2012 IndyCar Season: First Impressions

1. Unbelievable.

2. Both Hunter-Reay and Power are great drivers. Both are champion caliber.

3. An owner-driver won an IndyCar race. Who saw that coming in this day in age?

4. This has to be one of the greatest season ever. The car was amazing in it's first year.

5. The crowd looked pretty good. The Houston Astros would kill for the crowd Fontana got.

6. 500 milers at Pocono and Michigan are welcomed.

7. The red flag situation was such a non-issue in the end. Let's not do it again.

8. How about Ed Carpenter? He has won the last two season finales.

9. Cool to see the Fuzzy's car in Fuzzy's victory lane.

10. I am sorry it is my tenth thought but, Bob Jenkins, you will be missed. Best to you and your wife. Hope to see and hear you at the Speedway come May.

11. Will Power should be happy if the season ends at Houston next year.

12. Hunter-Reay also won the AJ Foyt Oval Championship.

13. The offseason is going to suck.

14. How about this: Americans won five races, more than any other country, won the championship, an  American manufacture won that title, American driver had more fastest laps than any other nation and we had more Americans in the series than any other nation. Talk about an American year.

15. As for complaints about attendance and ratings, who gives a damn? Was that not a great race? If the rest of the world does not realize that, then they are ignorant. What else can I say? If people, whether it's ESPN, major American television or sports radio personalities, fail to see great racing and a great series going forward then screw them. Somebody has to be watching because a lot of IndyCar related stuff was trending worldwide on Twitter.

16. Well, it is late, I am exhausted. Have a great offseason. I will still be posting but for right now, I am done for the night. Congratulations Ryan Hunter-Reay.