today I’m thinking…

Merry Christmas my friends!

May you all have a safe and happy Christmas and New Year with family and friends.

We’ll get back to talking racing and politics in 2008…
*cheers*
Meesh

Happy Birthday Paul!

*ya, it’s a day early, but tomorrow is hell day at work, and I won’t likely get to blog*

I hope wherever you land next year that you are happy, respected and well compensated.

You deserve the best of everything.

*raises a glass to toast her pal* Here’s to bigger and better in 2008!

are you fucking kidding?

http://www.champcarworldseries.com/News/Article.asp?ID=12433

What the fuck? Is this a joke? Could their timing be any more ironic? Christ.

Get thee to a PR firm… stat!

Here’s an idea… secure and announce your drivers for 2008. Then secure and line up a sponsor or two. Then maybe folks will have some incentive for their creativity.

It would be funny if it wasn’t so… <insert whatever word pops into your head first>

A painful reminder of the dangers of motorsport…

RIP to Rafael Sperafico

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian stock car racer Rafael Sperafico was killed in an accident Sunday during the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

The 26-year-old lost control of his car on the sixth lap, slamming into the tire wall and bouncing back on to the track. His car was then struck by the car driven by Rentao Russo, who was in serious but stable condition with head injuries.

Sperafico died from massive head injuries followed by cardiac-respiratory failure, Dr. Dino Altman said in an interview on television.

The accident occurred on the same stretch of the Interlagos track where Formula One drivers Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber were involved in an accident during the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=ap-brazil-driverkilled&prov=ap&type=lgns

Thoughts and prayers to the entire Sperafico family.

talk about missing the point…

It’s so funny how many people are missing the point.

It’s not PT potentially leaving that is the issue… it’s the WAY he could be leaving that is the ugly point here. Obviously this is something that we, as fans, would be facing sooner rather than later. If the man chose to retire or was allowed to retire on his own terms, then ya, most would be bummed out, but we would say “bon voyage” and thank you and move forward, hopefully still enjoying his commentary as a colour commentator or an owner or whatever.

However, if the man is railroaded, shafted, pushed out, betrayed… or whatever word  is apt in it’s description, as those in the know are indicating, well, then that brings up more than a few concerns. It makes the series look bad. It makes the owners look bad. It further pushes away sponsors and teams and drivers. Oh, and a good chunk of the fanbase, whether or not folks want to believe it.

The Canadian races are already suffering. Lack of sponsorship, lack of coverage, shite tv package, and an ever dwindling driver line up. There was already a good chance that PT would be the sole Canadian driver in 08 following rumours of Tags heading for the Nascar pasture. That in itself jeopardizes the Canadian events, specifically the Quebec event which could potentially not have any french driver presence with Seabass leaving and Nelson possibly getting tossed aside again.

Toronto is already on shaky ground with a good chunk of cash disappearing from one source and the Steelback sponsorship in question. Toss PT not racing into the mix and things go from bad to worse in record time.

This is not a simple case of fans getting their knickers in a knot over their favorite driver leaving. This goes much deeper than that. Situations like this are catalysts. This is the proverbial straw and there are a lot of people out there with sore, weak backs…