If I’m not mistaken, there’s a press conference of some sort today. I think. Can that be right? Is it today? Hold on.
[checks the 472,932 separate emails, Tweets, texts, voicemails, telegrams, and lingering smoke signals sent this week from IndyCar's PR department]
Yep. It’s today. 2:00.
Pardon my forgetfulness. I have only a finite amount of available attention-span for racing matters, and dark forces are conspiring to grab it. And then rape it. Pillage it. Loot it. Shoot it in the face with a crossbow. And then leave it for dead, unable to function or otherwise muster even the slightest interest in other racing news. Or so goes their plan.
To which I say, F–K THAT!!
This is OUR day. This is INDYCAR’S day. This is the dawning of a new Era, for 10 million different reasons we know of — and untold more we don’t. The ship is being righted, and it begins today. These triumphant moments come along all too infrequently in our little realm of Fandom, and I’ll be goddamned if we let one get hijacked by some bloodthirsty media Vikings from Bristol, Connecticut.
We’re turning the tables, you goons. We’re taking back what’s ours. And what’s OURS is this day. It’s been a long time coming.
So welcome IZOD to the fold … heap praise on Terry Angstadt … advise IndyCar on how best to spend the bounty (FIX YO’ WEBSITE!!!!) … get your Hunter-Reay on … revise the revised tagline, preferably with inappropriate language … smoke a bowl of Arm & Hammer and write a celebratory Haiku … propose new t-shirt ideas … buy a jacket & write a glowing review … say something … say ANYTHING, and say it loudly – be it here or elsewhere. So long as it focuses on today. And so long as it’s positive not overly negative. For once. Finally.
The floor is yours, fellow IndyCar fans – it belongs to you. Not them. F–k them.
[sounds bugle call to battle]
By Mike in Edmonton, November 5, 2009 @ 12:10 pm
“When you peak, there is nowhere to go but down” nuf said.
By Sticky McCombs, November 5, 2009 @ 12:12 pm
All the “Look at me! I’m still pretty” language coming of the east coast is more proof how big this day really is for IndyCar. They feel more threatened now than ever. In a year when all are down, IndyCar is up. And, so is my bong. /que Rump Shaker/ladies enter motel room/
By Allen Wedge, November 5, 2009 @ 12:22 pm
More to come as it looks like the NBC/Comcast merger is imminent now; What I believe we have here is a snowball of good news starting to roll
By jason mcveigh, November 5, 2009 @ 12:30 pm
Funny how that in the run up to what could be the biggest announcement in open wheel since the merger, N word has to reopen the whole Danica jumping ship discussion. Me thinks The tin top organization feels a little threatened by what Indycar are preparing to announce.
By Roy Hobbson, November 5, 2009 @ 12:34 pm
“Fastest Cars on Earth” will be the official tagline. But I’m sensing that “SO IS YOUR FACE!!!” is gathering steam as the unofficial version. The future looks bright indeed.
http://twitter.com/isitmayyet/status/5452464278
By Bickelmom, November 5, 2009 @ 12:52 pm
Dance for joy, Bloggers
All tweet to your heart’s content
So is your face, Roy
You should publish a collection of SP Haiku.
By cappy, November 5, 2009 @ 12:55 pm
On this day let Biggie Smalls be our guide: ”Spit yo’ game, talk yo shit / grab yo gat, call your clicks.”
By BP, November 5, 2009 @ 1:33 pm
“There is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!”
By Schrementi, November 5, 2009 @ 1:55 pm
I A M I N D aaah f*** it.
By Jeff L., November 5, 2009 @ 2:17 pm
So there is gonna be little green aligators on all the cars now? Awesome! Wait..what? That’s Lacoste now? Oh. So does izod make clothes still?
By MM, November 5, 2009 @ 2:30 pm
Support IZOD!!!
Let them know you are an indycar fan…
Email them at izodcustomerservice@pvh.com
Become a fan at http://www.facebook.com/IZOD
And buy the gear!!!
Show your support for the “IZOD IndyCar Series”
By The Speedgeek, November 5, 2009 @ 3:47 pm
For a minute there, I thought you were going to go all Goonies on us.
“Up there?” [points at Angstadt, Hunter-Reay] “It’s their time! Down here?” [points at Sticky, the Bickleparents, iiMY McCarty, Wegde, everybody else] “It’s our time!”
Corey Feldman [scooping up polo shirts]: “Yeah, well, this was my polo shirt. And it didn’t fit, so I’m taking it back. I’m taking them all back.”
I need to stop drinking during my lunch hour.
By Tom G., November 5, 2009 @ 4:17 pm
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. The new tagline should be
“We don’t drink our Ethanol”
By jason mcveigh, November 5, 2009 @ 4:40 pm
Today should be the day that all of us open wheel fans unite and move forward with a great title sponsor and together support OUR Izod Indycar series. During the split some of us supported the IRL and some of us supported Champ Car and in the end all we did was the type of motorsport we love and allow Nascar to take over. Now the open wheel war is over and regardless of who you supported during the split years, those days are behind us and its time to unite our fans just like our teams did 2 years ago. Today we can use this as our call to arms, to support the sponsor, the series and to stick a big finger up to all who look down on open wheel racing. Indycar can return to being the biggest and best racing series in the world. Today is the first big step… Now let’s party!!
By P Daddy, November 5, 2009 @ 8:48 pm
what about “i got your restrictor plate right here” as a tagline?
By Heit Harrelson, November 5, 2009 @ 10:39 pm
To ESPN, IMG and all the Danica lovers. Two words…Michelle Wie! Welcome IZOD, for your space in the Pagoda is permanently guarded with velvet rope. May the mouthwash bottle have a high meniscus so your fervent dialogue is not only appeasing to the ear, but also pleasant to the nostril. NHRA is for hillbillies, NASCAR is for sodomites. You, IZOD, with your eternal devotion to speed, class and IndyCar racing have chosen…wisely.
By Mandy, November 6, 2009 @ 2:02 am
If that f**king IZOD commercial had repeated “SO IS YOUR FACE!” instead of “Everything gon’ be alright,” would we have gotten so sick of it?
By Riss, November 6, 2009 @ 8:29 am
Roy-
Is that press conference photo from Dallas on Nov 22 1963? I know its a big day for us (I am raising a pint of Sam Adams Cherry Wheat to chase my shots of 190 proof laboratory strength alcohol), but its a good day, right? Or are you predicting a disgruntled Viso takes a few shots at Barnhart from a tall building, while the real shooter (Ganassi) escapes into the night?
By H.B. Donnelly, November 6, 2009 @ 1:22 pm
Biggest upgrade coming out of this whole thing? the logo! Sure, we enjoy the patriotism suggested by making the logo red, white, and blue, but every sports league in the nation does that. IZOD comes in with a bunker-buster full of originality and says “F**K THAT! This series now belongs to the United States of AWESOME!” (or, in some circles, the United States of SO IS YOUR FACE!) Let’s praise our new red-and-black, Wilbur Shaw-themed cotton t-shirt-wearing overlords as they dance atop IRL headquarters makin’ it rain $10 million! All hail that stylish dude with the unnecessarily big sunglasses, nearly-shaved head, and open shirt!
By DZ, November 9, 2009 @ 12:02 am
H.B., YOU. DA. MAN.