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If anyone cares the Tampa bay local news ran like 5 stories about the race. So locals like it.
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Possibly Chicken posted:If anyone cares the Tampa bay local news ran like 5 stories about the race. So locals like it. Which is a great thing. It may not be Road America, Phoenix, or MIS, but you know what? People seem to have really taken to it. The Long Beach model seems to have worked out amazingly well for IndyCar. Minto Took posted:Solid drive by Juan. I'll be surprised if we see any more of Simona this year. Juan seems to be on a mission. I hope we continue to see him go on it. also: http://sports.usatoday.com/2015/03/28/chip-ganassi-indycar-schedule-mark-miles/ I agree with Chip and Roger. (hopefully Miles gets the hint.)
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Possibly Chicken posted:If anyone cares the Tampa bay local news ran like 5 stories about the race. So locals like it. Yeah it's been a local favorite for awhile now since the CART and IRL days. It's like a fixture pretty much and it would suck if we ever lost it, hopefully that doesn't happen for a long time. The drivers love it too. Hell Dan Wheldon liked it so much he moved here, he was a local hero 
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I didn't see this till now, but you can visually see the speed increase in some of the corners in this vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjQ_2_ttu2g
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Cygni posted:I didn't see this till now, but you can visually see the speed increase in some of the corners in this vid. YT Doubler with Will Power on reds 2014 vs Will Power on reds 2015, side by side. The difference starts becoming obvious halfway through, but the car just seems faster the whole way 'round. http://youtubedoubler.com/eVn9
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Overnight ratings are in, 0.8 which is up from a 0.6 last year
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Power, JPM, Simona and Hinch. It was an alright call.
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"Isn't it great the formula 1 season starts on our own backyard" - some lady on the radio in Tampa lol
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You know, as long as she's supporting the race, then hell yeah F1 starts in Tampa! 
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leica posted:Yeah it's been a local favorite for awhile now since the CART and IRL days. It's like a fixture pretty much and it would suck if we ever lost it, hopefully that doesn't happen for a long time. Dan had a good opinion, st Pete is nice and a good place for an f1 race.
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http://www.tampabay.com/sports/autoracing/woman-in-hospital-after-piece-of-debris-hits-her-in-head-at-grand-prix-of/2223481 Eesh they better figure out a way to not have the winglets to break off so easily.
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I was wondering if that was something to worried about. Guess so! Need to watch my head at Long Beach.
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Well I was gonna post about how I just bought my tickets for the race at NOLA next weekend, but now I'm just hoping I don't get a piece of carbon fiber lodged in my skull. 
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Paging FuzzySkinner http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/115015-indycar-cleveland-to-return
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KingShibby posted:Paging FuzzySkinner This can be good but I'm not getting my hopes up.
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KingShibby posted:Paging FuzzySkinner Awesome sauce. Also pretty cool that it was a title sponsor that wanted to hold the race and sponsor it.
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KingShibby posted:Paging FuzzySkinner  This would be a great addition to have back in the series. *edit* I swear most of the Indycar commenters on racer.com are horrible people that will only be happy if the entire series ceases to exist. Bentai fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Mar 31, 2015 |
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gret posted:Awesome sauce. Also pretty cool that it was a title sponsor that wanted to hold the race and sponsor it. Yeah, thats huge news. Hope it pans out, Cleveland has been a good market in the past and the track is fun/ridiculous.
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KingShibby posted:Paging FuzzySkinner Horseshoe Casino Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by Quicken Loans. Yeah this needs to happen, and has needed to happen for a long time. Put it July 4th weekend and make a big rear end show of it.
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Won my first race with the DW12 in iRacing, at Motegi. SATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Career oval tally so far: 333 starts 8 poles (I'd have far more but qualifying is like signing your own death warrant sometimes) 6 wins 68 top 5's Not bad, but not great, either. Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Apr 1, 2015 |
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FuzzySkinner posted:Horseshoe Casino Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by Quicken Loans. I don't care if they call it the "God Hates Fags Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by Paedophilia", that's a race that's gotta happen.
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VikingSkull posted:Won my first race with the DW12 in iRacing, at Motegi. These cars would be so good at Motegi too. Sad it'll probably never happen.
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harperdc posted:These cars would be so good at Motegi too. Sad it'll probably never happen. if there's any truth to the claim that iRacing is realistic, the racing would be amazing loving earthquakes
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harperdc posted:These cars would be so good at Motegi too. Sad it'll probably never happen. I blame Danica
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KingShibby posted:Overnight ratings are in, 0.8 which is up from a 0.6 last year Final ratings is a 0.6 same as last year. Lady got her skull broke for nothin.
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TE Connectivity, another weird tech company I've never heard of, will be sponsoring one of Andretti's cars at Indy. http://www.te.com/en/home.html#2
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Cygni posted:TE Connectivity, another weird tech company I've never heard of, will be sponsoring one of Andretti's cars at Indy. It's Tyco's electronics division, spun off, and like Uncle Jam points out, a lot of automotive wiring connectors and that sort of stuff are made by them. Really, it's a pretty good fit for Indycar. More apropos than, I don't know, Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria, at least.
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Human Grand Prix posted:Autopolis. Make it happen. It's nice to dream but seriously Autopolis is in the middle of goddamned nowhere, and not just Motegi style "in the middle of nowhere but close-ish to Tokyo". I lived in Kyushu and thought about going to a couple race weekends there but timing wasn't right, it was a 3-hour drive each way and also Super GT has the nasty habit of charging like $90 for single-day tickets. Aim for for Motegi or go full fantasy booking and have Toyota return and go to Fuji Speedway (which is 90 minutes from Tokyo by car).
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I'm not so sure its spun off, maybe more Tyco exploded and all the bits went everywhere and got acquired by 10 different companies.
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Uncle Jam posted:I'm not so sure its spun off, maybe more Tyco exploded and all the bits went everywhere and got acquired by 10 different companies. A fitting sponsor for IndyCar.
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harperdc posted:It's nice to dream but seriously Autopolis is in the middle of goddamned nowhere, and not just Motegi style "in the middle of nowhere but close-ish to Tokyo". I lived in Kyushu and thought about going to a couple race weekends there but timing wasn't right, it was a 3-hour drive each way and also Super GT has the nasty habit of charging like $90 for single-day tickets. Aim for for Motegi or go full fantasy booking and have Toyota return and go to Fuji Speedway (which is 90 minutes from Tokyo by car). Fuji would be the obvious one but as you said it's Toyota territory. There is Okayama too but it's also remote and has transport and infrastructure issues.
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Human Grand Prix posted:Fuji also isn't all that great anymore, it got tilked like a lot of older traditionally high speed tracks. Fuji is the track that Tilke destroyed the worst. It is loving terrible, it rivals Motegi for absolute poo poo-tier race tracks and it's a goddamn shame.
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Cubey posted:Fuji is the track that Tilke destroyed the worst. It is loving terrible, it rivals Motegi for absolute poo poo-tier race tracks and it's a goddamn shame. The original layout with that insane banked turn is awesome.
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