28 Sep 2006, 19:31
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Belle Isle
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28 Sep 2006, 19:44
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That's a shame...
I thought Belle Isle sucked as a race circuit....little passing, pit strategy dictated race finishes....
But whatever makes them happy...
What about Michigan???
They can't really hold a race at MIS in late july, then do a street race Labor Day weekend in the same market just 5-6 weeks apart...
That seems stupid to me.
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One American Open Wheel Series!
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28 Sep 2006, 21:32
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Lol I see Autoracing1 have already read this thread and posted the news in their news section. 
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28 Sep 2006, 21:38
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I like Belle isle 
Ok the track wast great but it was/is a beautifull place I think its an amazing place to have a race
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28 Sep 2006, 22:56
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I had been to the course many times as a kid and it is a great race in person, not so great on TV. Hopefully they can make improvements. The other thing that always annoyed me was having to ride a bus to and from the race made it a pain in the arse to watch the end of the race, you pretty much had to watch the last lap from the corner closest to the bus pickup if you hoped to get back to your car in less than an hour.
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29 Sep 2006, 07:54
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The IRL has some issues with the MIS date, thy would like to move the date to aug. 5th, but the MIS officials are not too happy about that. (cab race on 19th)
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29 Sep 2006, 16:52
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Belle Isle has been confirmed
indycar.com
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29 Sep 2006, 17:00
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The layout?
Is it a new layout or the old previous CART layout?
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29 Sep 2006, 18:01
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it is the same as the previous layout according to the map on indycar.com
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29 Sep 2006, 23:45
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old cart course
i hope this is wrong. this is the old cart course, (THE COURSE LAYOUT AT INDYCAR.COM) the one Infamously called "mickey mouse" by Michael andretti. turns 3 to 6 are on an existing narrow twisty road. the cars NEVER were able to us 100 power on this course. the one that was better and they used for a few years before cart left was they made the road after turn 2 go twice as long, so you would not take a right at 3 on the map, but go straight, turn three was then a road they made (and is under sod right now' but still there) it was a right hander, and best/only legit passing area. they would make a right at turn 4. The turn 4 that is on the map was a left handed turn 5. the rest was the same. click the "click to fly thru" and i think they will use the old crappy course. because this was the same vidio the irl used to sell it city council (i live in Detroit and watched it a month ago when this was really heating up) if you do the fly through at the site, you can still see the rumble strips and white lines marking the course at turn six as a left hander. this course, the one there using, will be a parade, imo. it was a parade for cart, the skip barber series and trans am, when those support series ran it for a few years. geez, irl is sure starting to look like cha... oh forget it
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29 Sep 2006, 23:59
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30 Sep 2006, 03:26
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Originally Posted by tunnel45
i geez, irl is sure starting to look like cha... oh forget it |
Well best of luck.  It appears if the city signs off on the 1.5 million that it will be a non profit event with all or any profits going back to the city.
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30 Sep 2006, 05:11
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Both parties have said that any profits from the race will be earmarked for Belle Isle, both for improving the racing circuit and improving the park as a whole.
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30 Sep 2006, 13:59
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Originally Posted by drdisque
Both parties have said that any profits from the race will be earmarked for Belle Isle, both for improving the racing circuit and improving the park as a whole.
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in other words a non-profit.
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30 Sep 2006, 19:10
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Well AR1 had a headline with 'IRL uses micky mouse layout for Belle Isle.' Hmmm...
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