Still waiting on the fate of Long Beach and its getting harder by the day. Someone make a decision! And the right one! With everything on the line for Long Beach, should Champ Car continue to race there next year, there are a few things that need to be improved. The first and foremost is something that Mr. Jim Michaelian brought up, and that is the fact that there is no other race for 5 weeks following the GPLB. It is difficult to have this premiere event, draw people in and then tell them to wait 5 weeks until the next show. We live in a society where attention span is at an all time low and we need constant reminders of our product. Set up one race prior to Long Beach and then another two weeks after Long Beach. Although I like the set up of having a couple of races in the Spring, full time summer schedule, and a couple of races in the Fall. I just think that we can’t have LB on its own like that. It needs a little brother to follow its act. Hopefully something is in the works for 2006.

By the way, the first installment of ‘Overheard At the Track’ is now in the hands of the people who have the power to air it on the website. It should now be a matter of moments before it goes up there. I’m looking forward to seeing how they do it. Here we have this ultra-pro motorsports website with instant updates, knowledgeable writers pumping out daily, informative stories and just about anything anyone would ever want. How the heck are you going to throw in some guy dubbing voices over completely meaningless track footage? Hee. Should be interesting. Oh, and my apologies to those who expect it, but I thought I should warn you right now. I don’t have any footage of Jimmy. He was already on track by the time I got there and I never saw him. I’ll work on that from now on.

Alright, I gotta go complete the second installment. There will likely be a total of three ‘Overheards’, so keep checking the website for the latest ones. I’ll also try and post a link here. But you know me and the Internet, we don’t always get along. You want proof? Ask the travel department at Champ Car. Seems I can’t even book a simple Toronto-Milwaukee round trip online without ending with several tickets in my name, most of them going everywhere else BUT Milwaukee. Its quickly becoming a nice, little tradition this year: I try and book online, screw it up severely and get a phone call from Champ Car the next day wondering what the heck I was doing. I’m all for traditions, so I expect this one to continue.
Champ Car baby! Champ Car for life!