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07-29-2008, 08:52 AM
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| IRL leaving Nashville
Looks like it is a done deal, Nashville is off the schedule for IRL.  | 
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07-29-2008, 09:51 AM
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| | Matthew 6:2
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07-29-2008, 09:58 AM
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| | Matthew 6:2
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The Edmonton Sun has reported that Toronto, a street course, will replace Nashville, which is a 1.33-mile concrete oval. IRL officials would not confirm the report Monday
| you have to be absolutely kidding me. i'm so mad right now i could spit. | |
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07-29-2008, 09:59 AM
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| | doo doo doo
| Bad news for Nashville but it might be good news for Birmingham since it sounds like they want to add more road courses. I'm surprised the Nashville facility only holds 30,000. We can get that number at Barber (have done so numerous times).
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07-29-2008, 10:10 AM
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| i mostly have a problem with them adding the jagoff temporary street circuits.
Bham is just a bit further than Nashville. i would have no problem with that. | |
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07-29-2008, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by volinbham  Bad news for Nashville but it might be good news for Birmingham since it sounds like they want to add more road courses. I'm surprised the Nashville facility only holds 30,000. We can get that number at Barber (have done so numerous times). | They built the track with intentions of adding seats if they were to land a bigger event such as a Sprint Cup race. They have so much land available around that track they could fit 100,000 easily and they could add grandstands around the track quickly. It's in a great location because it is off state route 840 so it is easy to get in and out without tying up traffic around Nashville. The powers that own Dover also own Nashville so the only hope to ever land a cup race, which i don't ever foresee, is to take a Dover race and move it. I don't know what their love with concrete is either. I think it would be a great site to host Nashville concerts, we have no outdoor venue other than Riverfront which is too small. LP Field allows mega country stars to play there in the summer but only once or twice a year. | |
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07-29-2008, 01:28 PM
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| | Give me 3 more!!!
| With the exception of Indy, Nashville was my 2nd favorite IRL race. | |
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07-29-2008, 04:17 PM
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| I'm not saying that I don't hate it that Nashville is off the schedule but Toronto was a staple of the old Indycar Series and Champ Car Series. They usually had pretty good races there too and I think the IRL does need a couple of more road courses to balance it back out like it used to be. | |
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07-29-2008, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DownNDirty I'm not saying that I don't hate it that Nashville is off the schedule but Toronto was a staple of the old Indycar Series and Champ Car Series. They usually had pretty good races there too and I think the IRL does need a couple of more road courses to balance it back out like it used to be. | no they didn't. Toronto was always a parade. there's no passing on the temp. street circuits.
there's a difference between a road course and a temp. street course. you can race and pass on one and you can play follow the leader on the other. it makes for wretched racing. it's garbage.
they need to be at Road America, Road Atlanta, or Barber in Bham before they need another temp. circuit. | |
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07-29-2008, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by doozer no they didn't. Toronto was always a parade. there's no passing on the temp. street circuits.
there's a difference between a road course and a temp. street course. you can race and pass on one and you can play follow the leader on the other. it makes for wretched racing. it's garbage.
they need to be at Road America, Road Atlanta, or Barber in Bham before they need another temp. circuit. | I agree with everything here, I absolutely detest street courses (Long Beach was so-so), but I would add Mid-Ohio to your list of possible venues. | |
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07-29-2008, 08:31 PM
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| are they not going to be at Mid-Ohio next year also? | |
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07-29-2008, 08:40 PM
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| | Matthew 6:2
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new IRL schedule announced tomorrow morning at 11 ET. | |
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07-29-2008, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by doozer are they not going to be at Mid-Ohio next year also? | I haven't heard for sure, guess we'll find out tomorrow. | |
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07-29-2008, 08:48 PM
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| really? i had no idea it was in question whether or not they'd be back at Mid-Ohio. i will physically vomit if they replaced Mid-OH with another temp circuit.
it's Bobby Rahal territory, and with Graham now, how could you not be there? those two alone could promote the event.
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