If he's looking for more races, let him drive 'Gold' in GTD when the Protos aren't running.10 for the prototypes
back at ya!
I am curious if Bobby Rahal's newfound encouragement in the ability to field a third car is at all due to the fact that Honda will probably have to put Hinch in another ride to make this all work, as an Arrow SPM/McLaren tie-up would have to run Chevy engines...I like George too, and I think he likes IndyCar a lot besides being Colton's childhood friend and business partner. I'm not really sure where he fits into the puzzle if Colton were to leave. Andretti also have some sort of financial interest in Colton still so there are a lot of moving pieces here.
True Indy Car veteran??? Wish McLaren could retrieve Juan Montoya from sports cars pair him with Colton and then Fernando in a 3rd car at Indy
Zak said that commitment will be honored if he is willing and able to return at some point. Much the same, it sounds like Hinch staying at least for now stems from him having a year left on his current contract and the team honoring that deal.
https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/schmidt-hinchcliffe-mclaren-contract/4511214/
"I think many NASCAR fans would enjoy IndyCar if they'd watch it for the type of racing it is, and not expect it to be NASCAR", ...
But I just can't get into F1.
FWIW, Robin Miller and Marshall Pruett still bet that he’ll be in a Honda next year and imply that he was being more diplomatic than anything else. So there are a whole lot of dominoes left to fall.
Mr. Deals doesn’t want to expand the domestic calendar because apparently the domestic potential is maxed out. Seems lazy and dishonest. As much as he wants to try we’re not going to get a race in Argentina or Uruguay or whatever.
That article is really excellent, an eye-opener to me. As they say, "the leg bone's connected to... the knee bone."
I really hope this thing is fleshed out entirely before it hits the track at St. Pete next year. It'd be a really bad look for it to finally hit the track in anger and it turns out to be a mess. If done properly it's a huge step forward in safety. But I'm surprised to hear of some blowback from within the paddock - maybe from drivers worried about ease of access in cases of need for emergency extraction?
It sounds like they'll do tear-offs, but not exactly finalized how yet. Of course, collecting dirt/dust build-up on the screen should be more of an issue than in NASCAR considering the proportion of road courses they run. They also just parted with the series director of engineering, which isn't exactly confidence-boosting. Still a lot of moving parts it seems like...with St. Pete only a little over six months away.
Kind of disappointed Pocono is off the schedule. Makes me wish Nazareth was still an option for the series. Horrible that Watkins Glen and Pocono are off the schedule. Hopefully, the Northeast can be represented again.My hope is that Pocono leaves the schedule for one year because all of the developments with increased attendance and sponsorship happened so late in the game, in addition to losing a NASCAR weekend while talks with Richmond had already been happening for one year, means that they can possibly come to terms for 2021 or 2022. I think the teams are peeved about having no presence in the huge Northeast sponsorship market.
Poor strategic move by Mr. Deals, IMO. I think most of whatever stability has been attained under his tenure has been in spite of him, not because of him. I'm ready to move on. I mean, this stat is obscene.
This is probably the reason ABC Supply said **** it. One of their larger markets in the Northeast and it gets taken off of the schedule.
Or it was made apparent late that ABC Supply was dropping and they cut the race after that. Not sure. I am at least hopeful they look at something for 2021 since they were willing to go to 18 races and involved in discussions right up until the last minute, rather than just dropping it off the calendar without a second thought.
That makes sense as well, we will not ever know of the details.
The tracks also have to be willing to take a date. It works both ways.
