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FuzzySkinner posted:UGH! Come on IndyCar owners. Dude would be a legit threat to actually WIN the double, or at the very least? The 600? That's gotta be worth something to sponsors!  Kahne looks out to lunch in a Cup car nowadays, he'd be a backmarker in the DW12.
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Boomer The Cannon posted:
I trust your word on it more so than mine.  .I also doubt IMS, VICS (who are pretty much the same company. same building, etc), drivers and most of the owners cared one way or the other about Kurt Busch's performance at Indy. I've seen Doug Boles attempt to extend olive branches every couple of months on twitter to Dale Jr. to drive in a DW-12 for a special "test" at the Brickyard. I've seen Marco Andretti pal around with Kurt Busch and Kyle Larson. I've heard (according to Miller and others) Dario pushing for Chip to give Kyle a ride at Indy. Roger Penske has also offered a seat to Stewart, and has invited Kes. to take in the "500". I don't think they'd be scared. I think if anything, they'd welcome the challenge and feel it would add to the importance of the "Indy 500" as a whole.
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You have to put in the Kurt Busch level of dedication to have any shot at doing well in either race, flying back and forth constantly and poo poo, then beating up your terrible girlfriend. And remember he wiped out really fuckin hard once in practice. I'm sure a few drivers put out 'feelers', but its a huge, dangerous commitment for a one timer to really take on. Plus Kasey has a Chevy personal services contract, and would surely want a winning car... so thats Penske and Ganassi only, who would need a big deal sponsor to make them even consider it. They would get a lot more takers if one of the races was on Monday, and a lot more still if the cockpits were closed. And a lot more still if ICS got better ratings and could pull bigger sponsors. But none of that is true right now.
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Feb 16, 2016 23:55
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i do wonder how much indycar could conceivably make from taking streaming rights back from NBC and charging for their own service
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Cygni posted:They would get a lot more takers if one of the races was on Monday, and a lot more still if the cockpits were closed. And a lot more still if ICS got better ratings and could pull bigger sponsors. But none of that is true right now. I'd be curious if moving the race back to Monday would work in terms of ratings and encouraging more drivers to give it a go. And it is a commitment. Like cygni said. Same with the reverse.
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be nice wicka posted:i do wonder how much indycar could conceivably make from taking streaming rights back from NBC and charging for their own service
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Bentai posted:If that happened, they'd actually get my money. Mine too, I'd like a way to watch races from the UK.
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Feb 17, 2016 04:38
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Were it not for the ridiculous amount Verizon wants to charge for a prepaid SIM, I'd consider switching during the season as a workaround 
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Feb 17, 2016 04:57
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Boomer The Cannon posted:
To be fair to Kasey, the 4th Hendick car has always been a junker.
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Feb 17, 2016 08:13
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chilton struggling to get used to indycar in the most adorable way possiblequote:"It's quite eerie how welcoming everyone is," Chilton said. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122847
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Feb 18, 2016 13:23
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to be honest Indycar is kinda weird in how the drivers interact with each other I can't even say it's a WWI-style aerodrome mentality where you already consider yourself dead and the camaraderie of your fate keeps you together, because sprint car guys usually hate each other I don't blame him for thinking it's weird tbh
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Feb 18, 2016 14:51
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in indycar everyone understands their biggest enemy is Brian Barnhart
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Feb 18, 2016 19:36
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VikingSkull posted:to be honest Indycar is kinda weird in how the drivers interact with each other American racing culture is very different than European racing culture. Very welcoming and drivers have said it's far more based on merit than "Who you know". I know someone who knows Stephan Gregoire and Eric Bachelart. Both apparently have said that if they could do it over again? They'd have come to America to start their careers in development series. Both still live and work in Indy to this day. Stefano Coletti remarked how much he loved the fact that the paddock is so open for fans and drivers to mingle. I've heard a ton of similiar comments from drivers. This isn't a thing that's just exclusive to Indy, I've heard similiar things about Cup, Sports Cars and such. (NHRA trumps them all from what I've seen) Can't say the same for sprint car as I imagine you're more in touch with that culture. We have quite a cool thing to be proud of over here folks.  .
