06-30-2005, 10:57 AM
Toyota announced earlier this week that they'll be leaving IRL after 2006. No small surprise since Toyota ultimately has its sights on NASCAR. That and the fact that Toyota probably doesn't feel its getting its money's worth in marketing appeal from the IRL which has not been able to improve much on its dismal ratings (save for Danicamania).
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Sooo, just like that Honda is going to leave too since they are not in racing to compete with themself. But instead of going to NASCAR which would not really be the technical challenge they'd be looking for, Honda is going to American Le Mans
I was hoping Honda would have gone there after they left CART but winning the Indy 500 was a worthy reason to go to IRL for awhile. Now that they've won it twice and Toyota and Chevy are bowing out now its time to go after the new Porsche and Mazda programs...
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The big loser? Tony George. That asshole is getting just what he deserved, a bucket of Kentucky Fried Crow. When Toyota and Honda first got into IRL him and his cronies were proclaiming victory and talked about how IRL is sooo much better[than CART] because of its lower cost, closer racing, yadda yadda yada. I think IRL was indeed making progress especially with their addition of road courses but this development pretty much leaves 'em dead in the water.
Maybe this could be the blow that finally brings IRL and CART back together.
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Sooo, just like that Honda is going to leave too since they are not in racing to compete with themself. But instead of going to NASCAR which would not really be the technical challenge they'd be looking for, Honda is going to American Le Mans
I was hoping Honda would have gone there after they left CART but winning the Indy 500 was a worthy reason to go to IRL for awhile. Now that they've won it twice and Toyota and Chevy are bowing out now its time to go after the new Porsche and Mazda programs...<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://speedtv.com/commentary/17918/">http://speedtv.com/commentary/17918/</a><!-- m -->
The big loser? Tony George. That asshole is getting just what he deserved, a bucket of Kentucky Fried Crow. When Toyota and Honda first got into IRL him and his cronies were proclaiming victory and talked about how IRL is sooo much better[than CART] because of its lower cost, closer racing, yadda yadda yada. I think IRL was indeed making progress especially with their addition of road courses but this development pretty much leaves 'em dead in the water.
Maybe this could be the blow that finally brings IRL and CART back together.
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