...stays in Vegas, at least that's what ChampCar officials and Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing are hoping.
As ChampCar began to tout their PR machine during the summer months of the 2006 season many racing fans began to believe in the "business model" that ChampCar had set in place. A new revitalized ChampCar Atlantic Series anchored by a new chassis followed by a new formula for ChampCar. Enter the much anticipated and way over hyped "Future of Racing" DP01. The DP01 was introduced, given public testing displays and instilled hope into several open-wheel racing fans across the world. Not to mention and estimated 24 cars at the 2007 season opener in Las Vegas.
Now lets move on to what really happens. Champcar's new eurotrash style standing starts are a flop, car counts are down, Gelles Racing doesn't become a ChampCar team, Las Vegas crowd is embarrassing, fuel modules create pot luck results to the event, another late addition jump(ChampCar style), dirty race track, nameless drivers and a very poor broadcast. Perhaps the only positive thing about the weekend was that somebody besides Sebastian Bourdais claimed a victory. Will Power is a great story for a revitalized team(Walker Racing or Team Austrailia..you pick) but who cares he was in a race with a bunch of other drivers that are barley recognizable to the public let alone the commentators on NBC.
Next week ChampCar's 3 day festival of speed is off to Long Beach.
GOOD LUCK, it can't get any worse.
1 comment:
I watched the race I have to know why was the broadcast quality was so bad. All you could see in the pits was a white bar across the screen. I like to watch all kinds of racing, but if your I can't see anything why would I watch???? I will say some of the cars paint jobs did look kind of cool, but plain, put some logos on those cars..... And really even the NASCAR guys can get fuel in the tank.
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