Indy Car drivers are known to be pretty tough. Mario cutting open his shoe to drive with busted feet, mears driving with a busted wrist, or (I think) Kanaan having to shift with different shifting fingers taped to the wheel as the usual digits were broken.

Fair enough, and I wasn't going to necessarily beat you up over the sponsorship thing anyway. However, innovation and differentiation is coming in IndyCar to a certain extent with the aero kits. I'm not saying it's the end all, be all, but it is a start and is going to make a difference. It also may be the start of…

Nothing sums up the ridiculousness of this whole series better than this video. I'd call Formula E the beginning of the end for real racing as we know it, if anyone actually watched the crap they put out. Thankfully no one does.

No, Verizon has been the sponsor for 3 years running. I think that fact proves you're a little too out of touch on this to make predictions on the future, no offense. Did you know that Apple was at one point 10 days or so from bankruptcy? They are the largest company on the planet now.

Anyone know the shooter's background?

The great drivers are back, and road and street courses make up about 2/3 of the schedule.

Except they run 2x more road and street courses as they do ovals.

Open wheel seats are extremely hard to come by. Even sports car rides don't grow on trees at this point for talented drivers.

Because it's for men who like to go extremely fast down straights and around corners. Nothing wrong with sports car racing but it ain't the same.

Well said. The same people who think this is cool would probably show up at a race of autonomous driving cars.

So true. Indy Car has some of the best drivers, the fastest cars, and the best racing. And it's right here in the U.S. If you haven't gone to a race, do it asap. The noise, the power, the speed...you'll be hooked. And the whole thing is completely fan friendly and approachable. The teams and drivers all lack the…

The fact that a bunch of no-talent jornos, including one that has never even been on a track, could get behind the wheel of one of these things and not die tells us all we need to know about the viability of this series designed to "race" appliances around a track. It's a joke.

And I'll bet any skilled driver in a Miata can hang with your BMW on any twisty, public road.

Thank you Mazda. At least one car maker gets it (actually, ToyoBaru got it right too, but those may not be around much longer).

And FWD....

And the dorkification of automobile land continues unabated.

All of them. But that's not going to make it happen.

What is so special about him? I don't care that he punched anyone, or used a racial epitaph, or rubbed salt in Argentina's comedic wounds.

Seems real, particularly when taking into account the way the Mustang has evolved stylistically.

I have often wondered the same. Sounds like it's also only about 200 lbs lighter than an FR-S as well.