Cindric is wrong at so many levels

Tim Cindric wants to outspend everyone on engineering to win instead of winning with physical and mental talent of his team.

Team Penske President wants to turn IndyCar from being a sport, to being an exercise in engineering. Engineering is not a sport but Cindric wants to open up more areas of the IndyCar for development.

Why?

So rich Team Penske can outspend everyone else on engineering and win everything.

Team Penske hates it when they do not have the 'Unfair Advantage', which has always been Roger Penske's goal.

“If IndyCar wants to be perceived as the highest form of racing in this country, it should reward good performances and there should be ways you can differentiate yourself," he told Motorsport.com. “If you have your destiny in your own hands, that’s a form of motorsport we want to be involved in.

“We like to see competitive parity and everyone has the tools to win but where there are ways to differentiate yourself. That’s what makes it interesting for everyone [Note: It does for teams drowning in extra cash].

“I think there does need to be a certain amount of control on costs – I’m not an advocate of just opening things up. But when we initially got into the IRL in 2001, that was at a time of IRL’s ultimate cost containment, but there were more ways that we could differentiate ourselves

“They weren’t hugely expensive and if you did get it right, you’d have a one- or two-race advantage and then everyone else had the ability to catch back up. We’re not talking wings or sidepods. I mean different tire ramps, different mirrors, different wing endplates.

“We don’t have any of those areas open to us any more. If you want a spec car, go and compete in the lower forms of motorsport – that’s what they’re for."

There have been arguments that ‘under the skin’ items such as shock/damper programs should be made spec if they’re not things that can’t be appreciated by the fan in the grandstand.

Cindric responded: “There have to be ways of differentiation or you won’t see passing, and your guy in the grandstand won’t appreciate that, either!

“We’ve never had a spec damper and to suddenly go to that would actually incur a higher cost. Every rule change costs money and anyway, the big teams are going to be successful whether they have spec dampers or not, and the good drivers are going to continue to differentiate themselves.

“The more spec you make the cars, the more you’ll have to invest in the right driver."

That is right Mr. Cindric – invest in the right driver, the better athlete. If IndyCar wants to be considered a sport then the talent of the driver and the crew using equal equipment (like any stick and ball sport – same ball, same bat, same everything) and may the physical and mental talent of the team players – driver plus crew – prevail. Mark C. reporting for AutoRacing1.com