tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post5135902556608063799..comments2023-04-27T04:20:37.175-07:00Comments on My Name Is IRL: MutinyIannuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120192496901254768noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-89873697908434338352008-02-13T20:09:00.000-07:002008-02-13T20:09:00.000-07:00Yeah yeah, mutiny and Hindenburg aren't exactly sy...Yeah yeah, mutiny and Hindenburg aren't exactly synonymous. But they do both apply. Kinda. Sorta.<BR/><BR/>Besides, I was always partial to goofier stuff like "Mister Roberts". I think James Cagney's words ring true in this case.<BR/><BR/><I>"I don't have to take it any more. There's a war on, and I'm captain of this vessel, and now YOU can take it for a change! The worst thing I can do to you... is to keep you right here, Mister, and here is where you're going to stay. Now, GET OUT!" </I>Iannuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120192496901254768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-80138989412300018352008-02-13T20:08:00.000-07:002008-02-13T20:08:00.000-07:00Triangulating the various rumors, it looks like Ge...Triangulating the various rumors, it looks like Gerry Forsythe is pretty much single-handedly standing athwart the tracks of reunification, crying, "Stop." He thinks that to give in now is to admit defeat in this decade-old war. How can he admit defeat, and acquiesce to the man he believe almost destroyed the sport. He, and apparently only he, truly understands what is at stake here! The rest are so cravenly driven by profit that they are ready to run back to Tony George with open arms. But not Gerry! Gerry knows better!<BR/><BR/>Someone needs to step in here and stop this. We're so damn close, after too many years. Can't anybody talk sense into him? What does he want, a field half-full of Atlantic drivers, with only five teams ready for Long Beach? That's how the series that gave us Zanardi going off-track at Laguna Seca for the win, and Max Papis falling just short at Michigan, will end? With a whimper? Mr. Forsythe, it's time to realize that the moment is at hand to admit the now inevitable truth. Champ Car is finished. IndyCar has the strength and the backing to lead open-wheel's fight back into relevancy, but only if ALL of the top drivers can join together in the name of racing. We need Wilson, Power, Doornbos, and Rahal. We need Helio, Kanaan, Andretti, and Patrick. We need them racing in one series, on a mix of tracks, giving us once again a true National Driving Championship. And apparently, we can have all of this, if Gerry Forsythe can manage to swallow his pride. It's time. Now.Fred Hurleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379706257551429697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-35264845499973688992008-02-13T19:47:00.000-07:002008-02-13T19:47:00.000-07:00Jeff,If it's a mutiny, instead of the Hindenburg a...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>If it's a mutiny, instead of the <I>Hindenburg</I> a better comparison might be the <I>USS Caine</I> or the <I>HMS Bounty</I>. Is Gerald Forsythe playing Capt. Queeg or Captain Bligh?<BR/><BR/>"Mr. <B>KALKHOVEN!</B>"<BR/><BR/>"I'll live to see you - all of you - hung from the highest scoring pylon in the Champ Car World Series!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-43046288002663112792008-02-13T19:21:00.000-07:002008-02-13T19:21:00.000-07:00Methinks I'll have to get one of these:)Methinks I'll have to get one of these:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-47902666473496243522008-02-13T18:16:00.000-07:002008-02-13T18:16:00.000-07:00I just signed up. Pretty cool!I just signed up. Pretty cool!Fred Hurleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379706257551429697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25142730.post-83528429246482824232008-02-13T17:33:00.000-07:002008-02-13T17:33:00.000-07:00You are correct. I'm a downforce member and I got ...You are correct. I'm a downforce member and I got 50% off, if I'm not mistaken. It was around $9 or $10, so that sounds about right.John in Speedwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03585981849299373904noreply@blogger.com