What happened to the petition....

[Dov]

From CW.com:

The Petition - A big thanks.
Now that the court case has come and gone, I want to let as many people as I can, know what happened to it.

First off, thank you to all who signed. This petition could have easily fallen flat on its face. I honestly half expected it to. I'm one of those types who partially believes signing a petition does nothing. Let me just say i'm re-evaluating that position.

Next, let me again, openly apologise to spicoli and any other members who were bashed in the petition. Petitiononline was not quick in answering emails. (This post was waiting for the petition to be removed, which I confirmed today). Its sad that a few individuals honestly thought they could wreck it for us.

Now, what happened with it.

Like I said in an open post here, I downloaded each page of the petition from the website. Over the course of 4 days, I went through each signature, and I deleted only certain things. I deleted vulgar sigs and comment lines, or deleted sigs that were obviously not true. (although it was a nice thought that celebrities such as Michael Jackson and Jenna Jameson signed) The one thing I did leave in were people who signed the petition truthfully, but were against the petition. I mean, you're honestly signing a petition you're against? Not my job to protect stupidity from itself.....

So the petition was downloaded, fixed and ready to go. I had been in contact with one of the teams since the petition started, and in consultation with them, I felt it was best to give the petition to the principals of OWRS, and let them decide how to use it, or if they feel they even need to use it. A big thanks goes out to the contact at the team I spoke with daily. I won't mention his name online without his permission. But he was instumental in getting the petition into the right hands. Over a one hour fax call to Indy, (still looking forward to seeing that phone bill ) I sent a 97 page fax of the petition to the said team.

The petition was in the hands of OWRS owners at the courthouse. It was their decision to use it or not. It was not shown to the judge, but from accounts I have heard from people who were there it wasn't needed. It was obvious to them that the judge had the right option in front of him all the time. Chapter 11 is about keeping people employed and the business going, not about making a monopoly.

I want to be very clear on this. The people on the front lines, the workers at CART and the workers at the teams, are VERY thankful for what everyone did.

At a reception at CART headquarters after the judge's ruling, i've been told that the petition was talked about alot.
Along with that, were the signs of support. The linking of the petition on Fernandez's website. All the forums coming together to let everyone know about the petition. And finally, the support I recieved from PM's and emails. Not only from fans, but people who work for CART and the teams.

In the end, be proud. To me, it was an amazing show of support. over 4 days the petition garnered 3000 truthful signatures, and it was in the top 5 signed petitions on their website during that time.

From the people who work for CART and the teams, a thank you to all the fans who supported.


Steve

[The Snout]

That's interesting to know. Thanks Dov.

[Snrub]

Agreed that is interesting. I didn't think those things did anything of any use. I wonder if there were any emails from anyone who is particularly interesting?

[Omega99]

Makes me kind of wish I'd bothered to sing it... Ah, well. May the Champ Cars Keep on Rollin'!

[f1manoz]

Signed it myself. Glad to know that the people running the series recognise our love for the series.

[norman-normal]

You should have left Jenna's name on, give it some dignity.