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Mid-Season Questions and Answers
7/7/2010Halfway through the 2010 season: Some questions asked, some questions answered, and whatever happened to Tony George?
IndyCar is on the rise and NASCAR is in decline? I’ll believe that when some Cup drivers switch series.
Daytona is being repaved. What percent of the reported $20 million cost will be recovered by selling chunks of the old surface as souvenirs?
What really caused the potholes that brought NASCAR on Fox’s premier presentation, the Daytona 500, to a halt? Digger.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. hasn’t won a Sprint Cup race in over two years. With Mark Martin returning to Hendrick Motorsports in ’11 and Kasey Kahne under contract, are we 100 percent sure Junior will be back?
The best comebacks so far? Richard Childress and John Force.
Brad Keselowski is the runaway leader in the Nationwide series. Can you believe that would be Roger Penske’s first NASCAR championship?
In a down market, what has stimulated souvenir sales? DeLana Harvick’s “I wear the firesuit in the family” T-shirts.
The Delta Wing concept was proposed as the Indy 500 car of the future. Doesn’t it seem better suited for land-speed record runs at Bonneville?
What has been amazing? Both Robin Miller and Gordon Kirby have nice things to say about the leader of IndyCar racing.
IndyCar has laid out an engine equivalency formula for 2012. When has that worked, anywhere?
What clues do we have for the Cup series’ future? The Nationwide Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger.
Scott Pruett is dominating the NASCAR-owned Daytona Prototype sports car class. Honestly, shouldn’t Cal Wells have given the under-appreciated Pruett more time in his Cup car?
How do we know Brickyard 400 ticket sales aren’t so hot? The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, for the first time, is selling infield general admission for its NASCAR race.
Let me see if I’ve got this straight. Milka Duno has a full-time IndyCar ride but Graham Rahal doesn’t?
Old pros Todd Bodine, Ron Hornaday and Mike Skinner are still battling it out in the Camping World Truck Series. Whatever happened to Ted Musgrave?
Biggest blunder in any racing series, anywhere? That’s easy: Cup Winner-to-Be Marcos Ambrose switching off his engine going uphill at Infineon Raceway.
Baltimore will have a street race in 2011. Did any city leader’s due diligence include a review of Washington, D.C.’s one-and-done event?
The season’s biggest outrage? NASCAR was showcased at Elkhart Lake but not the IRL.
Michael Schumacher’s return to Grand Prix racing has been a disappointment. But won’t those involved in the much-hyped U.S. Formula One team remain a bad joke for years to come?
Will Kevin Harvick really go from 19th in points last year to the Cup championship? No.
[ Next column: July 26 ]
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(I.N. Sider is the pen name for an independent motorsports business-person who has a quarter-century of professional experience working in almost every major North American racing series. The writer is not an employee of Valvoline or Ashland Inc. The column is intended to inform, entertain, and stimulate thought on the contemporary motorsports scene. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of Valvoline or Ashland Inc.)
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I.N. Sider is the pen name for an independent motorsports business-person who has a quarter-century of professional experience working in almost every major North American racing series. The writer is not an employee of Valvoline or Ashland Inc. The column is intended to inform, entertain, and stimulate thought on the contemporary motorsports scene. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of Valvoline or Ashland Inc.