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Cygni posted: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. if the pillar is off to one side then it could hide the apex of the corner
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harperdc posted:Don't forget, he owns Swift Engineering as well. <3 
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TNO posted:I'd rather see the seat filled by talent from the MRTI ladder than an F1 washout. Always this but money trumps talent  EDIT: Today marks 100 days until the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race! 
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be nice wicka posted:if the pillar is off to one side then it could hide the apex of the corner if my buddy and I could street drive a tunnel rammed Vega, these guys can handle a pillar in the way
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VikingSkull posted:if my buddy and I could street drive a tunnel rammed Vega, these guys can handle a pillar in the way their only concern with the halo is that it will block them from looking up through eau rouge and turn 1 in austin
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I liked that one concept Alex Lloyd was pushing, personally.
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well the halo is inherently temporary. i don't think they feel comfortable implementing a fully enclosed canopy for 2017.
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Helio's 500 car looks perty dope.
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Cygni posted:Helio's 500 car looks perty dope. i'm excited to see the worst indycar livery this year because it will probably be better than the best F1 has to offer
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Unveiling it in the museum? That's the kind of bravado seems like only Roger could pull off. What's the writing on the tires - all of the previous winners?
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I am fond of yellow cars and that is very yellow.be nice wicka posted:i'm excited to see the worst indycar livery this year because it will probably be better than the best F1 has to offer People talk poo poo about Red Bull but at least their car isn't black and silver like most cars on that grid.
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njsykora posted:I am fond of yellow cars and that is very yellow. i like the new red bull but it is only good in the context of F1 and in the context of their history of shockingly boring cars
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The Sauber and Williams were my favourite simply because they weren't loving silver.
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Oddly enough though Coletti had my favourite scheme from last year.
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IOwnCalculus posted:What's the writing on the tires - all of the previous winners? Yup
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Nice of them to give Donald Davidson a front row seat, I guess.
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Cygni posted:Helio's 500 car looks perty dope. That's a good looking car. Still don't know who I'll be pulling for in the 500 but that car alone might do it for me.
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Cygni posted:Yup Firestone winners. I was like why is unser Jr, mears, Villeneuve, etc. not on there then oh yeah Goodyear.
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Human Grand Prix posted:The Sauber and Williams were my favourite simply because they weren't loving silver. Sauber's blue and yellow ruled, but Williams have the Martini stripes which automatically make your car good.
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BMB5150 posted:Firestone winners. I was like why is unser Jr, mears, Villeneuve, etc. not on there then oh yeah Goodyear. I was gonna say.
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BMB5150 posted:Firestone winners. I was like why is unser Jr, mears, Villeneuve, etc. not on there then oh yeah Goodyear. Which is pretty lovely really. You're doing a commemorative tyre, make it one.
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Fauxhawk Express posted:Indycar people making fun of the Daytona 500 on twitter for only having 58 iterations is so pathetically hilarious. I don't know what there deal is. Being sincere it's kinda bizarre.
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Fauxhawk Express posted:They're insecure that their series is largely an afterthought that only gets coverage for the 500 or when someone is killed, so they have to make themselves feel relevant. To be fair, that's pretty much the only coverage NASCAR gets, too
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njsykora posted:Indycar was shittalking the NFL over Superbowl 50 so I'm assuming they've decided to make this a thing until the 500. Can't wait for them to go at WWE over Wrestlemania 32. I like wrestlemania though. Also yeah it's loving stupid. The insecurity poo poo needs to stop. Indy and it's fans are better than that. (at least I thought?)
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Kept thinking about Toyota within IndyCar racing after seeing them win Daytona. gently caress I really wish Toyota was still in the series..  They really seemed to time their effort horribly and in the worst time for form the sport possible. I mean their rival Honda was competitive within year 2 of their existence, correct? (1994 they come into the sport. 1995? Came close to winning Indy and won New Hampshire with Andre Ribero. 1996? Start of the Ganassi dynasty run of 4 straight CART Titles) Toyota? Wow. They start their first season off during "The Split". They struggle with Dan Gurney to try to put a competitive engine out there (Which is sad because prior? They were GREAT in IMSA together), and they finally reach victory lane at Indy. Only to be met with shrugged shoulders by the general public and apparently their Japanese HQ..
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FuzzySkinner posted:Kept thinking about Toyota within IndyCar racing after seeing them win Daytona. The reason why they were so uncompetitive (at least initially) was because of that stupid "small package" engine design. They came good, sorta, in their third year, and had the best engine eventually. Human Grand Prix fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Feb 22, 2016 |
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Human Grand Prix posted:The reason why they were so uncompetitive (at least initially) was because of that stupid "small package" engine design. They came good, sorta, in their third year, and had the best engine eventually. Unfortunately Dan Gurney's design was not a great design for the chassis to develop upon the engine. I'd say they couldn't get good development until 98 when Gurney could get Reynards. By 2000 they had the speed but reliability was lovely.
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BMB5150 posted:Unfortunately Dan Gurney's design was not a great design for the chassis to develop upon the engine. I'd say they couldn't get good development until 98 when Gurney could get Reynards. By 2000 they had the speed but reliability was lovely. The Arciero car had a Reynard and was still very slow, though. IIRC didn't AAR use Reynards in 1997? Human Grand Prix fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Feb 22, 2016 |
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Huh thought they went 2 years with the Eagle but oh hey they did have a Reynard.
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Cygni posted:Racecar fans are headcases and aspies, regardless of the series. The people who evangelize any one series over another tend to be the type of shitlord that also loves soccer in the US specifically because everyone else ignores it. I think for certain people it's understandable to have a favorite series. A lot of the SASCAR goons grew up going to NASCAR races, watching them with their dad, etc. Guys like Viking? Well poo poo. Dude eat, sleeps and breathes dirt track. I have a blast watching videos with him in synchtube. Guys in the IndyCar thread? Similar stories. OF COURSE you're going to have a bias for a certain series, but it doesn't give you the right to act high and mighty over another series. I'd rather go drinking with a guy wearing a Dale Jr. cut off and talk about Cup, then to go whine and moan about how -insert series here- is better than it. BMB5150 posted:Unfortunately Dan Gurney's design was not a great design for the chassis to develop upon the engine. I'd say they couldn't get good development until 98 when Gurney could get Reynards. By 2000 they had the speed but reliability was lovely. They also seemed like they wanted to be THE name when it came to racing in the US. I don't know if they did it the right way in retrospect. Timing seems to be everything.
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be nice wicka posted:at the end of the day all of these series feature race cars going vroooooom and that's all that really matters Calm down there gozinbulx
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be nice wicka posted:at the end of the day all of these series feature race cars going vroooooom and that's all that really matters * Except for that one series that only goes vrooooooom 20 minutes at a time
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