Brian Barnhart
Brian Barnhart
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...
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There were a lot of cars and a lot of traffic.
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This is going to be the truest 'Silly Season' we've ever had.
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This is the first time of the weekend that we had all 20 cars on the track at the same time. Ed had his problem in Turn two initially. The yellow lights were turned on immediately. There were a lot of cars and a lot of traffic.
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This event is what it is and continues to be because as this week plays out and guys getting primary cars in is and continues to be because how this week plays out and guys getting primary cars in will lead into what happens in the second week. That's no different than what we've done and has historically not changed.
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Our entry blank says 33, and if we get to that number and nobody gets bumped like last year, so be it,
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After the drivers' meeting and talking with all of the participants, we felt it was the best decision to move forward.
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I do wish people would step back and look at it with a little bit more of a perspective and be a little more fair of a situation,
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If Danica and Buddy run, which Bobby Rahal told me they would, then we'll have 18, and I consider that a full field.
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The economy plays into that and the cost of racing plays into that, and we are doing everything we can to control spiraling costs.
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The key is we are going to have a very open-minded relationship with Honda over the next several years to take a different approach on how the series is grown,
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The idea for this act originated from an act I did while traveling with the circus group Electric Blue Monkey Theater. We traveled all over the U.S. in a bus that ran on vegetable oil.