This is a JOKE right ???

[ChicagocrewIRL]

The new IZOD IndyCar Series Championship Trophy ???

GOOD GRIEF ! And we want to be taken seriously ???

http://www.racer.com/championship-contenders-unveil-new-izod-indycar-series-trophy/article/179852/

[anthonyvop]

I literally had to leave for awhile because I couldn't stop from laughing when they unveiled it....And I wasn't the only one.

The really sad part is that the "Artist" is kind of famous for showcasing the......ah....certain part of the human anatomy that separates males from females.

I really think somebody played a major joke here.

[ChicagocrewIRL]

I think this is the only time you and I have EVER agreed. Scary

[Easy Drifter]

I know where I would 'display' it. Base would provide heat and top would go to recycling.

[Jag_Warrior]

lulz

[beachgirl]

I'm speechless. When I saw the smaller picture of it yesterday, somehow I didn't realize the guy is nude. Just speechless.

[RJL25]

When Power is being pressured by Dario on the final lap for the championship win, maybe Will might consider lifting and letting Dario have it...

[chuck34]

What was wrong with the cup type trophy they've had for years?

This thing has to be a joke, right? Come on.

I think RJL25 is right. Last lap at Homestead will be a fight for SECOND between Will and Dario. I wouldn't want to have to display that thing in my trophy room.

[Steve-o]

Here's Dario, Will, and some "assistants" with the trophy. I didn't like the new Sprint Cup when they unveiled that. Compared to this, the Sprint Cup is like an Oscar or The Stanley Cup.

http://www.fanviewpoint.com/2010/09/odds-n-ends-in-sports-for-september-29.html

[SarahFan]

I find myself wondering if the folks in charge really want to be taken seriously?

[DBell]

WOW! (Shakes head while laughing at the absurdity of it.)

So that's the trophy for championship nude unicycling, right?

[Chamoo]

Is this the take home trophy for the winner? Will they continue to use the Cup they had been using year after year as a display unit with the champions name on it?

I like the idea of any trophy that is competed for year after year to have the name of the previous champions on it (a la Stanley Cup, not sure how other sports do it). The Borg Warner has the winner of the previous Indy 500's, I believe the Izod Indycar Cup should as well.

[ChicagocrewIRL]

Who is responsible for this $%*#@ trophy ?

Who made the final decision to accept this ridiculous naked kirby silver surfer on a road runner acme brand unicycle that conveys no class, no dignity, no common sense, no seriousness, no gravitas to a world class championship ?

I am hoping that once again that Mr. Bernard hears the outcry and changes this
ends this and makes a change for the better....

When you think of iconic trophies that have class and dignity and lend sense of awe and inspiration to a championship, THIS thing does not do it. I cannot think of anyone who seriously would want to hoist this thing above their head in triumph...

Give me ....
The Borg Warner Trophy
Give me....
The Stanley Cup
Give me ....
The Vince Lombardi Trophy
Give me ....
The America's Cup
Give me ....
The Commissioner's Trophy
Give me ....
The O'Brien NBA Trophy

Even the FIFA World Cup is better than this piece of ....

IICS ..... What is this thing ???? I would PREFER a bowling trophy. YIKES

These giant sculptures are on the grounds of Barber Motorsports Park... were these the "inspiration" of the new IICS "trophy" ?

http://media.photobucket.com/image/barber%20motorsports%20park%20statues/vivid_one/big%20rides/LA%20MS%20AL%20FL%20Dec%202007/Barber/122907_AL_Barber35x.jpg

ty to our friends at tf for the image link

[ChicagocrewIRL]

Is this the take home trophy for the winner? Will they continue to use the Cup they had been using year after year as a display unit with the champions name on it?

I like the idea of any trophy that is competed for year after year to have the name of the previous champions on it (a la Stanley Cup, not sure how other sports do it). The Borg Warner has the winner of the previous Indy 500's, I believe the Izod Indycar Cup should as well.