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Speaking of driver interactions... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WhMUjHnIXg
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having an open pits and having drivers all be friends are two different things a guy like Smoke might have a few friends that are drivers but not on the scale like the Indy guys seem to have sprint pits tend to be a bit standoffish as the teams race too many times a year to be putting up with your bullshit. if you catch the top 5 or 10 after the race is over you might have some fun with them
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be nice wicka posted:chilton struggling to get used to indycar in the most adorable way possible I like to imagine he walked away with a "kick me" sign on his back
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Semi-crosspost from the Worst Thread, but this popped up on my Twitter feed... https://twitter.com/GanassiChip/status/700397464742924288 https://twitter.com/motorsport/status/700274591042826240 
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Feb 18, 2016 20:16
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that's badass
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Feb 18, 2016 21:08
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Only part of that design I don't like is the center pillar.
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Feb 18, 2016 21:17
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Herta merges with Andretti, effectively making Andretti a 4-car team again. Herta will be the race strategist/driver coach for the 98 car, but the driver is still TBA. http://www.indycar.com/News/2016/02/02-18-AA-BHA-Merge-Under-Andretti-umbrella Sounds like BHA will just be a satellite of Andretti, kind of like how Ganassi had four cars split among two distinct teams a while back. But this also makes it seems as if we're looking at one less car on the grid this year.
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Feb 18, 2016 21:52
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WindyMan posted:Sounds like BHA will just be a satellite of Andretti, kind of like how Ganassi had four cars split among two distinct teams a while back. But this also makes it seems as if we're looking at one less car on the grid this year. Not really when you consider that AA had 3 full-time cars and BHA had 1 last year so the number of full-time entries will remain the same. However the chances for part-time rides like Simona and JW are much less likely now
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KingShibby posted:However the chances for part-time rides like Simona and JW are much less likely now That's what I meant. 3 full time + 1 part time at AA with 1 full time at BHA now becomes 4 full time at AA/BHA. So a half a car less this year, then.
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Feb 18, 2016 22:07
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I thought they would retain Chaves but oh well.
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KingShibby posted:Not really when you consider that AA had 3 full-time cars and BHA had 1 last year so the number of full-time entries will remain the same. However the chances for part-time rides like Simona and JW are much less likely now Certainly for JW.
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Feb 18, 2016 22:54
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That would be one hell of a comeback.
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kidcoelacanth posted:That would be one hell of a comeback. Guaranteed to win the Champ Car World Championship
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Feb 18, 2016 23:00
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Bentai posted:Only part of that design I don't like is the center pillar. it's more necessary when you see the original, non-windscreen design, though i'm not sure there's any plastic they could use that would replicate the support of a carbon fiber column.
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Feb 18, 2016 23:35
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Tickets for the 500 came in today! Sitting about halfway up section J
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So apparently the candidates for the 98 are: California JR Hilderbrand Alexander Rossi and....(oh dear god no, he's going to get someone killed) ...Pastor Maldonaldo....
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It's a race to the bank.
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I just heard Rossi. Maldonado isn't that bad, and would be my preferred choice. But with BHA recently it looks like Rossi will get it.
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Problem with that hoop bar thing is I dont know if it would have helped in Jwills case. Also I dont know why they went with a center bar instead of side pillar design, unless they are that worried about the mirror positions and dont want to move them or something? I dunno. I obvi didn't read the article cause the only way i can even remotely enjoy F1 is by pretending its awful loving media and fans dont exist.
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I'm a cool F1 fan, I assure you.
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Hell same.
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Cygni posted:I obvi didn't read the article cause the only way i can even remotely enjoy F1 is by pretending its awful loving media and fans dont exist. This. Human Grand Prix posted:I just heard Rossi. Maldonado isn't that bad, and would be my preferred choice. But with BHA recently it looks like Rossi will get it. I'd feel a bit more better if drivers like Maldonado just went off and started their own teams in the series. It'd be cool if the ride buyers were entrepreneurs in that way. Thus leaving good seats available for good drivers and such. (King Hiro I kind of put in that category. One of the worst drivers to ever strap on a helmet. Yet he's responsible for Panasonic's involvment in auto racing and he's also Sato-San's manager).
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Maldonado is good.
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I'd rather see the seat filled by talent from the MRTI ladder than an F1 washout.
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FuzzySkinner posted:(King Hiro I kind of put in that category. One of the worst drivers to ever strap on a helmet. Yet he's responsible for Panasonic's involvment in auto racing and he's also Sato-San's manager). Don't forget, he owns Swift Engineering as well.
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harperdc posted:Don't forget, he owns Swift Engineering as well. I'm a bit stunned Honda just hasn't farmed out the aerokits to him to be perfectly honest.
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