The IRL's Delusion

My son, wife and I went to Richmond this Saturday evening to watch the IndyCar race, won by Briton Dan Wheldon, who performed some fine doughnuts right in front of us after taking the checkered flag. It certainly was a nice change to be a racing spectator in the cool evening instead of a hot, humid afternoon.

But, as usual, the whimpy stewards ruined the race by putting the yellow caution lights on with four laps left -- because one car ran of of gas -- instead of racing under green to the finish. So even though Tony George is running the Indy Racing League as a show instead of a sport, he can't even get the show right. Just like the Indy 500, which has dropped like a stone in the past decade due to George's mismanagement, the IRL is a case of arrested development.

 Posted by glenn