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As most of you know or have figured out by know, I consider the Indy Racing League to be the most entertaining and exciting racing series around. But unless you follow the entire auto racing sphere, you would think I'm the only one who believes this. After reading time and again from the so-called experts that the IRL puts on either the best or one of the best shows around, I figured it was time to start recording these quotes so I can more effectively back up my claim. The list below is certainly a work in progress. Anyone and everyone is encouraged to send new examples if and when you come across them to leonardite@leonardite.com and I will surely post them here.

"...it was Hornish by 0.0698 seconds, which is less than a car length. But it shows just how competitive the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series has become. It was only the 10th-closest finish in its 88-race history." "--Miami Herald on 02/29/04
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"What's most impressive about it, honestly, is that the racing is far more entertaining than a NASCAR race, since there is so much passing, switching of the lead, and the danger of full car pileups the action never gets too repetitive."--IGN.com

"Roger Penske, when he left CART to join the IRL, said there was room for only one big-league open-wheel Indy-type racing series in North America. He was right. And it's not CART." "--Norris McDonald of the Toronto Star on 12/12/03.
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"By far, the best racing of the weekend occurred at Texas with the IRL gang." -- Stock car writer Don Hamm, on a Lowe's night race weekend, in his column on 10/14/03
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"These guys generate some serious horsepower. I wouldn't get out of an electric chair to get in one of these things."" --Penske South driver, Rusty Wallace , on ESPN.com on 10/12/03.
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"I love NASCAR racing but I've never seen anything like the IRL. Those cats put on the best show in racing and I always try to watch." --Darrel Waltrip in Robin Miller's column on ESPN.com on 10/5/03.
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"...race after race, the premier American open-wheeled series produces the best racing action, bar none."--Chad Baalman of the River Bend (IL) Telegraph on 9/14/03.
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"The people that think Tony George is the son of Satan will hate me for saying this, but The IRL puts on the best racing, week in and week out, of any racing series in America." --Dave Despain, on his call-in show Wind Tunnel on 9/9/03.

"No racing series in the world, not even almighty NASCAR, has found a way to do this every weekend."--Travis Miller of suburban Chicago's Daily Herald on 9/8/03.