The only cup on this trophy should be over the figurine's groin area

[ChicagocrewIRL]

I'm really hoping Ashton Kutcher appears and tells us all we have been PUNK'D

[Lousada]

Wow :eek: :eek: This is even worse than the IRL-trophy. When I think about Indycar, never ever comes up the image of a naked man on a unicycle...

And to think they could have used the Vanderbilt Cup. That would have made a lot more sense than this abortion. ugghhh

[Lousada]

When Power is being pressured by Dario on the final lap for the championship win, maybe Will might consider lifting and letting Dario have it...

Except second and third place get a similar one...

[Scotty G.]

What was wrong with the cup type trophy they've had for years?




It had those evil letters "IRL" on them. And we can't have anything related to the words INDY RACING LEAGUE, on anything anymore.

The people running this sport, have been and continue to be, generally clueless.

[TURN3]

Wow :eek: :eek: This is even worse than the IRL-trophy. When I think about Indycar, never ever comes up the image of a naked man on a unicycle...

And to think they could have used the Vanderbilt Cup. That would have made a lot more sense than this abortion. ugghhh

+1

[Chamoo]

It had those evil letters "IRL" on them. And we can't have anything related to the words INDY RACING LEAGUE, on anything anymore.

The people running this sport, have been and continue to be, generally clueless.

That's not true, Bernard said that it the IRL was being replaced by Indycar at the end of 2010.

[ykiki]

Shoot, if I won that "thing", I'd snap off the metal part and just display the large wood base - which would look just fine by itself.

The dude on the top - what is he? A new Marvel superhero?

"Look out villains, here comes...Unicycle Man!"

[Dr. Krogshöj]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/izodindycar/5033954669/

[bblocker68]

Can't they use the Vanderbilt Cup, instead?

[SarahFan]

May e we should all be looking on the bright side....

I doubt danicafan will be so quick to claim that trophy is easily danicas next year

[maximilian]

At least it still looks a lot better than the one-phallus-fits-all DeltaWing!

So if any of the female drivers win the championship, will they make a different female trophy with extra emphasis on breasts?

[Steve-o]

I find myself wondering if the folks in charge really want to be taken seriously?

I really don't get it. How does this move the sport forward? This markets the sport to whom? I really don't understand where they are going. If they want to market to the artsy-fartsy crowd, well done. How many of those people go to races? I think they have delusions of being cosmopolitan, appealing to the wine and cheese crowd. Meanwhile, it's still auto racing. If they want to appeal to those crowds, they can keep running races at airports and half empty stadiums.

And then, they roll out bikini bottoms and cleavage??? So they try to appeal to the lowest common denominator, too? A Lombardi/Lord Stanley/Borg Warner certainly would befit a champion, and would help market the sport. This fiasco? This trophy belongs in a corner display in some art museum.

[Easy Drifter]

The only good things are:
A: It is not a representation of Princess Lapped a Lot. :eek:
B: It is not some dude riding a bull. :rolleyes:

[jwhite9185]

Can't they use the Vanderbilt Cup, instead?

Thats the 1st thought i had when i saw that thing! Or the old ppg cup.

[SoCalPVguy]

If that's what the "winner" gets, I'd hate to think what the LOSER will be getting !!!.

[maximilian]

If that's what the "winner" gets, I'd hate to think what the LOSER will be getting !!!.
He'll get the same trophy, except the figure will be bending over! :rolleyes:

[DBell]

He'll get the same trophy, except the figure will be bending over! :rolleyes:


:D Now that's funny!

[Phoenixent]

Great that's just what we need. A trophy designed by a clueless artist at the behest of a clueless goat roping CEO of a clueless series. Of all the trophies out there why make one like this piece of dung.

[spiritone]

That is absolutely the worst trophy i have ever seen. Everytime i think the cowboy might have a clue, he proves me wrong.


What was he thinking? How could he possible think that that trophy was an improvement over the bowling trophys that they were giving out.

[ChicagocrewIRL]

I asked all my non race fan friends at the office..... in a very unbiased tone of voice....I asked " What is your opinion of this trophy?"

The answers I received...

