How About This for a Dream?
Here is the scenario and it would take place sometime in 2008.
- Day One begins with a lavish opening ceremony at the Indianapolis Motor Speeedway and the week’s first race is held on the infield road that hosts the United States Grand Prix. Everyone races in stripped-down, identically matched open wheel machines.
- Day Two is held in nearby Terre Haute on the famed half-mile dirt oval in USAC-style sprint cars. “The Action Track” has long been the proving ground for the likes of A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, and the Unsers, so why not take today’s best and put them to the test?
- Day Three takes place at the Indianapolis Raceway Park, a half-mile asphalt oval just down the road from IMS for an old-school short-track stock car event. How great would it be to see the look on Fernando Alonso’s face when Dale Junior gives him a bumper shot going into the turn?
- Day Four is a go-kart showdown held at ProDrive Karting, an indoor facility mere minutes from the Speedway that features European-style karts. These are the exact same rides that everyone from Tony Stewart to Michael Schumacher used to hone their skills as kids and teens. Schuey and his F1 cohorts participate in off-season kart races each winter that are wildly popular and pull giant TV ratings in Europe.
- Day Five is back to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a 250-mile event on the world’s most famous oval. During the Indy 500’s golden era of the 1960s and ’70s, world champions from all forms of racing would stop whatever they were doing and head to the Brickyard for The 500. This finale of the World Series of Motorsports would have that same international spirit, and if you soccer fans insist, we can even get David Hasselhoff or Ricky Martin to record a theme song just as they have for past World Cups.
The above is offered by Ryan McGee of FOXSports after getting infected with a “world view” while watching the World Cup. The idea is to assemble drivers from all diciplines of motorsport to compete.
Thought I’d throw it out there for comment and discussion, or give you a chance to throw tomatoes at your monitor.
For myself I like the idea, but logistics would be a major nightmare. Getting all the drivers to Indy smack in the middle of the racing season would be tough, if not impossible. Seeing Michael Schumacher, or any other F1 prima donna, behind the wheel of a sprinter at Terre Haute would be like the credit card ad, priceless.”
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Day 6: The Brickyard 400.
Would be the onlt feasible way I can see to get participation from the Cup drivers. Unless it was earlier in the year where there is an off weekend.
Of which, May is out due to Indy preps.
Would make for a great week of racing though, and those euro karts are fast, and a blast. Had an opportunity to try it in Dubai. It was a memorable day, and one that comes up from time to time in conversation with some of my buddies that went along as well.
Damn Luke I hardly pushed to “post button” and here you are. What’s the matter bored waiting for the races to start.
The time around the Brickyard was on my mind also, whatever scheds that could be made would have to revolve around the NASCAR sched because of the number of events they run.
Truth be told the Euro Karts would give the F1 boys an advantage. Many of them run in France in the off season.
And what to hell were you doing in Dubai? It’s a nice place I have been there many times during my time in the Navy.
I had more than a few laughs hearing some of the comments about Dubai during the port takeover bruhaha. So many Americans are so isolated they haven’t a clue about anything outside a 300 mile radius from home.
It really showed with stupid remarks about Dubai.