tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post2194353619705403441..comments2023-04-27T04:20:37.175-07:00Comments on My Name Is IRL: Junky gets junkedIannuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120192496901254768noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-86391427734615657772009-05-23T20:00:47.164-07:002009-05-23T20:00:47.164-07:00Oh, I'm sorry. That is not the correct answer. Tha...<I>Oh, I'm sorry. That is not the correct answer. Thank you for playing, though.</I>Ha! Jeff, you are funny! :) <br /><br />It must be awful for Bruno, I hope he gets another chance next year. Come to think of it, I hope I get another chance too, at the Freedom 100! :)leilani munterhttp://leilanimunter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-63607889931929989892009-05-18T21:42:00.000-07:002009-05-18T21:42:00.000-07:00...and I know just how much that news (him being o......and I know just how much that news (him being on my shitlist) will devastate him! LOL.Mikehttp://www.tractalk.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-89404937577756256782009-05-18T21:40:00.000-07:002009-05-18T21:40:00.000-07:00To MDC, ya, that is a long-way-around fact you pre...To MDC, ya, that is a long-way-around fact you present...but not exactly where I (or most others) am willing to go in terms of logic. Eric saw a means to have two cars in the field...and just played it wrong in letting Tag sits idly in the pits believing that his number was safe. I'm hoping there's no way in hell he was thinking of Bruno's run as insurance for at least one Conquest car to remain in the field at the end of the day, knowing it would be Tag's car to run no matter what happened. If that was his plan, and that's why he never sent Tag out again, then he's permanently on my shitlist.Mikehttp://www.tractalk.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-43450815713185849032009-05-18T13:26:00.000-07:002009-05-18T13:26:00.000-07:00Rode hard and thrown away wet i'd say. What a jerk...Rode hard and thrown away wet i'd say. What a jerk-owned team. With decisions like this, no wonder they're a backmarker team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-90824832539957376042009-05-18T13:21:00.000-07:002009-05-18T13:21:00.000-07:00Really sucks for Bruno. Here's a guy that's raced...Really sucks for Bruno. Here's a guy that's raced for nothing and was excited to have some cash come his way. Not sure where I read the quote after qualifying, but he mentioned his wife is expecting a child in July and he was really looking forward to the income. Add this event to Indy lore.<br /><br />Also, did anyone continue to watch VS. to the end of their coverage? Had not heard one word from Stanton Barrett before his interview, but I must say I now feel compelled to root for this guy. You could feel the disappointment through the TV but I was impressed with his demeanor. Very well spoken.SS Minnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299919045995368322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-22239373655724641552009-05-18T12:58:00.000-07:002009-05-18T12:58:00.000-07:00Mike says, "I'm more than 'a little bummed' for Br...Mike says, "I'm more than 'a little bummed' for Bruno. The guy did a fantastic job...and saved Conquest's ass in the process."<br /><br />Actually (and oddly), no. If Bruno had tooled around all day at 218, Tags is in the field. John A., RHR and Bachelart all had something to do with Tags getting bumped too, but the fact that if Junky doesn't such a good job, Tags doesn't get bumped.MDCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-37952595758391854542009-05-18T07:56:00.000-07:002009-05-18T07:56:00.000-07:00I have to agree with one part of IHJ's quote: ...I have to agree with one part of IHJ's quote: "It's the 33 best drivers and teams under the conditions of what we had." I am sorry, but Bruno, Buddy, and Stanton are all better drivers than Milk & Donuts. I was very angry when I saw she hit 221. I knew at that point that she would probably make the field, and someone was going to get screwed.John in Speedwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03585981849299373904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-70648980552212241042009-05-18T07:12:00.000-07:002009-05-18T07:12:00.000-07:00Here's the money quote right here:
