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Came across this today. Indy Bump Day 1995. I still can't believe it happened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M7GlTcKDfQ
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Was there any luck on the Goon Pagoda suite?
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Bentai posted:Was there any luck on the Goon Pagoda suite? No.  My dad has decided it is better to use it to entertain clients than to let goons have a party. Turns out I can't go to the race anyway, so yeah.
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Bummer. Well there's always next year.  http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/indycar-2017-spec-aerokit-requires-consensus-692296/ quote:David Malsher: How do you tackle this subject – is it something that’s voted for by teams, by manufacturers? Or can IndyCar just say, “Here’s what we’re doing”?
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Just watched the Barber race. Graham brought that all on himself.
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Minto Took posted:Just watched the Barber race. Graham brought that all on himself. somewhere a vein on wicka is bulging
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go3 posted:somewhere a vein on wicka is bulging loving caps
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My daughter recreating vitor meira's 2009 crash. Happened right in front of me.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdgNDIG3SmU
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http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2016/04/labor_day_indycar_race_called_off_in_boston
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NIMBY strikes again.
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Blech. Transition years into transition years.
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Transition decades
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Apr 30, 2016 00:31
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parking lot races are the wave of the future
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Apr 30, 2016 01:27
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Welp there goes my airfare to/from Boston down the drain 
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Apr 30, 2016 01:50
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I like the part where the series still gets the sanctioning fee even if the race gets cancelled. Maybe we can go do a track rental at an actual racetrack now.
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<insert epic rant about Boston Politics here> EDIT: seriously, I would but I am sick and can't put in the  EDIT2: Cygni posted:I like the part where the series still gets the sanctioning fee even if the race gets cancelled. Maybe we can go do a track rental at an actual racetrack now. Hopefully LRP, just to poo poo all over the NIMBYs there
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Apr 30, 2016 02:10
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Portland Laguna Seca Fontana Milwaukee (why the gently caress not?) Gateway Michigan Watkins Glen Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Mont Tremblant just tossing out a few replacements...IMO.
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Apr 30, 2016 02:22
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Lol like it's getting replaced
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Possibly Chicken posted:Lol like it's getting replaced
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Apr 30, 2016 03:00
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FuzzySkinner posted:Portland Mute City The Moon Rainbow Road
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Watched Toronto '94, 31 cars in the field, crazy.
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FuzzySkinner posted:Portland Milwaukee Mile's closing down & Indycar won't run the Glen.
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you were insane if you actually thought the Boston race was going to happen
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Apparently they're looking for a place in the Northeast to run which is all of like 3 tracks (and will probably be Loudon if they can afford it).
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Peanut President posted:Apparently they're looking for a place in the Northeast to run which is all of like 3 tracks (and will probably be Loudon if they can afford it). Providence! (which will also not happen) Seriously IMS, IndyCar, Penske, and Ganassi all doing a poo poo job of investing in permanent venues has really done them in quite a few ways. Peanut President posted:Milwaukee Mile's closing down & Indycar won't run the Glen. The Mile is still a thing, some of it's seating just got sold off. http://savethemile.org/calendar.html My hope is that RA gets a Cup date, and the people at RA take over promoting the Mile (as has been rumored actually) then get a XFS/Trucks weekend going along with an IndyCar one.
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IndyCar is a clown promotion. Racing is alright though.
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Peanut President posted:Apparently they're looking for a place in the Northeast to run which is all of like 3 tracks (and will probably be Loudon if they can afford it). IndyCar, IMO, should run at Thompson.
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Alain Post posted:IndyCar is a clown promotion. Racing is alright though. IMS is good at what it does and promotes the "500" amazingly well. When it's focused on just events at the Track? They can really do a lot of awesome things. IndyCar itself would be better with having a different group managing it (ala what CART had going on from 1979-1995) with IMS/Hulman Co. focused on events that occur at the Speedway. I'm not quite sure how you do that without pissing off the Hulmans again though...some sort of weird balance needs struck.
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I wouldn't even say that IMS promotes the 500 all that well. It seems like it's been running on more than inertia for the past 20 years or so. Ratings keep dropping, and the continued blackout ensures a decent attendance figure, although I'm not so sure that's all that viable of a strategy past the 100th running this year given it's so easy to find an illegal stream these days.
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Alain Post posted:IndyCar, IMO, should run at Thompson. Hell yeah.
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gret posted:I wouldn't even say that IMS promotes the 500 all that well. It seems like it's been running on more than inertia for the past 20 years or so. Ratings keep dropping, and the continued blackout ensures a decent attendance figure, although I'm not so sure that's all that viable of a strategy past the 100th running this year given it's so easy to find an illegal stream these days. From a local and regional stand point? They do great! They really do. They've completely rebounded from 1996 and dark ages of the old IRL. From a national standpoint? Yes, you're right, they struggle at it. But I think that's more so having to deal with the changing media climate (Death of ABC Sports/WWOS), The Split, and the rise in NASCAR's popularity (I don't rate that one as highly because they were doing fine in 1992 through 1995 for example). But I don't quite know what you could do to boost it as a national event at this point. ABC's "Wide World of Sports" and Jim McKay made the Indy 500 a NATIONAL sporting event. They really treated the drat thing like a crown jewel well into the mid-2000's. All of that is gone and has been gone for quite some time. FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at 07:55 on Apr 30, 2016 |
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gret posted:I wouldn't even say that IMS promotes the 500 all that well. It seems like it's been running on more than inertia for the past 20 years or so. Ratings keep dropping, and the continued blackout ensures a decent attendance figure, although I'm not so sure that's all that viable of a strategy past the 100th running this year given it's so easy to find an illegal stream these days. blackouts have been proven time and time again, in every sport in which they are used, to actually damage popularity and attendance. in my experience, if you live in indiana, and your family does not have a strong tradition of attending the 500, the blackout means it doesn't exist.
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Human Grand Prix posted:Mute City Just run all 17 races at Indy at this point
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Run a double header at Pocono, with one race being on the road course configuration* *this would benefit me and, like, two other people
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kidcoelacanth posted:http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2016/04/labor_day_indycar_race_called_off_in_boston I like this part of the article. quote:Casey's decision to nix the race came after he asked for an extension to a May 1 deadline for BGP to fund letters of credit to Massport and the MBTA they had promised in a memorandum of understanding signed earlier this month. I read this as "the promoter cancelled the race rather than demonstrate that he actually have financial backing"
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daslog posted:I like this part of the article. Yeah, it was never going to happen. Did they actually take money for tickets?
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In better news I went out to Belle Isle today and most of the grandstands, fencing, and barriers were up already. It was also pissing down all day and cold as poo poo which was a nice reminder of last year.
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It's 12:20am, May 1st in Indianapolis. https://youtu.be/kzFvQPpVfTY
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You loving monster. Now for real, it's May goons! https://youtu.be/CSzgwCql_mo
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Uncle Jam posted:Yeah, it was never going to happen. Yes, my friends and I all had our tickets already. Luckily I was a lazy rear end in a top hat about paying my friend for them, but hey hey now he doesn't have to write a check to me. I was excited about a race only being about an hour away. I guess I still have the New England Nationals to look forward too. Uncle Jam posted:It was also pissing down all day and cold as poo poo which was a nice reminder of last year. I really regretted not buying an over priced fleece like my friends did. I wish i could make it again thins year.
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