I will continue to harp on this one for a long time. That combined record book is a treasure and an asset to the IRL. I don’t know why they dont use it for their own benefit. We see these little featurettes about the history of the 500 during every race broadcast and we see these firestone commercials with all the black and white images. Clearly there is great benefit in associating yourself with the deep history of the national championship.

If you haven’t downloaded the record book, I highly recommend it. I spent over an hour just going through it and looking at all the cool things in it. Too bad Springfield, DuQuoin and the Pike’s Peak Hill Climb are off the schedule.

I too was pleasantly surprised to hear Bob Jenkins note Dixon tying Fittipaldi and Bettenhausen, but Vs. still kept running that graphic about Penske having the most team wins with 35 — it’s true that Penske has the most wins, it’s just way more than 35.