so the world turns without you...

Sorry about the lack of updates during what is seemingly one of the businest new periods of the season for IndyCar and of course Brett Farve-gate in the NFL...but to make a long story short. We were scheduled to close on the sale of our house Tuesday and be moved to Virginia by yesterday...

In short, the closing has been moved time and again and I've spent the last 4 days in an empty house with no internet, video games, books, and have now finally gotten myself over to the local coffeeshop only to find the TK news storm and the end of the Versus deal details flooding my inbox and news feeds... Since it's a little late to really put in a new update I'll just say this...

1) I wonder how many people will stop either talking to Robin Miller, OR how many stories Miller may stop reporting as people continuously get spooked when he does his job and reports news. I honestly believe Miller reported the truth, and AGR saw the leak and offered the farm to TK to keep him, and also that possible TK used Miller and Ganassi to get that done. AGR saying they wanted to finish up the deal to stop rumors doesn't make sense, if TK was never leaving then AGR has no reason to panic at rumors... I honestly think Ganassi has TK locked in his miond and got scrwwed by TK's tactics or TK getting spooked.

2) I LIKE the Versus deal. Yes I realize Versus doesn't have the immediate recognition ESPN has but, neither did NASCAR and Fox at one point. NASCAR didn't become what it is by only shooting for ESPN and ABC, they went with networks that worked with them and built their product to what it is, and the same goes for just about any other product. This isn't SpikeTV, this is a network run by Comcast, someone with a huge play in this market and someone who has the NHL and a two major (Pac-10/MWC) college football conferences. Clearly the writing is on the wall here, Versus is trying to take a real shot at the sports world and growing itself. They are putting a full effort into IndyCar and that is something we surely have not seen from ABC/ESPN in at least possibly 10 years.

Lastly... I call upon all fans and bloggers out there to make a change. Refer to the sport you love as IndyCars. We are no split anymore and there is no reason to refer to the sport as open-wheel racing just as you don't refer to NASCAR as stock car racing. Not only does it get more recognition immediately but it makes more sense as we've called the cars IndyCars since the sweepstakes became known as the Indy 500.