IRL owners tell Bernard dump Barnhart

Q: How does TGBB hold onto his job?? What do the owners really think of him? What does Randy Bernard think of him? Does he have any supporters? It seems obvious that his actions are the largest source of credibility damage from within the IndyCar management structure. I know that Randy Bernard can't change the economy or the Versus contract or many other external factors restricting the health of OWR. He should, however, be able to control the internal manner in which IndyCar presents its racing product, including the replacement of such a publicly weak decision maker. Yet, TGBB is still there. That means to me that he must have support from somewhere that restricts Randy Bernard's control [such as holdover support from the George family] or that Randy is OK with TGBB. As a newcomer to racing, a question about Mr. Bernard is whether he really "gets" this sport and the continued presence of TGBB is not reassuring.

Web Beadle, Martinez CA

RM: A lot of us see TGBB as the last link to TG's era and since Randy Bernard wants to cut all references to IRL and start fresh, ridding us of TGBB would seem to make sense. A lot of owners have decided in the past couple years they didn't like TGBB and a couple have expressed their feelings to Bernard. Not sure how he's avoided a pink slip but at least Bernard was smart enough to hire Tony Cotman to handle the new car/engine process. SPEEDTV.com