Indycar News & Rumors.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by gttouring

So nothing new and nothing can be done?
Whatever worked for CART let's try that one more time then,?

Try telling that to TG and the rest of the Hulman Georges.

[Yannick]

If Graham Rahal now goes to Team Rahal, what's next for Takuma Sato? Do they want to run a 2nd car or does he need to find a drive somewhere else?

[bjohnsonsmith]

Is Keith Wiggins and HVM looking for away out of IndyCar?

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104224

[pach233]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Is Keith Wiggins and HVM looking for away out of IndyCar?

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104224

Already announced they were moving to WEC in LMP2 next year.

On a different note, Leigh Diffey has been confirmed to replace Bob Jenkins as lead announcer on NBCSN.

[HJJ]

Originally Posted by Yannick

If Graham Rahal now goes to Team Rahal, what's next for Takuma Sato? Do they want to run a 2nd car or does he need to find a drive somewhere else?

Sato needs to find more cash to keep his seat. Lots of crash damage last year.

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...es-to-develop/

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by HJJ

Sato needs to find more cash to keep his seat. Lots of crash damage last year.

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...es-to-develop/

Letterman actually expressed his frustration when RHR was on his show.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by HJJ

Sato needs to find more cash to keep his seat. Lots of crash damage last year.

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...es-to-develop/

Lots of crash damage throughout his career.

[Paradise City]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Lots of crash damage throughout his career.

Maybe. But he only became a total crashoholic in Indycar. He probably needs to attend a CA meeting or something.

[HJJ]

Conquest trying to come full time in '13.

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...return-in-2013

[NaBUru38]

Jeff Belskus and Mark Miles did a press conference.

In the speeches, these are the mentions to fans:

Originally Posted by Jeff Belskus

We have an exciting new partnership with NASCAR through our Super Weekend, the Kroger Super Weekend, and added racing events and content for our fans that was very well received.

I spent a lot of time in the last three weeks engaging and working with team owners, promoters, sponsors, engaging fans and understanding what opportunities we have, what the barriers are to those opportunities, how do we capture them.

In the questions by journalists, they didn't mention fans at all.

That's way off what Randy Bernard used to say: "We need to make sure our fans experience great competition and entertainment at a great value at each and every event." They demand things to fans, but don't promise anything to them.

[marcostraz]

I think i'ts better to post the news about teams and drivers for 2013 in the special thread "2013 IndyCar silly season"...

[kurski]

Potrero de los Funes hopes to get IndyCar to race there in the future.

[mountainstar]

Originally Posted by kurski

Potrero de los Funes hopes to get IndyCar to race there in the future.

Great track and it's on my must do list to race there someday.

But with Christina Kirchner's socialist reign of terror on the Argentine economy and cutting to pieces commercial trade and currency trading, I seriously doubt the track will be able to come up with the big US dollars that will be demanded. Nice pipe dream, but I doubt the cars will ever take the grid.

[mountainstar]

Gordon Kirby finally starts to get with reality and leaves the cheerleading/hoping and praying behind:

http://gordonkirby.com/categories/co..._is_no363.html

[wnut]

Originally Posted by mountainstar

Great track and it's on my must do list to race there someday.

But with Christina Kirchner's socialist reign of terror on the Argentine economy and cutting to pieces commercial trade and currency trading, I seriously doubt the track will be able to come up with the big US dollars that will be demanded. Nice pipe dream, but I doubt the cars will ever take the grid.

Normally you are right on the money, but Argentina's economy seems to have been improving since the 2002 crisis.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Argentina

Expansionary policies and commodity exports triggered a rebound in GDP from 2003 onwards. This trend has been largely maintained, creating over five million jobs and encouraging domestic consumption and fixed investment. A number of important firms privatized during the 1990s were renationalized beginning in 2003. These include the Postal service, AySA (the water utility serving Buenos Aires), Pension funds (transferred to ANSES), AerolÃ*neas Argentinas, and the energy firm YPF.[32]
The socio-economic situation has been steadily improving and the economy grew around 9% annually for five consecutive years between 2003 and 2007, and 7% in 2008. Argentine debt restructuring offers in 2005 and 2010 resumed payments on the majority of its almost $100 billion in defaulted bonds from 2001.[33] The global recession of 2007–10 affected the economy in 2009, with growth slowing to 0.8%.[2] High economic growth resumed, and GDP expanded by around 9% in both 2010 and 2011.[2] The Argentine government bond market is based on GDP-linked bonds, and investors, both foreign and domestic, netted record yields as a result

[NaBUru38]

The announced 10% inflation figures are a lie. Actual inflation is 25-30%. So all official numbers that use inflation (GDP, poverty, purchase power) are also a lie.

I don't think that Kristina would care that much about an IndyCar race. F1, Dakar and MotoGP are real "look at me, world" events for a politician like her.

Plus, San Luis governor is oppositor. So she won't put a penny. By the way, I think that the attendance at the TC2000 season finale was pathetic.

[Paradise City]

The late Nestor Kirchner was a good economist, the missus likes her shopping sprees though.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Paradise City

The late Nestor Kirchner was a good economist, the missus likes her shopping sprees though.

Just like a true socialist, she likes to spend money.

[Alex K]

She won't agree to BTCC race there, that's for sure ;-).

[Paradise City]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Just like a true socialist, she likes to spend money.

Like a true socialite, she likes to spend money.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Paradise City

Like a true socialite, she likes to spend money.

A socialist and a socialite, no wonder motor sport is taking a nose dive in Argentina.

[DS"]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Just like a true socialist, she likes to spend money.

Didn't she privatize YPF and other state-owned companies? Doesn't sound socialist at all, does it?

But this is an auto racing forum, can't we discuss politics somewhere else? I mean, does it have anything to contribute to IndyCar, if we discuss the economy of Argentina?

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by DS"

Didn't she privatize YPF and other state-owned companies? Doesn't sound socialist at all, does it?

But this is an auto racing forum, can't we discuss politics somewhere else? I mean, does it have anything to contribute to IndyCar, if we discuss the economy of Argentina?

Indeed, this is a motor sport forum but Argentina's economy was mentioned in the light of kurski's, post #687

Originally Posted by kurski

Potrero de los Funes hopes to get IndyCar to race there in the future.

In April this year Kirchner called for 51% of YPF was to be renationalised, not privatised, with a bill being passed in May this year.

[HJJ]

Couple of Foyt tidbits.

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...test-for-foyt/

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...h-takuma-sato/

And this...

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...-triple-crown/

...and Swervia back at DRR.

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...o-panther-drr/

[HJJ]

Andretti liveries announced.

http://photos.speedtv.com/gallery/IN.../04vZ0Dn5Jp5QT