The Committee of Public Safety was informed today that Scott Dixon is less than pleased with the style of racing we witnessed Saturday night at Chicagoland Speedway. We can only assume that the defending IndyCar champion became frustrated the moment he realized that he could not win the event by making fuel. Dixon went public with his complaints on Speed Report.
A supposed star of IndyCar racing, Scott Dixon has failed to achieve nominal acceptance in the consumer marketplace. His complaints about the most scintillating race of the season allow all citizens to better understand why.
When will IndyCar drivers and teams recognize that in order to succeed, the IRL must attract lots of U.S. racing fans? Dixon is to IndyCar racing what Ivan Lendl was to men's tennis - a skilled participant whose immediate retirement would, at worst, have no effect on the sport's ability to compete in the marketplace.
Functionaries in every business must do things that they don't enjoy. It's called earning a living, and Scott Dixon earns a good one. If he dislikes high speed, wheel-to-wheel racing, then there are many other options - sports car racing, for example - where spectator support and mass market acceptance are not necessary.
Dixon, like most IndyCar drivers, wants to make NFL money for playing soccer in the MLS. Sorry, guys, but that's not the way it works. You and your teams do not get to determine what is valued in the marketplace and what is not.
We sympathize with Scott Dixon. As difficult as it might be to believe, he is not the first to discover that there is a very limited market for his talents and wants. Try getting a job as a political philosopher, and you'll know what we mean.
Roggespierre
Monday, August 31, 2009
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