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VikingSkull posted:lawl @ running the Ridgeline in the Truck series I feel like the Nissan would be more likely as the next entrant if we're going by that criteria. Nissan is a bigger company, has a greater budget, and seems to have a more popular truck. I still feel like Dodge will make a come back in the near future, so I'd slot Dodge ahead of Nissan and Honda in that regard. In regards to Honda? It's felt like that's been a rumor for a long rear end time, but they've never followed through with it. I think Bill France said some sort of comment about them being involved back in the early 2000's ("They build Honda's in Ohio, don't they?"). I also want to say someone, for some reason built a Honda Truck a while back to run ARCA trucks. I know I've seen pictures of that on the web somewhere. I guess this guy's logic is the fact that Rick Hendrick owns a couple of Honda dealerships? Seems idiotic. Bobby Rahal, Roger Penske and Jimmy Vasser all own dealerships. Doesn't seem like I hear rumblings about say, Volvo, Jaguar, etc joining the IndyCars.
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Feb 3, 2016 06:30
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IIRC Nissan at one point was larger than Honda but I don't think that has been the case for quite some time (like 20+ years) and especially not in North America since the 80s.
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Feb 3, 2016 15:49
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The new Honda kit looks better, when it lost the front endplate boxes the wing just looked weird.
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Feb 3, 2016 15:50
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I have hot inside news that Toyota may enter IndyCar in 2017 under scion brand.
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Feb 3, 2016 16:02
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Uncle Jam posted:I have hot inside news that Toyota may enter IndyCar in 2017 under scion brand. Please don't be lying to me...
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Feb 3, 2016 16:12
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Uncle Jam posted:I have hot inside news that Toyota may enter IndyCar in 2017 under scion brand. This is news I can get behind. Hope there's something to it. edit: I think I've been had
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Feb 3, 2016 16:28
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toyota is killing off scion lol
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Feb 3, 2016 16:31
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GM did run the Oldsmobile name in Indycar after they announced they were killing the brand, which was pretty funny I think that was only for like a year before they changed the Chevy name, but since the teams owned the engines in the IRL and it was the last year of the engine cycle, the blocks still had OLDSMOBILE on the side for an extra full year. Delightful.
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Feb 3, 2016 18:16
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RIP to your weird bad idea Toyota. At least the FRS is actually being badged as a Toyota now.
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Feb 3, 2016 18:22
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Cygni posted:GM did run the Oldsmobile name in Indycar after they announced they were killing the brand, which was pretty funny Didn't they use Pontiac in grand am and and nhra a little while it was dead? I remember it took nhra a few years to go to the camaro body while grand am was slightly quicker getting a gt camaro while the engine was putting a different sticker on the prototypes.
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Feb 3, 2016 22:08
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BMB5150 posted:Didn't they use Pontiac in grand am and and nhra a little while it was dead? I remember it took nhra a few years to go to the camaro body while grand am was slightly quicker getting a gt camaro while the engine was putting a different sticker on the prototypes. Yeah I remember Pro Stock ran the GXP or whatever it was for a long time after Pontiac died.
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Feb 3, 2016 22:18
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Do we need to re-register for Fantasy? I went to do that just now and it took me to last year's group. Also, Dixon's car is purty. BMB5150 posted:Didn't they use Pontiac in grand am and and nhra a little while it was dead? I remember it took nhra a few years to go to the camaro body while grand am was slightly quicker getting a gt camaro while the engine was putting a different sticker on the prototypes. I know WTR and Gainsco ran Pontiacs in DP, but can't remember if it kept going after the name was retired. WTR went to Ford before returning to GM with Chevy, while Gainsco either went straight to Chevy or held onto Pontiac one more year before switching.
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Feb 5, 2016 06:15
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They switched off Pontiac at the end of 2009, which is when they killed Pontiac as a brand. Looking at it though, there were a couple of Pontiac GT class cars still running in 2010. Dudley fucked around with this message at 08:59 on Feb 5, 2016 |
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Feb 5, 2016 08:52
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CBJSprague24 posted:Do we need to re-register for Fantasy? I went to do that just now and it took me to last year's group. Not sure for 2016 but when I find out I'll update the OP. Also the 2nd post is updated with driver/team info
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Feb 5, 2016 14:35
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http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/indycar-s-new-race-control-format-to-be-finalized-in-three-weeks-671757/ Race Control should be ready by the Phoenix test at the end of the month, and the article goes on to speculate on who might run Race Control along side Brian Barnhart.
