Hi,
Dave is a little confused about his racing analogy. IRL was started by Tony George because he was miffed at CART. Since he owned the Indy track, he felt he could throw his weight around and started IRL. What he did was to dilute open wheel racing with two leagues, diminishing open wheel racing to a second class sport. The purpose of eliminating the turbochargers was to reduce the cost of the cars and give new teams a chance to get started in the IRL. A secondary effect, for a while, was reduction in speed.
J_R, I've never had the common courtesy of a response from DB on any e-mails I've sent him. Fortunately, I can ask Dave Matthewson, DII VP, any questions and I ALWAYS get a prompt and truthful reply.
I respectfully disagree about DB's power within the EC. He's the "leader of the band" and as such sets the tone of the meetings. I know when he wants something he comes down on the EC like a ton of bricks until he gets his way. My problem with DB is that I feel he's less than honest I keep going back to his editorial years ago when Wolfgang Khlur flew his jet after dark. DB's editorial was full of misinformation and half truths that I couldn't believe the President of a national organization was writing this. He has an obligation to get the correct info and then write his editorial. There's an old saying in HR: No employer should expect perfect employees, but employers have a right to expect honest employees. I expect the same from the EC, but IMHO, DB and several, not all, members of the EC have an agenda and are not being honest (remember Muncie) with the members.
Regards,
Jon