The good feelings created by one of the most exciting Indianapolis 500s
in recent years have crumbled like the Belle Isle course. (I’ll avoid a comment
like race cars should drive on race tracks, not streets.) In the past 10 days
or so we’ve had ill-advised tweets, a race that needs to go the patch-and-play
route to (sort of) finish and an event (China) reportedly in danger of not
happening.
What’s next, brick-eating frogs falling from the sky above the front
stretch at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway? Anyway, here are a few thoughts:
Randy Bernard: More leading,
less tweeting. Unlike your past life in the PBR, there are no bulls in IndyCar,
but there is plenty of bull, uh, well, you know. If you need more help on the
racing business side of things, find it. Get it. Use it. And move forward. Take
care of your business in a boardroom, not a chatroom.
The car owners: Raise your hands. Voice your concerns. Ask questions.
Encourage a healthy dialogue. Be heard. Then … Follow. Support. Help. Manage. And
move forward.
Anyone (mis)using Twitter: Maybe 140 characters are too many. Don’t let
your fingers and thumbs get ahead of your brain. Any time you have to use a *
symbol or something similar, rethink and retype.
Fans: Hang in there. I know you’ve heard this forever, and I understand
being fed up with every time IndyCar seems to turn a corner it immediately
drives into a tire barrier. The competition has been good this season (Detroit
being the exception), and some new drivers are emerging who might begin
toppling the usual suspects before the season’s over. Mope some, but try to
hope more.
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