The ONLY funny one is the IRL logo one, because it's actually clever. The rest have no thought behind them thus are reprehensibly stupid.

The ONLY funny one is the IRL logo one, because it's actually clever. The rest have no thought behind them thus are reprehensibly stupid.

In other news, Dixon has released a statement in support of Barnheart.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93779

Suck up.

Barnhardt can't win with you guys. He screws up, you moan. He apologises for screwing up, you moan still. Had he not apologised, no doubt you would have still moaned. Fair play for Scott Dixon for showing support considering he was out there on Sunday handling those conditions, far from what any of us armchair experts were. And before anyone decides to dispute my point well, I'm well aware of Barnhardt's chequered history but at least this time he admitted fault. A step in the right direction perhaps?

And where is the facepalm .gif for Scotty's comment?

LOUDON — The IZOD IndyCar Series has a long way to go with its return to New Hampshire.

The series ended a 13-year drought with Sunday's event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but as expected, interest from the area failed in comparison to Loudon's NASCAR events, which flood Route 106 with traffic and pack the grandstands with fans.

IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard knew a return to New Hampshire would be a project. He hinted Sunday that the project could continue into the coming years. Bernard said he plans to sit down with NHMS owner Bruton Smith and General Manager Jerry Gappens to discuss a long-term contract.

The series came to Loudon on a one-year deal this summer.

"I think that after this is over, Bruton and Jerry and I will sit down and try to determine how we can put a deal together," Bernard said. "I think that it's going to take a couple years to continue to build this."

There were many empty seats Sunday, including the entire stretch of grandstands that wrap around Turns 3 and 4. But the estimated 30,000 spectators were considerably more than the 7,500 that saw the last IndyCar race here in 1998.

"I'm an optimist and I don't apologize for 30,000," said Gappens, who figures the threat of rain hampered ticket sales. "Having said that, there's room for improvement. We need to do better than that."

Bernard assured that Sunday's attendance figures would not be a deal breaker in contract talks.

"I wouldn't call it an audition. That's a little rough," he said. "I think we knew from Day 1 it was an area we were going to have to work on, but it's an area that we really like and it's a track that we really like. I think sometimes you have to invest in your future and this is one of those that we're trying to do."

The drivers were impressed with the fans who did come out. Points leader Dario Franchitti called New England race fans "hardcore," amazed at their knowledge of the sport.

Ryan Hunter-Reay, who won Sunday's race under a red flag, is hoping for another shot next summer.

"We love coming up here," Hunter-Reay said, "and hopefully it's many years to come."

:(

Oh well, you'll live

In other news, Dixon has released a statement in support of Barnheart.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93779

Suck up.

Is that the only response you ever have to anyone who disagrees with you? I remember you saying it to me too at least once.