|
|
|
|||||||
| PaddockTalk.com PaddockTalk.net PTalkPhoto |
Home |
FAQ Indy Car |
Members List F1 |
Calendar NASCAR |
Search | Today's Posts A1 |
Mark Forums Read |
| Other Racing - Hosted By Skidmark Support Series, NHRA, MotoGP, Rally, etc. Everything has its place! |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Display Modes |
|
#1
03-04-2010, 04:55 AM
|
||||
|
||||
2010 Atlantic Championship Cancelled
Wow, some disturbing news... The Atlantic Championship 2010 season has been cancelled. It was stated this series will be on a hiatus until the global economic conditions improve.
__________________
Danica Patrick #7 Motorola Dallara- Future Indy 500 Winner Danica's Indy Driver Points - 275 - 11th Place 
|
|
#2
03-04-2010, 06:11 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Black armband time. A truly great series gets flushed down the tubes as both a victim of the great divide and the red-headed stepchild of the great reunification.
Don't see this one coming back ever. To bad, lots of fond memories of this series dating back to the '70s.
__________________
"Faster, Faster, Faster ... until the rush of adrenaline overwhelms the fear of death." - Hunter S. Thompson.
|
|
#3
03-04-2010, 05:56 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
sad but expected...
__________________
"We're against the idea of teams leasing engines and not being allowed to take them apart," said Leo Mehl, irl executive director. "We don't call that a level playing field."
|
|
#4
03-05-2010, 12:52 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Yeah, you kind of saw the writing on the wall when all they could field were a dozen of the 016s and event the re-established C2 class (the 08s) brought little to fill the field.
I guess I just have to be happy to see John Edwards get a sportscar ride from Mazda for his championship prize and that Simona managed to make her way out of the series, but the rest of the kids and the team owners deserved a much better fate. The real issue I have with this that with series gone and Formula BMW Americas swept under the rug some of the best junior cars on this side of the pond will be parked in garages while the open wheel ladder here consists of Formula Ford to Star Mazda to Indy Lights. The Europeans are going to kick North American butt for another generation if this is all the equipment they have to work with to learn their craft.
__________________
"Faster, Faster, Faster ... until the rush of adrenaline overwhelms the fear of death." - Hunter S. Thompson.
|
|
#5
03-07-2010, 04:46 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
True, my feelings as well. Article: http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_...4037d b7f7931 Officially a one season hold. I wonder where the remaining drivers will be moving for 2010? Star Mazda is pretty wild and I'm not sure if the Atlantic drivers will want to make that move. Indy Lights seems a natural step? Darn, I had one or two of the races on my tentative schedule for this year.
|
|
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Linear Mode
