[Spridgets] Adios USGP

W, Severin Thompson wsthompson at thicko.com
Thu Jul 12 15:01:19 MDT 2007


I was talking to George, the prez of Road America. I think Ecclestone
wants something like $15mil up front just to start talking about a race at
a venue.


> Jim,
>
> I don't particularly care for Tony George, but that's not accurate.
>
> Indy, as a facility, went to great expense to make the necessary and
> required improvements to accomodate F1.
>
> What they did not do, was help promote the sport in a country, the U.S.,
> which has only a small fan base compared to the rest of the world. Of
> course, Ecclestone, the FIA, and the teams themselves, in particular their
> factory partners, do nothing to promote the sport in the U.S. either. But
> that's a whole subject in itself.
>
> As a country, The U.S. has very little understanding of Formula One. And
> at the moment, the U.S. has very little interest in open wheel racing of
> any sort. (Thank you Tony)
>
> As a massive F1 fan, I'm not necessarilly sad to see Indy off the
> calendar. (The road course was but a glorified autocross course, IMO.) I
> attended 4 times and the facility is certainly something to behold. But I
> think there should be a USGP somewhere, but NOT Las Vegas.
>
> As for North American, at least there is always Montreal. Actually, I
> shouldn't say "at least", as Montreal is a much more exciting track than
> Indy.
>
> jay fishbein
> wallingford, ct


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