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  • How to make the Indy 500 relevent again?

    I was born and raised a Hoosier. I remember being on vacation as a child during the Indy 500 and actually being scared that I'd miss the race. I ended up listening to the radio broadcast that year and feeling relieved I didn't miss it. The reward ceremony was even a must watch event for me, and I'd always try to guess the final purse amount. There were many years in a row where my family would travel the few miles to Indy for practice, time trials, or carburation day. The drivers had familiar names and compelling stories. Ever since the CART split it hasn't been the same. In reality the race is a shell of it's former self.

    My suggestion would be to allow more innovation. Lets create a race that isn't just part of a race series, but a true 'run what ya brung' race. Let the fans cheer for ideas as well as the drivers. Remember the days of the turbine cars? Who wouldn't want to see something like that again? Make the prize money larger, throw in a few reality series that get people caring about the race again, and then you'll have something.


    Well those are some of my ideas, what are yours?
    So lets here it.. How would you fix it?
    Last edited by bishir; May 17, 2012, 08:50 AM.
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    Variety. It's is so regulated and sterile it's boring.



    3..2..1.. to a page long Speedy comment. haha ;)
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    • #3
      In before the lock!

      Oh wait, its BangShift........ what was I thinking? Bunch of unregulated savages we are.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by STINEY View Post
        In before the lock!

        Oh wait, its BangShift........ what was I thinking? Bunch of unregulated savages we are.
        I'm guessing I should have researched Bangshift's past before creating this thread, eh?
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        • #5
          Originally posted by BBR View Post
          Variety. It's is so regulated and sterile it's boring.
          I agree, I don't know why almost every racing series wants all of it to be "all drivers have a level playing field," Lets make the machines compete too! Can't they just make the Indy 500 a true "run the 500 as fast as you can using whatever parts necessary?" Or, are they too afraid of the carnage?
          Last edited by bishir; May 17, 2012, 07:33 AM.
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          • #6
            Carnage or driver's blacking out in the turns. I say add some jumps... or loops. haha
            Life is short. Be a do'er and not a shoulda done'er.
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            1998 Mustang GT https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...60-and-a-turbo
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            • #7
              The IRL is so boring that I let my Indy tickets lapse after many, many years. Bring back the big V-8s.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by BBR View Post
                Carnage or driver's blacking out in the turns. I say add some jumps... or loops. haha
                Simple solution, make them wear G-Suits like fighter pilots and do G force training.

                They always say the cars can run upside down due to the downforce, so a loop may not be that crazy. ;)
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                • #9
                  history of what ends up racing, is economy and war..
                  right down to the doubled up inline with two water pumps called 90 degree v8.

                  Today innovation can start with 3d drawings, computers, quick changes, CNC with a robot...enough fuel air history to turn indy into hypermilers at 200mph....
                  and not a single person made a benz crank 90 v8..
                  I watched the torture of the cosworth vid wondering how an inline they made could not do 10k rpm for long with the booster. A void in brainpower, and I had to watch it painfully. It is still just that stupid today.

                  start with self balance. get the cockeyed nerd out of the way. racing products is a result of war and economy..and no one warred in the right drection for real racing.
                  Last edited by Barry Donovan; May 17, 2012, 08:06 AM.
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                  • #10
                    I dont know but it is a shame, the 500 was a must see event when I was a kid and I would watch every year...now I dont even know when its happening....its like NASCAR...too sterile an environment...It wrote its page in history and has faded away, like so many other things we hold near and dear.
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                    • #11
                      I would actually welcome a Speedy post on this one, the guy has a lot of insight. You know who else knows a lot about this topic but doesn't always let on? SpiderGearsMan.

                      I grew up going to the Indy500 races, my dad worked for a company who sponsored Dick Simon for many years. I got to go to carburetion days, hang out during garage tours, but I always wished I was closer to the action.

                      I really wish Indy was more privateer like it used to be, or at least less of a "Formula" deal. I'd love to work on a team with a megasquirt'd entry and run against other teams that were also independent. Racing all the exact same cars, sucks. There's nothing interesting for the engineers and tech guys anymore. Thus I don't hardly pay attention to it anymore.

                      And I am not a Tony George fan. If you ask me, him being a spoiled brat is what helped kill open wheel racing in the USA the past 15-20 years.
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                      • #12
                        Make a big box that the car has to fit under. Anything you can fit under the box you can use. Three more words. Ls,cyote, hemi.
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                        • #13
                          I think a look back into the old rule books would yield the best answer.... learn from the past.

                          The race didn't used to suck - the rules changed, now it sucks..... "undo".
                          There's always something new to learn.

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                          • #14
                            maybe they should review Tony Stewart's Talledega comments.
                            Last edited by nesabo; May 17, 2012, 10:29 AM.
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                            • #15
                              Bring back Danica and 32 other hotties. Not G-Suits, G-strings! More sex! Sex sells - everyone knows that.

                              (Maybe I'm sayin' I don't much care).

                              Dan

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