"I knew coming...Here's the money quote right here:<br /><br /><I>"I knew coming into this that Alex is Conquest's primary driver and that if something happened to the first car that I would likely give him my place and I completely understand it."</I>If the deal between Bruno and Conquest Racing was <I>truly</I> structured the same way as Mike Groff's deal in 1992 ("Mike, you're in the field as long as Scott is in the field."), it stinks, but Bruno rolled the bones. Or really, in this case, Bruno took a hit because the team <I>didn't</I> roll the bones for Alex Tagliani.<br /><br />On the other hand, if Bruno was told "Just get the car in the field" <I>without</I> being told ". . . Oh, and if Alex doesn't make the race and you do, we'll swap drivers", then outrage towards Conquest Racing is truly justified. If that's the case, if I'm Alex Tagliani, I'm asking to be paid in cash, and have the money counted out right in front of me. Just a little matter of trust, you know.<br /><br />While there is a lot of justified anger towards Conquest Racing not pulling Alex and having him requalify, up until the last turn of the last lap of O-Ryan the Hunter's banzai run, it was looking like the team had rolled a solid seven to keep both cars in the field. Ryan "I won't lose it on camera, I won't lose it on camera, OH GOD WHY WON'T THIS D@MNED CAR GO FASTER ?!?!?!?!?" Hunter-Reay was obviously frustrated and perhaps spooked, and didn't <I>seem</I> to have the speed necessary to bump back in. <br /><br />Ya rolls da bones and youse takes yer chances, like da man says.<br /><br />That said, I am upset Bruno got shown the door. When I heard on Versus they had a grand total of <I>fifteen</I> laps on the car when they put him in line, <I>and</I> he put up a time of 221 and change, after his run I told mrs. mmack "Now <B>there's</B> a <B>real</B> race car driver. Turn a few laps, get the speed, put it in line, make the show. Easy as pie!"mmacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-75596210906078705612009-05-18T06:49:00.000-07:002009-05-18T06:49:00.000-07:00Man, who knew McKenzie Financial was running the E...Man, who knew McKenzie Financial was running the Edmonton Indy now. :-)<br /><br />We can gripe about it all we want. If Tag goes out and pulls a Goodyear, all will be forgotten and forgiven.Fred Hurleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379706257551429697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-12893116452134408682009-05-18T06:33:00.000-07:002009-05-18T06:33:00.000-07:00I agree Bruno is getting screwed here, but honestl...I agree Bruno is getting screwed here, but honestly I couldn;t tell you who got screwed more between Bruno now, and Tags before. <br /><br />The moment they saw DCR rolling Scheckter's car to the line, Conquest should have had Tags right behind him. They were seperated by .2 seconds; and to that point every position behind them was a bump day time, so I'm still not sure where the "we wanted to keep 26" logic works out that Eric said on TV.<br /><br />That said; let us not forget that one of the most famous finishes in Indy 500 history (1992) came as a result of Walker Racing replacing Mike Groff with their primary driver Scott Goodyear, because Goodyear got bumped.Allen Wedgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511193372395131930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-48835630809824094312009-05-18T05:53:00.000-07:002009-05-18T05:53:00.000-07:00sorry. that should have read "for NOT allowing Ta...sorry. that should have read "for NOT allowing Tags to requalify..."<br /><br />i guess that's what that preview button is for, huh?reddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-52188794804970300402009-05-18T05:51:00.000-07:002009-05-18T05:51:00.000-07:00as far as I could tell from Bachelart's post-quali...as far as I could tell from Bachelart's post-qualifications interview, the only person to blame for allowing Tags to requalify was Bachelart. if they hadn't pulled him out of line--twice--they'd have both made the race.redd carrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-43489125864608526772009-05-18T05:21:00.000-07:002009-05-18T05:21:00.000-07:00I wonder how you say "corn-holed" in Portuguese. S...I wonder how you say "corn-holed" in Portuguese. Someone should replace Bachelart. GENIUS move there, Bach. You're a rock star. I know it's business, blah, blah, blah, but on behalf of Bruno I'm scooting my chair back and calling "BULLSHIT" (albeit in English).pressdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14116626812974787639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-17812261115427928332009-05-17T22:47:00.000-07:002009-05-17T22:47:00.000-07:00Well said, Jeff. I just made my speil on Meesh's ...Well said, Jeff. I just made my speil on Meesh's blog...the harsh realities of Indy, bump day, the current state of the series with ridebuyers...<br /><br />I'm more than 'a little bummed' for Bruno. The guy did a fantastic job...and saved Conquest's ass in the process. Eric can't feel very good about this deal tonight, but with one car in, I'm sure he's very grateful...and Alex has to be, too. Bruno is 'owed one' in a big way...Mikehttp://www.tractalk.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com