No Sleeze, No Gold Coast Indy
Lets be honest up front, IndyCar’s Tony “G” botched the open wheel merger with respect to the Australian event.
The primary reason is the race won’t count towards the season championship. The entire field may as well be sitting on Indy’s finish-line bricks playing tiddly-winks vice a 10,000 mile road trip for all the good it will do them.
The problem has led a couple leading preexisting IndyCar teams to go into near rebellion. While not screaming hell no we won’t go, at least not so much in public, it’s well known some potential outback campers aren’t at all happy.
So there’s that.
Then there’s this, that may effect event attendance in one fashion or another.
Queensland’s Premier Anna Bligh has ordered a crackdown on what she’s calling “sleeze.” (You mean like this? - ed)
Ms Bligh was offended by “lewd” behavior, including women flashing their breasts on highrise balconies (what, she hasn’t seen them before, doesn’t she have her own pair? - ed), during her first visit to Indy as Premier last year and has told organizers to clean up their act.
She issued a “new code of conduct” to cover the owners of highrise units along the race route in hopes it will mitigate the “lewd” displays of, Oh… My God…. actual breasts of race goers! (presumably this covers men’s breasts as well correct Ms. Premier? -ed)
She said while lewd behavior on highrise balconies was difficult to police, “people shouldn’t take any comfort from that”.
“If the police can identify you, they can make a charge,” she said. (I have a solution for that which I’ll get to in a minute. - ed)
“You can have a lot of fun without turning off international visitors and spectators.”
Newflash Ms. Prude Premier, I have it on good authority many traveling home have been heard to sing a variation of an old Bob Hope ditty, “Thanks For the Mammaries,” but maybe my source is a bit shaky. You be the judge.
In addition, as if that weren’t enough, a ban on full-strength drinks sold at bars inside the Indy precinct will also be implemented this year.
Well, that does it for me. That’s strike three.
I’m being asked to pay for tickets to an exhibition race, without the now traditional Gold Coast Sheilas showing their um, equipment, and I have to sip on Mother vice Coopers Extra Strong Vintage Ale.
No thanks Madam Premier.
On the other hand thanks.
Ya see Madam Premier (Pictured above with her predecessor Peter Beattie) you said yourself identification is nigh on impossible from street level looking up at bare breasts and I plan on making a small fortune because of it.
Any Sheilas planning a traditional Gold Coast exhibition contact me. For a small fee I’ll provide you with a mask in the likeness of Premier Anna Bligh. It should save you from arrest and with luck the local constables will be knocking on Madam Premier’s door with an arrest warrant.
Ha Ha, what a laugh, as is so often the case with Queensland politicians, she never gets out of the capital, Brisbane, or she is from some outback banana bending, top-end town, population 300.
Clearly, like Tony George, she has not only ever viewed the race; it would appear that she has never been to Surfers Paradise or that stretch of the Gold Coast. Exposed Breasts?? Check out the adjacent stretch of beach for Christ’s sake. The Gold Coast crowd rolls their eyes at the Brisbane conservatives…..& then just does what they have always done.
As for the no full strength beer in the stands, unfortunately because of dickheads, this has become the norm at both the football & the cricket so I’m not surprised that GC Indy has followed suit.
Don’t worry marc, you will still get an eyeful at this years non championship round, personally I think they should have told George to get fucked & don’t ever come back. If it’s not to be an official round, Piss Off! It’s bad enough that the race will feature hack job-converted-to-road-course Dallara’s, if it’s not going to be a full grid they can stay home. I’m pretty much sold on the idea of the race swapping over to A1GP as it may never enjoy the quality it held in the 90’s.
Tony George, either find a brain (too much of an ask?) or keep your sub standard offering within the confines of the United States. When you have a remotely credible series give Australia a call
Further, although A1GP would be the best solution, GP2ASIA has quality Euro run teams,highly qualified drivers & a better format than the current AOW.
Actually Marc, the more I think about it, TG should not be allowed to have teams elect not to come. He has reached into his pocket to keep teams,races & a series afloat in the past……………& he can damn well do it again. Or dont turn up at all, he can’t have it both ways.
Further, what kind of a series owner/promoter lets teams tell him what they will & wont do? Bernie must laugh his head off at TG.
What a dipshit!
Phew! Glad I got that off my chest.
Did I mention Tony George is a dickhead?
Jesus, has my sexual orientation changed without me knowing it?
I seem to be attracting a lot of “peters!”
No it’s just the one peter. The subject of TG sets me off into rant mode.
Check your email, I have even submitted a article for a post.