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Re: [Spridgets] Champ Car/IRL Deal

To: "Bill L" <pythias@pacifier.com>, "Spridgets"
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Champ Car/IRL Deal
From: "Larry & Sandi Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:19:15 -0800
Hay Bill, tell us how you really feel :-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill L" <pythias@pacifier.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Champ Car/IRL Deal


> Hello,
> 
>        Tony MAY have helped to ruin open wheel racing the the US,
>        but he did what HE had  to do. The people in charge of USAC
>        at the time thought that they could dictate to the track
>        owners what their (the track owners) share of the profits
>        would be. Tony George, stood up to USAC and said if they
>        wanted to use HIS track they could pay him what HE thought it
>        was worth,, not what they SAID it was worth. and to prove his
>        point he told them that if they didn't like it they could go
>        race elsewhere. .. when they took him up on his offer to do
>        just that, he started a racing series to use HIS track. ...
>        it wasn't long before USAC esentially closed up shop. They
>        weren't as powerful as they thought they were... good
>        riddance!.. CART picked up the remains and soldiered on but
>        but slowly and surely they too are/were/have been headed
>        towards bankruptcy. .... Tony George may have been/may be/ IS
>        an egomaniac who helped to destroy open wheel, BUT... ....
>        he wasn't going to take any crap from people without the
>        power to be able to make him eat it... .... more power to
>        him!...HIS track.... HIS rules...... or go somewhere else
>        then close up shop,........ ....
> 
>        Tony George brought back F-1 to the US ... also at his
>        track... and now that Bernie Ecclestone has tried to dictate
>        financial arrangements, George told HIM to go back to Europe
>        too!.. ... while i hate NOT to have a US F-1 race, .. SCREW
>        ECCLESTONE!  no one should HAVE to take that crap either!,
> 
>       
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Bill                            mailto:pythias@pacifier.com
>   '66 Sprite
>    Kelso, WA. USA
>     Life is short. So buy the shoes!
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