I'm confident that we will be back in this market in 2007. We want to keep an open mind and an open dialogue and do what we can to get back in this market in 2007. -- there are hurdles to overcome.
"Brian Barnhart" is the President of Race Operations of IndyCar. Having previously served as director of race operations for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IRL, he is charged with primarily the safety and competition of the racing. Brian's most well-known on-camera role has been giving final instructions to every Indianapolis 500 qualifying attemptee before their run. He was also the president of the league from 2005 to early 2007.
On March 11, 2007, Robin Miller (journalist)/Robin Miller reported that the IRL was seeking a new leader for the marketing side of the IRL and that once found, Barnhart would return to his operations role. Terry Angstadt has since filled the role of President of Marketing Operations of the league and Randy Bernard has been hired as CEO, leaving Barnhart to focus on operations.
Barnhart previously served as a pit crew member or chief mechanic on prominent IndyCar teams. In 1990 IndyCar season/1990, he suffered minor injuries during a pit fire in Al Unser, Jr's pit during the Cleveland Grand Prix/Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland.
In 1992 Indianapolis 500/1992, Barnhart was the left-rear tire changer on the pit crew of Al Unser, Jr./Unser, Jr.'s winning car.{{cite news
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More Brian Barnhart on Wikipedia.It's really unfortunate that Fontana was not listed on the 2006 calendar.
You lose some date flexibility in this compression. Not everything was able to get accomplished and end up where we wanted to be. Whether it's Fontana, Phoenix or Pikes Peak, if those issues could be addressed, those are markets we would certainly look to make a return to.
You lose some date flexibility in this compression.
The primary reasons for the compacted schedule are momentum and consistency.
That's kind of what we've been saying all summer. I'd be hard-pressed to say there will be a significant difference in any area of the engine for 2007.
The primary reasons for the compacted schedule are momentum and consistency. Scheduling our races on a consistent basis in a compacted time frame will give us momentum from the drop of the green flag in Miami into the month of May, right through the heart of our season and into the championship point battle.
I'd be hard-pressed to say there will be a significant difference in any area of the engine for 2007.
We have seen an incredibly balanced level of racing the past few years in the IndyCar Series and look forward to even more of that in 2006. Extending our current chassis program with Dallara and Panoz provides our teams maximum value for their investment.
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