The Great Brian Barnhart(TGBB)

All of the fans, and including the drivers agree that TGBB needs to be dealt with. He has shown many reasons why he can't run a major racing series like IndyCar, ever since he first started working for the IRL in 2005 as the president of the series. This last race was what sold it for me though, when TGBB restarted the race at Loudon when the drivers were pleading with Race Control not to restart the race. Although IndyCar can run on a road course with some water on the track, it doesn't mean that they can on ovals! It should be common sense to Brian Barnhart that they can't.

By saying that, the IndyCar Series should never be making these mistakes if they want to attract new sponsors and fans to the series. This call from TGBB was just plain ignorance. This makes the whole IndyCar Series look like they have no idea what they are doing, which in some ways some fans are starting to agree with that.

I'm also very disappointed with a lot of the call making that TGBB has made this season. There has been several incidents where drivers like Helio Castroneves or Alex Tagliani were never penalized for blocking other people and sending them out of the race. Even if IndyCar penalizes the drivers it's usually too late to make a difference at all, for instance Mike Conway, Ryan Hunter-Reay, and Alex Tagliani are all on probation through Dec. 31st. I feel that Mike Conway and Ryan Hunter-Reay did not do enough rule breaking to sustain such a penalty like probation. For Alex Tagliani, they should have penalized him much earlier this season for incidents. Drivers I would like to see penalized like Dario Franchitti or Helio Castroneves, will never be penalized due to the fact that Race Control does not seem to pay attention to these two drivers's actions on the track. Let's just guess that is because they are the "face" of the series, so they can receive special treatment, that I don't agree with.

Also if they want to attract high profile drivers to the IndyCar Series, how are they going to do that when the current drivers can't even trust TGBB's call making now. The drivers who race in the IndyCar Series have to trust TGBB's decision making skills to make sure they are safe in every aspect of racing, and I just don't think any if them can trust him. So if the current drivers are aggravated with the series, how are other drivers going to want to race in the IndyCar Series?

One more thing to note:If they are worried about Will Power flipping off the officials on live TV, well they shouldn't, because TGBB is really the worst person they could have promoting the series right now.