"Brent Secombe" <bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:171020050711586645%bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk...
> In article <pan.2005.10.17.04.43.52.586135@ae86.gts>, Hachiroku
> <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:06:12 -0700, jim beam wrote:
>>
>> > Hachiroku wrote:
>> >> After today's race, Chevrolet dropped out as a supplier of engines to
>> >> the
>> >> Indy Racing League (IRL)
>> >>
>> >> Interesting. Although previous Indianapolis 500's have had their share
>> >> of
>> >> British engines as well as American iron, the 2006 Indy 500 will most
>> >> likely be a fight between the best from Honda and Toyota. There may be
>> >> a
>> >> stray entry of an older car with a Chevy, but IRL is now All Japanese
>> >> when
>> >> it comes to engines!
>> >
>> > do you find it ironic?
>>
>> Not really. The Japanese have been creeping into the world racing scenes,
>> and their engines have been getting better and better. I am curious as to
>> why Cevy dropped the ball, though.
>
> Still, it seems an odd digression from a quest for more economical
> engines, doesn't it? As the public becomes sensitised to squandering
> our grandchildren's energy supplies, will corporations benefit by being
> associated with the waste?
>
> Brent

I don't see a "digression" at all, in the sense that I think you intend.
Seems to me that pushing the technology to its limits has direct benefits to
building more efficient and cleaner burning, reliable engines. Does anyone
come close to Honda in this regard?

Leonard