Yeah, I know its A-L-L the rage right now, being
that its HOT-HOT-HOT! Across the nation, as Egads! Seattle's just simmered thru
an Excessive Heat warning over the weekend with temperatures only being a few
degrees cooler than Fontana's predicted
95 degrees Fahrenheit Friday; YIKES!
Yeah, I know it was an unbearable 109deg-f in
Arizona, but 90+ degrees is warmer than normal for Seattle, especially with NO
air conditioning! With some Meteorologists predicting us to surpass the July
4th high temperature record of 1972's 92deg-f by three degrees or higher; But I
digress...
Thus, what gives with IndyCar? Although I
suppose that's a Double Entendre, eh? since DON'T get me started on Mark
"I've Got A Plan!" Miles and the BUFOONISH Indy Car Series schedule
'O late.
Which Kenny
Sargent of Speed Freaks fame wryly pointed out last week Starts in April and
ends in May; Hooah!
As I do NOT wanna hear one Freakin' quibble
'bout lack 'O attendance this past weekend, since why in the BLEEP are you
scheduling the race to take place in the hottest portion of the day? Yuhs know,
when only Mad Dogs and Englishmen prefer to go outside!
Fontana returned to the IndyCar schedule in
2012 as a 500-mile night race (as Las Vegas' replacement) on 'Zepptember (Sept)
15th, beginning at 5:30PM Pacific, although my convoluted sprawl over another
HUGE disappointment by the "Toowoomba
Toranadoe" (Will Power) claims that the Pre-race
Dribble lasted an agonizingly L-O-N-G 80mins;
SHEISA!
As the weekend's temperatures hovered in the
low 100's if I remember correctly, with the sun's glare being a major factor
for the drivers.
This was the final race that Bob Jenkins
announced on TV - which was won by 'FAST EDDIE (Ed Carpenter) in the first
season of driving for himself at ECR (Ed Carpenter Racing) with primary
sponsorship from Fuzzy "Wuzzy" Zellar's Premium Vodka, which I
believe is bottled in Oregon.
As Ed, a native Hoosier and graduate of
Butler University and Jenkins had joked
about Carpenter winning for Bob as a "Retirement" present over
dinner the previous night, which Ed indeed won
his team's first race at the season finale ahead of Dario Franchitti,
the very same driver he'd beaten for his debutant win at Kentucky the year
prior.
As for reasons unknown, Bob Jenkins, who I've come
to realize is a total class act was completely lambasted on Zed Internetz for
something trivial, which I took exception to 'Wayback in the spring of 2010.
While sadly, Bob lost his wife of four-plus decades
shortly after leaving the television commenting booth after Ed's Fontana
victory, which I scribbled 'bout previously; as it was GURR-REAT! Hearing him
on the Public Address system this May at Mother Speedway.
2013's race moved to thee month 'O Roctober,
again as the season finale date of Oct
19th, which I watched "live" at CARPETS' Manor, with the race going
into thy 'Wee hours of the night, finishing round 1AM eastern; Crikeys! As I
was a Happy Camper since not only did Will Power win his first 500-mile Oval
race, but Scott Dixon claimed his third championship title, leaving 'HULIO
wonderin' if only he hadn't hit those 'Yumps in Houston; Hooah!
Last year's race moved once again for the
third year in-a-row, this time being held on August 30th, with 'TK
"Follow-your-Schnoz!" (Kanaan) scoring his debutant victory in red
for Chip Ganassi while DJ WillyP' (Will Power) got the Monkey off his back by
taming the track that he'd lost the 2012 title at en route to finally winning
the long sought after Astor Cup.
And I'm not sayin' that the drivers can't
cope with the heat, as Y'all recall the brilliant decision by the powers to be
at Starship HC (Hulman & Co) to run a double header at Houston at the end
of June; WTF! Which I proclaimed as being Uh,
Whilst it was plenty warm enough last August
when I traveled to Sonoma for the first time ever, but I fear that moving
Fontana to a day race in late June is akin to running in Houston the same time
'O year! As really IndyCar? Are you trying to ruin one of the few remaining
Oval tracks on your schedule? Oh Never Mind!
As I'm looking way
more forward to the season finale at Sonoma, which ridiculously, pays Double
Points! So watch out Monty, Will Power, 'HULIO and Cheeps' Gang are gunning for
Yuhs...
