Racing

The problems with the Indy Racing League (IRL). They lack advertising a race. I never know when a race is on TV or what station. I must go look at the web page, which takes forever, and a day to come up. They put too much on the web page. Then when the race is found there is hardly any pre-race stuff and post race stuff is non-existent. They should take lessons from NASCAR about advertising. The smart thing they did was getting rid of Jason Priestly although they could have been smarter and never hired him in the first place. He could not commentate at all. He barely tells the front end of the car from the back. All he could do was repeat what one of the other commentators had just talked about. They were probably trying to bring a younger generation into the IRL. They DO NOT need wannabe actors/commentator/race drivers. The drivers themselves who are good-looking bring in the young generation just fine. They do not have to be good looking, they just need to be able to kick butt when driving a racecar. They have an abundance of advertisements during a race. Kenny Brack commented on that very fact during the race February 29, 2004, while he was on the phone with the commentators. They could take another lesson from NASCAR, when something exciting happens cut back to the race immediately. DO NOT wait until commercials are over. Another issues is blocking out the live race of the Indy 500 in Indianapolis. I realize why it is done but it is just plain stupid. I do not always have the fundage to go to the race. It is stupider to show the race late that night when it is not going to be watched because I would have already learned who won it. Another thing is that each car should be required to be different colors. It is freaking too hard to tell the difference between Castroneves and Hornish’s cars. You cannot see the numbers when they are whizzing past. By the way, I do not like Penske, I do not like Marlboro, and I do not like Honda. I cheer only for Sam Hornish Jr.