BrianCunningham

Not that I'm going to spoil anything for those taping the race. But he should get BANNED for that manuever.

Can't see?
What the anoucer hasn't heard of corner workers?

John Shiels

thought he said Alex Tagliani couldn't see and PT was

MazdaRob

The Champ Car telecasts would improve if they would stuff a sock, or AT's fist in Derek Daly's mouth. He whines and crys about everything and tries to hype up every maneuver. He yelled about every pass being "on the edge" Hell, there was only one place to pass and half the ones he yelled about were not that close. He makes a hash out of the F1 he does too.

Liked the cut on Tracy's head. He should have run from Tag. Tag still had a helmet on

John Shiels

Daly should be dumped. He would try to hype grass growing on a show if they told him.

TRACKMAN2

i learned in high school foot ball punching a hellmet hurts and it dosent hurt the one wearing it... i thought palls move was ok, if he pulled it of he would be a hero.. so much at that level is determined in thousanths of a seconds and a fraction of an inch.. tag knows it and is pissed for comming out on the short end.. the foot will be on the other hand soon enuf.......

clubracer6

A guy on Wind Tunnel said it best - Paul should be banned for one race... That was a ridculous move that could have gotten someone hurt for no good reason...

Daffy

The guy should have more sense than that.. I have a feeling something will be done about it.

jkonkle

The problem is, if you break it down, the only time he was in danger was if he would have been t-boned by tag. Every other second into and through and out of the turn was a danger to the rest of the drivers.

If you split the second's up; you realize pretty quickly the move was ri-gawdarn-diculous. Oh good, windo tunnel's back on with no nascar! woo woo!

JK

AU N EGL

One race ?? three races and 12 month probation that if he does that again he is history.

ghoffman

OK, I give up. What exactly did he do?

corvette-pilot

I have ALWAYS hated Tracy. Sure he has talent but he is way too aggressive and is constantly making stupid moves. This was just one more thrown on the pile. He should have waited a few seconds and lost a couple positions and at least be able to finish the race. But NO, he has to risk it all and end up with nothing.

Wish the coverage showed the fight in it's entirety !!

AU N EGL

Just saw the rebroad cst of Speed news.

Tracy was having brake problems and not stopping or slowing. Tracy could not slow enough for a corner so he went off in to the run off area. He swong his car around and went back on to the track. Tracy said he though he could make it before any other cars.

As Tracy came back on to the track Tag spired Tacy.

Afer the race Tracy went to Tag to applogies. Tag lost it and said "I have no more cars. Which one of your cars am I picking up to drive?"

Tag had his helmet on and did not hear Tracy. SOme pushing and shoveing and the rest is history.

StArrow68

Saying Tracy was going to apologize is fairly wishful thinking. He looked so po'd at himself at the beginning of the confrontation that he couldn't even respond. And, I'm betting that his concern was taking out his own car and not Tag's. Gotta guess that there is a point where talent is less important than keeping the hardware in the race. He's a liability, not an asset. At some point the owner and sponsor will figure it out!

If Daly ever drove it doesn't show. The 'stay right up under his wing' mantra gets old when every instructor I've had keeps saying to hang back and get a run if you are faster. Guy's a dunce.
Randy

yellow01

I have to agree, although admittedly no one except PT knows for sure.

Regardless, that was rediculous move...

I think Tag showed some real restraint (and intelligence in keeping his helmet on, PT doesn't look like a featherweight ) Although it kind of pissed me off when they cut off the coverage just as the fight was getting underway All buildup and no conclusion

micro

I'm glad the cameras didn't cover all of the fight. Leave that to nascar.

xsiveone

And unlike NASCAR fans, I don't even want to think about the fight any more. It's already history as far as I'm concerned. I watch racing for the racing, not the fighting.

73-84 IMSA Widebody

I say give Mike Tyson a car and you wouldn't have these stupic amateurs fighting like girls.....................he might drive better than PT

63Corvette

Dave Despain's "Wind Tunnel" showed the fight ....several times in fact:-)

As mentioned, the Paul Tracy move was idiotic. Tagliani was right to keep his hat on.

There was NO NASCAR. There was significant coverage and discussion of the German GP

jkonkle

showing the fight; the men, the emotions the committment.

part of why nascar is successful is they idolize the drivers. People, most people, want to align with the man (or woman) and machine. Not just the machine or the engineer's who build them.

It takes a lot of people to make a race; not just drivers - you need pit crew too. To see the men sharing their extreme belief in the competition and rules is worth while. I also think PT threw the first punch, albeit at a guy with a helmet!

JK

John Shiels

If PT couldn't see he should have stayed tight to his side. He swung across the whole track which is fine if you can see. Totally his fault, bad judgement for sure.