goose wrote:
I quite enjoyed the bits of this season I managed to find time to watch. If nothing else, the fact that I was watching a unified series, and you knew the winner of the title would be the best driver currently in US open wheel racing. To me, the return of Franchitti next year is more significant than it appears on first glance, and it wouldn't surprise me to see a few other veterans of the old series return for another crack.
Like Stef says, it's pretty difficult to judge the actual racing in the first post-unification season. Some cars on the grid were going to be at an obvious disadvantage, and I think NH and the other ex-CCWS teams did a fantastic job with what they had available to them. Next season should be better yet in this regard as they have an entire offseason to prep the cars.
Can't wait for Surfers, I hope it's on the calendar as a championship round next season.
I will be dumbfounded if this were to be the case.
Not a chance in hell that the V8s will be there outside of the October 25th data, and if they aren't there it means V8TV won't be there, meaning that a host broadcaster would need to be found.
I read somewhere that the suggested dates were either in March (a clash with the Clipsal 500) or some time in September which clashes with the finals of the two major football codes (Australian Rules and Rugby League) in Australia.
I can't say I've enjoyed the season at all as it is not on FTA TV in Australia, and so the only racing I've seen has been the highlights (mainly crashes) posted by Mattzel and others. It would be great if there was a return to the days when late Monday night was the time to watch (or tape) the latest ChampCar round on FTA. If this doesn't return I doubt I'll be seeing much of the series apart from what is posted on the forum.