Standing Starts and IndyCar racing

UPDATE A reader writes, Dear AR1.com, Can you please point me to these articles where you campaigned for Standing Starts and Push-To-Pass in CART/Champ Car? Bob Delker

Dear Bob, Certainly:
Standing Starts – Are They Right for CART? (October 1999)
Proposed standing start rules for CART (November 1999)
Push-to-Pass means no more parades for CART (July 2003)

09/23/11 Longtime readers of AutoRacing1.com know that we were relentless in lobbying Champ Car to implement standing starts and push-to-pass. After years of work, Champ Car finally implemented both with great success, something we are proud of.

Over the weekend, Randy Bernard revealed on Twitter that he posed the question in a meeting with the IZOD IndyCar Series drivers of whether the Series should move to standing starts on road and street courses in 2012. He reported that 16 of the 26 drivers in attendance voted in favor of the shift.

Bravo – now make it happen Randy!