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Feb 5, 2016 21:55
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Bentai posted:http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/indycar-s-new-race-control-format-to-be-finalized-in-three-weeks-671757/ Mad Max should get the gig. Honestly the series needs to reach out to him and get him involved. A smart guy, who's actually been involved doing some cool stuff on the NASCAR side. Arie should be promoted and paid more to have a role as well.
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Feb 6, 2016 03:54
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Bentai posted:http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/indycar-s-new-race-control-format-to-be-finalized-in-three-weeks-671757/ My vote goes to 'Magic 8 Ball'
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Feb 6, 2016 19:16
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go3 posted:My vote goes to 'Magic 8 Ball' Forwarded to IndyCar corporate
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Feb 8, 2016 00:02
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So did anyone else not get the Indy 500 commercial during the Super Bowl? Nothing here in Philadelphia.
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Feb 8, 2016 02:45
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George Zimmer posted:So did anyone else not get the Indy 500 commercial during the Super Bowl? Nothing here in Philadelphia. It was only on in the midwest apparently.
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Feb 8, 2016 02:48
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Probably couldn't afford a national spot
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Feb 8, 2016 03:12
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Or they realized someone in Hawaii is unlikely to buy tickets for the 500.
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Feb 8, 2016 03:41
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It aired in Columbus, OH.
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Feb 8, 2016 03:50
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I did see an Arrow ad with Sam Schmidt.
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Feb 8, 2016 04:28
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All we got was Puppy Monkey Karam.
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Feb 8, 2016 20:13
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I got nothing (4 hours north of Indy) and made it a point to let the Director of PR for IndyCar know that I wasn't happy about it. Although there was this making the rounds last night 
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Feb 8, 2016 20:39
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Fifty is a respectable age for an event, but an argument could be made that 100 is over the hill...
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Feb 8, 2016 23:13
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Or you have to be looking over your shoulder for thoroughbred racing fans when being smug to the NFL.
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Feb 9, 2016 05:42
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Cygni posted:It was only on in the midwest apparently. I didn't see it so I thought maybe I missed it getting a beer or something but it turns out the new definition of midwest is Indiana and a bit of Ohio. http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/125958-indycar-100th-indy-500-gets-boosted-by-super-bowl-ad
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Feb 9, 2016 05:56
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Uncle Jam posted:Or you have to be looking over your shoulder for thoroughbred racing fans when being smug to the NFL. Please don't invoke the horse people. this year is the loving 142nd kentucky derby you goddamn whippersnappers (its me im the horse people)
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Feb 9, 2016 08:04
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I'm the horse people too, my Italian grandfather used to bring me to OTB if my grandparents were babysitting me Italian and Jamaican men at age 6, fun times
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Feb 9, 2016 19:01
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http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/news/a28129/anti-hillary-clinton-indy-sponsor/ this is the funniest
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Feb 9, 2016 20:20
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I was on the fence before, but this race car has really sold me!
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Feb 9, 2016 20:28
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Cygni posted:http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/news/a28129/anti-hillary-clinton-indy-sponsor/ At least people will actually hear about the Indy 500 this way.
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Feb 9, 2016 20:54
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqdyzCsHREY
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Feb 9, 2016 21:52
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The comments about being almost constantly foot flat make me wonder if the series might want to reduce downforce for the event.
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Bentai posted:The comments about being almost constantly foot flat make me wonder if the series might want to reduce downforce for the event. I've been told that some lifting is required in Turns 1 & 3, but still 20 second laps are insane and it wouldn't hurt to take away a little downforce.
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Feb 9, 2016 22:23
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Flip side is if iRacing got it right at all, even with downforce tire wear will still result in some speed gaps. Iowa runs a ton of downforce but fresh tires versus worn tires still separate the field by quite a bit.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Flip side is if iRacing got it right at all, even with downforce tire wear will still result in some speed gaps. Iowa runs a ton of downforce but fresh tires versus worn tires still separate the field by quite a bit. I'd like to see it play out like this. There are other ways to slow cars down than to mess with the aero. If all that downforce will grind away the tires quickly, that'll do the job. Would make for more srategy and more passing around pit stops, too.
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