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Kiwi Bird on nose of Johnny Rutherford's McLaren at
the IMS Hall of Fame museum. (The Tomaso Collection)
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I suppose by now I should understand why Zak
Brown and McLaren & Co. are so eager to Toy with Us IndyCar Masses...
Especially now that another Abysmal Formula 1
season's "Done 'N Dusted" for McLaren, and Fernando's "Left Duh
Building;" Err retired from Formula One, and any good press is welcomed.
Obviously by now, Y'all have heard of
McLaren's new Indy 500 project, Righto? For which longtime ex-Force India
Deputy Team Principal Bob Fernley's been announced as the project's leader,
which many have found puzzling since Gil de Ferran is currently heading the F1
side of Woking's Palace, who's intimately connected to Indy Cars, albeit it's
worth remembering he was Honda F1's Sporting Director briefly.
Yet
I'm getting quite Cornfuzed over the continuing references being made about
Fernando Alonso driving with, and the 2019 McLaren Indy 500 project being in
conjunction with Ed Carpenter Racing.
ECR
Especially
since ECR's previously announced that Ed Jones will drive the No. 64 Scuderia
Corsa Dallara DW12-Chevy, their third Indy 500 entry, along with the entire
"Twisties," nee Road & Street Courses portion of the 2019 IndyCar
calendar in collabouration with Scuderia Corsa.
With
the team's other two drivers, aka FAST EDDIE', nee Ed Carpenter in his longtime
#20 mount & Spencer Pigot in the #21
at Mother Speedway this May.
Although
I've read recently on Race Fans
that
Alonso's signed to drive GM Products next year, i.e.; Cadillac at the Daytona
24hrs & Chevy at Indianapolis, but McLaren's running their own team and any
combination with ECR would seem to imply EdCarpenter's running 4-cars at Indy,
or 5 if McLaren enters a second car, which 5 ECR cars seems fairly unlikely to
Mwah. So, am I missing something?
And
whilst we're All still Ah-wash' in the Afterglow of Fred's retirement from the Pinnacle
of Motorsports. It's worth remembering that the Swashbuckling Spaniard isn't
All Smiles and Charm, especially when he doesn't get his way!
Whilst lastly,
presumably Y'all know that McLaren's got a rich History at thee Brickyard, most
notably it's two victories with Lonestar JR' at the controls, which I've
previously scribbled here on No Fenders in;
(Photo c/o No Fenders ‘Offical Photographer
CARPETS')
