WHY the tux500 promotion is a pump-and-dump scam
So far, I have been focusing this series of articles on the Linux angle of things, instead of the sports angle. So today, let's take a look at our racing team. Before I do, I want to make perfectly clear that I have nothing against the driver, the driver's team and company, or the Indy 500 in general. But I will need to cite some public facts which reveal why this dream of a Tux-sponsored race car in the Indianapolis 500 is not just a long shot, not just a thin chance, but flat-out a bad investment.
To begin with, here's the career stats for the driver Stephan Gregoire:
http://www.indycar.com/stats/driver_stats.php?statYear=1998&driver_id=15&showCareer=1#careerSummary
The link shows that this career spans 1996 through 2001, a six-year lapse, and a come-back in 2006, for a total of 46 races. To start with the obvious: 0 wins.
He has also never made pole position. According to Wikipedia:
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