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DjDrOmusic
06-03-03, 01:36 AM
The town meeting was great, and I got the question about Mid Ohio in for those of you who asked. Pook was adamant that Mid Ohio is very important and that negotiations will be ongoing. I had a very awkward meeting when I first arrived, with PATREEEEEEK....outside of the Men's Room! By the way Mello, my daughter is now firmly in the Patreeek fan camp, as soon as he smiled at her and autographed my wife's T Shirt that she was wearing! Chris Pook made me an even more avid believer that CART is in the proper hands to survive. :thumbup:
By The Way, Chris Pook told me that Columbus will have a town meeting on July 15!!:D

DjDrOmusic
06-03-03, 05:12 AM
I forgot to add this, both my son and my Mom were positive that Eddie Cheever was at the Town Meeting. They said he looked around shook his head and walked out. I didn't see the guy, but my Mom said quote, "if it wasn't the little son of a b!#+ch, it was his twin brother." :confused:

mello
06-03-03, 06:12 AM
Great news DR!! I am sure glad you got to meet up with PC. His personality is one of the best in the series. Cool about the Columbus Town Meeting.

RaceChic
06-03-03, 01:03 PM
Should have asked you to see if there is going to be a meeting in Toronto. :confused:
Thet probably think they have to wear masks. :shakehead

racer2c
06-03-03, 01:08 PM
Speed has an article up from the meeting. I thought this interesting.

"Stanner, whose IMG company has been a partner and promoter of the race for much of the last decade, told fans that the upcoming night race should provide a fascinating turnaround for fans that feared losing the race to another open-wheel series just a couple of years ago.

“Thanks to the Cleveland racing fans, this race has gone for 22 years and it is because of the tremendous fan base in this town,” Stanner said. “We’re convinced that racing under the lights and being on the Fourth of July is just what we need to ensure success. We were never going to run IRL here, we were just using that alternative as leverage against former management that had priced themselves out of the market.” "

RaceChic
06-03-03, 02:07 PM
racer2c, link please? :D

racer2c
06-03-03, 02:40 PM
Speed Link (http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/champcar/6584/)

You don't have Speed bookmarked? Shame.

Sean O'Gorman
06-03-03, 04:27 PM
This was also mentioned in the Cleveland PD today. It was on page 7 of sports, but there was a sentence about it on the top of the page. :thumbup:

Napoleon
06-03-03, 04:42 PM
Sean, I assume this is the story:

http://www.cleveland.com/autoracing/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1054632988166091.xml

KLang
06-03-03, 06:16 PM
Transcript at cart (http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=6163)

Good read. :)