"What the hell is that ?"

"For a racing trophy, there isn't much metal, a lot of wood and a really weird super hero on a gyro wheel thingy."

"What sport ? Car racing ? What does that have to do with car racing?"

"Is that guy naked? I can see his ...."

well you get the idea....

IndyCar cannot be taken seriously with that monstrosity of a trophy. I think the only way you could get that thing as an acceptable status symbol of a champion driver of a world class racing series is if you attach a check for 10 million.

Honestly.. what driver would be proud to display this %&$*(#@ in their trophy case?

They should make a really cool trophy out of carbon fiber in the shape of something that symbolizes speed.

Why didn't Randy come up with like the top 10 designs and let the fans vote on it ??? WHY WHY WHY

When the IndyCar Champion goes to kiss the trophy , where will he/she kiss it ??????? hmmmm ????

[garyshell]

Tommy Kendall seems to like it:


Having won enough of the "bowling trophies", I'm glad they were creative on the IZOD Indy Trophy. I like it! http://twitpic.com/2sv5mt (http://twitpic.com/2sv5mt)

http://twitter.com/TommyKendall11/statuses/25927742122

Gary

[ChicagocrewIRL]

Tommy Kendall seems to like it:



http://twitter.com/TommyKendall11/statuses/25927742122

Gary

ok that's one for

a bazillion against

[electron]

I would prefer Miss Izod (her racesuit says so...)

actually this thing reminds of bad comic stuff... or like starwars:

Darth Izod reaching out: "Dario.... I am your crewchief!"

this is plain ugly and the guy on this monowheel is just laughable. whats next? baloon boy?

[beachgirl]

Tommy Kendall seems to like it:



http://twitter.com/TommyKendall11/statuses/25927742122

Gary

And Tommy Kendall also let Princess lead him around on a leash and collar too. I'm not sure I'd totally trust his judgment anymore!

[Easy Drifter]

Can you imagine the reaction when a woman driver wins one of those things and she either holds or strokes a certain part of it? :eek: :rolleyes:

[edv]

It is a dreadful trophy.

But for sheer giggles, you just CANNOT beat the golf trophies.
Like this one:
http://www.golftalkradio.com/images/GTRTrophy.JPG

And of course, the most famous picture of an LPGA trophy:

http://outofbounds.nbcsports.com/cristie-kerr-trophy-kiss.jpg

[ShiftingGears]

Can you imagine the reaction when a woman driver wins one of those things and she either holds or strokes a certain part of it? :eek: :rolleyes:

http://pointlessbanter.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/golf_trophy.jpg

[bblocker68]

OMG, that's awesome!!!!!

[ChicagocrewIRL]

http://pointlessbanter.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/golf_trophy.jpg

You guys are out of hand !!! HAHAHA you are gonna get this thread shut down.

[DBell]

Wow, I might have to start watching womens golf!

I think I know the inspiration behind the IndyCar trophy.


http://johnhartstudios.com/bc/characters/title_thor.jpg

[mileman]

It's always easy to find a few things to criticize in the series, but this left me - speechless. And I'm still speechless! It is so disconnected and out in left field that I don't know what to say. OK - it's creepy!

[call_me_andrew]

Someone help that tiny, metal man! He appears to have been impaled on an elephant's trunk!

[jimispeed]

Can't they use the Vanderbilt Cup, instead?


That would make too much sense, and have too much to do with tradition in racing..... :rolleyes:

[Civic]

I wish I was a multiple championship-winning caliber IndyCar driver right now. I would win the first race that offered that trophy. And after receiving it I would pose like the Heisman trophy, pretend to score a touchdown, and then spike the damn thing on the ground.

[Mark in Oshawa]

I know where I would 'display' it. Base would provide heat and top would go to recycling.

You and me both...

In a world full of trophies, very few have any history or style that gives you the idea that they will be around for a while. The ones that do? The Claret Jug (the OPEN), the Wannamaker Trophy (PGA), World Cup, Stanley Cup, the Borg Warner, the Harley Earl trophy (NASCAR)......and then IZOD foists this sucker on us??

