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I would tend to agree with that. I just do not believe COTA will draw any sort of crowd.

https://www.autosport.com/indycar/news/ ... -four-cars

Floyd won't be running any extra cars next year, which puts Jones on the market.

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Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

Is Jones leaving Ganassi? He's had flashes of good form but for a team like Ganassi he's not delivering I feel. It's crazy to think the last time Scott had a decent team mate was 2013 with Franchitti

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Most likely. Ganassi may as well be a one car team.

Robin Miller has been going on about Ganassi wanting Felix Rosenqvist for a couple of years now. I hope that finally becomes true.

agreed, the guy deserves a good seat in a top series

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Miller said that Rosenqvist was a done deal at Mid-Ohio, which would leave no room for Jones.

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Right state, wrong city.

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This is true, the actual HQ is in Plano (maybe they could sponsor the TMS race as well), but there is a large factory in San Antonio. The overarching point is that Texas has become Toyota's US base and if they are going to sponsor a different race then a new San Antonio race would be a good shout.

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Rencken is the first to put pen to paper on the Rosenqvist story.

https://www.racefans.net/2018/08/27/for ... -for-2019/

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CoTA is increased interest in wanting to host a IndyCar race next year.
https://www.mystatesman.com/sports/moto ... gRoSNgeDI/

Gateway attendance was around 30k last weekend (tweet shows a race spoiler, linked for those who haven't seen the race or heard news on it)

update on DragonSpeed's progress on their goal to field a car for next year
https://racer.com/2018/08/27/dragonspee ... ploration/

update on title sponsorship & IT partner hunts
https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Jou ... dyCar.aspx

Juncos expanding to 2 cars for 2019
https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news ... 74/?nrt=86

Seabass has a new sponsor for this weekend (Gorllia Automotive Products)

Massa getting himself embarrassed by the IndyCar drivers like those puddles at Silverstone.

Massa’s IndyCar safety debate escalates on Twitter
https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/massa-indycar-safety-criticism-twitter/3167047/?nrt=86

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But don't read the comments below the article. Some of them will give you week long migraine.

Haven't seen any reasonable commenting anywhere about IndyCar after Wickens crash. Other than from the professionals that know what this sports is about.

I have a family friend who used to race rallycross on European Championship level with Group B cars. While that was batshit insane sports (and his stories that underlined it without exaggerating), he said that if some race drivers are crazier, it's the MotoGP riders and IndyCar drivers because those guys don't ever have small crashes, they always break bones, but try everything to fight their way back to the starting grid next week. This from a guy who went through a concrete wall with stuck throttle and got front wheel smashing the pedals all the way through the central tunnel and got his car fixed for the next day.

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Mario Andretti just got into Massa as well

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also kinda like BMX racers. They break every bone, are in a coma and recover and do it all over again. And the first question they ask is when they can ride their bikes again. And thats modern day.

They shouldnt drive deathtraps but Indycar are doing all they can and they actually accept racing is dangerous and everyone involved knows from the fans to the drivers to the people in charge to the sponsors.
Unlike F1 where some (old) drivers think it should be 110% safe.

“It would become one of our crown-jewel events,” he told the American-Statesman.

Yeah sure.

Carlos Munoz to sub for Wickens at Portland & Sonoma
https://racer.com/2018/08/29/munoz-to-r ... nd-sonoma/

Chaves returning to Harding for Portland
https://racer.com/2018/08/29/chaves-in- ... -portland/


If they thought Mid-Ohio was a snoozer in years past, they don't know what's coming with CoTA

At the very least they need to make a separate layout for series outside of F1 & MotoGP, that track was terrible for just about everything in dry conditions.