfortunately.

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Permalink Reply by Ring-A-Ding on February 7, 2011 at 11:07pm

Awesomely correct.

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Permalink Reply by 06rctb2zmhh7a on February 7, 2011 at 11:16pm

Why is that awesome? Open Wheel racing reached its zenith under the CART banner. It is only a shadow of what it was 15 years ago. The caliber of drivers has greatly improved in IICS. If you'll note almost all of the top drivers are former CART drivers. If you were around before the split you were a CART fan.

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Permalink Reply by Ring-A-Ding on February 7, 2011 at 11:22pm

ok, let me rephrase.... Awesomely correct in regards to the original genius formula that Tony George had with the formation of the IRL. Yes, i was around back then and unfortunately, As i have made clear before, The IRL is right back where it was before the split, more road/street courses than ovals and D**n near NO American drivers and a seemingly disconnect from American fans. I guess that's how i explain my last comment, that essentially a new start was better than what was goin on then.

Permalink Reply by Ring-A-Ding on February 7, 2011 at 11:06pm

I hope he gets in a scuffle with someone... It'll be fun to legitimatley say.."kick his ass Seabass." I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself.

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Permalink Reply by 06rctb2zmhh7a on February 7, 2011 at 11:13pm

Tracy had a chance to whoop Seabass at Denver a few years ago, but I beleive he was on some sort of probation, with threat of suspension if he got into any more beefs on or off track.

Too bad - Tracy would have turned him into a pretzel.

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Permalink Reply by Ring-A-Ding on February 8, 2011 at 4:17pm

Improve their driving skills.... NO, Any true American open wheel driver would kick any foreign driver's a$$.... It the foreign money that does not allow the Americans to showcase their talent against the world. Unfortunately racing isn't about pure talent anymore. Hell, it takes an Indy Car scholarship to give an American a chance nowdays... so they don't need to improve their driving, they just need to be given a chance... just think back to when money didn't dominate Indy... An American was winning every year and was 90% of the field... Yea, they cant drive worth a S#!t!

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Permalink Reply by 06rctb2zmhh7a on February 8, 2011 at 11:24am

Hey Ringer - the so-called genius of Toni Jorge is what almost put AOWR in the ground. The whole concept of ovals only failed. I liked CART precisely because it had a great mix of big ovals, small ovals, road and street courses, and the airport course at Cleveland. That made it the most unique series in the world in terms of the diversity of courses. It took one heck of a driver, with multiple skills to win the championship, not a one trick pony who could only run ovals (or road/street, like the Champ Car format. )

It was precisely because of the diversity of courses offered that CART was hugely popular. Did they get away from ovals too much? Yes. Ovals are the reason I fell in love with IndyCar in the first place, over 40 years ago. Adding twisties to the mix just enhanced the series as a whole, and made it more challenging.

Right now the current oval format is just like restrictor plate racing, most especially on the cookie cutter tracks. Hold your foot down for 50 laps or so and hope that your mechanics/engineers got the setup right. It is NO different than NASCAR plate racing. It has the same entertainment value as WWE and Monster truck "racing" - a spectacle masquerading as a sport.

Right now, Indy car racing has finally reached the level of AAA baseball, after years of being A and AA ball. In order to reach the major leagues, they need a much more powerful car with less downforce, so that the drivers actually have to lift/brake for the turns on ovals, instead of the boring foot welded to the floor crapfests we have to endure now.

Here's to REAL racing again someday.