Heck...Cups and bowls with some art and style do add something to the sport. The Big 4 American sports with the exception of Hockey are generic disposable almost scupture ( sorry, they make all those up every year and give them away...you cannot look at any of the ones in America's 3 big sports beyond hockey and see the winners)

A trophy should provide a sense of the history of the sport.....not be a piece of esoteric BS....

[Mark in Oshawa]

You guys are out of hand !!! HAHAHA you are gonna get this thread shut down.

so many thoughts went through my head..and all of them were X rated...

[maximilian]

The basic idea of making a kind of "Oscar of Motorsports" is actually not all that bad, but the execution has 3 major flaws:

1.) the way he stands on the uni-wheel doesn't look in any way realistic or even physically possible
2.) the wooden base doesn't match the hard metal figure at ALL!
3.) the dude is NAKED with "too much information" displayed. Not very family-friendly.

I could have envisioned a much better execution of the concept, where the wheel and figure are somehow better in sync, where the figure itself is more appropriately attired (how about some kind of flowing fabric waving in the air to give a sense of speed, or even a cool looking racing overall... or even a vintage looking race gear with goggles and leather helmet, etc.), and where the base actually matches or compliments the figure's hard steel feeling (maybe a kind of all-chrome base, or something similarly metallic)...

[ICWS]

Wow :eek: :eek: This is even worse than the IRL-trophy. When I think about Indycar, never ever comes up the image of a naked man on a unicycle...

And to think they could have used the Vanderbilt Cup. That would have made a lot more sense than this abortion. ugghhh

+2... I would also like to see the Nation's Cup be used again.

[call_me_andrew]

This doesn't look so bad now does it?

http://www.chicagolandspeedway.com/~/media/2FF99946C1D44B16921D65956D67E734.ashx

[BobbyC]

This doesn't look so bad now does it?

http://www.chicagolandspeedway.com/~/media/2FF99946C1D44B16921D65956D67E734.ashx

No, it doesn't. Whoever conceived the new IRL title trophy has no sense. This is the problem with art in our society anyway today. The trophy the winner receives for the final race next season in Las Vegas will be much better than this junk. It will be just a belt.

The old IRL trophy, like the permanent Sprint Cup, has winner's names on them.

[anthonyvop]

Believe it or not it is worse in person
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36529745@N02/5051433848/

[SoCalPVguy]

Believe it or not it is worse in person
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36529745@N02/5051433848/

What that giant penis thingie hangin' down there ?
I say melt that mo fo down into scrap metal it would be worth more !!!

[SarahFan]

I wonder what ashley thinks of it

[nigelred5]

http://pointlessbanter.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/golf_trophy.jpg

Guarantee that's the closest anything remotely like that has been anywhere near .....

[BobbyC]

This just came to my attention. The trophy should be pushed into the pool, not the champion driver, in the prizegiving celebration.

http://www.indycar.com/var/photos/182485/FULL.jpg

[mr_swiss]

Dario: "What the heck is this??"

[SoCalPVguy]

Guarantee that's the closest anything remotely like that has been anywhere near .....

Off topic: are you making fun of the Lesbian Pro Golfers Assoc (LPGA) ??? Is it true their new sponsor is Snap On Tools ?

Still ANYTHING is better than that POS so called trophy. BTW What does the championship PBA Pro Bullriders Assoc winner get ???


http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/ena0091l.jpg
FIRST PLACE PBA

[elis]

Looks like an award more likely to be presented at a circus school graduation.

[ChicagocrewIRL]

7-Eleven got one look at that "trophy" and decided IndyCars didn't take itself seriously so why should they. Goodbye 7-Eleven

[Rex Monaco]

This mechanized Zombie would be great for a Sci-Fi award.

"And the award for the best Zombie Robot Space Clown goes to..."

I'm sure that nobody ever guessed that the 'Doom and Gloom' of the past would eventually be memorialized in the form of a Zombie trophy for the surviving series. That's just EPIC!