...now you gotta show up

Randy just smashed an overhead lob into your court. Check it:

You've received a personal invitation from the man himself. No more whinging and whining about inclusion and transparency. The Series is making an effort—now you need to by proverbially putting up, or shutting your pie hole.

As fans, this is not the image
we want to project

Best case scenario, show up at the Hilbert Circle Theatre round about 5:30 on Monday, with 26 of your closest friends, and grab one of the 1,781 FREE seats. Settle in, and get the dealio on the state of our beloved sport. IMPORTANT: Seating is first come, first served, so don't screw the pooch.

A personal show of support is ideal, but if you absolutely can't make it, BE SURE to log on to IndyCar.com, where all the action will be streamed LIVE, in your face, via the Internet.

What: State of IndyCar Presentation
When: Monday, February 13, 2012 at 5:30 pm
Where: Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis or streaming at IndyCar.com

Let's DO THIS.

—JM

A Backstage Conversation from the “State of IndyCar” Address

FILS Dude #1: [casually] “So, you called Conor’s rep, right?”

FILS Dude #2: “Uh... no, I thought you called him?”

FILS Dude #1: [agitated] “No. I didn’t call him. I’m on confetti, remember?”

FILS Dude #2: [confused] “I thought I was on confetti.”

FILS Dude #1: [angry] “No. DUDE. You are NOT on confetti. And if you didn’t call his rep and I didn’t call him that means they have no fu**ing clue about what is... [stops abruptly]

LOOK. Forget it. He’s about to make the announcement, and we’re completely fu**ed. Get back! I’m doing the confetti.”

[Moments later (in a biblical downpour of diced paper) Roger Bailey, Executive Director of the Firestone Indy Lights Series, announces that 2010 Star Mazda Champ, Conor Daly, will be stepping up to FIL, sharing driving duties for next season with USAC scholarship winner, Bryan Clauson—participating in the road/street races that Clauson does not take part in.]

[Daly’s thought bubble] “WTF?!?”

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Okay. So the conversation may be something I conjured up, but the announcement of Daly’s ride, and the fact that he didn’t know a thing about it, was NOT [insert favorite farcically-induced acronym here; ROFLMAO]. Here’s the proof:

Now, you might think this would be stellar news for Conor but, ruh-roh, PROBLEM. It’s no secret that Daly has his eyes set on Formula One, which means the next logical step for him is Europe’s GP3 Series.

Did Conor already have a GP3 deal done when the announcement came? Was he set to do some FILS races with a team other than the one associated with Clauson’s scholarship? Who knows... since the above tweet, Conor’s been pretty quiet on the subject, so we’ll have to see how this one plays out.

Regardless, this is one wickedly funny episode in the life of a race car driver.

Stay tuned...

—JM